2009 Mercedes CL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 365

Controls in detail Driving systems AIRMATIC Introduction The AIRMATIC consists of two components. The Adaptive Damping System (ADS) (Y page 363) and the vehicle level control (Y page 363). X X Start the engine. Press the program mode selector switch (C/S) (Y page 341) to select the desired driving program. handling may be impaired and the fuel consumption may increase. The following vehicle level settings can be selected when the vehicle is stationary and the engine is running: Level Normal Raised For driving on normal roads. The indicator lamp is off. For driving on rough roads or with snow chains. The indicator lamp is on Vehicle level control G Warning! To help avoid personal injury, keep hands and feet away from wheel housing area, and stay away from under the vehicle when lowering the vehicle chassis. Your vehicle automatically adjusts its ride height to increase vehicle safety and to reduce fuel consumption. You can choose between raised or normal level. The vehicle chassis ride height is raised or lowered according to the selected level setting and to the vehicle speed. With increasing speed, ride height is reduced by up to approximately 0.8 in (20 mm). With decreasing speed, the ride height is again raised to the selected vehicle level. Adaptive Damping System (ADS) The fine tuning of the damping is dependent on: Rroad surface conditions Ryour driving style loading personal settings Rvehicle Ryour The program mode selector switch (C/S) (Y page 341) is used to adjust the suspension tuning. Driving program C Comfort S Sport Suspension tuning comfortable (default setting) sporty for dynamic driving i These height adjustment are so small that you may not notice any change. Select the raised level only when required by current driving conditions. Otherwise, the 1 Vehicle level control switch 2 Indicator lamp Z 363