2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GL SUV ignition

R
you have switched on the tur nsignals. In
this event ,the warnings are suppressed
for acertai nperio doft ime.
R ad riving safety syst em intervenes, such
as ABS, BAS or ESP ®
.
If Adaptive is selected, no warning vibra-
tio no ccurs if:
R yo uh aves witched on the turn si gnals.In
thi se vent, th ewarnings ar esuppr essed
for acertai nperio doft ime.
R ad riving safety syst em intervenes, such
as ABS, BAS or ESP ®
.
R yo ua ccelerate hard, e.g .kickdown.
R you brak ehard.
R you steer actively, e.g. swerv etoavoid
an obstacle or cha ngelane quickly.
R you cut the corner on ashar pbend.
Towing atrailer
If yo uattach atrailer, make sure th at you have
corre ctly established the electrical connec-
tion. This can be accomplished by checking
the trailer lighting. On-road programs (vehicles with the
ON&OFFROAD package)
Genera lnotes The on-road program
ssupport you when driv-
ing on roads and the off-road programs sup-
port you when driving off-road (Y page 253).
The following program messages remain in
the multifunction display until the corre-
sponding vehicle level has been set. Up to off-
road level 2, you can hide the program mes-
sage susing the %ora button on the
multifunc tion steerin gwheel. AUTO program
Select the AUTO program for
amore com-
for table ride under all normal driving condi-
tions.
Your selection remains stored even if you
remove the key from the ignition lock.
X Selecto rwheel : engaged:
brieflypress
selecto rwheel :.
Selector wheel :extends.
X To select: turnselector wheel :until indi-
cator lamp ;comes on.
AUTO indicator =appear sint he multi-
func tion display.
R Highwa ylevel is set.
R AD S(Adaptive Damp ingS ystem) adjusts
the comfort damping characteristics to
the current operating and driving condi-
tions.
R The automatic transmission selects the
automatic drive progra mforac omforta-
ble and efficien tdriving style. 248
Dri
ving systemsDriving and pa rking

SPORT program
Select the SPOR
Tprogram for sport ydriving
dynamics.
Your selection remains store deven if you
remove th ekey from the ignition lock.
X Selector wheel : engaged:
briefly press
selector wheel :.
Selector wheel :extends.
X To select: turnselector wheel :until indi-
cator lamp ;comes on.
SPORT indicator =appear sint he multi-
func tion display.
R High-speed level, -1 5mmcompared to
highway level, is set.
R ADS (Adaptiv eDamping System) adjusts
the sporty damping characteristics to the
current operating and driving conditions.
R The automatic transmissio nselects the
automatic driv eprogram for asporty
driving style.
R The sporty accelerator pedal curve is
selected. This mean sthat the accelera- tor pedal does not need to be depressed
as fa
rwhen accelerating.
R The sport ysteering curve is selected.
Thi sm eans that mor eeffort is required
when steering.
i Youc annot select the SPORT program if
LOW RANGE has been selected .The
Driv eprogram SPORT Not in LOW RANGE message then appears in th
emulti-
function display.
Snow program Select the snow program when driving in
snow or with snow chains.
X
Selector wheel : engaged:
briefly press
selector wheel :.
Selector wheel :extends.
X To select: turn selector wheel :until indi-
cator lamp ;comes on.
Snow indicator =appears in the multi-
function display. Driving systems
249Drivingand pa rking Z

Mes
sages in the multifunction display
If ag ear change process has not been successful, the following messages may be displayed
in the multifunction display: Display messages Possibl
ecauses/ consequence sand M Solutions
LO
WR ANGE max. speed 40 km/h Yo
uh ave been driving faster than 40 km/h .Additionally, the indi-
cato rlamp on the button in the centre console blinks.
X Driv emore slowly to carry out the gear chan ge process. LOW RANGE Shift to
position
Nbriefly Th
et ransmission is in position Dand yo uare driving at below
40 km/h.
X Shift th etransmission to Nto comple tethe gear change proc-
ess. LOW RANGE Shifting
cancelled Please
reactivate The gear change process was not carried out.
X
Maintain all gear change conditions and carry out the gear
change process again. LOW RANGE Stop
Apply parking brake Aw
arning ton ealso sounds. The gear chang eprocess has not been
comple ted. LOW RANGE is in the neutral position .There is no
con nectio nbetween the engine and the driv ewheels.
! Do not drive any further. You could otherwise damage the
vehicle’ sdrive train.
X Sto pthe vehicle. Take int oaccount the road and traffic condi-
tions whe ndoing so.
X Apply the electric parkin gbrake (Y page 182).
X Repe atthe gear change process.
If th egear change process has been carried out, the LOW RANGE
Stop Appl
yparking brake message disapp
ears. ONOFFROAD men
uint he COMAND dis-
play (vehicles wit hthe ON&OFFROAD
package) Yo
uc an displ ay some driving systems ,driving
programs and additional information in the
COMAND display.
X Make sure that th ekey is in position 2in
the ignition lock.
X Make sure that COMAN DOnline is activa-
ted, see the separate COMAND operating
instructions.
X Pres sfunction button :.
The corresponding displays appea rinthe
COMAN Ddisplay:
R level control
R steering angle
R vehicle' sangle of inclination 256
Drivin
gsystemsDrivin gand pa rking

