2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GL SUV ignition

X
Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Amb. ligh t+/- function.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to adjust the
brightness to any level from Off to
Level 5 (bright).
X Press the aor% button to save the
setting.
Setting the ambient lighting colour
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Light submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Ambien tlight colour function.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 buttontos et the
colour to SOLAR ,
NEUTRAL or
POLAR .
X Press the aor% button to save the
setting.
Surround lighting and exterior lighting
delayed switch-off
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Light submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to select the Sur‐ roun
dlighting function.
When the Surround lighting function is
activated, th elight cone and the area
around the vehicle are displaye dinred in
the multifunction display.
X Press the abutton to save the setting. Deac
tivating delayed switch -off of th eexte-
rior lighting tempo rarily:
X Befor eleaving the vehicle, tur nthe key to
position 0in the ignition lock.
X Tur nthe key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
The exterior lighting delayed switch-off is
deactivated.
Delayed switch-off of the exterior lighting is
reactivated the nex ttime you start the
engine.
If you have activated the Surround light‐ ing func
tion and the light switc hisset to
Ã,t he followin gfunctions are activated
when it is dark:
R Surround lighting: the exterior lighting
remains lit for 40 seconds after unlocking
with the key. If you start the engine, the
surround lighting is switched off and the
automatic headlamp mode is activated
(Y page 119).
R Exterior lighting delayed switch-off: the
exterior lighting remains lit for
60 seconds after the engine is switched off.
If you close all the doors and the tailgate,
the exterior lighting goes off after
5s econds.
i Depending on your vehicle's equipment,
when the surround lighting and delayed
switch-off exterior lighting are on, the fol-
lowing light up:
R side lamps
R daytime driving lights
R surround lighting in the exterior mirrors
Activating/deactivating th einterior light-
ing delayed switch-off
If you activa tethe Lighti ngdelayed sw.- off function, th
einterior lighting remains on
for 20seconds after you remove the key from
the ignition lock. 282
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:
To fold the exterior mirror sinorout
If you have switched on the function and you
fold the exterior mirrors in using button :,
the exterior mirrors do not fold out automat-
ically (Y page 113).
You can then only fold out the exterior mirrors
using button :.
Resetting to factor ysettings X
Pres sthe = or; button on th esteer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Factor ysetting submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
The Reset all settings? message
appe ars.
X Pres sthe : or9 button to select
No or
Yes .
X Press ato confir mthe selection.
If you select Yes ,t
he multifunction display
shows aconfirmation message.
For safet yreasons, not all functions are reset:
the Limi tspeed (winter tyres): func-
tion in permanen tSPEEDTRONIC can only be
set in the Vehicle submenu. If you want to
reset the Daytimedriving lights in the
Light submenu, yo
umust turn the key to
position 1in the ignition lock. ON&OFFROAD menu
Example: multifunction display
X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the ON&OFFROAD menu.
You can set the following current settings to
appea rintheON&OFFROAD menu:
R On-road program (Y page 248)
R Off-road program (Y page 253) AM
Gm enu in AMG vehicles
AMG displays :
Digital speedometer
; Gear indicator
= Upshift indicator
? Engin eoil temperature
A Coolant temperature
B ECO start/stop func tion status indicator
(Y page 163)
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
Upshift indicator UP =
indicates that the
engin ehas reached the overrevving range
when in the manual gearshift program.
Upshift indicator UP =
fades out other mes-
sages until you have shifted up.
When the engine oil temperature is below
80 †, the oil temperature is shown in blue. 286
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Avoi
dusing the ful loutpu toft he engin edur-
ing this time.
SETUP :
Drive program (C /S /M )
; ESP ®
mode (ON /OFF )
= Suspension tuning (COMFORT /SPORT /
SPORT+ )
SETUP shows the drive program, the ESP ®
(Electronic Stability Program) mode and the
suspensio ntuning.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until
SETUP is displayed.
