2017 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE SUV HYBRID Owner's Manual

Coolant temperature gauge
GWARNING
Opening the hood when the engine is over-
heated or when there is a fire in the engine
compartment could expose you to hot gases
or other service products. There is a risk of
injury.
Let an overheated engine cool down before
opening the hood. If there is a fire in the
engine compartment, keep the hood closed
and contact the fire department.
!A display message is shown if the coolant
temperature is too high.
If the coolant temperature is over 248 ‡
(120 †), do not continue driving. The engine
will otherwise be damaged.
The multifunction display shows the coolant
temperature in the Coolant
submenu.
Under normal operating conditions and with the
specified coolant level, the coolant temperature
may rise to 248 ‡ (120 †).
Multifunction display
:Permanent display: outside temperature or
speed (Ypage 44)
;Time
=Text field
?Menu bar
ADrive program
BTransmission position
Additional displays in the multifunction dis-
play:
Rõ Vehicle operational (Ypage 22)
RñOperating mode, other operating mode
displays (Ypage 21)
Rè Electric range (Ypage 9)
Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steering
wheel to call up the menu bar and select a menu.
Operating the on-board computer (see the vehi- cle Operator's Manual).
The following menus have been added to or
changed in order to include displays and set-
tings for hybrid operation:
RTripmenu (Ypage 40)
-Energy flow display
-Displaying the current fuel consumption
-Displaying the total range and electrical
range
-Trip computer "From Start" or "From Reset"
RServicemenu
-Displaying the coolant temperature
(Ypage 39)
RSettingsmenu (Ypage 43)
-Hybridsubmenu for setting the maximum
charge current and departure time for pre-
entry climate control or the charging proc-
ess (
Ypage 43). In addition, the charging
prediction for the current charging process
is displayed.
-InstrumentClustersubmenu for select-
ing the outside temperature or speed as the
permanent display in the multifunction dis-
play (
Ypage 44).
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On-board computer and displays
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Trip menu
Energy flow display
Selecting the energy flow display in the
multifunction display
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Tripmenu.
XUse: or9 to select Energy Flow.
XConfirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
The active components of the hybrid drive
system are highlighted in the energy flow dis-
play.
Overview
:Internal combustion engine
;Electric motor
=High-voltage battery condition of charge
?High-voltage battery
AEnergy flow
The active components of the hybrid drive sys-
tem are highlighted.
The energy flow is indicated by arrows. The
arrows have a different color depending on the
operating state.
Automatic engine switch-off
The engine and electric motor are switched off.
The arrows for the energy flow are not shown.
The condition of charge of the high-voltage bat-
tery is shown when the SmartKey is in position 2
in the ignition lock.
Engine running while vehicle is stationary
The combustion engine is running while the
vehicle is stationary. The high-voltage battery is
not being charged.
The arrows for the energy flow are not shown.
The combustion engine is highlighted.
Charging while vehicle is stationary
The engine powers the electric motor. The elec-
tric motor operates as a generator. The high-
voltage battery is being charged.
The arrow representing energy flow is shown in
white.
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On-board computer and displays

Driving using theengin e
The engin epowers th evehicle.
The arrows fo rth eenerg yflo ware shown in
white.
Driving using th eengin eplus boost mode
If you accelerate th evehicl erapidly, th eelectric
motor support sth ecombustion engin eby pro -
vidin gadditional drive torque .
The arrows fo rth eenerg yflo ware shown in red .
Driving using th eengin eplus energy
recover y
The engin epowers th evehicle. The electric
motor is operatin gas agenerator, e.g. in over-
run mod eand when brakin g (
Ypage 24).The kineti
cenerg yof th evehicl eis converted into
electrica lenergy. The high-voltag ebattery is
bein gcharged.
The arrows fo rth eenerg yflo ware shown in
green .
Driving using th einternal combustion
engin eand charging th ehigh-voltage bat -
tery
The engin epowers th evehicle. The engin ealso
powers th eelectric motor. The electric motor
operates as agenerator. The high-voltag ebat -
tery is bein gcharged.
The arrows fo rth eenerg yflo ware shown in
white.
Driving using th einternal combustion
engin eand discharging th ehigh-voltage
battery
The engin epowers th evehicle. If th evehicl eis
approachin g adownhill gradien twit h a high
potential fo renerg yrecuperation ,th econdition
of charg eof th ehigh-voltag ebattery is inten-
tionally kept low or intentionally reduced.
The arrows fo rth eenerg yflo ware shown in
white.
Further information on th eroute-based operat -
in g strategy (
Ypage 24) .
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On-board computer and displays
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Electric operation mode
The electric motor powers the vehicle. The high-
voltage battery supplies energy to the electric
motor.
The arrows for the energy flow are shown in
green.
Electric operation mode and charging the
high-voltage battery
The electric motor is operating as a generator,
e.g. in overrun mode and when braking. The
kinetic energy of the vehicle is converted into
electrical energy. The high-voltage battery is
being charged.
The arrows for the energy flow are shown in
green.
