Mercedes-Benz 2003 CL 500, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting a lower speed
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
2 (
컄
page 183) to
decrease vehicle speed in increments
of 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
The stored speed is displayed in the
multifunction display for approximately
five seconds (
컄
page 183), and one or
two segments around the stored speed
light up on the speedometer
(
컄
page 181).
Fine adjustment in 1 mph
(Canada: 1 km/h) increments
Faster
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
4 (
컄
page 183).
Setting to last stored speed
(“Resume” function)
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
4 (
컄
page 183).
Distronic is set to the last stored
speed.
왘
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
i
When you use the cruise control lever
to decelerate, the transmission will au-
tomatically downshift if the rate of de-
celeration is too low.
Warning!
G
The speed stored in memory should only be
set again if prevailing road conditions per-
mit. Possible acceleration or deceleration
differences arising from returning to preset
speed could cause an accident and/or seri-
ous injury to you and others.