Controls in detail – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2009 Owners Manual User Manual
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The Distronic brakes your vehicle with a
maximum deceleration of 6.5 ft/s
2
(2 m/s
2
). This corresponds to approxi-
mately 20% of the maximum deceleration
of your vehicle.
The Distronic brakes the vehicle in an effort
to restore the preset distance or to main-
tain the set speed.
The information shown in the multifunction
display depends on whether the Distronic
system and/or the distance warning function
are activated or deactivated.
i
To activate or deactivate the Distronic
To activate or deactivate the Distance
warning function, see (
X
Press button
è
or
ÿ
repeatedly until
one of the following two displays appears
in the multifunction display.
When the Distronic is deactivated, you will
see the standard Distronic display in the mul-
tifunction display.
1
Preceding vehicle, if detected
2
Actual distance to the preceding vehicle
3
Preset distance threshold to the
preceding vehicle
4
Your vehicle
5
Symbol for activated distance warning
function (
When the Distronic is activated, you will see
the set speed in the multifunction display for
approximately 5 seconds. The following dis-
play appears in the multifunction display.
1
Distronic activated
The Distronic system is operated by means of
the cruise control lever.
1
Setting current or higher speed
2
Setting current or lower speed
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