Mercedes-Benz SL 2008 Owner's Manual page 130

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Deceleration of the vehicle by means of
the cruise control lever is assisted by auto-
matic application of the brakes.
On long downhill gradients, the automatic
transmission shifts down as a further meas-
ure.
Making fine adjustments in 1 km/h
increments
Briefly press the cruise control lever up
X
1 for a higher speed or down
lower speed.
The last speed stored is increased or
reduced.
Deactivating cruise control
There are several ways to deactivate cruise
control:
Briefly press the cruise control lever for-
X
wards 6.
or
Brake.
X
or
* optional
Briefly press the cruise control lever in the
X
direction of arrow 5.
Variable Speedtronic is selected. LIM indi-
cator lamp 2
lights up.
Cruise control is automatically deactivated if,
for example:
you depress the parking brake
R
you are driving at less than 30 km/h
R
®
R ESP is intervening or you deactivate
4 for a
ESP ®
you move the selector lever to N while driv-
R
ing
If cruise control is deactivated, you will hear
a warning tone. You will see the Cruise con-
trol off message in the multi-function dis-
play of the speedometer for approximately
five seconds.
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The last speed stored is cleared when you
switch off the engine.
in the cruise control lever
Driving systems
Distronic*
Distronic regulates the speed and automati-
cally maintains the distance to the vehicle in
front. It brakes automatically in order to avoid
exceeding the set speed. On long and steep
downhill gradients, especially if the vehicle is
laden, you must select shift range 1, 2 or 3.
By doing so you will make use of the braking
effect of the engine, which relieves the load
on the brake system and prevents the brakes
from overheating and wearing too quickly.
G Risk of accident
Do not change down for additional engine
braking on a slippery road surface. This
could cause the drive wheels to lose their
grip and the vehicle could skid.
G Risk of accident
Distronic is only an aid designed to assist
driving. The driver remains fully responsible
for the vehicle's distance from other vehi-
cles, the vehicle's speed and braking in
good time.
Controls
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