Mercedes-Benz 350 SDL TURBO 1991 Owner's Manual page 61

Note:
If the engine do es not brake the
veh icle sufficie ntly w h ile driving on a
dow ngrade, the speed you set on the
cruise control m ay be exceeded. As
soon as the grade eases, the cruise
controlled speed w ill again be m ain­
tained as long as the brakes w e re not
applied.
If the set speed w as sufficie ntly
exceeded such th a t the bra kes had to
be applied, the cruise control can be
resum ed by pulling the lever to
position 4.
W arn in g !
O n ly use th e cru is e co n tro l if the
tra ffic and w e a th e r co n d itio n s
m ake it ad v is a b le to travel at a
ste ad y sp eed .
• T h e u se of cru is e co n tro l can
be d an g e ro u s on w in d in g
ro ad s o r in h eav y tra ffic b e­
ca u s e c o n d itio n s do not
a llo w safe d rivin g at a ste ad y
sp eed .
• T h e use of cru is e co n tro l can
be d an g e ro u s on slip p ery
ro ad s. Rapid c h an g es in tire
ad h es io n can re su lt in w heel
spin and loss of co n tro l.
T h e " R e s u m e " fu n c tio n should
o n ly be o p e rate d if th e d rive r is
fu lly aw a re of th e p rev io u sly set
sp ee d and w is h e s to resu m e this
p a rtic u la r p res et speed.
W hen d rivin g w ith th e cruise
c o n tro l, th e tra n s m is s io n se lec­
to r lever m u st not be sh ifted to
p o sitio n "N " as o th e rw is e the
en g in e w ill o verrev.
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