Charging the high-voltage battery when
stationary
The engine and electric motor are switched off.
The arrows for the energy flow are not shown.
Further information on charging the high-volt-
age battery via:
Ra mains socket (Ypage 31)
Ra charging station (Ypage 35)
Ra wallbox (Ypage 34)
Displaying the current fuel consump-
tion
The menu displays the current fuel consump-
tion.
XPress the=or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Tripmenu.
XConfirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
display with the current fuel consumption.
You can also display the fuel consumption val-
ues and the electrical energy generated in the
multimedia system display. The multimedia sys-
tem shows the values from the last 15 minutes
in a bar graph (
Ypage 50).
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On-board computer and displays

Displaying ranges
The approximaterange is base don th ecurren t
drivin gstyle.
XPress th e= or; buttonon th esteerin g
whee lto selec tth eTri pmenu.
XConfir mby pressing aon thesteerin g
wheel.
The approximat etota lrange that can be cov-
ere dis calculated accordin gto your curren t
drivin gstyle and th eamount of fue lin th e
tank .If there is only asmall amount of fue llef t
in th efue ltank , avehicle wit h afuelpum p
C appears instead of th etota lrange.
If th econdition of charg eof th ehigh-voltage
battery is low, avehicle wit h achargin gcable
appears instead of th eelectric range.
XPress :or9 to selec tth eapproximat e
tota lrange and electrical range.
Trip compute r"From Start" or "From
Reset "
:Distanc e
;Driving time
=Average speed
?Trip distanc ein electric mode
AAverage fue lconsumption
XPress th e= or; buttonon th esteerin g
whee lto selec tth eTri pmenu.
XPress th e9 or: buttonto selec t
Fro mStartor Fro mReset. You can fin
dfurther information in th evehicle
Operator's Manual.
Service menu
Observ eth enote son coolan ttemperature in
th evehicle Operator's Manual.
XPress th e= or; buttonon th esteerin g
whee lto selec tth eSettingsmenu.
XPress th e: or9 buttonto selec tth e
Serv.submenu.
XConfir mby pressing aon thesteerin g
wheel.
XPress th e: or9 buttonto selec tth e
Coolan tsubmenu.
XPressato confirm your selection .
The coolan ttemperature is shown in abar
display.
Settings menu
HYBRID submenu
Setting th emaximum charg ecurrent
Using th eMaximu mChargeCurrent:function ,
you can limit th echarg ecurren tvalu eat whic h
th ehigh-voltage battery should be charged.
Before startin gth echargin gprocess at apowe r
socket, chec kth emaximum permissible charg e
curren tfo rth erelevant powe rsocke tor th e
building.
Only set th emaximum permissible charg ecur -
ren tusin gth efunction if:
Rit is no tpossible to set th echarg ecurren ton
th echargin gcable
Rth eprecise maximum permitte dcharg ecur -
ren tcan only be set via th eon-boar dcom-
puter
Before chargin gth ehigh-voltage battery at a
wallbox or chargin gstation ,ensur ethat th e
chargin gcurren tis no tlimited by th efunction .If
chargin gat awallbox or achargin gstation ,
selec tth emaximum value.
Further information on chargin gth ehigh-volt -
age battery and setting th echarg ecurren t
(PLUG-IN HYBRID vehicles ) (
Ypage 30).
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On-board computer and displays
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XPress the=or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
XPress the:or9 button to select the
Hybridsubmenu.
XConfirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
Maximum Charge Current:function.
You will see the selected setting.
XPress the abutton to save the setting.
The maximum charge current values in the on- board computer may deviate from the charg-
ing cable values.
Further information on charging the high-volt-
age battery (PLUG-IN HYBRID vehicles)
(
Ypage 30).
Setting the departure time
You can climatize the vehicle interior prior to
your departure with the "Set departure time"
function. Further information on pre-entry cli-
mate control (
Ypage 18).
If you recharge the high-voltage battery, the
function also displays the charging prediction.
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
XPress the:or9 button to select the
Hybridsubmenu.
XConfirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
Departure Time:function.
You will see the selected setting.
XTo set no departure time: press the:or
9 button to select No Preselection
.
XPressato confirm.
If you recharge the high-voltage battery, the
multifunction display also shows the time when the high-voltage battery will be fully
charged.
or
XTo set a departure time: press:or9
A
, Bor Cto select the desired preset.
XPress the abutton to confirm the selec-
tion.
XPress :or9 to set the hours.
XPress ato confirm.
XPress :or9 to set the minutes.
XPress ato confirm.
If you recharge the high-voltage battery, the
multifunction display shows the expected
condition of charge of the high-voltage bat-
tery for the departure time set.
Further information on charging the high-volt-
age battery (PLUG-IN HYBRID vehicles)
(
Ypage 30).
Instrument cluster submenu
Selecting permanent display
The Permanent Display:function allows you
to choose whether the multifunction display
always shows the outside temperature or the
speed.
The speed display is inverse to the speedome-
ter.
XPress the =or; button on the steering
wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
XPress the:or9 button to select the
Instrument Clustersubmenu.
