Mercedes-Benz GL-Class: DISTRONIC
- Important safety notes
- Cruise control lever
- Switching on DISTRONIC, storing andmaintaining the current speed
- Setting a speed
- Making adjustments in 1 mph (Canada:1 km/h) increments
- Making adjustments in 5 mph (Canada:10 km/h) increments
- Storing the current speed or calling upthe last stored speed
- Setting the specified minimum distance
- DISTRONIC displays in thespeedometer
- DISTRONIC displays in themultifunction display
- Deactivating DISTRONIC
- Tips for driving with DISTRONIC
Deactivating cruise control
There are several ways to deactivate cruise
control:
► Briefly press the cruise control lever
forwards 3.
or
► Brake.
Cruise control is automatically deactivated if:
• you depre ...
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 ...
See also:
Recovering a vehicle that has becomestuck
Pull away smoothly, slowly, and in a
straight line when pulling out a vehicle that
has become stuck. Excessive tractive
power could damage the vehicles.
If the drive wheels have become stuck i ...
Passing Another Vehicle While Using Cruise Control
Use the accelerator pedal to increase the vehicle speed. When you take your foot
off the pedal, the vehicle will slow down to the previous set cruise speed. ...
Instrument cluster
Selecting the unit of measurement for
distance
This function is only available in Canada.
The Display unit Speedometer/
Odometer function allows you to choose
whether certain displays appear in ...






