Mercedes-Benz GLE Owner's Manual page 38

262 Driving and parking
Activating the start-off assist
& WARNING Risk of skidding and having
an accident from wheels spinning
When you use start-off assist, individual
wheels could spin and you could lose control
of the vehicle.
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If ESP is deactivated, there is a risk of skid‐
ding and accident!
Make sure that no persons or obstacles
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are in the close vicinity of your vehicle.
Deactivating ESP ® ( page 233).
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Move the steering wheel to the straight-
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ahead position.
Depress the brake pedal firmly with your left
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foot and keep it depressed.
Engage the h drive position (
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Select the sportiest available drive program
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B or C( page 203).
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Rapidly depress the accelerator pedal fully.
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Take your foot off the brake, but keep the
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accelerator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pulls away at maximum accelera‐
tion.
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Switch on ESP
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dure is complete. ESP
able to stabilise the vehicle if the vehicle
starts to skid or a wheel starts to spin.
Cancelling the start-off assist
Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal.
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Reactivate the ESP
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AIRMATIC
Function of AIRMATIC
AIRMATIC is an air suspension system with varia‐
page 206). ble damping for improved driving comfort and
vehicle dynamics. The all-round level control sys‐
tem ensures the best possible suspension and
constant ground clearance, even with a laden
vehicle. When driving at speed, the vehicle is
lowered automatically to improve driving safety
and to reduce fuel consumption. You also have
the option of manually adjusting the vehicle
level.
once the acceleration proce‐
AIRMATIC is comprised of the following func‐
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will otherwise not be
tions and components:
R
R
R
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R
Air suspension with automatic level control
Speed-dependent lowering
Manually selectable high level setting for
greater ground clearance which can be
adjusted using a level button
ADS PLUS (Adaptive Damping System with
constant adjustment of damping characteris‐
tics)