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Editio nA 2020 G-
Class Oper
ator's Manu al
Merc edes-BenzMercedes-Benz G-Class
1
Spee dometer →
212
2 00E5 ESP®
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
113
4 00CC Electricpo we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
489
5 Multifunc tiondispla y →
216
6 0025 ABSmalfunctio n
7 00B9 CheckEngi ne →
484
8 Tach ome ter →
212
9 0028 Thisindicat orlam phas nofunct ion
A Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red)
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
B Brak es(red)
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
C 003D Electrical malfun ction →
484 D
L Distance warning →
484
E 00AC Coolant tooho t/c old →
484
F Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
212
G 0024 Electricpa rking brak e(yello w)
H 0075 Restra int system →
34
I 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened
J ï Thisindicat orlam phas nofunc tion
K 0060 Parking lam ps →
112
L Fuelleve lindic ator
00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
484
M 0057 Highbeam →
113
N 0058 Lowbeam →
112
O 005E Rear foglam p →
113
P 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
487
Q 00BB ESP®
OFF At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(sta nda rd) 11
1
Spee dometer →
212
2 003E003D Turn signal lights →
113
3 Multifunction display →
216
4 Tach ome ter →
212
5 00BB ESP®
OFF
00E5 ESP®
6 0057 Highbe am →
113
0058 Lowbeam →
112
0060 Parking lam ps →
112
7 00AC Coolan tto oho t/c old →
484
8 Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
212
9 L Distance warning →
484
A 00CC Electric po we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
489
B 003D Electrical mal functi on →
484
C Brak es (red)
0027 USAonly 004D
Canad aonly
D 00E9 Seatbel tno tfa stened
E Fuelleve lindic ator
F 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
484
G 005E Rear foglam p →
113
H 0075 Restra int system →
34
I 0028 Thisindicat orlam phas nofunc tion
J 00B9 CheckEn gine →
484
K Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red)
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
487
M 0025 ABSmalfunc tion
N 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w)
O ï Thisindic ator lam phas nofunc tion At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(Widesc reen Coc kpit) 13
Limit
edWa rranty
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle arising
fr om violation ofthese oper ating instruc‐
tion s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from viola‐
tion ofthese oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zim plied warrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheins truction sin these oper at‐
ing instruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi‐
cle damag e. QR
code forre scue card
The QRcode issecur edinthefuel filler flap and
on theopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theeve nt
of an acci dent, rescue services canusetheQR
code toquickl yfind theappr opriatere scue card
fo ryo ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcon‐
ta ins themos tim por tant informa tionab ou tyo ur ve
hicle inacom pact form ,e.g. thero utin gof the
electr iclines.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained athttp: //
www .mercedes-benz .de/qr-code. Data
storage Electr
oniccontr olunit s Ele
ctro nic contr oluni tsareins talled inyour vehi‐
cle. Some ofthese areneces saryfo rth esaf e
oper ation ofyour vehicle, whilesome assistyo u
when drivin g(dr iver assis tance systems). In
addition, your vehicle prov ides comfort and
ent ertainm ent func tions,whic har ealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont ain da ta memor ies
whi chcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica leve nts orma lfunc‐
tio ns. In
gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R Operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R Status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R Ambien tcon ditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis 28
General notes
1
Adjus tsthedis tance tothesteer ing wheel
2 Adjus tstheheight #
Save these ttings withth ememor yfunc tion
(/ page91 ).
% Ifth edr iver's door isopen, thesteer ing
wheel canbeadjus tedfo rup to30 minut es
af te rth eignition hasbeen switchedoff. Switc
hingthest eer ing wheel heateron/of f Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon. #
Turn theleve rin thedir ect ion ofarrow 1or
2.
If indicat orlam p3 lights up,thesteer ing
wheel heaterisswitc hedon. When
youswit chtheignition off,th esteer ing
wheel heaterwill switc hof f. Easy
entryand exitfeatur e Usi
ngtheeasy entryand exitfeatur e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendr ivi ng
of fwhi lead jus ting theeasy exitfeatur e
‑ If yo udr ive of fwhile theeasy entryand exit
fe atur eis mak ingadjus tment s,yo uco uld
lose contro lof theve hicle. #
Alw ayswa itunt ilth eadjus tmentpr oc‐
ess iscom pletebef oredr iving off. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whi lead jus ting theeasy entryand exit
fe atur e
When theeasy entryand exitfeatur eadjus ts
th esteer ing wheel andthedr iver's seat, you
and other vehicle occupants –par ticular ly
ch ildr en–could becom etrapped. Seat
sand stow ing 89
Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Leftst andi nglight
0048 0064 Rightstandi nglight
0049 0060 Parking light sand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglight onoroff
When low beam isactiv ated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights isdeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low beam indicat orlam p. #
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely using suffi‐
cie ntlighti ng,inacco rdanc ewit hth ere le‐
va nt lega lst ipulation s.
* NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
thecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglight sor par kinglight sar eaut omat i‐
call yswit ched offto facil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing light s)swit ches offaut omatic allywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. 11
2
Light andvisib ility
R
Obser vetheno teson sur round lighting
(/ page11 6).
Au tomatic drivin glights function
The parking light s,low beam anddaytime run‐
ning lamp sar eswitc hedonaut omatically
depending ontheignition status andtheambi‐
ent light. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenth elow
beam isswitc hedoffin poor visibility
When thelight switc his setto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonaut omaticall y
if th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor
visibili tysuc has spr ay. #
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automatic driving lights areonl yan aid. You
ar ere sponsible forve hicle lighting.
Switc hingthere ar foglights onoroff
Re quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi‐
tion . #
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-spe cificlaws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps. Oper
ating thecombin ation switc hfo rthe
li ghts 1
High-beam headlamp s
2 Turn signal indicat or,ri ght
3 High-beam flasher
4 Turn signal indicat or,lef t #
Use thecombin ationswitchto act ivat eth e
desir edfunc tion. Light
andvisibility 11
3
High-be
amheadlam ps #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 or0058 position. #
Press thecombin ationswitchbe yond the
point ofresis tance inthedir ect ion ofarrow
1 .
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w bea misdea ctivated
and replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam pfo r
th ehigh beam. #
Toswitc hof f:mo vethecombin ationswitch
bac kto its star tin gposit ion.
High -beamflash er #
Pull thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3.
Tu rn signal lights #
Toindicat ebr iefl y:press thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal indicat orwill
fl ash thre etimes. #
Toindicat eper manentl y:press thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
lam ps #
Press butt on1. The
hazar dwa rning lam pswill switc hon aut o‐
matic allyif:
R theairbag hasbeen deployed. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfunc tion &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts
R Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e. 11
4
Light andvisib ility