2019 MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS engine

if
yo uswit chon theHOLD function orselect a
dif fere nt trans mis sion positio nth an 005E, the
engine willautomaticall yst op inthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R Youstop behind ave hicle that ispullin g
aw ay.
R Youstop atast op sign when ther eis no vehi‐
cle infront ofyou.
R Youtur nth esteer ing wheel hardat alow
speed.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal intransmission
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R Youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Youch ang eth eve hicle leve l.
R Anautomat icengin est ar tis nec essar y.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted.
The Vehicle Operation alSwitc hthe Ignit ionOff Befor
eEx iting displa ymessag ealso appear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo udo notswit choff
th eignition ,th eignition isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rth re eminut es.
Deactiv atingoractiv ating theECO star t/
sto pfunc tion #
Press button 1.
A displ ayappear sin theins trument cluster
when switching theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ion
of f/on .
% Acont inuous displayappear sin theins tru‐
ment clusterwhi letheEC Ostar t/ stop func‐
tion isdeactiv ated. ECO
displa yfunction The
ECOdispla ysummar izesthedr iving charac‐
te rist ics from thest ar tof thejour neyto its com ‐
ple tion andassis tsyouin achie vingth emos t
econ omical driving style.
Yo ucan influen ceconsum ption ifyo u:
R Drive wit hpar ticular care
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am ;.
R Obser vethege arshif tre comme ndations 13
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Driving and parking

Selec
tingthedr ive pr og ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The selec teddr ive pr ogr am appear sin the
multifu nctiondisplay in theins trument clus‐
te rand inthemultimedia system displa y. Selec
tingtheDeser tdr ive pr og ram
% The availabilit yof thefo llo wing function is
coun try- dependen t. #
Chang eto drive pr og ram E(Ec o). #
Press and hold DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1
bac kwards forapp rox. thre esecon ds.
A visual andacous ticmessag eis emitt ed. #
Conf irm theselect ionwithth elef tto uc hpad
but tonon thesteer ing wheel.
The Desert DriveProgram Act.ES PUnavaila-
ble See Operator 'sManual messageappear s
in theins trument cluster.The ESP®
and ABS
wa rning lam pslight up.
% Obser vetheno teson theDeser tES P®
.
% Avisual andacous ticmessag eis emitt ed
ag ain when thedr iver's door isopened while
th eengine isrunning todraw attent ion to
re strict ed road suit abilit yin cas eof ach ang e
of driver s. #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
to deactiv ateth eDeser tdr ive pr og ram.
% The drive pr ogr am C(Co mfort)isau tomati‐
cally activeaf te rst ar tin gth eve hicle. Conf
iguringdrive pr og ram I Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT
5 Individual #
Select theindividual setting. Switc
hingtheoper ation feedba ckfordr ive
pr og ram on/o ff Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Switc hNotif ication forUser on0073 oroff0053.
When this func tion isact ive, acor responding
messag eis sho wninthemedia displaywhen
a dr ive pr og ram issele cted withth e
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. 13
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Driving and parking

