Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 153)

Driving systems
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sage DTR --- MPH (Canada: DTR --- Km/h)
in the left multifunction display.
In the following cases you cannot activate the
Distronic:
R up to 2 minutes after starting the engine
R when you brake
R when you have engaged the parking brake
R when the automatic transmission is in park
position
P, reverse gear R, or neutral posi-
tion N
R when the ESP ® is switched off or has
switched off due to a malfunction
1 White Distronic indicator lamp E
2 Set speed
The vehicle speed displayed on the speed-
ometer can briefly vary from the speed setting
on the Distronic system.
Setting the current speed
X Accelerate or decelerate to the desired
speed.
X Briefly lift the cruise control lever in direc-
tion of arrow
1 or depress in direction of
arrow 2 ( Y page 150).
X Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
i If you do not take your foot off of the
accelerator pedal and continue to acceler-
ate past the set speed, the following mes-
sage will appear in the multifunction
display:
DTR Override
The distance to a slower moving vehicle in
front of you will not be set. Your vehicle
speed will then be determined only by the
accelerator pedal position.
Setting a higher speed
G Warning!
Keep in mind that it may take a brief
moment until the vehicle has made the nec-
essary adjustments.
Controls in detail
Z