Mercedes-Benz CL-Class 2006 Owner's Manual page 314

Cruise control is automatically deactivated
if:
you apply the electric parking brake
you are driving under 30 km/h
ESP ( page 49) intervenes or you de-
®
activate ESP ®
you shift the automatic transmission to
N while the vehicle is in motion
A warning tone. The "Cruise control off"
message is displayed in the multi-func-
tion display for approximately five sec-
onds.
i
The last speed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine.
Distronic*
1
Distronic controls the speed and auto-
matically maintains the set distance from
vehicles travelling in front.
Distronic functions at speeds between
30 and 200 km/h.
1 Not available in all countries.
G
Risk of accident
Distronic is only an aid designed to assist
driving. You are responsible for your vehi-
cle's distance from other vehicles, the
speed of your vehicle and for braking in
good time.
Distronic does not react to:
pedestrians
stationary obstacles in the road, e.g.
stationary or parked vehicles
oncoming vehicles and cross traffic
Distronic may not detect narrow vehicles
travelling in front, e.g. motorcycles and vehi-
cles travelling on a parallel but offset
course. Therefore, always pay attention to
the traffic conditions, even when Distronic is
activated. You may otherwise fail to recog-
nise dangers in time, cause an accident and
injure yourself and others.
If a slower-moving vehicle is detected in
front, Distronic causes your vehicle to
brake and maintain a preset distance from
the vehicle in front.
Driving systems
G
Risk of accident
Distronic cannot detect road and traffic con-
ditions. Deactivate Distronic in driving situa-
tions in which it maintains the speed or
accelerates to the set speed because it has
lost the vehicle travelling in front, in particu-
lar:
before bends
in filter lanes
when changing into a lane with fast traf-
fic
on rerouted lanes, e.g. motorway works
Distronic cannot take weather conditions
into account. Deactivate Distronic or do not
activate it:
on slippery road surfaces, snow or ice.
The wheels may lose their grip when the
driver brakes or accelerates the vehicle.
The vehicle could begin to skid.
when the sensors are dirty or visibility is
poor, e.g. due to fog, rain or snow. The
distance control may be impaired.
Controls
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