RACETIMER Displaying and starting the RACETIMER
G
WARNING
The RACETIMER feature is only for use on
roads and in conditions where high speed
driving is permitted. Racing on publi croads is
prohibited under all circumstances. The driver
is and must always remain responsible for fol-
lowin gposted speed limits. :
Lap
; RACETIMER You can star
tthe RACETIME Rwhen the
engin eisrunnin gorift he key is in position
2 in the ignition lock.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until the
RACETIME Risshown.
X To sta rt:press the abutton to start the
RACETIMER.
Displaying the intermediate time X
Press the =or; button to select
Interm .Time .
X Press ato confirm.
Th eintermediate time is displayed for five
seconds.
Starting anew lap :
RACETIMER
; Fastest lap time (best lap)
= Lap
X Press ato confirm NewL ap .
i It is possible to store amaximum of six-
teen laps. Lap 16 can only be stopped with
Finish Lap .Menus and submenus
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Stopping th
eRACETIMER X
Press the %button on the steering
wheel.
X Press ato confirm Yes .
The RACETIMER interrupts timing when you
stop the vehicle and turn the key to position
1 in the ignition lock. When you turn the key
to position 2or 3and then press ato
confirm Start ,t
iming is continued.
Resetting the current lap
X Stop the RACETIMER.
X Press =or; to select ResetLap .
X Press ato reset th elap time to "0".
Deleting all laps If you switch off the engine, the RACETIMER
is reset to "0" after 30 seconds
.All laps are
deleted.
You cannot delete individual stored laps. If
you have stopped 16 laps, the current lap
does not have to be reset.
X Reset the current lap.
X Press ato confirm Reset .
Rese tRace Timer? appe
arsint he multi-
func tion display.
X Press the :button to select Yes and
press the abutton to con firm.
All laps are deleted. Overall evaluation
:
RACETIMER overall evaluation
; Tota ltime driven
= Average speed
? Distanc ecovered
A Maximum speed
This func tion is shown if you have stored at
least one lap and stopped the RACETIMER.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG menu.
X Press the 9button repeatedly until the
overall evaluation is shown.
Lap evaluation :
Lap
; Lapt ime
= Average lap speed
? Lap length
A Top speed during lap 288
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Displa
ymessages Introduction
General notes Display message
sappear in th emultifunction display.
Display messages with graphic symbols are simplified in the Owner's Manual and may differ
fro mt he symbols in the multifunction display.
Please respond in accordanc ewith the displa ymessages and follow the additional notes in
this Owner's Manual.
Certain display messages are accompanied by an audible warning tone or acontinuou stone.
When you stop and par kthe vehicle, please observe the notes on:
R HOL Dfunction (Y page 211)
R Parking (Y page 181)
Hiding display messages X
Press the aor% button on the steering wheel to hide the displa ymessage.
The display message is cleared.
The multifunction display shows high-priorit ydispla ymessages in red. Som ehigh-priority dis-
play messages cannot be hidden.
The multifunction displa yshows these messages con tinuously until the cause sfor the mes-
sages have been remedied.
Message memory The on-boar
dcomputer save scertain display messages in the message memory.You can
cal lupt he displa ymessages:
X Press the =or; button on the steerin gwheel to selec tthe Serv. menu.
If ther eare display messages, th emultifunction display shows 2messages ,f
or example.
X Press the 9or: button to select the entry, e.g. 2messages .
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the 9or: buttontos croll through the displa ymessages.
When the ignition is switched off ,all display messages are deleted apart from some high-
priority display messages. Once the causes of the high-priority display messages have been
rectified, the correspondin gdisplay messages are also deleted. 290
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Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
!
Re
leasep arking brake Th
er ed ! indicato rlamp flashes and awarning ton esounds.
Ac onditio nfor aut omatic relea se of theelectric parking brak eis
not fulfilled (Y page182).
You are driving wit hthe electric parking brak eapplied.
X Releas ethe electric parking brak emanually. The red
!indicator lamp flashes and awarning ton esounds.
You ar emaking an emergenc ystopu singthe electric parking
brak e(Ypage 182). !
