2016 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class odometer

PASSENGER AIR BAG indicator
lamps ............................................... 45
Pets in the vehicle ........................... 67
PRE-SAFE
®(anticipatory occu-
pant protection) ...............................6 0
Restrain tsystem warnin glamp ........ 45
OCS
Condition s...................................... .53
Faults ............................................... 57
Operation ......................................... 54
System self-test ............................... 56
Odometer ........................................... 275
Off-road driving
Approach/departure angle ............ 456
Checklist after driving off-road ...... 200
Checklist before driving off-road .... 199
Fording depth ................................ 455
General information ....................... 199
Important safety notes .................. 198
Maximum gradient climbing abil-
ity .................................................. 456
Traveling uphill ............................... 201
Off-road programs (vehicles with
the ON&OFFROAD package)
Displays in the COMAND display ... 262
Function/notes ............................. 258
Off-road program 1 ........................ 258
Off-road program 2 ........................ 259
Off-road system
4MATIC .......................................... 256
DSR ............................................... 257
LOW RANGE off-road gear ............. 259
Off-road 4ETS .................................. 73
Off-road ABS .................................... 69
Off-road ESP
®.................................. 75
Off-road programs (vehicles with
the ON&OFFROAD package) .......... 258
Oil
see Engine oil
On and Offroad menu (on-board
computer) .......................................... 287
On-board computer
AMG menu ..................................... 287
Assistance menu ........................... 281
Audio menu ................................... 278
Convenience submenu .................. 285
Display messages .......................... 290 Displaying a service message ........ 375
DISTRONIC PLUS ........................... 211
Factory settings submenu ............. 286
Importa
nt sa
fety notes .................. 272
Instrument cluster submenu .......... 283
Lighting submenu .......................... 284
Menu overview .............................. 275
Message memory .......................... 290
Navigation menu ............................ 277
On and Offroad menu .................... 287
Operation ....................................... 273
RACETIMER ................................... 288
Service menu ................................. 283
Settings menu ............................... 283
Standard display ............................ 275
Telephone menu ............................ 279
Trip menu ...................................... 275
Vehicle submenu ........................... 285
Video DVD operation ..................... 279
On-road programs
AUTO program ............................... 254
Function/notes ............................. 254
Snow program ............................... 255
SPORT program ............................. 255
Trailer program .............................. 256
Opening and closing the side trim
panels ................................................. 138
Operating safety
Declaration of conformity ................ 28
Important safety notes .................... 27
Operating system
see On-board computer
Operator's Manual
Vehicle equipment ........................... 25
Outside temperature display ........... 273
Overhead control panel ...................... 41
Override feature
Rear side windows ........................... 67
P
Paint code number ............................ 446
Paintwork (cleaning instructions) ... 378
Panic alarm .......................................... 44
Panorama roof with power tilt/
sliding panel
Important safety notes .................. 102
Opening/closing ............................ 104
Index15

Trim pieces (cleaning instruc-
tions).................................................. 382
Trip computer (on-board com-
puter) .................................................. 276
Trip odometer
Calling up ....................................... 275
Resetting (on-board computer) ...... 277
Trunk
see Tailgate
Turn signals
Display message ............................ 304
Switching on/off ........................... 132
Two-way radio
Frequencies ................................... 444
Installation ..................................... 444
Transmission output (maximum) .... 444
TWR (Tongue Weight Rating) (defi-
nition) ................................................. 426
Type identification plate
see Vehicle identification plate
U
UnlockingEmergency unlocking ....................... 92
From inside the vehicle (central
unlocking button) ............................. 91
Upshift indicator (on-board com-
puter, Mercedes-AMG vehicles) ....... 287
V
Vanity mirror (in the sun visor)........ 351
Vehicle
Correct use ...................................... 29
Data acquisition ............................... 30
Display message ............................ 320
Equipment ....................................... 25
Individual settings .......................... 283
Limited Warranty ............................. 30
Loading .......................................... 416
Locking (in an emergency) ............... 92
Locking (SmartKey) .......................... 82
Lowering ........................................ 431
Maintenance .................................... 26
Parking for a long period ................ 192
Pulling away ................................... 168
Raising ........................................... 429 Reporting problems .........................2
9
Securing from rolling away ............ 428
Towing away .................................. 397
Transporting .................................. 399
Unlocking (in an emergency) ........... 92
Unlocking (SmartKey) ...................... 82
Vehicle data ................................... 454
Vehicle battery
see Battery (vehicle)
Vehicle data ....................................... 454
Vehicle data (off-road driving)
Approach/departure angle ............ 456
Fording depth ................................ 455
Maximum gradient climbing abil-
ity .................................................. 456
Vehicle dimensions ........................... 454
Vehicle emergency locking ................ 92
Vehicle identification number
see VIN
Vehicle identification plate .............. 446
Vehicle level
AMG adaptive sport suspension
system ........................................... 222
Vehicle level (display message) ....... 310
Vehicle tool kit .................................. 386
Video
Operating the DVD ......................... 279
VIN ...................................................... 446
W
Warning and indicator lamps
ABS ................................................ 327
Brakes ........................................... 326
Check Engine ................................. 334
Coolant .......................................... 335
Distance warning ........................... 337
DISTRONIC PLUS ........................... 337
ESP
®.............................................. 330
ESP®OFF ....................................... 331
Fuel tank ........................................ 334
Overview .......................................... 36
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ............... 45
Reserve fuel ................................... 334
Restraint system ............................ 333
Seat belt ........................................ 325
Tire pressure monitor .................... 338
Warranty .............................................. 25
22Index

