Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual
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Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting a lower speed
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Briefly tip the cruise control lever in di-
rection of arrow
2 (
page 222) to de-
crease vehicle speed in increments of
5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
The stored speed is displayed in the
multifunction display for approximately
5 seconds (
page 222), and one or
two segments around the stored speed
come on, on the speedometer
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Fine adjustment in 1 mph
(Canada: 1 km/h) increments
Faster
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Briefly tip the cruise control lever in di-
rection of arrow
4 (
Warning!
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If you increase the vehicle set speed, keep in
mind that it may take a brief moment until
the vehicle has reached the set speed.
Increase the vehicle set speed to a value
that the prevailing road conditions and legal
speed limits permit. Otherwise, sudden and
unexpected acceleration of the vehicle
could cause an accident and/or serious in-
jury to you and others.
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When you use the cruise control lever to de-
celerate, the brakes will be applied to support
deceleration.
In addition, the transmission will automatically
downshift on long downhill grades.