2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA trunk

Maximum
loadonatire (defini-
tion) ......... ...................................... 325
Maximum loadedvehicle weight
(definition) .....................................3 25
Maxi mum permi ssibletire pres-
sure (definitio n)....... ......................325
Maxi mum tireload....... ..................323
Maxi mum tireload(de finitio n)....... 325
MOExtended tires.......................... 307
Optio nalequ ipme ntwei ght (defi-
nition) .............. ..............................326
PSI (pounds persquare inch)
(de finitio n)....... ..............................325
Rep lacing .......................................326
Service life....... ..............................306
Side wall(de finitio n)....... ................326
Speed rating(definitio n)....... .........325
Storing ...........................................327
Structure andchara cteristics
(de finitio n)....... ..............................324
Summer tires................................. 307
Temp erature....... ........................... 320
TIN (Tire Identifi cationNumber)
(de finitio n)....... ..............................326
Tire bead(de finitio n)....... ...............326
Tire press ure(definitio n)....... .........325
Tire press ures(recom mended )...... 325
Tire size (data) ....... ........................330
Tire size designatio n,loa d-bea r-
ing capa city, speedrating .............. 321
Tire tread .......................................306
Tire tread (definitio n)....... .............. 326
Total loadlim it(de finitio n)....... ...... 326
Tracti on....... .................................. 320
Tracti on(de finitio n)....... ................326
Trea dwea r<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 320
Unif orm Tire Qua lity Gra ding
Stand ards<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 320
Unif orm Tire Qua lity Gra ding
Stand ards(d efi niti on) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 324
Wea rind icator (defi niti on) ............. 326
Whe elrim (defi niti on) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 325
see Flattire
Too l
see Vehicletool kit
Top Tethe r<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 56
Tow -starti ng
Emerg encyenginestarting ............ 302 Imp
orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 299
Insta lling the towingeye................ 300
Re movi ngthe towingeye............... 300
Tow ing
Per mitte dtow ingmeth ods............ 301
Tow ingatrail er
ESP ®
(El ectro nicStab ility Pro -
gra m) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 66
Tow ingawa y
Imp orta ntsafety guideline s........... 299
Insta lling the towingeye................ 300
Note sfor 4MATI Cveh icles ............ 302
Re movi ngthe towingeye............... 300
Tra nspo rting thevehicle................ 301
Wi th both axles on the ground ....... 301
Wi th the front axlerai sed ............... 300
Tow ingey e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 288
Tracti onsys tem
see ETS/4ETS (Electro nicTrac-
tion System)
Traffi crepo rts
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 243
Trans mission
see Auto matictrans mission
Trans mission pos ition display
(D IRE CTSELECT leve r)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 134
Trans portingthe vehic le<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 301
Trave ling uphil l
Brow ofhill<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 156
Drivi ngdow nhill<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 156
Ma ximu mgra dient-cl imbing
cap ability <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 156
Trim pieces(c leani ng instruc -
tio ns) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 285
Trip computer (on-b oard com-
puter) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 192
Trip odomete r
Ca lling up<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 192
Re setti ng(on-boa rdcomp uter)...... 193
Trunk
Emerg encyrelease button ............... 83
Ope ning (fromoutsid ethe vehi-
cle ,HANDS-FR EEACC ESS) .............. 80
Trunk lid
see Tailga te In
dex
21

KEYLESS-
GOstar tfu nct ion
Gene ralnot es Be
ar inmin dth at theen gin ecan bestart ed by
any oftheveh icleoc cup antsif th ere isa
Sm artKey intheveh icle. Cha
nging theset tings ofthelocki ng
sys tem
You canchang eth eset ting sof theloc king
syst em. This mean sth at onlythedri ver 'sdoor
and thefuel filler flap areunlockedwhen the
veh icleis unl ocked. This isusef ulifyou fre-
quen tly travel onyour own.