Information for customers in Califor-
nia
UnderCalifornia law you may beentitled to a
replacement of your vehicle or a refund of the
purchase price or lease price, ifafter a rea-
sonable number of repair attempts
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and/or its author-
iz ed repair or service facilities fail to fix one or
more substantial defects or malfunctions in
the vehicle that are covered by its express
warranty. During the period of 18 months
from original delivery of the vehicle or the
accumulation of 18,000 miles (approximately
29,000 km) on the odometer of the vehicle,
whic hever occurs first, a reasonable number
of repair attempts ispresumed for a retail
buyer or lessee ifone or more of the fol lowing
occurs:
(1) the same substantial defect or malfunc- tion results ina condition that islikely to
cause death or serious bodily injury ifthe
vehicle is driven, that defect or malfunc-
tion has been subject to repair two or
more times, and you have direct lynoti-
fied Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC in writing
of the need for its repair,
(2) the same substantial defect or malfunc- tion of a less serious nature than cate-
gory (1) has been subject to repair four or
more times and you hav
e directly notified
us in writ ing of the need for its repair, or
(3) the vehicle isout of service by reason of
repair of the same or different substantial
defects or malfunctions for a cumulative
total of more than 30 calendar days.
Please send your written notice to:
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Customer Assistance Center
One Mercedes Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645-0350
Maintenance
The Service and Warranty Booklet describes
all the necessary maintenance work which
should bedone at regular intervals.
Always have the Service and Warranty Book-
let with you when you bring the vehicle to an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. The ser-
vice advisor willrecord every servic e for you
in the Service and Warranty Booklet.
Breakdown assistance
The Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance
Program offers technical help inthe event of a
breakdown. Calls to the toll-free Roadside
Assistance Hotline are answered byour
agents 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372 )
(USA)
1-8 00-387-0100 (Canada)
For additional information, refer to the
Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance Pro-
gram brochure (USA) or the "RoadsideAssis-
tance" section inthe Service and Warranty
booklet (Canada). You willfind both inyour
vehicle literature portfolio.
Change of address or change of own-
ership
In the event of a change of address, please
send us the "Notific ation of Address Change"
in the Service and Guarantee booklet or sim-
ply call the Mercedes-Benz Customer Assis-
tance Center (USA) at the hotline number
1-800-FOR-MERCedes(1-800-367-6372) or
Customer Service Center (Canada) at
1-800-387-0100. This will assist us in con-
tacting you in a timely manner should the
need arise.
If you sell your Mercedes, please leave the
entire literature in the vehicle so that it is
available to the next owner.
If you have purchased a used car, please send
us the "Notification of Used Car Purchase" in
26Introduction

