Mercedes-Benz CLS 280 2008, Owner'S Manual

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Driving systems
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Briefly press the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
5
.
Variable Speedtronic is selected. LIM indi-
cator lamp
2
in the cruise control lever
lights up.
Cruise control is automatically deactivated if,
for example:
R
you depress the parking brake
R
you are driving at less than 30 km/h
R
ESP
®
(
Y
page 59) is intervening or you
deactivate ESP
®
R
you move the selector lever to N while driv-
ing
If cruise control is deactivated, you will hear
a warning tone. You will see the
Cruise con-
trol off
message in the multi-function dis-
play for approximately five seconds.
i The last speed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine.
Distronic*
Distronic regulates the speed and automati-
cally maintains the distance to the vehicle in
front. It brakes automatically in order to avoid
exceeding the set speed. On long and steep
downhill gradients, especially if the vehicle is
laden, you must select shift range
1, 2 or 3 in
good time. In this way you will make use of
the braking effect of the engine, which
relieves the load on the brake system and
prevents the brakes from overheating and
wearing too quickly.
G
Risk of accident
Do not change down for additional engine
braking on a slippery road surface. This
could cause the drive wheels to lose their
grip and the vehicle could skid.
G
Risk of accident
Distronic is only an aid designed to assist
driving. The driver remains fully responsible
for the vehicle's distance from other vehi-
cles, the vehicle's speed and braking in
good time. Distronic does not react to:
R
pedestrians
R
stationary obstacles on the road, e.g. sta-
tionary or parked vehicles
R
oncoming and crossing traffic
Distronic may not detect narrow vehicles
driving in front, e.g. motorcycles, or vehi-
cles driving on a different line. Therefore,
always pay attention to traffic conditions
even when Distronic is activated. Other-
wise, you may fail to recognise dangers in
time, could cause an accident and injure
yourself and others.
If a slower-moving vehicle is detected in front,
Distronic causes your vehicle to brake and
maintain a preset distance to the vehicle in
front.
G
Risk of accident
Distronic cannot take account of road and
traffic conditions. Deactivate, or do not
activate, Distronic in situations in which
Distronic maintains the speed or acceler-
ates to the set speed because it has lost the
vehicle in front, in particular:
R
before corners
R
on filter lanes
Controls
* optional
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