X To cha nge theset ting: pressand hold the
0036 and0037 buttons sim ultane ousl yfor
appr oximat elysixsec onds unt ilth ebat tery
ind icat orlamp flashes twice (Ypage 72).
If th eset ting oftheloc king syst emisch ang ed
wit hin thesign alran geoftheveh icle, pre ssing
th e0037 or0036 button:
R loc ksor
R unl ocks theveh icle
The SmartKey nowfun ction sas follows :
X To unl ock: pressthe0036 buttonon ce.
X To unl ock cent rally: pressthe0036 button
twi ce.
X To lock centrally: pressthe0037 button.
The KEYLE SS-GO function isch ang edasfol-
lows :
X To unl ock thedr iver 'sdoor :to uch the
inn ersur faceof thedoor handleonthedri v-
er' sdoor .
X To unl ock cent rally: touch theinn ersur -
fac eof thedoor handleonthefron t-
pass enger door ortherear door.
X To lock centrally: touch theout ersen sor
sur faceon oneof thedoor handles .
X To res toreth efa cto ryset tings: pressand
hold the0036 and0037 buttons sim ultane -
ousl yfor appr oximat elysixsec onds unt ilth e
bat tery checklamp flashes twice
(Y page 72). Mech
anical key
Gene ralnot es If
th eveh iclecan nolonger belockedor
unl ockedwit hth eSm artKey orKEYLE SS-GO ,
use themec hanical key.
If you usethemec hanical keyto unl ockand
open thedri ver 'sdoor orthetrunk lid,the
ant i-thef talarm systemwill betrigge red
(Y page 68).
The reare several ways totur noff thealarm :
X To
dea ctivate theala rm withth ekey :
pre ssthe0036 or0037 buttonon theke y.
or
X Inser tth eSm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
or X To
dea ctivate theala rm withKEYLESS -
GO: presstheSt art /S topbut tonin theign i-
ti on lock.The SmartKey mustbe intheveh i-
cle .
or X Loc kor unl ockth eveh icleusin gKE YLE SS-
GO. TheSmartKey mustbe out side theveh i-
cle .
If you unlockth eveh icleusin gth emec hanical
ke y,thefuel filler flap willnotbe unlocked
auto matically.
X To unl ock thefu el fill er flap:ins ert the
Sm artKey intoth eign ition lock.
Rem oving theme cha nica lkey Sm
artKey
71Opening andclosing Z

Opening
X
Fold therear seat backr estforwards
(Y page 255).
X Take themechan icalkey outofthe Smart -
Key (Ypage 71).
X Inser tmechan icalkey 0044into opening 0043in
the trim andpush itin.
X Open thetailgate.
X Inser tthe mechan icalkey into theSmart Key
(Y page 72). Emergency
releasebutton
You canopen thetrun klid from inside the
vehicle withtheemergen cyrelease button. X
Press emergen cyrelease button0043briefly.
The trunklid unlock sand opens.
The trunklid can beunlock edand opened with
the trun klid emergen cyrelease whenthevehi-
cle isstat ionary orwhile driving.
The trunklid emergen cyrelease doesnotopen
the trun klid ifthe batter yis discon nectedor
discharged. Trunk
lidemergen cyrelease light:
R Emer gencyrelease button0043flashes for
30 minut esafter thetrun klid isopened.
R Emer gencyrelease button0043flashes for
60 minut esafter thetrun klid isclosed. Side
windows Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
While opening theside windows, bodyparts
could become trappedbetween theside
window andthedoor frame asthe side win-
dow moves. Thereisarisk ofinjur y.
Make surethatnobody touches theside
window duringtheopening procedure. If
somebody becomestrapped,releasethe
switch orpull theswitch toclose theside
window again. G
WARN
ING
While closing theside windows, bodyparts
in the closing areacould become trapped.
There isarisk ofinjur y.
When closing makesurethatnoparts ofthe
body areinthe closing area.Ifsomebody
becomes trapped,releasetheswitch or
press theswitch toopen theside window
again. G
WARN
ING
If children operatetheside windows they
could become trapped, particularly ifthey
are left unsupervised. Thereisarisk of
injur y.
