2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA SUV Owner's Manual

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
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If
RACE START isused repea tedlywithin a
short period oftime, itis only available
aga inafter thevehicle hasbeen driven a
certain distance. AMG
adapt ivesport suspensi onsys-
tem
Gene ralnotes The
electronical lycontrolled dampingsystem
works continuously .This improves driving
safety andride comfort.
The dampi ngistuned individ uallyto each
wheel anddepends on:
R you rdriving style,e.g.sporty
R the road surface condition, e.g.bumps
R you rindivid ualselection ofSport orCom-
fort
The suspe nsion setting isadjusted usingthe
corresponding buttoninthe center console.
i The
mode canalso beset using theAMG
DYNAMIC SELECTcontroller (Ypage 133).
Each timeyoustart theengine withtheSmart-
Key orthe Start/St opbutton, Comfort mode
is activated. Forfurther information about
starting theengine, see(Ypage 125).
Sport mode The
firmer setting ofthe suspe nsion tuning in
Sport modeensures evenbetter contact with
the road. Select thismode whenemploy inga
sporty driving style,e.g.onwindi ngcountry
roads.
X Press button 0043.
Indicator lamp0044lights up.You have selec-
ted Sport mode. The
AMG Suspension SystemSPORT AMG
Suspension SystemSPORTmes-
sage appearsinthe multifu nctiondisplay.
Comfort mode In
Comfort mode,thedriving characteristics
of you rvehicle aremore comfortable. Select
this mode ifyou favor amore comfortable driv-
ing style, butalso when driving fastonstraight
roads, e.g.highw ays.
X Press button 0043aga inso that indicator
lamp 0044goes out.
You have selected Comfort mode.
The AMG Suspension SystemCOMFORT AMG
Suspension SystemCOMFORT
messag eappe arsinthe multifu nctiondis-
pla y. 4MATIC
! Never
towthevehicle withoneaxle raise d.
This may dama gethe differentia l.Damage
of this sort isnot covered bythe Mercedes-
Benz Limited Warranty.Allwheel smust
remain eitheronthe ground orbe fully
raise d.Observe theinstructions fortowing
the vehicle withallwheel sin full contact
with theground.
4MATIC, togetherwithESP®
,improves the
traction ofyou rvehicle whenever adrive
wheel spinsduetoinsufficie ntgrip.
If you failtoada ptyou rdriving style,4MATIC
can neither reducetherisk ofaccident nor
override thelawsof phys ics.4MATIC cannot
take account ofroad, weather andtraffic con-
ditions. 4MATIC isonly anaid.You arerespon-
sibl efor the distance tothe vehicle infront, for
vehicle speed,for braking ingood timeandfor
stayi nginyou rlane.
If adrive wheel spinsduetoinsufficie ntgrip:
R Only depres sthe accelera torpeda las far as
necessary whenpulling away.
R Accelerate lesswhen driving.
i In
wintry driving conditions, themaximum
effect of4MATIC canonly beachieve difyou
use winter tires(M+S tires),with snow
chains ifnecessary . 168
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DSR
Gen eral not es i
DS
R(D own hillSpeed Regul ation )is on ly
avai lable forveh icles withth eON &OFF-
ROA Dpac kage.
DS Ris an aid toass istyou when drivin gdown -
hill .It ke eps thespe edoftrave lat thespe ed
sel ectedon theon -boar dco mpu ter. The
st eep erthedown hillgradie nt,th egr eat erthe
DS Rbra king effe ct on theveh icle. Whe ndri v-
in g on flat stret ches ofroad oron anuphi ll
gr adie nt,th eDS Rbra king effect ismin imal or
no nexist en t.
DS Rco ntro ls theveh icle’s speedwhen itis
act ivat edand thetrans mis sionis in pos ition
005B, 005Eor005C. You candrive atahig her ora
lowe rspe edthan that set ontheon -boar d
co mpu terat any time byacc eler ating or bra k-
in g.
Im por tant safet ynot es G
WAR
NING
If th espe eddriven and theset speeddev i-
at eand youactivat eDS Ron aslip peryro ad
sur face,thewhee lsmay losetract ion.The re
is an incr ease ddan ger ofskiddi ngand acci-
den ts.
Be fore swit ching DS Ron ,plea setake into
co nsider ation thero ad sur faceand thedif -
fe ren cebet ween drivin gspe edand theset
spe ed.
