Mercedes-Benz SL 55, Operator'S Manual

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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting a lower speed
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control in direction
of arrow
2 (
컄
page 200) to decrease
the vehicle speed in increments of
5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
Fine adjustment in 1 mph
(Canada: 1 km/h) increments
Faster
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
4 (
컄
page 200).
Setting to last stored speed (“Resume”
function)
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
4 (
컄
page 200).
Distronic is set to the last stored
speed.
왘
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Deactivating Distronic
There are several ways to deactivate the
Distronic system:
왘
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow
3 (
컄
page 200).
or
왘
Step on the brake pedal.
Distronic will be deactivated. The last
speed set will be stored into memory.
i
When you use the cruise control lever
to decelerate, the transmission will au-
tomatically downshift if the rate of de-
celeration is too low.
Warning!
G
The speed stored in memory should only be
set again if prevailing road conditions per-
mit. Possible acceleration or deceleration
differences arising from returning to the pre-
set speed could endanger yourself and oth-
ers.
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The last stored speed is deleted when
you turn off the engine.