Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2009 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 160)

Driving systems
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Vehicle level control
G Warning!
To help avoid personal injury, keep hands
and feet away from wheel housing area, and
stay away from under the vehicle when low-
ering the vehicle chassis.
Your vehicle adjusts its ride height automati-
cally to increase vehicle safety and to reduce
fuel consumption.
The vehicle chassis ride height is raised or
lowered according to the selected level set-
ting and to the vehicle speed. With increasing
speed, the ride height is reduced by up to
approximately 0.5 in (12 mm). With decreas-
ing speed, the ride height is again raised to
the selected vehicle level.
These height adjustments are so small that
you may not notice any change.
The following vehicle level settings can be
selected when the vehicle is stationary:
Level Use for Indicator
lamps
Normal For driving on nor-
mal roads.
Both lamps
off
Level 1 For driving on
rough roads or
with snow chains
(
Y page 234).
One lamp
on
Level 2 For driving on very
rough road surface
conditions.
Both lamps
on
Select the level 1 and level 2 settings only
when required by current driving conditions.
Otherwise the fuel consumption may
increase and/or the handling may be
impaired.
i The selected vehicle level setting remains
stored in memory, even when the engine is
turned off and restarted.
1 Indicator lamp
2 Indicator lamp
3 Vehicle level control button
X Start the engine.
X Press button 3 briefly to change from one
level setting to the next.
R The normal level is selected if both indi-
cator lamps are off.
R At level 1, indicator lamp 1 is on.
R At level 2, both indicator lamps 1 and
2 are on.
When the vehicle is at level 2, pressing but-
ton
3 will return the vehicle to normal
level.
Controls in detail