If you failtoadapt yourdrivin gst yle, DSRcan
ne ither reduce theris kof acc iden tno rov er-
rid eth elaws ofphys ics. DS Rcan notta ke
acc oun tof road, weat herand traff icco nd i-
ti on s.DS Ris on lyan aid. You arerespon sible
fo rth edis tanc eto theveh icle in fron t,for
veh icle spe ed, forbra king ingoo dtime and for
st ayin gin your lane.
You arealways respon sibleforke epin gco ntro l
of theveh icle and forass ess ing whet herthe
down hillgradie ntcan beman aged .DS Rmay
no talways beable tokeep totheset speed,
depe nding on road sur faceand tire cond ition s.
Se lec ta set speedsuit able forth epre vail ing
co nd ition sand when necessa ry,apply the
bra kesman ually. Fur
ther info rm ation about "Driv ing of f-ro ad"
(Y page 153).
Act ivating/d eactivating DSR If
you activat eDS Rand nospe edhas been
set ,th eveh icle dec eler ates to4mph (Canada:
6 km /h).
You canonlyact ivat eDS Rwhen drivin gat
spe eds belo w19 mph (Canada: 30km/h). Ac
tivat ing DS R
X Press button0043.
In dic ator lamp 0044ligh tsup.
The stat us indic ator inthemult ifunction dis-
play shows, e.g. DSR 6km/ h DSR
6km/ h.
If th ecur ren tveh icle spe edistoohig h,the
DS Rsym bolappe arsonthemult ifunction dis-
play. Youwillalso seethemes sage:Max . Max
.
Spe ed30km/h Spe
ed30km/h.
If you enteror exitapar king spac eusin g
Ac tive Par king Assis t,and pressbut ton0043,
in dic ator lamp 0044flas hes .DS Rcan then not
be swit ched on.
De act ivat ing DS R
X Press button0043.
In dic ator lamp 0044goe sout .
The DSRsym bolappe arsinthemult ifunc-
ti on display withth eOff Off
message.
DS Ris deac tivat ed aut omatically ifyou drive
fas terth an 22 mph (Canada: 35km/h). The
DS Rsym bolappe arsinthemult ifunction dis-
play alongwit hth eOff Off
message.You also
hear awarn ing to ne . Dri
ving systems
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Disp
layintheas sist ance grap hic X
Se lec tth eAss istanceGra phic Ass
istanceGra phicfun ction
usin gth eon -boar dco mpu ter(Y page 197).
Whe nDS Ris act ivat edsym bol0043appe ars
in theass istanc egr aphi csdis play.
Cha ngin gth eset speed whileth eveh i-
cle isin mo tion Whe
nDS Ris act ivat ed, you can chang eth e
set speedtoavalu ebet ween 2mph and
11 mph (Canada: between 4km /h and
18 km/h) whil eth eveh icle isin mo tion .
X To
incr easeor dec reas ein 1mp hincr e-
me nts(Ca nada:1 km /hincr ement s):
bri efly pre ssthecr uise contro llev erto the
pre ssu repoin t,up 0043 fora hig her setspeed
or down 0044fora lowe rset speed.
The setvalu eappe arsinthest at us indic ator
of themult ifunction display. Off
-road progr am
Gen eral not es i
The
Off-ro ad pro gram ison lyavai lable on
veh icles withth eON &OFFROA Dpac kage.
The off-ro ad pro gram assistsyou indri vin gof f-
ro ad. The engin e's perform anc ech arac teris -
ti cs and thegear shiftin g ch arac teris tics ofthe
aut omatic trans mis sionare adapt edforth is
pur pos e.AB S,ES P®
and ETSpro grams espe-
ci ally adapt edtooff-ro ad drivin gare also acti-
vat ed.
Do notuse theof f-ro ad pro gram onroads that
are snow- cover edoricy or ifyou havemo un-
te dsn ow chain son your vehicle.
Fo rin fo rm ation ondrivin gof f-ro ad, see
(Y page 153).
To act ivate/de activatetheoff -road
pr ogr am X
Press DYNA MICSE LECT but ton0043
(Y page 132)rep eatedly untilth eOff -road
dri ve pro gram issel ected.
The stat us icon oftheOf f-ro ad pro gram is
sho wninthemult ifunction display. 170
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ving systemsDr ivi ng andparki ng

Disp
layintheas sist ance grap hic X
Se lec tth eAss istanceGra phic Ass
istanceGra phicfun ction
usin gth eon -boar dco mpu ter(Y page 197).
