Driving and parking, Driving systems – Mercedes-Benz M-Class 2014 Owners Manual User Manual

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significant level changes, such as after the

vehicle has been stationary for a long period,

the engine must be on. For safety reasons,

the vehicle is only lowered when the doors are

closed. Lowering is interrupted if a door is

opened, and it continues once the door has

been closed.
Basic settings (excluding AMG vehicles)
The extent to which the vehicle is raised or

lowered depends on the basic setting

selected. Select raised level for off-road

driving or highway/high-speed level for

normal roads.
The individual vehicle levels differ from

highway level as follows:

R

highway level: +/–0 in (+/–0 mm)

R

high-speed level: –0.6 in (–15 mm)

R

raised level: +2.3 in (+60 mm)

Basic settings for AMG vehicles
The extent to which the vehicle is raised or

lowered depends on the AMG adaptive sport

suspension setting selected. Select the

raised level for off-road driving or highway/

high-speed level for normal roads.
The raised level corresponds to a vehicle

position raised by 50 mm compared with

highway level in comfort mode.
Raised level

Only select raised level if this is appropriate

for the road conditions. Otherwise, fuel

consumption may increase and handling may

be affected.

X

Start the engine.

If indicator lamp ; is not lit:

X

Press button :.

Indicator lamp ; flashes. The vehicle rises

to raised level.

During the adjustment, the

Raising

message, for example, appears in the

multifunction display.
If you press the % or a button on the

multifunction steering wheel, the message

will disappear.
Once the vehicle has reached raised level,

indicator lamp ; remains lit. The

Raising

message disappears from the multifunction

display.
If you try to select raised level at a speed

above 40 mph (64 km/h), the

Drive More

Slowly

message appears in the multifunction

display.
Highway/high-speed level

!

Make sure that there is enough ground

clearance when the vehicle is being

lowered. It could otherwise hit the ground,

damaging the underbody.

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