2016 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class engine

XPressato confirm.
The Reset All Settings?
message
appears.
XPress the :or9 button to select No
orYes.
XPress ato confirm the selection.
If you select Yes
, the multifunction display
shows a confirmation message.
For safety reasons, the Daytime Running
Lightsfunction in theLightssubmenu is
only reset if the vehicle is stationary.
ON&OFFROAD menu
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the ON&OFFROAD
menu.
You can set the current settings to appear in
the ON&OFFROAD
menu:
ROn-road program (Ypage 254)
ROff-road program (Ypage 258)
AMG menu (Mercedes-AMG vehicles)
AMG displays
:Digital speedometer
;Gear indicator
=Upshift indicator
?Engine oil temperature
ACoolant temperature
BTransmission fluid temperature
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG
menu.
Upshift indicator: upshift indicatorUP
=
indicates that the engine has reached the
overrevving range when in the manual drive
program.
Engine/transmission oil temperature:
when the engine and transmission are at nor-
mal operating temperature, oil tempera-
ture ?and Bare displayed in white in the
multifunction display.
If the multifunction display shows oil temper-
ature ?orB in blue, the engine or the
transmission are not yet at normal operating
temperature. Avoid driving at full engine out-
put during this time.
SETUP
:Drive program C/S/M
;ESP®mode (ON/OFF)
=Suspension setting COMFORT/SPORT/
SPORT+
SETUP displays the following information/
functions:
Rthe digital speedometer
Rthe gear indicator
Rthe drive program
Rthe ESP®(Electronic Stability Program)
mode
Rthe suspension setting
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG
menu.
XPress the9button repeatedly until
SETUP is displayed.
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RACETIMER
Displaying and starting RACETIMER
The RACETIMER is only intended for use on a
closed race circuit. Do not use the function on
public roads.
:Lap
;RACETIMER
You can start the RACETIMER when the
engine is running or if the SmartKey is in posi-
tion 2in the ignition lock.
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the AMG
menu.
XPress the9button repeatedly until the
RACETIMER is shown.
XTo start: press the abutton to start the
RACETIMER.
Displaying the intermediate time
XPress the =or; button to select
Interm. Time
.
XPress ato confirm.
The intermediate time is displayed for five
seconds. Starting a new lap
:RACETIMER
;Fastest lap time (best lap)
=Lap
XPress
ato confirm New Lap.
iIt is possible to store a maximum of six-
teen laps. The 16th lap can only be com-
pleted with Finish Lap
.
Stopping the RACETIMER
XPress the %button on the steering
wheel.
XConfirm Yeswitha.
The RACETIMER interrupts timing if you stop
the vehicle and turn the SmartKey to position
1 in the ignition lock. If you turn the key to
position 3and then press ato confirm
Start
, timing is continued.
Resetting the current lap
XStop the RACETIMER.
XPress the =or; button to select
Reset Lap
.
XPress ato reset the lap time to "0".
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Deleting all laps
If you switch offth eengine, th eRACETIMER is
reset to "0" after 30 seconds. Al llaps are
deleted.
You canno tdelete individual store dlaps .If
you hav estoppe d16 laps ,th ecurren tlap
does no thav eto be reset .
XResetth ecurren tlap.
XPress ato confirm Reset.
Reset Rac eTimer?
appears in th emulti-
function display.
XPress th e: buttonto select Yesand
press th ea buttonto confirm .
Al llaps are deleted.
Overall statistics
:RACETIMER overall evaluation
;Total time driven
=Averag espeed
?Distanc ecovered
AMaximum speed
This function is shown if you hav estore dat
leas ton elap and stoppe dth eRACETIMER.
XPress =or; on thesteerin gwhee l
to select th eAMG
menu.
XPress th e9 buttonrepeatedly until th e
overall evaluation is shown.
Lap statistics
:Lap
;Lap time
=Averag elap speed
?Lap lengt h
ATop speed during lap
This function is only available if you hav e
store dat leas ttw olaps and hav estoppe dth e
RACETIMER.
XPress =or; on thesteerin gwhee l
to select th eAMG
menu.
XPress th e9 buttonrepeatedly until th e
lap evaluation is shown.