Whe nth eof f-ro ad pro gram isact ivat ed,
sym bol0043appe arsintheass istanc egr aphi c
dis play. Dri
vin gdy na mi cs disp lay (veh icles
wit hth eON &OFF ROAD packa ge)
Gen eral not es Usi
ngthedri vin gdyn amic sdis play inthemul-
ti med iasys tem dis play, youcan seethedri ve
pro gram you havesel ectedas well asaddi-
ti on alinfo rm ation ontheveh icle' sope rating
st at us. 0043
Drive program selected
0044 Acceler ator peda lpos ition shownin%
0087 Brak epeda lpos ition shownin%
0085 DSRstat us indic ator
0083 Angle ofinclin at ion
0084 Steer ing ang le
006B Uph illor down hillgradie ntas aper centage The
acceler ator and brakepeda lpos ition is
on lyavai lable oncertain Mer cedes -AMG vehi-
cl es.
The DSRstat us indic ator as well astheuphi ll
or down hillgradie ntas aper centage arenot
avai lable onMer cedes -AMG vehicles .
Act ivating thedr ivin gdy na mi cs dis-
pl ay X
Swi tchon themult imediasyst em; seethe
sep arat emult imediasyst emoperating
in st ruc tion s.
X Press button0043.
The drivin gdyn amic sdis play appe arsinthe
mult imediasyst emdisplay. Pa
rking Assis tPAR KTRONIC
Im por tant safet ynot es Par
king Assis tPA RKT RON ICisan elec tron ic
par king aid withult ras oun d.Itmo nito rs the
are aaro und your vehicle usin gsix sen sorsin
th efron tbum perand sixsen sorsin therea r
bum per.Par king Assis tPA RKT RON ICvisually
and audib lyindic ates thedis tanc ebet ween
your vehicle and anobj ect.
Par king Assis tPA RKT RON ICison lyan aid. Itis
no ta rep laceme ntforyour atte nt ion toyour
imm ediatesur round ings. You arealways
res pon sibleforsaf eman euvering,par king and
ex itin g apar king spac e.Mak esur eth at there
are noper son s,ani mals orobj ects inthe
man euvering are awhen youareman euvering
or par king .
! Whe
npar king ,pay particul aratte nt ion to
obj ects abov eor belo wthesen sors,suc has
flo wer potsor trailer drawbar s.Par king
As sis tPA RKT RON ICdoe sno tdet ectsuc h Dri
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object
swhen theyareinthe immediate
vicinit yof the vehicle. Youcould damage the
vehicle orthe object s.
The sensors maynotdetect snowandother
object sthat absorb ultrasonic waves.
Ultrasonic sourcessuchasan automatic car
wash, thecompressed- airbrakes ofatruck
or apneumatic drillcould cause Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC tomalfunct ion.
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC maynotfunc-
tion correc tlyon uneven terrain.
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC isactivated auto-
matically whenyou:
R switch onthe ignition
R shift thetransm issiontoposition 005B,005Eor
005C
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC isdeactivated at
speeds above11mph (18km/ h).It is rea cti-
vate dat lowe rspe eds.
Rang eof the senso rs Gen
eral notes
Pa rking AssistPAR KTRONIC doesnot take into
acco untobstacl eslocate d:
R bel ow the dete ction range,such asper sons ,
ani mal sor obje cts
R ab ove thedete ction range,e.g. overhanging
lo ad s,tai lsecti onsorload ing ram psof
trucks 0043
Senso rsinthe front bumpe r,left-ha ndside
(e xamp le)
The sens orsmus tbe free from dirt, ice or
slu sh. The ycan othe rwisenot functi oncor-
rectl y.Clea nthe sens orsregularl y,taki ngcare
not toscra tchordamag ethem (Ypage 283 ). Rang
e 0043
Detecti onrang eof front sensors
0044 Detecti onrang eof rea rsens ors
Front sensors Ce
nter Appr
ox.40in(app rox.
100 cm) Co
rners Appr
ox.24in(app rox.
60 cm) Re
ar sens ors Ce
nter Appr
ox.48in(app rox.
120 cm) Co
rners Appr
ox.32in(app rox.
80 cm) Mini
mum distance Ce
nter Appr
ox.8in (app rox.
20 cm) Co
rners Appr
ox.6in (app rox.
