Mercedes-Benz 2003 S 500 User Manual

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Controls in detail

Driving systems

1 Distance warning function on/off

switch

2 Thumbwheel for setting distance

Increasing distance

Increasing the distance setting causes Dis-
tronic to maintain a greater following dis-
tance to the vehicle ahead.

̈

Turn thumbwheel 2 towards ¯.

Decreasing distance

Decreasing the distance setting causes
Distronic to maintain a shorter following
distance to the vehicle ahead.

̈

Turn thumbwheel 2 towards ®.

Distance warning function

When Distronic is deactivated, this func-
tion will continue to warn you when recog-
nizing a stationary obstacle or a slower
vehicle moving in the vehicle’s path and
the danger of a collision exists:

ț

The distance warning lamp l in the
instrument cluster lights up.

ț

An intermittent warning sounds.

If these warnings are issued, you must
brake manually to maintain a safe distance
and avoid a collision with the vehicle
ahead.

When pressing the brake pedal, the warn-
ing sound stops. The warning sound also
stops when the distance to the vehicle
ahead is sufficient again without applying
the brake pedal. In this case the distance
warning lamp also extinguishes.

Warning!

G

It is up to the driver to exercise discretion to
select the appropriate setting given road
conditions, traffic, driver’s preferred driving
style and applicable laws and driving recom-
mendations for safe following distance.

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