Mercedes-Benz E-Wagon 2007 Owners Manual User Manual

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Controls in detail

Driving systems

Distronic menu in the control system

In the Distronic menu you can read the cur-
rent settings for Distronic. What appears in
the multifunction display depends on
whether Distronic and the distance warn-
ing function are turned on or off.

̈

Press button

è or ÿ repeatedly

until you see one of the following dis-
plays.

Warning!

G

An intermittent warning sounds and the

distance warning lamp

l in the instru-

ment cluster is illuminated if the Distronic

system calculates that the distance to the

vehicle ahead and your vehicle’s current

speed indicate that Distronic will not be ca-

pable of slowing the vehicle sufficiently to

maintain the preset following distance,

which creates a danger of a collision.

Immediately brake the vehicle to increase

the distance to the vehicle in front of you.

The warning sound is intended as a final cau-

tion that you have not interceded with your

own braking inputs to avoid a potentially

dangerous situation. Do not wait for the op-

eration of the warning signal to intercede

with your own braking, as that will result in

potentially dangerous emergency braking

which will not always result in an impact be-

ing avoided.

Tailgating increases the risk of an accident.

Warning!

G

Distronic brakes your vehicle with a maxi-

mum deceleration of 6.5 ft/s

2

(2 m/s

2

).

This corresponds to about 20% of the maxi-

mum deceleration ability of your vehicle.

Distronic brakes the vehicle in an effort to

restore the preset distance or to maintain

the speed.

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