Eac hlap is shown in aseparat esubmenu.
The fastest lap is indicate dby flashin gsym -
bol :.
XPress th e9 or: buttonto select a
differen tlap evaluation .
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On-board computer and displays
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Display messagesPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
The yellow! warnin glamp lights up. If you manually apply or
release th eelectric parkin gbrake, th ered F (USAonly) or !
(Canada only) indicato rlamp flashes .
The electric parkin gbrak eis malfunctioning. It is no tpossibl eto
apply th eelectric parkin gbrak emanually.
XShift th etransmissio nto position P.
XVisitaqualified specialist workshop .
F(USA
only)
!(Canada
only)
Parkin g
BrakeInop‐
erative
The yello w! warnin glamp lights up. The red F(USAonly)
or ! (Canada only) indicato rlamp flashes fo rabout te nsec -
onds after th eelectric parkin gbrak ehas been applied or released.
It then goe sout or remain slit .
The electric parkin gbrak eis malfunctioning, e.g. because of over-
voltag eor undervoltage.
XRemove th ecaus efo rth eovervoltage or undervoltage, e.g. by
chargin gth ebattery or restarting th eengine.
XEngage or release th eelectric parkin gbrake.
If it remain simpossible to apply or release th eelectric parkin g
brake:
XSwitc hof fth eignition and tur nit bac kon .
XEngage or release th eelectric parkin gbrake.
If th eelectric parkin gbrak estill canno tbe released:
XConsult aqualified specialist workshop .
If th eelectric parkin gbrak estill canno tbe applied:
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
The yellow! warnin glamp lights up and th ered F (USA
only) or !(Canada only) indicato rlamp flashes .
It is no tpossibl eto apply th eelectric parkin gbrak emanually.
XShift th etransmissio nto position P.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
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Display messagesPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
PRE-SAFEFunctions
Currently Limited
SeeOperator'sMan‐
ual
Adaptive Brake Assis tor th ePRE-SAF E®Brake is temporarily inop-
erative .Possibl ecauses are:
Rfunction is impaire ddue to heav yrain or snow.
Rth erada rsensor system is temporarily inoperative, e.g. due to
electromagnetic radiation emitted by nearby TV or radi osta-
tion sor other source sof electromagnetic radiation .
RMercedes-AMG vehicles: ESP®is deactivated
Rthesystem is outside th eoperating temperature range.
Rth eon-boar dvoltag eis to olow.
Whe nth ecauses state dabov eno longer apply, th edisplay mes -
sage disappears.
Adaptive Brake Assis tor th ePRE-SAF E
®Brake is operative again .
If th edisplay message does no tdisappear :
XPull overand stop th evehicl esafely as soo nas possible, payin g
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XSecur eth evehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 189).
XRestart th eengine.
XMercedes-AMG vehicles: reactivat eES P®(Ypage 74).
PRE-SAFEFunctions
Limite dSee Opera‐
tor's Manual
Adaptive Brake Assis tor th ePRE-SAF E®Brake is malfunctioning.
BA SPLU Sor th edistanc ewarnin gfunction may also hav efailed.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
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Display messagesPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
Radar Sensors
Dirty See Opera‐
tor's Manual
At leaston eof th efollowing drivin gsystems or drivin gsafet ysys-
tems is temporarily restricted or inoperative:
RPRE-SAF E®Brake
RActive Lan eKeepin gAssis t
RActive Blind Spot Assis t
If th erada rsensor system in fron tis dirty, Active Blind Spot Assis t
will no tperform acourse-correcting brak eapplication .
Possibl ecauses are:
Rth esensor sin th eradiato rtrim and/o rin th ebumpers are dirty
Rth efunction of th edrivin gsystem and/o rdrivin gsafet ysystem
is impaire ddue to heav yrain or snow.
A warnin gtone also sounds.
Whe nth ecauses state dabov eno longer apply, th edisplay mes -
sage disappears. Al ldrivin gsystems and drivin gsafet ysystems
are operative again .
If th edisplay message does no tdisappear :
XPull overand stop th evehicl esafely as soo nas possible, payin g
attention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XSecur eth evehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 189).