Act ivate theoverride featureforthe rear
side windows. Whenleaving thevehicle,
alway stake theSmart Keywith youand lock
the vehicle. Neverleavechildren unsuper-
vised inthe vehicle. Side
window reversing feature
The side windows areequipped withanauto-
matic revers ingfeature. Ifasolid objec tblocks Side
windows
83Openingandclosi ng Z

Canc
elingst art -off assis t
X Remo veyour footfr om theacc eler ator
pedal.
X React ivateES P®
. RACE
START (Mer cedes -AMGvehi -
cles)
Imp ortant safety notes i
RACE
START must notbe used onnorm al
road s.RACE START must onlybe act ivat ed
and used ondedic atedroad circuit s,out side
of public roaduse.
i RACE
START ison lyavailab lein
Mer cedes‑AM Gveh icles. G
WAR
NING
If you useRACE START ,ind ivid ual tires may
st art tospin andtheveh icle could skid.
De pen dingon thesele cted ESP®
mod e,
th ere isan increas edriskof skiddin gand
havi nganacc iden t.Mak esure that no per -
son s,anim alsorobst aclesare within range
of theveh icle.
RACE START enables optimal acceler ation
fr om ast and ingstart .For this, asuit ably high-
grip road surface isreq uired andtheveh icle
and tires must beingood workingorder.
i Obse
rveth esafe tyno teson driv ingsafe ty
syst ems (Ypage 60).
Be sure toread thesafe tyno tesand infor-
mat iononESP®
(Y page 63).
Cond itions foractivation You
canactivat eRACE START if:
R thedoor s,hood andthetrunk lidare closed.
R theen gin eis run ningand thetrans mis sion ,
all- wheel driveclut chand theen gin eare at
oper atingte mper ature.
R thest eer ing wheel isin thest raigh t-ahead
posi tion.
R theveh icle isstatio naryand thebrak epedal
is depr essed(lef tfoo t).
R thetrans mis sion isin posi tion005B.
R driv epro gram S,S+ orRACE issele cted
(Y page 133) Activ
ating RACE START X
De pre ssthebrak epedal withyour leftfoot
and keep itdepr essed.
X Pull and hold bothsteer ing wheel paddle
shif ters.
X The RACESTA RTConfirm:Paddle UP RAC
ESTA RTConfirm:Paddle UP
Can cel:Pad dle DOWN Can
cel:Pad dle DOWNmes sage appear sin
th emult ifunction displ ay.
X Release bothsteer ing wheel paddle shifters.
i If
th eact ivat ion condi tions are nolonger
fulf illed, RACE START iscan celed. The
RAC ESTA RTNot PossibleSee Opera‐ RAC
ESTA RTNot PossibleSee Opera‐
tor 'sManual tor
'sManual message appear sin themul-
tif unc tiondispl ay.
X To cancel :pull theleft steer ing wheel pad-
dle shifter(Y page 140).
or X To confi rm:pull therigh tst eer ing wheel
paddle shifter(Y page 140).
The RACESTA RTAvailable Depress RAC
ESTA RTAvailable Depress
gas pedal gas
pedalmes sage appear sin themult i-
fun ction displ ay.
i If
you donotdepr esstheacc eler atorpedal
wit hin afew seconds, RACE START iscan -
cel ed. The mult ifunction displ aysho wsthe
RAC ESTA RTCanceled RAC
ESTA RTCanceledmes sage.
X Fully depresstheacc eler atorpedal.
The engin espee dis inc reas ed.
The RACESTA RTReleasebra keto RAC
ESTA RTReleasebra keto
sta rt sta
rtmes sage appear sin themult ifunction
displ ay.
i If
you donotrele ase thebrak epedal
wit hin asho rttim e,RACE START willbecan -
cel ed. The mult ifunction displ aysho wsthe
RAC ESTA RTCanceled RAC
ESTA RTCanceledmes sage.
