Cruise Control Cruise Control Lever - Mercedes-Benz 2015 SLK Operator's Manual

Briefly pull the cruise control lever toward
X
you =.
Remove your foot from the accelerator
X
pedal.
The first time cruise control is activated, it
stores the current speed or regulates the
speed of the vehicle to the previously
stored speed.
Setting a speed
G WARNING
Keep in mind that it may take a brief moment
until the vehicle has made the necessary
adjustments.
Increase or decrease the set vehicle speed to
a value that the prevailing road conditions and
legal speed limits permit. Otherwise, sudden
and unexpected acceleration or deceleration
of the vehicle could cause an accident and/or
serious injury to you and others.
To adjust the set speed in 1 mph incre-
X
ments (1 km/h increments): briefly
press the cruise control lever up : to the
pressure point for a higher speed or
down ? for a lower speed.
Every time the cruise control lever is
pressed up or down, the last speed stored
is increased or reduced.
To adjust the set speed in 5 mph incre-
X
ments (10 km/h increments): briefly
press the cruise control lever up : past
the pressure point for a higher speed or
down ? for a lower speed.
Every time the cruise control lever is
pressed up or down, the last speed stored
is increased or reduced.
i Cruise control is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal. For exam-
ple, if you accelerate briefly to overtake,
cruise control adjusts the vehicle's speed
to the last speed stored after you have fin-
ished overtaking.
Driving systems
Deactivating cruise control
Cruise control lever
There are several ways to deactivate cruise
control:
Briefly press the cruise control lever for-
X
wards : .
or
Brake.
X
Cruise control is automatically deactivated if:
you engage the electric parking brake
R
you are driving at less than 20 mph
R
(30 km/h)
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ESP intervenes or you deactivate ESP
R
on vehicles with manual transmission, you
R
shift to a gear that is too high, and as a
result the engine speed is too low
you shift the transmission to position N
R
while driving
If cruise control is deactivated, you will hear a
warning tone. You will see the
trol Off trol Off message in the multifunction dis-
play for approximately five seconds.
i
When you switch off the engine, the last
speed stored is cleared.
DISTRONIC PLUS
General notes
DISTRONIC PLUS regulates the speed and
automatically helps you maintain the dis-
tance to the vehicle detected in front. DIS-
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Cruise Con‐ Cruise Con‐
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