Active Body Control (Abc) - Mercedes-Benz 2007 CL 550 Operator's Manual

Active Body Control (ABC)

The ABC system is an active, comput-
er-controlled system that hydraulically ad-
justs the suspension at all four wheels in
response to various driving situations. It
automatically selects the optimum suspen-
sion tuning and ride height for your vehicle.
Vehicle level control
Warning!
To help avoid personal injury, keep hands
and feet away from wheel housing area, and
stay away from under the vehicle when
lowering the vehicle chassis.
Your vehicle automatically adjusts its ride
height to:
increase vehicle safety
reduce fuel consumption
The vehicle chassis ride height is raised or
lowered according to the selected level
setting and to the vehicle speed:
With increasing speed, ride height is re-
duced by up to approximately 0.4 in
(10 mm).
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With decreasing speed, the ride height
is again raised to the selected vehicle
level.
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These height adjustments are so small that
you may not notice any change.
Controls in detail
Driving systems
The following vehicle level settings can be
selected when the vehicle is stationary:
Level
Normal For driving on normal roads.
The indicator lamp is off.
Raised For driving on rough roads or
with snow chains. The indica-
tor lamp is on.
Select the "Raised" level setting only when
required by current driving conditions.
Otherwise:
Fuel consumption may increase.
Handling may be impaired.
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The selected vehicle level setting remains
stored in memory even if the engine is turned off
and restarted.
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