X Tak eyour footoff thebrak e,but keep the
acc eler atorpedal depressed.
The vehicle pulls away atmax imum acceler -
atio n.
The RACESTA RTActive RAC
ESTA RTActive message appear s
in themult ifunction displ ay.
RACE START isdeac tivate dwhen theveh icle
reac hesaspee dof appr oximat ely50km/h.
RACE START isdeac tivate dimm ediat elyifyou
rele ase theacc eler atorpedal duringRACE
ST ART orifany oftheact ivat ion condi tions are
no longer fulfilled. TheRACESTA RTNot Pos‐ RAC
ESTA RTNot Pos‐
sib leSee Operator'sMan ual sib
leSee Operator'sMan ual orRAC E RAC
E
STA RTCanceled STA
RTCanceledmes sage appear sin themul-
tif unc tiondispl ay. Driv
ingsyst ems
167Drivingand parking Z

Wide-ang
lefuncti on 0043
Symbo lfor the wide-angl eview function
0044 You rvehicl e
0087 Parki ngAssist PARKTR ONICwarning dis-
pla ys
Select thisview whenyou aredrivi ngout ofan
exit and theview ofcrossing trafficisrestric-
ted, forexamp le. 360
°camera
Gene ralnote s The
360° camera isasyste mconsisting of
four camera s.
The syste mprocess esima ges from thefollow-
ing camera s:
R Rea rview camera
R Front camera
R Two camera sin the exterior rearview mir-
rors
The camera scover theimmed iatesurro und-
ings ofthe vehicl e.The syste msup ports you,
e.g. when parkingorifvisi onisrestricted atan
exit.
The 360° camera images can beshow nin full
screen modeorinsix diffe rent split-screen
view son the COMAND display.A spli t-screen
view alsoinclu desatop view ofthe vehicl e.
This view iscalcu latedfrom thedata supplied
by the instal ledcamera s(virtu alcamera ).
The sixspli t-screen viewsare:
R Top view andpicture fromtherear view
camera (130°viewingangl e)
R Top view andpicture fromthefront camera
(wi thout displaying the maximu msteering
whee langl e)
R Top view andenlarged rearview R
Top view andenlarged front view
R Top view andrear-vi ewima ges from the
exterior mirrorcamera s(rea rwhe elview )
R Top view andforwa rd-view images from the
exterior mirrorcamera s(front wheelview )
When thefunction isactive andyoushift the
transmiss ionfrom position 005Bor005E to005C,
you seetheprevi ousview inthe COMAND dis-
pla y.The dyna micguidel ines arehidd en.
When youshift betwe entransmiss ionposi -
tions 005Band 005E,you seetheprevi ouslysele c-
ted front orrear view.
Important safetynotes The
360° camera isonly anaid.It is not a
repl aceme ntfor you rattention toyou rimmed i-
ate surro undings. Youarealwaysrespo nsible
for safe maneu veringandparki ng.Make sure
that there arenoperso ns,anima lsor objects
in the maneu veringareawhenyou aremaneu -
vering orparki ng.
The 360° camera mayshow adistorte dview
of obsta cles,show themincorrectly ornot at
all .It cannot showobjects inthe followi ng
area s:
R under thefront bump er
R very close tothe front bump er
R very close tothe rear bump er
R under therear bump er
R in close range abovethe handl eon the trunk
lid
R very close tothe exterior mirrors
You arealwaysrespo nsiblefor safe ty,and
must alwayspay attention toyou rsurro und-
ings whenparki ngand maneu vering. This
app liesto the area sbehi nd,infront ofand
besi dethe vehicl e.You couldotherw ise
endang eryou rself andothers.
The 360° camera willnot function orwil lfunc-
tion inalimi ted manner:
R ifthe doors areopen
R ifthe exterior mirrorsarefoldedin
R ifthe tailgate isopen
R in hea vyrain, snow orfog
R at night orinvery dark places
R ifthe camera sare expose dto very bright
lig ht
R ifthe area islit by fluo rescent bulbsorLED
lig hting (thedisplaymay flicker) 182
Driv
ingsyste msDrivingand parking

X
To foldforw ard:gentl ypu sh the backres t
ba ck.