XSwitchof fth eengine.
XClean th esensor sin th efollowing location s (Ypage 380):
Rin theradiato rtrim
Rin th efron tbumper
Rin th erear bumper, particularl yin th emiddle of th erear
bumper
XRestart th eengine.
The display message disap
pears.
6
Restraintsys.mal‐
function Consul t
workshop
The restraintsystem is faulty.
The 6 warnin glamp also lights up in th einstrumen tcluster.
GWARNIN G
The air bags or Emergency Tensioning Devices may either be trig-
gered unintentionally or, in th eevent of an accident, may no tbe
triggered .
There is an increase dris kof injury.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
Observ eth eadditional information on restrain tsystems
(
Ypage 44) .
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Display messagesPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
b
AUTOlightsinoper ‐
ative
The ligh tsensor is defective.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
b
Switch off lights
You leaveth evehicl eand th eligh tis still switched on . Awarnin g
tone also sounds.
XTur nth eligh tswitch to th eà position .
Adaptive Highbeam
Assist Currently
Unavailable See
Operator' sManual
Adaptive Highbeam Assis tis deactivated and temporarily inoper -
ative. Possibl ecauses are:
Rth ewindshield in th ecamera' sfield of vision is dirty.
Rvisibility is impaire ddue to heav yrain ,snow or fog.
XClean th ewindshield.
If th esystem detects that th ecamera is full yoperational again ,th e
Adaptive Highbeam Assist Now Available
message is dis-
played .
Adaptive Highbeam Assis tis operational again .
Adaptive Highbeam
Assist Inoperative
Adaptive Highbeam Assis tis faulty.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
Engine
Display messagesPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
+
Check Coolant
Level See Opera‐
tor's Manual
The coolantlevel is to olow.
!Avoid makin glon gjourneys wit hto olittl ecoolan tin th eengin e
coolin gsystem. The engin ewill otherwise be damaged.
XAd dcoolant, observin gth ewarnin gnote sbefore doin gso
(
Ypage 373).
XIf you need to add coolan tmor eofte nthan usual, hav eth e
engin ecoolan tsystem checke dat aqualified specialist work-
shop.
?The fan motor is faulty.
XAt coolan ttemperatures belo w24 8 ‡ (120†), drive to th e
neares tqualified specialist workshop .
XAvoid subjecting theengin eto heav yloads ,e.g. drivin gin moun-
tainous terrain ,and stop-and-g otraffic.
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?
CoolantToo Hot
Sto pVehicl eTur n
Engine Off
The coolan tis to ohot .
A warnin gtone also sounds.
GWARNIN G
Do notdrive when your engin eis overheated. This can caus esom e
fluids whic hmay hav eleaked into th eengin ecompartmen tto
catch fire.
Steam from th eoverheated engin ecan also caus eserious burn s
whic hcan occur jus tby openin gth ehood.
There is aris kof injury.
XPull ove rand stop th evehicl esafely and switch of fth eengine,
payin gattention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XSecur eth evehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 189).
XWait until th eengin ehas cooled down .
XMakesur ethat th eair supply to th eengin eradiato ris no t
blocked, e.g. by snow, slus hor ice .
XDo no tstart th eengin eagain until th edisplay message goe sout
and th ecoolan ttemperature is belo w24 8 ‡ (120†). Other -
wise ,th eengin ecould be damaged.
XPay attention to th ecoolan ttemperature display.
XIf th etemperature increase sagain ,visit aqualified specialist
workshop immediately.
Under normal operating condition sand wit hth especified coolan t
level, th ecoolan ttemperature may ris eto 24 8 ‡(120†).
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SeeOperator' sMan‐
ual
The battery is no tbein gcharged.
A warnin gtone also sounds.
Possibl ecauses are:
Radefective alternato r
Ratorn poly-V-belt
Ramalfunction in th eelectronics
!Do no tcontinue driving. The engin ecould otherwise overheat .
XPull overand stop th evehicl esafely and switch of fth eengine,
payin gattention to roa dand traffic conditions.
XSecur eth evehicl eagainst rollin gaway (Ypage 189).
XConsult aqualified specialist workshop .
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