Mercedes-Benz 280 C, Owner'S Manual

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down) and your current speed does not
differ by more than 20 km/h from the
stored speed. You will hear a warning tone
if this is the case.
G
Risk of accident
It is not possible to deactivate variable
Speedtronic by braking.
i
The last speed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine.
Permanent Speedtronic (vehicles with
luxury multi-function steering wheel*,
buttons)
i
Permanent Speedtronic is only available for
certain countries.
You can use the on-board computer to lim-
it the speed permanently to a value be-
tween 160 km/h (e.g. for driving with win-
ter tyres) and the maximum speed.
Shortly before the stored speed is
reached, it is displayed in the multi-func-
tion display.
You cannot exceed the stored limit speed,
even if you depress the accelerator pedal
beyond the pressure point (kickdown).
Setting permanent Speedtronic
E
Press
(
or
&
to select the Set-
tings menu and press
#
to con-
firm.
E
Press
%
or
$
to select the Vehi-
cle submenu and press
#
to con-
firm.
E
Press
%
or
$
to select the Limit
speed (winter tyres) function. .
You can see the current setting.
E
To change this, press
#
.
E
Press
%
or
$
to select the de-
sired setting.
The following settings can be selected:
I Off
Permanent Speedtronic is deacti-
vated.
I Speed limitation between 230 km/h
and 160 km/h in increments of ten.
E
Press
#
to save the entry.
Hill start assist
Hill start assist helps you when pulling
away on uphill gradients. It causes the ve-
hicle to be held for a short time after you
have removed your foot from the brake
pedal. This allows you enough time to
move your foot from the brake pedal to
the accelerator pedal and pull away with-
out the vehicle rolling backwards.
G
Risk of accident
Never leave the vehicle if it is being braked
by the hill start assist function. After around
one second the hill start assist function will
no longer brake your vehicle and it can roll
away.
E
Depress the brake pedal.
E
Make sure that
I a forward or reverse gear is en-
gaged on vehicles with manual
transmission.
I either D or R is selected on vehicles
with automatic transmission*.
E
When pulling away, also make sure that
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