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Airmatic dc (dual control), Tuning – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual

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Controls in detail

Driving systems

Narrow vehicles

Because of their narrow profile, the vehi-
cles traveling near the outer edges of the
lane have not yet been detected by
Distronic. There will be insufficient dis-
tance to the vehicles ahead.

Airmatic DC (Dual Control)

Airmatic automatically selects the opti-
mum suspension tuning and ride height for
your vehicle. The Airmatic consists of two
components:

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Adaptive Damping System (ADS)

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Vehicle level control

The ADS automatically selects the opti-
mum damping for the respective driving
conditions. At the same time the suspen-
sion is set to either Sport 1, Sport 2 or
Comfort.

Suspension tuning

The suspension tuning is set according to:

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Your driving style

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Road surface conditions

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Your choice of suspension style,
Sport 1, Sport 2 or Comfort, which you
select using the damping button.

The following suspension styles are avail-
able:

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Comfort

Both indicator lamps

2 are off.

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Sport 1

One indicator lamp

2 is on.

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Sport 2

Both indicator lamps

2 are on.

1 Damping button
2 Indicator lamps