Pa
rkingb rake See Owner'
sManual Th
ey ellow !warning lamp light sup.
The electric parking brak eismalfunctioning.
To apply:
X Switch th eignition off.
X Press th eelectric parking brak ehandle for at least ten seconds.
X Move the transmission selector lever to P.
X Consul taqualified specialist workshop. The yellow
!warning lamp and the red !indicator lamp
are lit.
The electric parkin gbrake is malfunctioning.
To release:
X Switch off th eignition and tur nitback on.
X Release the electric parkin gbrake manually.
or
X Releas ethe electric parkin gbrake automaticall y(Ypage 18 2).
If the electric parking brake can still not be released:
X Do not drive on.
X Consul taqualified specialist workshop. 294
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Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
The red
!indicato rlamp flashes and the yellow !warning
lamp is lit.
The elect ricp arking brak eismalfunctioning.
To release:
X Switch off the ignition and tur nitback on.
X Release the elect ricp arking brak emanually.
To apply:
X Switch off the ignition and tur nitback on.
X Engage the elect ricp arking brak emanually.
If the red !indicator lamp con tinues to flash:
X Do not driv eon.
X Secure the vehicle agai nstrolling away ( Ypage 405).
X Mov ethe transmissio nselecto rlever to P.
X Turn the fron twheels towards the kerb.
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The yellow
!warning lamp lights up. The red !indicator
lamp flashes for about ten seconds after the electric parking brake
has been applied or released .Itthen goes out or remain slit.
The electric parkin gbrake is malfunctioning.
X Switch off th eignition and tur nitback on.
X Engage the electric parking brake.
If it is not possible to apply the electric parking brake:
X Move the transmission selector lever to P.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop.
If it is not possible to release the electric parking brake:
X Release the electric parking brake automatically (Y page 182).
If the electric parking brake can still not be released:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The yellow
!warning lamp lights up. If you manually apply or
release the electric parking brake, the red !indicator lamp
flashes.
The electric parking brake is malfunctioning. It is not possible to
apply the electric parking brake manually.
X Move the transmission selector lever to P.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. Display messages
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Displa
ymessages Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
!
Pa
rking brake inop‐
erative Th
ey ellow !warning lamp lights up. The red !indicator
lamp flashes fo rabout ten seconds after the electric parkin gbrake
ha sb een applied or released. It then goes out or remains lit.
The electric parkin gbrake is malfunctioning ,e.g. because of over-
voltag eorundervoltage.
X Remove the cause for the overvoltage or undervoltage ,e.g. by
charging the battery or restarting the engine.
X Appl yorr elease the electric parkin gbrake.
If it remains impossibl etoapply or release the electric parking
brake:
X Swit choff the ignition and tur nitback on.
X Apply or release the electric parkin gbrake.
If th eelectric parkin gbrake can stil lnot be released:
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop. The display messag
eisonly shown whil ethe vehicle is in motion.
The red !indicator lam pflashes and the yellow !warning
lamp is lit.
It is not possible to apply the electric parkin gbrake manually.
X Move th etransmission selector lever to P.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. !
Turn on th
eigni‐ tion to release
the parkin
gbrake Th
er ed ! indicator lam pislit.
You attempted to release the electric parkin gbrake whil ethe igni-
tion was switched off.
X Key: turnthe key to position 1in the igni tion lock.
X KEYLESS-GO: switchonthe igni tion. J
Chec
kbrake fluid level There is insufficient brake fluid in th
ebrake flui dreservoir. In addi-
tion ,the J warnin glamp in the instrument cluster lights up and
aw arning ton esounds.
G WARNING
The brakin gefficienc ymay be impaired.
There is arisk of an accident.
X Pull over and stop the vehicle safely as soon as possible ,paying
attention to road and traffic conditions. Do not continue driving
under any circumstances.
X Secure the vehicle against rolling away (Y page 181).
X Consult aqualified specialist workshop.
X Do not top up the brake fluid. This does not correct the error. 296
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