2008 Mercedes CLS-Class Owner's Manual - Page 224

Controls in detail Driving systems Setting the current speed Accelerate or decelerate to the desired speed. Briefly lift or depress the cruise control lever. Distronic is activated and the current speed is set. Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal. Setting a higher speed Warning! Briefly tip the cruise control lever in direction of arrow 1 ( page 222) to increase vehicle speed in increments of 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h). The new speed is set. The stored speed is displayed in the multifunction display for approximately 5 seconds ( page 222), and one or two segments around the stored speed come on, on the speedometer ( page 219). G If you increase the vehicle set speed, keep in mind that it may take a brief moment until the vehicle has reached the set speed. Increase the vehicle set speed to a value that the prevailing road conditions and legal speed limits permit. Otherwise, sudden and unexpected acceleration of the vehicle could cause an accident and/or serious injury to you and others. i If you do not take your foot off the accelerator completely, the following message will appear in the multifunction display: DISTRONIC Override The distance to a slower moving vehicles in front of you will not be set. Your vehicle speed will then be determined only by the accelerator pedal position. i Depressing the accelerator pedal does not deactivate Distronic. After brief acceleration (e.g. for passing), the cruise control will resume the last speed set. 223