XConfirm by pressing aon the steering
wheel.
XPress the :or9 button to select the
Permanent Display:function.
The current setting, Outside Temperature,
Speedometer [km/h]or Speedometer[mph]appears.
XTo change the setting: pressaagain.
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On-board computer and displays

Display messages
Hybrid drive system
Display messagesPossible causes/consequences an dMSolutions
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Vehicl eOperationalSwitchtheIgnitionOff Before Exitin g
You are exitingth evehicle when it is in aready-to-driv estate. The
READY indicator in th emultifunction display is on . Awarnin gtone also
sounds.
If you leav eth evehicle:
XSafeguar dth evehicle against rollin gaway (se eth evehicle Opera-
tor' sManual).
XSwitc hof fth eignition and remov eth eSmartKey.
If you do no tleav eth evehicle:
XSwitc hof fth eelectrical consumers ,e.g. automatic climat econtrol,
seat heating.
Please note th efollowing: th eelectrical consumers are supplied by th e
12 Vbattery. If th evehicle is lef tin aready-to-driv estat efo ran exten-
ded period, it will switch of fonce th e12 Vbattery is almost empty. It
will then only be possible to start th evehicle usin g asecon dbattery
(jump-starting).
Change the curren tdrive programbeforechangingtheoperatingmode.orExit manualdrive progra m Mbeforechangingtheoperating mod e
You haveattempted to chang eth eoperatin gmode when in automatic
drive program Sport, Individual (wit hactivated Spor tcharacteristics )
or manual drive program M.
XSelec tth eComfort ,Slippery or Individual (wit hactivated Comfort or
Ec ocharacteristics )drive program (Ypage 22).
XSelectth epreferred operatin gmode HYBRID ,E-MODE ,E-SAVE or
CHARGE (Ypage 21).
E-MODE CurrentlyUnavailable
The condition of charg eof th ehigh-voltage battery has dropped to th e
lowe rlimit and th eE-MODE operatingmode has bee nswitched off.
Driving wit hth einternal combustion engin eis activated and th eoper-
atin gmode switches to th ebasi cHYBRID setting.
XContinue drivin gusin gth einternal combustion engine.
You can switch to th eE-SAVE orCHARGE operatingmode as
require d (
Ypage 21).
If you selec tCHARGE ,th ehigh-voltage battery is charged.
Once th echarg elevel display fo rth ehigh-voltage battery has
increase dslightly, you can switch to th eE-MODE operatingmode
again .
OnlyE-MODE Availa ‐ble Power Limite dRefuel Immediately
The fueltank has bee nrun dry and th ecombustion engin ehas bee n
switched off.
A warnin gtone also sounds.
The vehicle will be powered by electrical energ yonly. Performanc eis
restricte dand th evehicle may accelerat emore slowly than normal.
XRefuel at th enearest gas station without fail .
In th e"Total range and electric range" menu, you can display th e
approximat erange of th evehicle (
Ypage 43).
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On-board computer and displays
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Display messagesPossible causes/consequences andMSolutions
Withoutstartingengine again, con ‐sultworkshop
You canno tstart th eengin eagain due to amalfunction .
A warning tone also sounds.
If th eengin eis running:
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
If you switch off th eengine:
XSafeguar dth evehicl eagainst rollin gaway (see th evehicl eOpera-
tor' sManual).
XNotify aqualified specialist workshop or breakdown service.
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Towing Not Permit ‐ted See Operator'sManual
The hybrid drive system is malfunctioning .
XHaveth evehicl etransporte don atransporte ror trailer to th enear-
est qualified specialist workshop .
Û
StörungWerkstattaufsuchen(Malfunction
Visit workshop )
The hybrid drive system is malfunctioning .
XVisitaqualified specialist workshop .
Û
Malfunction
The hybrid drive system is malfunctioning .
XHaveth evehicl etowed away by aprofessional recovery compan yto
th eneares tqualified specialist workshop .
d
Malfunction
The drive system is malfunctioning .
The ECO start/sto pfunction may hav efailed.
The drive powe ris restricted.
XVisit aqualified specialist workshop .
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ChargerCable Con ‐nected
The charging cable connecto ris connecte dto th evehicl esocket.
You canno tdrive off as lon gas th echarging cable connecto ris still
connected.
Befor eyou drive off :
XRemove thecharging cable connecto rfrom th evehicl esocke t
(Ypage 34) .
6
Please Wai tDepressurizing Tan k
The fuel filler flap unlocking butto nhas been pulled .The fuel tan kmus t
be depressurized before refueling.
XWait until th efuel tan kis depressurized and th efuel filler flap is
unlocked.
The opening process for th efuel filler cap may tak eup to 15
minutes.
6
Tan kis Depressur ‐izedReadyforRefu‐eling
The fuel tan kis no wdepressurized. The vehicl emay no wbe refueled .
XObserveth einformation on refuelin gon th efuel filler flap .
XOpenth efuel filler cap and remove it (Ypage 27).
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On-board computer and displays