2020 MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS ESP

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hicl eswith Parking Assis tPA RK TRONI C: #
Toactiv ate: press butt on2. #
Todeac tivate: press and holdbu tton 2.
If indi catorlamp 1light sup, ActiveLa ne
Ke eping Assistis activ ated, thelane mark‐
ings aresho wnaslight intheassis tance
gr ap hic. Whe nAc tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis
activ e,thelane marking sar esho wningreen
in theassis tance grap hic. Ve
hicl eswithout Parking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C: #
Activate/d eactiv ateAc tiveLa ne Keeping
Assis tvia themultimedia system
(/ page20 7).
Sensitivity ofLane Keeping Assist
Wi th theSt andar dor Adaptivese tting ,yo ucan
inf luen cewhen thewa rning vibration ofLane
Ke eping Assistta ke splace.
In both theSt andar dand Adaptivese tting s,no
wa rning vibration occursin thefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R Youha ve switc hedonthetur nsignal indica‐
to r.
R Adr ivi ng safety system interve nes, such as
AB S,BA Sor ESP ®
.
In theAd aptivese tting ,th er ewill also beno
wa rning vibration inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle isacceler ated orbrak ed consid‐
er abl y.
R Yousteer activ ely, e.g. swerve toavo idan
obs tacle orchang elane quickl y. R
Youcut thecor ner onashar pbend.
Se tting thesensit ivityof Activ eLan eKe ep‐
ing Assis t
Multi media system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Act .Lane Keep. Assist #
Select Adaptive orStandard.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis activ ated with
th eselect edsetting.
or #
Select Off.
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistis deactiv ated. Tr
aile rhitc h No
teson towing atrail er Mer
cede s‑AMG vehicl es:besur eto obser ve
th eno tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, you
ma yfa ilto recogni zedangers. Dr
iving and parking 20
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WARNIN GDang erofacci dent dueto
uns uitable ballcouplin g
If yo uins tallan unsuit ableballcouplin g,
ove rloading ofthetrailer hitchand rear axle
will bethere sult. Thisispar ticular lythecase
if th eball coupling isrelativ elylong orang led
dif fere ntl y.
The handling charact eristic sma ybe hea vily
im pair edand thetra iler can become
de tach ed. Ther eis arisk offata linj ury. #
Onlyins talla ball couplin gth at mee ts
th eper mitt eddimension sand hasbeen
designed forth etrailer operation
re qu iremen ts. #
Donotmodif yth eball coupling orthe
tr ai le rhi tc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheidentif ication platesand inthe
"T ec hn ical data"sec tionunde r"T ra iler hitch"for
th eto wing vehicle (/page425). &
WARNIN GSw erving oftheve hicle/
tr ailer combination duetoinc reased
spee d
If th eve hicle/tr ailercombination swerve s,
yo ucan lose contro lof it.
The vehicle/tr ailercombination caneven tip
ove r. #
Under nocircums tances should yo utry
to inc rease thespeed tostra ight enthe
ve hicle/tr ailercombination. #
Reduce speed anddonotcount er-ste er. #
Ifneces sary,appl yth ebr ak es. *
NO
TEDama getotheengine asare sult
of ove rheating #
Ifyo ure trof itatrai le rhi tc h, mod ifica ‐
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be neces sary,dependin gon theve hicle
model.
When retrof itti ng atrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa stening pointson thech assis . Re
trof itti ng atrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
trailer loadisspec ified inyour vehicle docu‐
ments. Ifth is is no tth ecase, theve hicle isno t
appr ovedfo rtr ail er oper ation.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop.
If th etrailer coupling isremo vable, itis essent ial
to com plywith theoper ating instruction sof the
tr ai le rcou pling manuf actu rer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notcon nectth etra iler totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngu e
we ight :
R Donotuse ato ngu ewe ight that exceed sor
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongu ewe ight
R Use ato ngu ewe ight asclos eas possible to
th emaximum tongu ewe ight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible trailerload
R Perm issible rear axle load oftheto wing vehi‐
cle 208
Driving andparking

