Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2010 Owner's Manual page 173

Driving systems
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cause the drive wheels to lose their grip and
the vehicle could skid.
You can set a variable or permanent limit
speed:
Variable for speed limits, e.g. in built-up
R
areas
permanent for long-term speed restric-
R
tions, e.g. when driving with winter tyres
fitted ( page 171)
Y
G
Risk of accident
Speedtronic is only an aid designed to assist
driving. You are responsible for the vehicle's
speed and for braking in good time.
i
The speed indicated in the speedometer
may differ slightly from the limit speed
stored.
Variable SPEEDTRONIC
General notes
With the cruise control lever, you can operate
cruise control or DISTRONIC PLUS and vari-
able SPEEDTRONIC.
The LIM indicator lamp on the cruise control
lever indicates which system you have selec-
ted:
LIM indicator lamp off: cruise control or
R
DISTRONIC PLUS is selected
LIM indicator lamp on: variable SPEED-
R
TRONIC is selected.
You can use the cruise control lever to limit
the speed to any speed above 30 km/h while
the engine is running.
To store the current speed or a higher
:
speed
LIM indicator lamp
;
To store the current speed or call up the
=
last stored speed
To store the current speed or a lower
?
speed
To switch between cruise control or DIS-
A
TRONIC PLUS and variable SPEEDTRONIC
To deactivate variable SPEEDTRONIC
B
Selecting variable SPEEDTRONIC
Check whether LIM indicator lamp ; is on.
X
If it is on, variable SPEEDTRONIC is already
selected.
If it is not, press the cruise control lever in
the direction of arrow A.
LIM indicator lamp ; in the cruise control
lever lights up. Variable SPEEDTRONIC is
selected.
G
Risk of accident
If there is a change of drivers, advise the new
driver of the limit speed stored.
Only use variable SPEEDTRONIC if you will not
have to accelerate suddenly to a speed above
that stored as the limit speed. You could oth-
erwise cause an accident.
You can only exceed the limit speed stored if
you deactivate variable SPEEDTRONIC:
using the cruise control lever
R
by depressing the accelerator pedal
R
beyond the pressure point (kickdown)
It is not possible to deactivate variable
SPEEDTRONIC by braking.