Mercedes-Benz GL-Class: Cruise control lever - DISTRONIC - Driving systems - Driving and parking - Mercedes-Benz GL-Class Owner's ManualMercedes-Benz GL-Class: Cruise control lever

1 To store the current speed or a higher

1 To store the current speed or a higher speed
2 To store the current speed or a lower speed
3 To deactivate DISTRONIC
4 To store the current speed or to call up the last stored speed

    Important safety notes
    DISTRONIC regulates the speed and automatically helps you maintain the distance to the vehicle detected in front. It brakes automatically in order to avoid exceeding the set speed. On long and ...

    Switching on DISTRONIC, storing andmaintaining the current speed
    WARNING   The vehicle can be braked when DISTRONIC is activated. For this reason, deactivate DISTRONIC if the vehicle is to be set in motion by other means (e.g. in a car wash or by tow ...

    See also:

    Terrain response operation
    A rotary control just in front of the gear lever is used to select the required special program. Information relating to the suitability of each terrain response program on different types of s ...

    Setting the specified minimum distance
    You can set the specified minimum distance for DISTRONIC by varying the time span between one and two seconds. This time span determines the distance that DISTRONIC should maintain from the vehicl ...

    Brake System Messages
    SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM This message displays along with the brake system warning light if there is a problem with the brake system. See Brake System Warning Light . If this message appears, stop as ...