2010 Mercedes GL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 154
2010 Mercedes GL-Class Manual
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152 Driving systems When you use the cruise control lever to decelerate, the brake system will brake the vehicle automatically if the engine's braking power does not brake the vehicle sufficiently. Adjustment in 1 mph (Canada: 1 km/h) increments Setting stored speed (Resume function) G Warning! The set speed stored in memory should only be set again if prevailing road conditions and legal speed limits permit. Possible acceleration or deceleration differences arising from returning to the preset speed could cause an accident and/or serious injury to you and others. X Controls in detail i The set speed value is increased or decreased in 1 mph (Canada: 1 km/h) increments each time you lift or press the cruise control lever up or down to the resistance point. X Increasing: Briefly lift the cruise control lever up to the resistance point in direction of arrow : (Y page 150). X Decreasing: Briefly press the cruise control lever down to the resistance point in direction of arrow ; (Y page 150). X Release the cruise control lever. The new speed is set and the vehicle will accelerate or decelerate. Adjustment in 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h) increments Briefly pull the cruise control lever in direction of arrow ? (Y page 151). If no speed is stored, the current speed is set and stored. X Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal. Deactivating Distronic X Depress the brake pedal. or X i The set speed value is increased or decreased in 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h) increments each time you lift or press the cruise control lever up or down past the resistance point. X Increasing: Briefly lift the cruise control lever up past the resistance point in direction of arrow : (Y page 150). X Decreasing: Briefly press the cruise control lever down past the resistance point in direction of arrow ; (Y page 150). X Release the cruise control lever. The new speed is set and the vehicle will accelerate or decelerate. Keep in mind that it may take a brief moment until the vehicle has reached the set speed. Briefly push the cruise control lever in direction of arrow = (Y page 151). The cruise control speed segments in the speedometer dial will go out and the following message appears briefly in the multifunction display: DISTRONIC Off The last set speed is stored for later use. The last stored speed is deleted from memory when the engine is turned off. The Distronic switches off automatically when you depress the brake pedal or you engage the parking brake. In this case, the cruise control speed segments in the speedometer dial will go out. The Distronic also switches off automatically when Rthe Rthe Rthe vehicle speed falls below 20 mph (30 km/h) ESP® is in operation ESP® is switched off with the ESP® switch