XPress and hold the%button on the
steering wheel until the Trip
menu with
trip odometer :and odometer ;
appears.
Trip computer "From Start" or "From
Reset"
:Distance
;Driving time
=Average speed
?Average fuel consumption
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
menu.
XPress the9or: button to select
From Start
or From Reset.
The values in the From Start
submenu are
calculated from the start of a journey, while
the values in the From Reset
submenu are
calculated from the last time the submenu
was reset (
Ypage 277).
The From Start
trip computer is automati-
cally reset if:
Rthe ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R999 hours have been exceeded.
R9,999 miles have been exceeded.
The From Reset
trip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours or
99,999 miles.
ECO display
The ECO display is not available for
Mercedes-AMG vehicles.
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
menu.
XPress the9or: button to select
ECO DISPLAY
.
If the ignition remains switched off for longer
than four hours, the ECO display will be auto-
matically reset.
For further information on the ECO display,
see (
Ypage 193).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption
On Mercedes-AMG vehicles, the menu only
displays the approximate range.
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
menu.
XPress the9or: button to select
approximate range and current fuel con-
sumption.
The approximate range that can be covered
depends on the fuel level and your current
driving style. If there is only a small amount of fuel left in the fuel tank, a vehicle being refu-
eled C appears instead of approximate
range.
276Menus and submenus
On-board computer and displays

Digital speedometer
XPress the= or; buttonon th esteer -
in g whee lto selec tth eTri p
menu.
XPress th e9 or: buttonto selec tth e
digita lspeedometer.
A gear shift recommendation Zcan also
appear.
Observ eth einformation on gearshift rec -
ommendation Zwhen shiftin gmanually
(
Ypage 178).
Mercedes-AMG vehicles : agearshift rec -
ommendation is shown in th estatus bar of
th emultifunction display and no tin th edig-
ital speedometer display.
Resetting value s
XPress the= or; buttonon th esteer -
in g whee lto selec tth eTri p
menu.
XPress th e9 or: buttonto selec tth e
function that you wish to reset .
XPress thea button.
XPress th e: buttonto selec tYesand
press th ea buttonto confirm .
You can reset th evalues of th efollowing func-
tions:
RTrip odometer
R"From Start "trip compute r
R"From Reset" trip compute r
RECOdisplay
iIf you reset th evalues in th eEC Odisplay,
th evalues in th e"From start "trip compute r
are also reset .If you reset th evalues in th e
"From start "trip computer, th evalues in
th eEC Odisplay are also reset .
Navigation systemmenu
Displaying navigation instructions
In th eNav imenu, th emultifunction display
shows navigation instructions.
Observ eth eadditional information on navi-
gation in th eseparat eCOMAN Doperatin g
instructions.
XSwitc hon COMAN D(se eth eseparat e
operatin ginstructions).
XPress th e= or; buttonon th esteer -
in g whee lto selec tth eNav i
menu.
Route guidance not active
:Direction of trave l
;Currentroad
Route guidance active
No change of direction announced
:Distanc eto th edestination
;Distanc eto th enext chang eof direction
=Curren troad
?"Follow th eroad's course" symbol
Menus and submenus277
On-board computer and displays
Z

Service menu
Depending on the equipment installed in the
vehicle, you have the following options in the
Serv.
menu:
RCalling up display messages in message
memory (
Ypage 290)
RRestarting the tire pressure loss warning
system (
Ypage 412) or checking the tire
pressure electronically (
Ypage 414)
RCalling up the service due date
(
Ypage 375)
Settings menu
Introduction
Depending on the equipment installed in the
vehicle, In the Settings
menu you have the
following options:
RChanging the instrument cluster settings
(
Ypage 283)
RChanging the light settings (Ypage 284)
RChanging the vehicle settings
(
Ypage 285)
RChanging the convenience settings
(
Ypage 285)
RRestoring the factory settings
(
Ypage 286)
Instrument cluster submenu
Selecting the distance unit
The Display Unit Speed-/Odometer:
function allows you to choose whether cer-
tain displays appear in kilometers or miles in
the multifunction display.
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Sett.
menu.
XPress the:or9 button to select the
Instrument Cluster
submenu.
XPress ato confirm.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
Display Unit Speed-/Odometer
func-
tion.
You will see the selected setting: km
or
miles
.
XPress the abutton to save the setting.
The selected unit of measurement for dis-
tance applies to:
RDigital speedometer in the Tripmenu
ROdometer and the trip odometer
RTrip computer
RCurrent consumption and the range
RNavigation instructions in the Navimenu
RCruise Control
RDISTRONIC PLUS
RASSYST PLUS service interval display
Selecting permanent display
Using the Permanent display:
function,
you can switch on the outside temperature or
the additional speedometer in the multifunc-
tion display.
XPress the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Sett.
menu.
XPress the:or9 button to select the
Instrument Cluster
submenu.
XPress ato confirm.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
Permanent Display:
function.
The current selection outside tempera‐
ture,Dig. speedo [km/h]or Dig.
speedo [mph]appears.
Menus and submenus283
On-board computer and displays
Z