X
Pull release knob :until the ball coupling
unloc ks.
The ball coupling folds down from under the
rea rbumper. The indicator lamp on the
release knob flashes.
i Do not attempt to spee dupthis process
by usin gyour foot to apply additional pres-
sure .Otherwise, the syste mmay sustain
mechanical damage. X
Press the ball coupling in the direction of
the arrow until it engages audibl ybehind
the bumper.
The indicator lam ponthe release knob
goes out and the message in the multifunc-
tion displa ydisappears. X
AMG vehicles and vehicles with AMG
bodystyling: attachhooks ;of cover =
in the direction of the arrow int oopen-
ings :intended for this purpose. X
AMG vehicle sand vehicles with AMG
bodystyling: push cover?upwards in the
direction of the arrow until it engages.
X AMG vehicles and vehicles with AMG
bodystyling: check that cover ?has been
atta ched correctly. Trailer powe
rsupply
! Youc an connect accessories with a
power rating of up to 240 Wtothe perma-
nen tpower supply and with apower rating
of up to 18 0Wto the powe rsupply that is
switched on via the ignition lock.
The trailer batter ymay not be charged from
the power supply.
When it leaves the factory, your vehicle's
trailer socket is equippe dwithapermanent
power supply and apower supply that is
switched on via the ignition lock.
The permanen tpower supply is supplied via
trailer socket pin 9.
The power supply that is switched on via the
ignition lock is supplied via trailer socket pin
10.
The trailer's permanen tpower supply is
switched off in the even toflow vehicle supply
voltage and after six hour satthe latest.
You can fin dmore information about fit ting
the trailer electric sataqualified specialist
workshop.
X To switch the connected power supply
on or off: turn the key in the ignition lock 262
Towin
gatrailerDriving an dparking

Ä
PRE-SAFE®
Brake (Y page68)
120 km/h! Maximum permissibl
espeed
exceeded (only for cer tain coun-
tries) Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to call up the menu bar and select
am enu.
Operating the on-board computer
(Y page 269).
Dependin gonthe equipment fit tedint he
vehicle, you can cal lupthe followin gmenus:
R Trip men
u(Ypage 271)
R Navi menu (navigation details)
(Y page 272)
R Audio menu (Y
page 274)
R Tel menu (telephone) (Y
page 275)
R Assist. menu (assistance) (Y
page 277)
R Serv. menu (Y
page 279)
R Sett. menu (Y
page 279)
R ON&OFFRO AD menu (Y
page 286)
R AMG menu in AM
Gvehicles (Y page 286)
The Audio ,
Navi and
Tel menus differ slightly
in vehicles with an audio system and in vehi-
cles with COMAN DOnline. The examples
given in this Owner's Manual appl ytov ehicles
equipped with COMAN DOnline. Trip menu
Standard display X
Pres sand hol dthe % button on the
steerin gwheel until the Trip men
uwith
trip meter :and total distance
recorder ;is shown.
Trip compu ter" From start" or "From
reset" Example: "From start
"trip computer
: Distance
; Time
= Averag espeed
? Average fuel consumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip menu.
X Press 9or: to select From start or
From reset .
The values in the From start submen
uare
calculate dfrom th estart of ajour ney, whilst
the values in the Fromreset submenu are
calculated fro mthe last tim ethe submenu
was reset (Y page 272).
The From start trip compute
risa utomati-
cally reset when:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 9,999 kilometres have been exceeded.
The From reset trip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours
or 99,99 9kilometres. Menus and submenus
271On-board computer and displays Z

X
Press the 6ora button to star tdial-
ling.
or
X To exit the redia lmemory: press the
~ or% button. Assistance menu
Introduction In the
Assist. menu, you have the following
options:
R showing Speed Limit Assist and activa ting/
deactivating its message function
(Y pag e277)
R showing the distance display
(Y pag e277)
R activating/deac tivating th edistanc ewarn-
ing function (Y page 278)
R activating/deactivating PRE-SAFE ®
Brake
(Y page 278)
R activating/deactivating ATTENTION
ASSIST (Y page 278)
R activating/deactivating Blind Spot Assist
or Active Blind Spot Assis t(Y page 279)
R activating/deactivating Lan eKeeping
Assist or Active Lan eKeeping Assist
(Y page 279) Speed Limit Assist Displaying Speed Limit Assist
X
Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Spee dLim. Asst. .
X Press the abutton.
Under certain conditions ,detected speed
limits are shown in the multifunction dis-
play (Y page 233).
Activating/deac tivating th eSpeed Limit
Assist message function
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Pres sthe 9 or: button to select
Spee dLim. Asst. .
X Press the abutton.
Th em ultifunction display shows Speed
Limit Assis t.
X Press the :button.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate or deactivate: pressa.
If the Speed Limit Assist message fun ction
is activated, adetected speed limi tisauto-
matically displayed for five seconds. Other
items in the multifunction display are not
shown during this time.
If Speed Limit Assis tiso perational and the
message fun ction is activated, the multifunc-
tion display shows the Äsymbol when the
ignition is switched on.
Showing the distance display X
Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Distan cedisplay .
X Press the abutton.
The DI STRONIC PLUS distance display
appears in the multifunction display
(Y page 205). Menus and submenus
277On-board computer and displays Z