X Pu llrel ease handl e0043 and foldthe backres t
ful lyonto theseatcus hion unti lit enga ges.
X To foldbac k:gentl ypu sh the backres t
do wn and pullrel ease handl e0043.
X Fol dthe seatba ckres tba ck unti lit enga ges. Throu
gh-loadi ngfac ility inthe rear
pass engerco mpartmen t X
To ope n:folddo wn seatarm rest0043.
X Pu llthe cente rhea dres trai nton the rear
be nch seatinto theuppermos tpo sitio n
(Y page 95). X
Sli de locking mechanism 0087inthe directi on
of the arrow .
X Swi ngflap0044 fullyto the side .
Fla p0044 ishel dop en byama gnet.
X To clos e:sw ing flap0044 inthe cargocom-
pa rtment back unti lit enga ges.
X Fol darm rest0043 upfullyifnece ssary.
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 ). Carg
oco mpartmen ten larg eme nt
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WAR
NING
If the rearbe nch seat/rea rsea tand seat
ba ckres tare not enga gedthey couldfol d
forw ards,e.g .wh en bra king sudd enl yor in
the eventofan acci dent.
R The vehicleoccu pant wo uld ther ebybe
pu she dinto theseatbe ltby the rear
be nch seat/rea rsea tor by the seatba ck-
res t.The seatbe ltcan nolonger offerthe
inte ndedlevel ofpro tecti onand could
eve ncau seinju ries.
R Obje ctsorload sin the trunk/ cargocom-
pa rtment cannotbe res trai ned bythe seat
ba ckres t.
The reisan incre ased riskof inju ry.
Befo reeve rytrip ,ma kesure tha tthe seat
ba ckres tsand therearbe nch seat/rea rsea t
are enga ged.
! Befo
refolding the backres tin the rear
comp artmentforw ards,ma kesure tha tthe
rea rcomp artmentarm restand thecup
hol derare foldedin. The yma yothe rwisebe
da ma ged .
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 ).
The left-ha ndand right-ha ndrea rsea tba ckr-
ests canbefoldedforw ardseparatelyto
incre asethe cargocomp artmentcapacity. 25
4 Sto
wage areasSto wag ean dfe ature s

The
maximum transmission output(PEAK)at
the base ofthe anten namust notexceed the
following values: Frequency
band Maximu
m
tra nsmission
outpu t Short
wave
3 -54 MHz 100
W 4
m waveband
74 -88 MHz 30
W 2
m waveband
144 -174 MHz 50
W Trunked
radiosystem/
Tetra
380 -460 MHz 10
W 70
cm waveband
400 -460 MHz 35
W Mobile
commun ications
(2G/3G/4G) 10
W The
following canbeused inthe vehicle with-
out restr iction s:
R RF trans mitterswith amaximum transmis-
sion output ofup to100 mW
R RF trans mitterswith trans mitterfrequencies
in the 380 -410 MHz frequency bandanda
maximum transmission outputofup to2W
(trunk edradio system/Tet ra)
R Mobile phones (2G/3G/4G)
There isno restr iction foranten napositions on
the outside ofthe vehicle forthe following fre-
quency bands:
R Trunked radiosystem/Tet ra
R 70 cm waveband
R 2G/3G/4 G Identification
plates Vehicle
identification platewith
vehicle identification number(VIN) X
Open thedriver's door.
You willsee vehicle identific ationplate0043. Example:
vehicleidentific ationplate(USA only)
0043 VIN
0044 Paint code Example:
vehicleidentific ationplate(Canada
only)
0043 VIN
0044 Paint code
i The
data shown onthe vehicle identific a-
tion plate isused onlyasan example. This 334
Identification
platesTechnical data