Mercedes-Benz Cls 500, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Airmatic DC (Dual Control)
Airmatic automatically selects the opti-
mum suspension tuning and ride height for
your vehicle. The Airmatic consists of two
components:
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Adaptive Damping System (ADS)
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Vehicle level control
The ADS automatically selects the opti-
mum damping for the respective driving
conditions. At the same time the suspen-
sion is set to either sporty or comfort.
Suspension tuning
The suspension tuning is set according to:
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Your driving style
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Road surface conditions
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Your choice of suspension style,
“sporty I”, “sporty II” or “comfortable”,
which you select using the damping
button.
The following suspension styles are avail-
able:
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Comfortable
Both indicator lamps
2
are off.
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Sporty I
One indicator lamp
2
is on.
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Sporty II
Both indicator lamps
2
are on.
1
Damping button
2
Indicator lamps
왘
Start the engine.
왘
Press the damping button
1
until the
desired suspension style is set.
i
The selected suspension style is stored
in memory, even after the SmartKey is
removed from the starter switch.
i
In the sporty suspension style the vehi-
cle is lowered up to 0.6 in (15 mm).