Mercedes-Benz GLS Owner's Manual page 243

240 Driving and parking
To operate cruise control or the variable
#
limiter: press the rocker switch on the steer‐
ing wheel control unit up or down to the
desired position.
Switching between cruise control and the
variable limiter
To select cruise control: select h with
#
the right rocker switch.
To select the variable limiter: select È
#
with the right rocker switch.
% Vehicles with Active Distance Assist
DISTRONIC: the variable limiter is selected
by a different button ( page 244).
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Activating cruise control or the variable lim‐
iter
Press rocker switch 1 up M or down
#
N.
The current vehicle speed is stored and the
vehicle maintains this speed (cruise control)
or does not exceed it (variable limiter).
or
Select J with the left rocker switch.
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The last stored speed is called up and the
vehicle maintains this speed (cruise control)
or does not exceed it (variable limiter).
If the last stored speed has previously been
deleted, the current vehicle speed is stored.
% When you switch off the vehicle, the last
speed stored is deleted.
When you activate cruise control or Active
Distance Assist DISTRONIC, the last speed
stored for the variable limiter is deleted.
Increasing/decreasing the stored speed
1 km/h: press rocker switch
#
down N to the pressure point, or press
and hold (increments of 1 km/h).
or
10 km/h: press rocker switch
#
down N beyond the pressure point, or
press and hold (increments of 10 km/h).
or
Accelerate the vehicle to the desired speed
#
and press rocker switch 1
Adopting a detected speed
Activate cruise control or the variable limiter.
#
If a traffic sign has been detected and is dis‐
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played in the instrument cluster: select J
with the left rocker switch.
The maximum permissible speed shown by
the traffic sign is stored and the vehicle
maintains or does not exceed this speed.
1 up M or
1 up M or
up M.