Disp
laying vehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Vehicle Data.
The follo wing informatio nis displa yed:
R Com pass
R Wheel angle
R Incline
R Gradient
R Altitude
R LOW RANGE(/ page 143)
R Loc king (/page14 5) Di
spla ying enginedata Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Engine Data.
% The values forengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thenomin alvalues. It
ems that can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e G-Mod
e
G-Mod eis an additional drive pr og ram forof f-
ro ad jour ne ys and isno tsuit able foruse onfirm
ro ad sur faces. G-Mo deisau tomatical lyact iva‐
te d, ifone ofthefo llo wing condition sis me t:
R Youshif tth etra nsf ercase totheLOW
RAN GEoff-r oa dge ar (/ page14 4).
R Youen gage atleas ton edif fere ntia llo ck
( / pag e14 6).
Th eG indic ator app earsin theins trument clus‐
te r.
G-M ode isaut omat icallydeac tivated again, ifth e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R Youshif tth etra nsf ercase totheon- road
posit ionHIGH RANGE. R
Youdisen gage alldiffere ntia llo ck s.
No tall driving anddriving safetysy stems are
av ailable inG-Mod eunde rcer tain cir cums tan‐
ces. Observe thesy stem limits ofthetransf er
case (/page14 3) andth edif fere ntia llo ck s
( / pag e14 5).
It is no tpo ssi ble to chang eth edr ive pr og ram
wit hth eDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hin G-Mode.
The DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc honl ywo rksag ain
when G-Mode hasbeen deactiv ated. Dr
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Au
tomatic trans mis sion DI
REC TSE LECT leve r Fu
nction oftheDIRECT SELECT leve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getou tof theve hicle andbehit by
oncom ingtraf fic.
R ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,ch ildr encould alsosetth eve hi‐
cle inmo tion, forex am ple, by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R shif ting theaut omatic transmiss ionout of
par kposition 005D.
R star tin gth eengine #
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Keep theSmar tKey out ofthere ac hof
ch ildr en. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E alwaysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. Use
theDIRE CTSELECT leve rto shif tth etra ns‐
mission position.The current trans mis sion posi‐
tio nis displ ayed inthemultifunc tiondispla y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neut ral
005B Drive po sitio n 13
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When
theaut omatic transmiss ionisin transmis‐
sion position 005B,itshif tsthege arsaut omat i‐
call y.This depends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R theselect eddrive pr og ram
R theposition oftheaccelera torpeda l
R thedr iving speed Manua
lge arshif ting &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and ofan
acci dent dueto shif ting down onslipper y
ro ad sur faces
If yo ushif tdo wn onslipp eryro ad sur faces to
inc rease theengine braking effect, thedr ive
wheels maylose traction. #
Donotshif tdo wn onslipper yro ad sur‐
fa ces toinc rease theengine braking
ef fect. Pe
rm anen tse tting #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess butt on1.
If indicat orlam p2 islit, manual gearshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y. Te
mp oraryse tting #
Toactiv ate: pul lst eer ing wheel paddle
shif ter1 or2.
Manua lge arshif tingis act ivat ed fora shor t
time. Thecurrent gear isdispla yedin the
multifu nctiondisplay. #
Todeac tivate: pullst eer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2 and hold itin pla ce.
The transmiss ionposi tion 005Bapp earsin the
multifu nctiondisplay.
% Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram Iusi ng thesteer ing wheel
paddle shifters,select theM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion. 14
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Gear
shifting #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel paddle
shif ter2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel paddle
shif ter1.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. Gear
shiftrecomm endation Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. #
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1 is
sho wnonthemultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear. Using
kickdow n Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. #
Maxi mum acceler atio n:dep ress theaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint . The
automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving. Glide
mode functio n Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Wi th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R thecombus tionengine isdiscon nectedfrom
th edr ivet ra in and theengine continues to
ru nin neu tral .
R thetra nsmiss ionposition 005Bisdispla yedin
gr een inthemultifunc tiondispla y.
Glide mode isact ivat ed ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R drive pr og ram ; issele cted.
R thespeed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R thero ad's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends. Dr
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R
ther eis no trailer coupled tothetrailer hitch,
and nobicy clerack installed.
R youar eno longerdepr essing theacceler ator
or brak epedal.
% Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Gli de mode isdea ctivated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t. Gl
ide mod ecan also be preve nted bythefo llo w‐
ing parame ters:
R Incline
R Downhill gradi ent
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine R
Traf fic situ ation
% Glide mod ecan beende dby pressing the
ri ght- hand steer ing wheel paddle shifter
( / pag e14 0). Pr
obl ems with thetransm ission Pr
oblem
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
The transmission hasafa ulty gearshif t. The transm issionis losin goil. #
Have thetra nsmiss ioncheckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely.
The acceler ationcharact eristic sar e
de terior ating.
The transmission nolong ershif tsgear. The
transm issionis in emer gency operati on mod e.
It is only possi ble to shif tto one gear and reve rsege ar. #
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon aspossible, paying attention toroad and traf fic condi tions. #
Swi tchth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005D. #
Switc hof fth eengine. #
Waitat leas tte nseco ndsbefore restar tin gth eengine. 14
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Shif
ting thetransf ercase Shif
ting totheLOW RANGEoff-r oad gear Re
quiremen ts:
R Youar eno tdr ivin gon apa vedor public road.
R The engineisrunning andyouar eno tdr ivin g
fa ster than 25 mph(40 km/h).
R The transmission isin position 005C. #
Press LOWRAN GE1 butt on.
Indicat orlam p2 flashes .The shiftre qu est
st ay sactiv efo ra maximu m30 seconds. Ifall
re qu iremen tsforshif toper ation areno tfulf il‐
led within this tim e,indic ator lam p2
switc hesoffag ain and theshif toper ation
mus tbe star tedag ain. #
Switc hth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005C.
If shif toper ation issucces sful,theLOW
RANGE Onmessag eappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster,an audible signalsoun dsand
ind icat orlam p2 light sup con tinuousl y.The
ve hicle chang esaut omat icallyto theG-Mod e
dr ive pr og ram. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005B.
% The vehicle stay sin LO WRANGE ifyo upar k
th eve hicle inLO WRANGE, even afte rth e
engine hasbeen restar ted. The G-Mode drive
pr ogr am continues tobe activ e
(/ page13 7). In
theon-r oad posit ion,shiftto HIGH RANGE
Re quiremen ts:
R The engin eis running andyouar eno tdr ivin g
fa ster than 43 mph(70 km/h).
R
R The transmission isin position 005C. #
Press LOWRAN GE1 butt on.
The shiftre qu estst ay sactiv efo ra maximu m
30 seconds. Ifall requ iremen tsforshif toper‐
ation have notbe en fulfilled within this tim e,
shif topera tionmustbe star tedag ain. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005C.
If shif toper ation issucces sful,theLOW
RANGE Offmessag eappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster,an audible signalsoun dsand
ind icat orlam p2 goes out. #
Shift th etra nsmiss iontoposition 005B. 14
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