Off-Road Program (Vehicles With The On&Offroad Package); Off-Road Program 1; Off-Road Programs (Vehicles With The On&Offroad Package) - Mercedes-Benz M-Class Operator's Manual

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To increase or decrease in 1 mph
X
increments (Canada: 1 km/h
increments): briefly press the cruise
control lever up : for a higher set speed
or down ; for a lower set speed.
The set speed appears in the multifunction
display with the à DSR symbol. It is also
displayed in status indicator =.
When DSR is activated, you can change the
set speed to a value between 1 mph and
11 mph (Canada: between 2 km/h and
18 km/h).
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The DSR set speed is always changed in
1 mph increments (Canada: 1 km/h
increments). This is regardless of whether
you press the cruise control lever to or
beyond the pressure point.
Off-road programs (vehicles with the
ON&OFFROAD package)
General notes
The off-road programs assist you in driving
off-road. The engine's performance
characteristics and the gearshifting
characteristics of the automatic transmission
are adapted for this purpose. ABS, ESP
4ETS programs especially adapted to off-road
driving are activated. An accelerator pedal
curve suitable for the terrain is selected, i.e.
the accelerator pedal must be depressed
further to accelerate.
Do not use the off-road programs on roads
that are snow-covered or icy or if you have
mounted snow chains on your vehicle.
For information on driving off-road, see
( page 187).
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The following program messages are shown
in the multifunction display until the
applicable vehicle level is set. Up to off-road
level 2, you can hide the program messages
using the % or the a button on the
multifunction steering wheel.

Off-road program 1

Selector wheel : engaged: briefly press
X
selector wheel :.
Selector wheel : extends.
To select: turn selector wheel : until
X
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and
indicator lamp ; comes on.
Off-road indicator = appears in the
multifunction display.
Off-road level 1 is set to +1.2 in (+ 30 mm)
above the highway level.
If you drive at a speed above 70 mph
(110 km/h), off-road program 1 switches to
AUTO program.
Select off-road program 1 for gentle off-road
terrain, e.g. for gravel or sand surfaces or
tracks. The engine's torque is restricted to a
limited degree and the drive wheels can spin.
The spinning wheels produce a cutting effect
for better traction.
You can only activate off-road program 1
when driving at speeds below 60 mph
(100 km/h). The
1 Max Speed 60 mph (100 km/h)
appears in the multifunction display.
Drive Program OFFROAD
message