Mercedes-Benz S-Class Owner's Manual page 239

When you activate cruise control or Active
Distance Assist DISTRONIC, the last speed
stored for the variable limiter is cleared.
Increasing/decreasing the stored speed
Press rocker switch 2 up/down to the pres‐
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sure point.
The stored speed is increased or reduced by
1 km/h.
or
Press and hold rocker switch 2
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the pressure point.
The stored speed is increased or reduced in
increments of 1 km/h.
or
Press rocker switch 2 beyond the pressure
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point.
The stored speed is increased or reduced by
10 km/h.
or
Press rocker switch 2 beyond the pressure
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point and hold.
The stored speed is increased or reduced in
increments of 10 km/h.
or
Accelerate the vehicle to the desired speed.
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Press rocker switch
#
Adopting the detected speed
If cruise control/variable limiter is activated and
Traffic Sign Assist has detected a speed restric‐
tion sign with a maximum permissible speed and
this is displayed in the instrument cluster:
Press rocker switch
#
up/down to
The maximum permissible speed shown by
the traffic sign is stored and the vehicle
maintains or does not exceed this speed.
Deactivating cruise control or the variable
limiter
Press rocker switch
#
%
If you brake, deactivate ESP
intervenes, cruise control is deactivated. The
variable limiter is not deactivated.
% When you switch off the vehicle, the last
speed stored is cleared.
When you activate cruise control or Active
Distance Assist DISTRONIC, the last speed
stored for the variable limiter is cleared.
Permanent limiter
If the vehicle should never exceed a specific
speed (e.g. for driving in winter tyre mode), you
2 up.
can set this speed with the permanent limiter.
You do this by limiting the speed to a value
between 160 km/h and 240 km/h in the multi‐
media system (
Shortly before the set speed is reached, it
appears in the multifunction display. When you
3 up.
confirm the message with %, display mes‐
sages no longer appear until you switch off the
vehicle. The speed will only be displayed again
once the vehicle has been restarted.
The permanent limiter does not switch to pas‐
sive mode even during kickdown and the driven
speed remains below the set speed.
3 down (CNCL).
Setting the speed limitation for winter tyres
® or if ESP ®
Multimedia system:
Vehicle
,
ter tyres limit
Select a speed or deactivate the function.
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