Driving - Mercedes-Benz 2009 CL-Class Operator's Manual

Controls in detail
Driving systems
if the driver's door is open and the driver
R
has not fastened his or her seat belt
if the radar sensors are switched off
R
( Y page 247)
Switching on while driving
X
Tap the DISTRONIC Plus lever up
down until desired speed is set.
2
The DISTRONIC Plus is switched on.
or
X
Pull the DISTRONIC Plus lever briefly in
direction of arrow to call up the last set
4
speed, or if no speed is stored, to set and
store the current speed.
The DISTRONIC Plus is switched on.
X
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Your vehicle adapts its speed to the
preceding vehicle, observing the set speed
as a maximum value.
Below 20 mph (30 km/h), you can only switch
on the DISTRONIC Plus if the preceding
vehicle has been detected and is shown in the
multifunction display. If you no longer see the
preceding vehicle in the multifunction display
and if it is no longer detected because it has
changed lanes, for example, the DISTRONIC
Plus switches off and a signal sounds.
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If you do not completely remove your foot
from the accelerator pedal, the message
DISTRONIC PLUS Override appears in the
multifunction display. The distance to a
slower-driving vehicle will not be set. You will
drive at the speed you dictate by pressing the
accelerator pedal.
or
1
Switching on when approaching a
stationary vehicle
If the preceding vehicle is stationary, you can
only switch on the DISTRONIC Plus if your
vehicle is also at a standstill.
X
Tap the DISTRONIC Plus lever up
down until desired speed is set.
2
The DISTRONIC Plus is switched on.
or
X
Pull the DISTRONIC Plus lever briefly in
direction of arrow
speed, or if no speed is stored, to set and
store the current speed.
The DISTRONIC Plus is switched on.
It is helpful to switch on the DISTRONIC Plus
display in the multifunction display
( Y page 353) since you can only switch on the
DISTRONIC Plus below a speed of 20 mph
(30 km/h) when a preceding vehicle is
detected.
You can adjust the set speed using the
DISTRONIC Plus lever and the target distance
using the distance setting switch on the
DISTRONIC Plus lever (
i
PRE-SAFE
an impending collision if this function has
been activated with the instrument cluster
control system (
Starting off
When the preceding vehicle starts off:
X
Remove your foot from the brake pedal.
or
X
1 Pull the DISTRONIC Plus lever briefly in
direction of arrow 4.
or
X
Briefly step on the accelerator pedal.
Your vehicle starts off and adapts its speed
to call up the last set
4
to the preceding vehicle.

Driving

If there is no preceding vehicle, the
DISTRONIC Plus functions like the cruise
control (
When the DISTRONIC Plus detects that the
preceding vehicle is driving more slowly, it
Y page 360).
If the DISTRONIC Plus is switched off, the
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Brake ( Y page 72) will warn of
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page 244).
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