2003 MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 Owner's Manual

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 177 Controls in detail
Driving systems
1Set current or higher speed
2Set current or lower speed
3Cancel cruise control
4Resume at previously set speed
Setting current speed
Accelerate or decelerate t

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 178 Controls in detailDriving systemsSetting to last stored speed (“Resume” 
function)
Briefly push the cruise control lever to 
position4.
The cruise control will resume the last 
set speed.

R

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 179 Controls in detail
Driving systems
Distronic*
When activated, the Distronic adaptive 
cruise control system increases driving 
convenience afforded by the cruise control 
during travel on expressw

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 180 Controls in detailDriving systemsWarning!
G
Distronic cannot take street and traffic con-
ditions into account. Only use Distronic if 
the road, weather and traffic conditions 
make it advisable t

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 181 Controls in detail
Driving systems
Distronic displays in the speedometer 
dialSet speedIf Distronic is activated, one or two seg-
ments light up around the set speed.
SegmentsIf Distronic detects

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 182 Controls in detailDriving systems
Distronic menu in the control system
In the Distronic menu you can read the cur-
rent settings for Distronic. What appears in 
the display depends on whether Dist

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 183 Controls in detail
Driving systems
Distronic deactivated
If Distronic is deactivated, you can see the 
standard display of Distronic in the multi-
function display.
1Vehicle ahead, if detected
2Ac

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 184 Controls in detailDriving systemsActivating Distronic
You can activate Distronic if
you are driving between 25 mph 
(40 km/h) and 110 mph (180 km/h)

the ESP is activated (
page 73)
If Distroni