15 cm) If
an obs tacl eis dete cted within thisrang e,the
rel eva ntwa rning displ ayslight upand awa rn-
ing tone sounds. Ifthe distance fallsbel ow the
mini mum ,the distance maynolonger be
sho wn. 17
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Warning
displays 0043
Segments onthe left-ha ndside ofthe vehi-
cle
0044 Segments onthe right-ha ndside ofthe
vehicl e
0087 Segments showingopera tional readiness
The warning displaysshow thedista nce
betwe enthe sensors andtheobsta cle.The
wa rning displayforthe front areaisloca tedon
the dashboa rdabo vethe center airvents. The
wa rning displayforthe rear area isloca tedon
the headliner inthe rear compa rtment.
The warning displayforeach sideofthe vehi-
cle isdivi ded into fiveyellow and tworedseg-
ments. ParkingAssist PARKTR ONICisopera -
tional ifyel low segme ntsshow ingopera tional
read iness 0087light up.
The gearleve rposi tion orthe transmiss ion
posi tion ofthe automatic transmiss ionand the
dire ction inwhi chthe vehicl eis roll ing deter-
mine whichwarning displayisactive whenthe
engine isrunning. Transmissi
onposi -
tion Warning
display 005B
Front
areaactiva ted 005E,
005Corthe vehi-
cle isroll ing back-
wa rds Rea
rand front areas
activa ted 005D
No
area sactiva ted One
ormore segme ntslight up asthe vehicl e
app roache san obsta cle,depe nding onthe
vehicl e'sdista ncefrom theobsta cle.Inadd i-
tion, warning tones areissu ed.
When thedista ncetothe obsta cleissuffi cient,
you willhea ran intermittent warning tone. The
shorter thedista ncetothe obsta cle,the
shorter thefrequ ency ofthe intermittent warn-
ing tones become s.When theminimu mdis-
tance isreache d,you heara continuou swa rn-
ing tone.
De activati ngoractivati ngParking
Ass istPARK TRONIC 0043
Indica torlam p
0044 Deactiva tesoractiva tesParki ngAssist
PARKTR ONIC
If indica torlam p0043 islit, Parki ngAssist
PARKTR ONICisdea ctivated.
i Parki
ngAssist PARKTR ONICisau tomati-
call yactiva tedwhe nyou turn theSmartKey
to posi tion 0048inthe igniti onlock. Driv
ingsyste ms
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Problems
withParking AssistPARKTRONIC Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions Only
thered segments
in the Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC warning
display sare lit.You also
hear awarning tonefor
approximately twosec-
onds.
Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC isthen
deactivated andthe
indicator lamponthe
PARKTRONIC button
lights up. Parking
AssistPARKTRONIC hasmalfunction edand hasbeen deac-
tivated.
X Ifproblems persist,haveParking AssistPARKTRONIC checkedat
a quali fiedspecialist workshop. Only
thered segments
in the Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC warning
display sare lit.Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC is
then deactivated. The
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC sensorsaredirty orthere isinter-
ferenc e.
X Clean theParking AssistPARKTRONIC sensors(Ypage 283).
X Switch theignition backon. The
problem maybecaused byan extern alsource ofradio orultra-
sound waves.
X Check tosee ifParking AssistPARKTRONIC worksatadifferent
location. Active
Parking Assist
General notes Act
ive Parking Assistisan electron icparking
aid with ultrasound. Itmeasures theroad on
both sides ofthe vehicle. Aparking symbol
indicates asuitable parkingspace.Active
steering intervention andbrake application
can assist youduring parking andwhen exiting
a parking space.Youcanalso stilluse Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC (Ypage 171).
Import antsafety notes Act
ive Parking Assistismerely anaid. Itis not
a replacement foryour atten tiontoyour imme-
diate surroundings. Youarealwa ysresponsi-
ble forsafe maneuvering, parkingandexiting a
parking space.Makesurethatthere areno
persons, animalsorobject sin the maneuver-
ing area when youaremaneuvering orparking.
When Parking AssistPARKTRONIC isdeactiva-
ted, Active Parking Assistisalso unavaila ble. G
WARNING
While parking orpulli ngout ofaparking
space, thevehicle swingsoutand candrive
onto areas ofthe oncomin glane. Thiscould
cause youtocollide withother roadusers or
object s.There isarisk ofan accident.
Pay atten tiontoother roadusers orobject s.
Stop thevehicle ifnecessary orcancel the
Act ive Parking Assistparking procedure.
! If
they cannot beavoided, driveover
obstacles suchascurbs slowly andatan
obtuse angle.Otherwise, youmay damage
the wheels ortires.
Act ive Parking Assistmaypossibly indicate
parking spaceswhicharenot suitable forpark-
ing, forexample:
R where parking orstopping isprohibited
R in front ofdriveways orentr ances andexits
R on unsuitable surfaces 174
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