#
Storeco ver1 sothat itcan notmo ve
ar oun d. #
Obse rveth emanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions .
Obser vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. Coupling
up/uncoupling atrailer Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y.
R The trailer lighting system isin wo rking
or der .
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectly connect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
R ESP®
trailer stabiliz ation R
Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss ist
R Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R 360° Camera
Ve hicl eswithout aleve lcontr olsystem: the
ball head height willchang edepen dingon the
ve hicle's load.Inthis case, useatrailer witha
height -adjustable draw bar .
Coupling upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothebatt erydue tofull
disc harge Char
gingth etra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth eve hicle
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco verfr om theball neckmount
and stor eit in asaf eplace (/page209). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnect ionbetween
th eve hicle andthetra iler .
% Access oriescan beconnect edtotheper ma‐
nen tpo we rsupp lyup to180W and tothe
po we rsupp lythat isswit ched on via theigni‐
tion lock.
Decoup lingatrail er &
WARNIN GRisk ofbei ng crus hed and
beco ming trap ped whenunco upling a
tr ai le r
Whe nunco upling atrai le rwi th an eng aged
ine rtia-ac tivated brak e, your han dma y
bec ome trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr ai le rdr aw bar . 21
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Driving and parking

Tr
ip com puter(exa mp le)
1 Totaldis tance
2 Driving time
3 Averag espeed
4 Averag efuel consum ption Re
setting values onthetrip menu oftheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Trip
% The spelli ngofthemain menu displayedma y
dif fer. Ther efor e, obser vethemenu overview
fo rth eIns trument Display(/ page21 3). Yo
ucan rese tth eva lues ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip com puterFro mStart and FromReset
R ECOdispla y(/ page14 0) #
Toselect thefun ction tobe rese t:swipe
upw ards ordown wardson thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Yes . #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
If yo upr ess and hold thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol, theva lues ofthefunc tion willberese t
immediat ely. Callin
gup navig ation instruct ions ontheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Navigation Ex
am ple: nochang eof dir ect ion ann oun ced
1 Distance tothene xt des tinat ion
2 Estimat edarriva ltim e
3 Distance tothene xt chang eof dir ect ion
4 Current road In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 21
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No
teson oper ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld al
so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s. 22
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Messag
evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Function
Text message to To
crea te ames sage.All addr essbook namesareav ailable.
Reply To
reply toames sage
For ward text mes sage To
forw ardames sage Ov
ervie wof vehicl evo ice comm ands Yo
ucan usetheve hicle voice com mand sto
dir ect lycall upthecor responding menusforth e
ve hicle settin gs.
Ve hicl evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Function
Ambien tlight menu To
displa yambient lightsettings
Ambien tlight "blue" To
switc hambient lighttoblue
Display andstyles menu To
sho wdispla yse ttin gs
Assistance menu To
displa yassis tance settings Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 23
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Pe
rfor min gasof twareup date
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection
(/ page31 0).
R Foraut omat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule.
Multim ediasystem:
4 System 5
Soft ware Update
Au tomatic update #
Swi tchAuto matic Onl ine Update on 0073.
Up dat esareper form ed.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu alupd ate #
Deact ivat e0053 Auto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tth esy stem. Fu
nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Please installth ese updat es,other wise the
secur ityofyour mult imed iasystem cann otbe
ensur ed.
% Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ page258).
As soon asan updat eis available fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Down load
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Det ails
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page258) . If
th edo wnload iscom pletedand theupdat eis
re ady forins tallation ,yo uwill beinformed ofthis
af te rth ene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eis no tru nning .
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The parkingbr ak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eupdat ewill be
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theupdat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automatic allyatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son themultimedia system displa y.
Please consultaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop to
re solv eth epr oblem. 258
Multimedia system

%
Formor einf ormation onpau sing orskippi ng
th ro ugh videos,see (/page32 0).
If ,dur ing anact ive pr og ram, afunction requ ire‐
men tis no long erme t,acor responding message
appea rs.The activeprogr am iscanc eled. Na
vig ation Switc
hingnavig ation on Multimedia
system:
4 Navigation #
Alternativ ely:press the00CB button.
The map appear sand showscurrent vehicle
position 1. %
Ifaclimat econt rolse tting isch ang ed, acli‐
mat ebar appear sbr ief ly. Sho
wing/ hiding thena vig ation menu Re
quirement s:
R The map displa ysthecur rent vehicle posi‐
tion. 262
Multimedia system