If the
Sensors deactivated messa
ge
appears, the radar senso rsystem is deacti-
vated.
X Check whether or not the radar sensor sys-
tem is permitted to be activated
(Y page 433).
X Switc honthe radar sensor system
(Y page 28 3).
Activating/deactivating distance warn-
ing function X
Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Press 9or: to select Dist. warn‐
ing .
X Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deac tivate: press the a
button again.
When the distanc ewarning function is acti-
vated, the multifunction display shows the
Ä symbol if the HOLD function is not acti-
vated (Y page 211).
Vehicles with Active Parking Assist: if
PARKTRONIC is activated and you are driving
at as peed under 35 km/h, the jActive
Parkin gAssist symbol is shown instead of the
Ä symbol ( Ypage 21 9).
Further information on the distance warning
function (Y page63).
Activating/deactivatin gPRE-SAFE ®
Brake PRE-SAFE
®
Brake is only available in vehicles
with DISTRONIC PLUS.
X Press =or; on the steering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Pres sthe 9 or: button to select
PRE-SA FEBrake .X
Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deac tivate: press the a
button again.
When PRE-SAFE ®
Brak eisa ctivated, the mul-
tifunction displa yshows the Äsymbol as
long as the HOL Dfunction is not activated
(Y page 211).
Vehicles with Active Parking Assist: if
PARKTRONIC is activated and you are driving
at as peed under 35 km/h, the jActive
Parkin gAssist symbol is shown instead of the
Ä symbol ( Ypage 21 9).
If the PRE-SA FEBrake: Sensors deacti‐ vated message appears
,the radar sensor
system is deactivated.
X Chec kwhether or not the radar sensor sys-
tem is permi tted to be activated
(Y page 43 3).
X Switch on the radar senso rsystem
(Y page 283).
For more information on PRE-SAFE ®
Brake,
see (Y page 68).
Activating/deactivating ATTENTION
ASSIST X
Press =or; on the stee ring wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Pres sthe 9 or: button to select
Attent ionA sst. X
Press the abutton.
The curren tselection is displayed.
X To activate/deac tivate: press the a
button again.
When ATTENTION ASSI STis activated, the
À symbol appears in the multifunction
display when the ignition is on.
For further information about ATTENTION
ASSIST, see (Y page 232).278
Menus and submenusOn-boar
dcomputer and displays

Activating/deactivating Blind Spot
Assist X
Press =or; on thesteering wheel
to select the Assist. menu.
X Pres sthe 9 or: buttontos elect
Blin dSpot Asst. .
X Press the abutton.
Th ec urrent selection is displayed.
X To activate/deactivate: press thea
button again.
If the BlindSpot Assist Sensors deac‐ tivated or
Active blind spot assist. sensor system deactivated message
appears ,the radar sensor system is deacti-
vated.
X Chec kwhether or not the radar sensor sys-
tem is permitted to be activated
(Y page 433).
X Switc hont he radar sensor system
(Y page 283).
For further information about Blind Spot
Assist ,see (Y page 238).
For further information about Active Blind
Spot Assist ,see (Y page 242).
Activating/deactivating Lane Keeping
Assist X
Press =or; on the steerin gwheel
to selec tthe Assist. menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
Lane Keep .Asst. X
Press the abutton.
Th ec urrent selection is displayed.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press :or9 to set Off ,
Standard or
Adaptive .
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
When Lane Keeping Assis torActive Lane
Keeping Assist is activated, the Ãsymbol
appears in the multifunction displa ywhen the
ignition is on. For further information about Lane Keeping
Assist
,see (Y page 240).
For further information about Active Lane
Keepin gAssist ,see (Y page 245). Service menu
In the
Serv. menu, you have the following
options:
R call up display messages in message mem-
ory (Y page 290)
R restart the tyr epressure loss warning sys-
tem (Y page 401)
R check th etyre pressure electronically
(Y page 402)
R call up service due date (Y page 365) Settings menu
Introduction In the
Settings menu, you have the following
options:
R changing the instrument cluster settings
(Y page 280)
R changing the ligh tsettings (Y page 280)
R changing the vehicle settings
(Y page 283)
R changing the auxiliary heatin gsettings
(Y page 284) Menu
sand submenus
279On-board computer and displays Z