2009 Mercedes GL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 116
2009 Mercedes GL-Class Manual
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463_AKB; 2; 52, en-US d2ureepe, 2008-12-02T10:52:11+01:00 - Seite 114 Version: 2.11.7.1 114 X Driving systems Increasing: Lift the cruise control lever in direction of arrow : and hold it up until the desired speed is reached. X Decreasing: Press the cruise control lever in direction of arrow ; and hold it down until the desired speed is reached. X Release the cruise control lever. The new speed is set and the vehicle will accelerate or decelerate. Fine adjustment in 1 mph (Canada: 1 km/h) increments X Increasing: Briefly tip the cruise control lever in direction of arrow :. X Decreasing: Briefly tip the cruise control lever in direction of arrow ;. Always engage the parking brake in addition to shifting the automatic transmission into park position P. On uphill grades, the hill start assist system maintains the pressure in the brake system for approximately 1 second after you have released the brake pedal. Therefore, you can start off smoothly without the vehicle moving immediately after releasing the brake pedal. X Depress the brake pedal. X Shift the automatic transmission into drive position D or reverse gear R. X Release the brake pedal. X Carefully depress the accelerator pedal. The hill start assist system is inactive Rwhen starting off on a level road or downhill Controls in detail 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. grades Rwith Rwith Rif the automatic transmission in neutral position N the parking brake engaged the ESP® has switched off due to a malfunction All-wheel drive (4MATIC) Your vehicle is equipped with all-wheel drive (4MATIC). Both, the front and rear axle, are powered at all times when the vehicle is being operated. The 4MATIC improves traction in conjunction with the ESP® (Y page 52) and the Electronic Traction System (4-ETS) (Y page 53). X Briefly pull the cruise control lever in direction of arrow ?. X Remove your foot from the accelerator pedal. The last stored speed is deleted from memory when the engine is turned off. G Warning! Hill start assist system G Warning! The hill start assist system is not designed to function as a parking brake. It does not prevent the vehicle from moving when parked on an incline. If a drive wheel is spinning due to insufficient traction: RWhile RWhile driving off, apply as little throttle as possible. driving, ease up on the accelerator pedal. RAdapt your speed and driving style to the prevailing road conditions.
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