2009 Mercedes E-Class Owner's Manual - Page 170
2009 Mercedes E-Class Manual
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Controls in detail Driving systems Adjustment in 5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h) increments X Briefly press the cruise control lever down in direction of arrow 2 (Y page 166). The new speed is set and the vehicle will decelerate. Keep in mind that it may take a brief moment until the vehicle has reached the set speed. Deactivating Distronic X Rthe Depress the brake pedal. ESP® has switched off due to a malfunction shift the automatic transmission into neutral position N while driving or X Ryou Setting stored speed (Resume function) G Warning! The set speed stored in memory should only be set again if prevailing road conditions and legal speed limits permit. Possible acceleration or deceleration differences arising from returning to the preset speed could cause an accident and/ or serious injury to you and others. X Briefly pull the cruise control lever in direction of arrow 4 (Y page 166). If no speed is stored, the current speed is set and stored. X Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal. Briefly push the cruise control lever in direction of arrow 3 (Y page 166). The cruise control speed segments in the multifunction display will go out and the following message appears briefly in the multifunction display: DISTRONIC Off The last set speed is stored for later use. The last stored speed is deleted from memory when the engine is turned off. The Distronic switches off automatically when you depress the brake pedal or you engage the parking brake. In this case, the cruise control speed segments in the multifunction display will go out. The Distronic also switches off automatically when Rthe Rthe Rthe The cruise control speed segments in the multifunction display goes out and an acoustic warning will sound. Observe additional messages in the multifunction display that may appear. G Warning! Distronic switches off and releases the brakes when the vehicle decelerates below the minimum speed of 20 mph (30 km/h) by operation of the system. At that time the driver must apply the brakes in order to reduce vehicle speed further or bring it to a stop. Depressing the accelerator pedal does not deactivate the Distronic. After a brief acceleration (e.g. for passing), the Distronic will resume the last set speed. vehicle speed falls below 20 mph (30 km/h) ESP® is in operation ESP® is switched off with the ESP® switch Setting the following distance in Distronic You can set the specified following distance for Distronic by varying the time setting between 1.0 and 2.0 seconds. Using this time 168