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Crossing vehicles
discrepancies while still parked. However, for
significant level changes, e.g. after the
vehicle has been stationary for a long period,
the engine must be on. For safety reasons,
the vehicle is only lowered when the doors are
closed. Lowering is interrupted if a door is
opened, and it continues once the door has
been closed.
G Warning!
Make sure that nobody is in the vicinity of the
wheel arch or the underbody when changing
the vehicle level. You could otherwise trap
yourself or others.
DISTRONIC may detect vehicles that are
crossing your lane by mistake. Activating
DISTRONIC at, for example, a traffic light with
crossing traffic, could cause your vehicle to
pull away at the wrong time.
G Warning!
Always select as low a vehicle level as
possible. If the vehicle level is high, the vehicle
center of gravity shifts upwards. This
increases the risk of the vehicle tipping over.
Level control
Adapt your driving style to suit the vehicle
level. ESP® cannot reduce the risk of an
Important safety guidelines
accident if you drive too fast. ESP® cannot
override the laws of physics.
Level control automatically adapts the vehicle
level to the current operating and driving
situation. This results in reduced fuel
consumption and improved handling.
Vehicles with ADS: when you are driving in
ADS COMF or ADS AUTO(Y page 194), the
vehicle is automatically lowered to high-
speed level as the speed increases. As the
!
When driving on extremely rough terrain,
select a high vehicle level in good time.
Make sure that there is always sufficient
ground clearance to prevent damage to the
vehicle.
vehicle speed decreases, the vehicle is raised ! Remove the key from the ignition before
back up to highway level. In ADS
SPORT(Y page 194), the vehicle skips
highway level and is lowered directly to high-
speed level.
raising one or more wheels with the
appropriate equipment.
Information on "Off-road driving"; see
Y page 173).
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Make changes to the vehicle level while the
vehicle is in motion. This enables the vehicle Vehicles without the extended Off-Road
to adjust to the new level as quickly as
possible.
The vehicle level may change visibly if you
Pro engineering package
Basic setting
park the vehicle and the outside temperature The extent to which the vehicle is raised or
changes. If the temperature drops, the
vehicle level is lower; with an increase in
temperature, the vehicle level rises.
lowered depends on the basic setting
selected.
Select:
When you unlock the vehicle or open a door,
the vehicle begins to balance the load
RRaised level for off-road driving
RHighway/high-speed level for normal roads
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz GL-Class Manuals, Mercedes-Benz Manuals |
|---|---|
| Tags | Mercedes-Benz GL350 BlueTEC, Mercedes-Benz GL450, Mercedes-Benz GL550, Mercedes-Benz X164 |
| Model Year | 2011 |
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