Mercedes-Benz 2008 CLS 550, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting the current speed
왘
Accelerate or decelerate to the desired
speed.
왘
Briefly lift or depress the cruise control
lever.
Distronic is activated and the current
speed is set.
왘
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Setting a higher speed
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in di-
rection of arrow
1
(
컄
page 222) to in-
crease 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
5 seconds (
컄
page 222), and one or
two segments around the stored speed
come on, on the speedometer
(
컄
page 219).
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If you do not take your foot off the
accelerator completely, the following message
will appear in the multifunction display:
DISTRONIC Override
The distance to a slower moving vehicles in front
of you will not be set. Your vehicle speed will
then be determined only by the accelerator ped-
al position.
Warning!
G
If you increase the vehicle set speed, keep in
mind that it may take a brief moment until
the vehicle has reached the set speed.
Increase the vehicle set speed to a value
that the prevailing road conditions and legal
speed limits permit. Otherwise, sudden and
unexpected acceleration of the vehicle
could cause an accident and/or serious in-
jury to you and others.
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Depressing the accelerator pedal does not
deactivate Distronic. After brief acceleration
(e.g. for passing), the cruise control will resume
the last speed set.