Mercedes-Benz S 320 CDI, Owner'S Manual

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Controls
Driving systems
If Distronic Plus detects that the vehicle in
front has stopped, it will cause your vehicle
to brake and come to a halt.
Once your vehicle is stationary, it will re-
main so without you having to depress the
brake pedal.
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Your vehicle will be secured with the electric
parking brake after a short time to relieve the
load on the service brake.
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Depending on the specified minimum dis-
tance set using the thumbwheel on the cruise
control lever, your vehicle will come to a halt
within a distance of approximately 4 m from the
vehicle in front.
Setting the specified minimum dis-
tance for Distronic Plus
You can set the specified minimum dis-
tance for Distronic Plus by varying the time
span between 1.0 and 2.0 seconds. This
time span determines the distance that
Distronic Plus is to maintain from the vehi-
cle in front, depending on your speed. You
can see this distance in the multi-function
display.
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To increase the specified minimum
distance: turn thumbwheel
3
in the
direction of arrow
2
.
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To reduce the specified minimum
distance: turn thumbwheel
3
in the
direction of arrow
1
.
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Make sure that you adhere to the minimum
distance required by law from the vehicle in
front. Adapt your distance from the vehicle in
front if necessary.
Distance warning system
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To switch on or off: you can switch
the distance warning system on or off
using the instrument cluster operating
system (
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page 245).
After the distance warning system has
been switched on, the
:
symbol ap-
pears in the left of the multi-function
display.
This function warns you when the distance
to the vehicle in front is too small, even
when Distronic Plus is deactivated:
앫
The
l
distance warning system
lamp in the instrument cluster lights
up.
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If you approach a vehicle in front at
high speed, you will also hear an inter-
mittent signal.
G
Risk of accident
Never get out of the vehicle when Distronic
Plus is activated.
Distronic Plus must never be operated or de-
activated by a passenger or from outside the
vehicle.
Distronic Plus does not replace the electric
parking brake and must not be used for
parking.
If you wish to leave the vehicle for a short
time or park it, deactivate Distronic Plus and
use the electric parking brake to secure the
vehicle against rolling away.
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