2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA SUV trailer

Deact
ivating/a ctivating ESP ® X
To act ivateSPO RThand ling mode: briefly
pre ssbut ton0043.
The 0074 SPORT handlingmod ewarn ing
lamp intheinst rum entclu ster ligh tsup. The
SPO RThandling mode SPO
RThandling modemes sage appearsin
th emult ifunction disp lay.
X To
dea ctivate SPO RThand ling mode:
bri eflypre ssbut ton0043.
The 0074 SPORT handlingmod ewarn ing
lamp intheinst rum entclu ster goe sout .
X To dea ctivate ESP ®
:pre ssbut ton0043 until
th e00BB ESP®
OF Fwarn ing lamp lightsup
in theinst rum entclu ster.
The 00E5 OFF OFF
message appearsinthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.
X To act ivateESP ®
:bri eflypre ssbut ton0043.
The 00BB ESP®
OF Fwarn ing lamp inthe
in st rum entclu ster goe sout .The 00E5 ESP®
ON ON
mes sage appearsinthemult ifunction
disp lay.
Cha racte rist ics ofact ivatedSPO RThan-
dl ing mode
If SP ORT handlingmod eis act ivat edand one
or mor ewhee lsstart tospin ,th e00E5 ESP®
warn ing lamp intheinst rum entclu ster flas hes .
ES P®
on lystabiliz estheveh icleto alimi ted
deg ree.
Whe nSP ORT handlingmod eis act ivat ed:
R ES P®
on lyimp rovesdrivin gst abilit yto a
limi teddeg ree.
R Tra ction control isstill act ivat ed.
R The engin e's torque ison lyres trict ed toa
limi teddeg ree and thedri ve whee lsmay
st art tospin . The
spinning ofthewhee lsres ultsin acut -
ti ng act ion forbet tertr act ion onloos esur fa-
ce s.
R ES P®
still pro vides supp ortwhen youbrak e
fir mly.
Cha racte rist ics when ESP®
is dea ctiva-
te d
If ES P®
is deac tivat ed and oneor mor ewhee ls
st art tospin ,th e00E5 ESP®
warn ing lamp in
th einst rum entclu ster doe sno tflas h.Insuc h
sit uat ions,ES P®
will notst abiliz eth eveh icle.
If you deac tivat eES P®
:
R ES P®
no longer improvesdrivin gst abilit y.
R En gin eto rque isno longer limitedand the
dri ve whee lsare able tospin .
The spinning ofthewhee lsres ultsin acut -
ti ng act ion forbet tertr act ion onloos esur fa-
ce s.
R Tra ction control isstill act ivat ed.
R Ac tive Brake Assis tis no longer avail able;
no ris itact ivat edifyou brak efir mly with
ass istanc efrom ESP®
.
R ES P®
still pro vides supp ortwhen youbrak e
fir mly.
Off -road ESP® An
ESP®
syst emspecifica llysuit edtooff-roa d
te rrain isact ivat edaut oma tical lyon ce theof f-
roa dpro gramisact ivat ed(Ypage 170).
Of froad ESP®
inte rven es wit hadelay ifth ere
is ove rste eri ng orund ersteeri ng,th us imp rov-
in g tract ion.
ESP ®
trail er stabi lization Gen
eral inf orma tion
If your vehicle/ trailer combi nation beginsto
swer ve,ESP®
ass istsyou inthis sit uat ion.
ES P®
slo ws theveh icledown bybrak ing and
limi ting theen gin eout put untilth eveh icle/
tr ailer combi nation has stabiliz ed.
Imp ortant saf etynot es G
WAR
NING
If roa dand weat hercond ition sare poor,
tr ailer stabiliz ation will notbe able topre -
ven tth eveh icle/ trailer combi nation from 66
Dri
ving safet ysys temsSaf ety

swerving.
Trailerswithahigh centerofgrav-
ity can tipover before ESP®
can detect this.
There isarisk ofan accident.
Always adaptyour driving styletothe pre-
vailing roadandweather conditions.
If your vehicle withtrailer (vehicle/trailer com-
bination) beginstolurch, youcan only stabilize
the vehicle/trailer combinationbydepressing
the brake firmly.
ESP ®
trailer stabilization isactive above
speeds ofabout 65km/h.
ESP ®
trailer stabilization doesnotwork if
ESP ®
is deactivated ordisabl edbecause ofa
malfunction. EBD
(electronic brakeforcedistribu-
tion)
General informat ion EBD
monitors andcont rolsthebrake pressure
on the rear wheels toimprove drivingstability
while braking.
Importa ntsafety notes i
Observe
the"Important safetynotes" sec-
tion (Ypage 60). G
WARNING
If EBD ismalfunctioning, therear wheels can
lock, e.g.under fullbraking. Thisincreases
the risk ofskidding andanaccident.
You should therefore adaptyour driving
style tothe different handling characteris-
tics. Have thebrake system checked ata
qual ified speciali stworkshop.
Please observe theinformation onwarning
and indicator lamps(Ypage 234)
(Y page 234)aswell ason displa ymessages
(Y page 207). ADA
PTIVE BRAKE
ADA PTIVE BRAKE enhances brakingsafetyand
offers increased brakingcomfort.In addition
to the braking function, ADAPTIVE BRAKE also has
theHOLD function (Ypage 165)andhill
start assist (Ypage 128). STEER
CONTROL
General informat ion STEE
RCONTROL helpsyoubytransmitt inga
noticeable steeringforcetothe steering wheel
in the direction requiredforvehicle stabiliza-
tion.
This steering assistance isprovided inparticu-
lar if:
R both right wheels orboth leftwheels areon
a wet orslippery roadsurface whenyou
brake
R the vehicle beginstoskid
Importa ntsafety notes i
Observe
the"Important safetynotes" sec-
tion (Ypage 60).
No steering assistance isprovided fromSTEER
CONTROL, if:
R ESP ®
is malfunctioning
R the steering ismalfunctioning
If ESP ®
is malfunctioning, youwillbeassisted
further bythe electrical powersteering. Protection
againsttheft Immobilizer
The immobili zerprevents yourvehicle from
being started without thecorrect SmartKey.
X To activate withtheSmar tKey: remove
the SmartKey fromtheignition lock.
X To
activate withKEYLESS-GO start-func-
tion orKEY LESS-GO: switchtheignition off
and open thedriver's door.
X To deactivate: switchonthe ignition.
When leaving thevehicle, alwaystake the
SmartKey withyouand lock thevehicle. Any-
one canstart theengine ifavalid SmartKey
has been leftinside thevehicle.
i The
immobili zerisalwa ysdeactivated
when youstart theengine.
In the event thattheengine cannot bestar-
ted (yet thevehicle's batteryischarged), Protection
againsttheft
67Safety Z

Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions The
engine isnot run-
ning smoothly andis
misfiring. There
isamalfunction inthe engine electron icsorinamechanical
componen tof the engine management system.
X Only depress theaccelerator pedalslightly.
Otherwise, non-combusted fuelmay getinto thecatalytic con-
verter anddamage it.
X Have thecause rectified immediately ataqual ified specialist
workshop. The
coolant tempera-
ture gauge shows a
value above 248‡
(120 †).The warning
lamp mayalsobeon
and awarning tonemay
sound. The
coolant levelistoo low. Thecoolant istoo hotand theengine is
no longer beingcooled sufficiently.
X Stop assoon aspossible andallow theengine andthecoolant to
cool down.
X Check thecoolant level(Ypage 277). Observe thewarning notes
as you dosoand add coolant ifnecessary. Notes
ontowing vehicles
The vehicle isnot suitable forattaching tow
bar systems, suchasthose usedforflat tow-
ing ordinghy towing.
Att aching orusing towbarsystems mayresult
in damage tothe vehicle.
When towing avehicle withtowbarsystems,
safe driving characterist icscannot beguaran-
teed forthe towing vehicle orthe towed vehi-
cle.
The vehicle/trailer combinationmayswerve.
Observe thepermissible towingmethods
(Y page 301)andthenotes ontowing with
both axles onthe ground (Ypage 301). DYNAMIC
SELECTbutt on(all vehi-
cles except Mercedes-AMG vehicles)
Use theDYNAMIC SELECTbutton tochange
the drive program. Depending onthe drive pro-
gram selected thefollowing vehiclecharacter-
istics willchange:
R the drive (engine andtransmission manage-
ment)
R the sound ofthe exhaust system(vehicles
with sports exhaust system)
R the steering
R the availa bilityofthe ECO start/ stopfunc-
tion
R the climate control Each
timeyoustart theengine withtheSmart-
Key orthe Start /Stopbutton, driveprogram C
is activated. Forfurther information about
startin gthe engine, see(Ypage 126). X
Press DYNAMIC SELECTbutton 0043asmany
times asnecessary untilthedesired drive
program isselected.
The selected driveprogram appearsinthe
multifunct iondisplay .Aft erfive seconds, the
display goesoutand thestatus symbol of
the selected driveprogram appears.
In addition, thecurrent driveprogram set-
tings aredisplay edbriefly inthe multimedia
system display.
i In
afew countr ies,theECO start/ stop
funct ionisdeactivated atthe factory dueto
the availa blefuel grade. Inthis case, the
ECO start/ stopfunct ionisnot availa blein
any drive program, regardless ofthe display
in the multimedia systemdisplay. 132
DY
NAMIC SELECTbutt on(all vehicl esexce ptMercedes-AMG vehicles)Driving andparking

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
ving systems
171Dr ivi ng andparki ng Z

Parking
tips:
R On narrow roads,driveasclose tothe park-
ing space aspossible
R Parking spacesthatarelittered orover-
grown mightbeidentified ormeasured
incor rectly
R Parking spacesthatarepartially occupied
by trailer drawbars mightnotbeidentified
as such orbe measured incorrectly
R Snowf allorheavy rainmay lead toaparking
space beingmeasured inaccurately
R Pay atten tiontothe warning messages of
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC duringthe
parking procedure (Ypage 173).
R You caninter vene inthe steerin gprocedure
to correc tit at any time. Active Parking
Assist willthen becanc eled
R When transportin gaload which protrudes
from yourvehicle, youshould notuse Active
Parking Assist
R Never useActive Parking Assistwhensnow
chains areinstalled
R Make surethatthetire pressures arealway s
correc t.This hasadirect influenc eon the
parking characteristics ofthe vehicle.
Use Active Parking Assistforparking spaces:
R that areparallel oratright- angles tothe
direction oftravel
R on straight roads,notbends
R on the same levelasthe road, e.g.noton
the pavement
Detecting parking spaces Object
slocated abovethedetect ionrange of
Act ive Parking Assistwillnotbedetect ed
when theparking spaceismeasured. These
are not taken intoaccount whentheparking
procedure iscalculated, e.g.overhangin g
loads, truckoverhangs orloading ramps.
Act ive Parking Assistmaytheref oreguide you
into theparking spacetooearly.
Act ive Parking Assistdoesnotsupport you
parking inspaces atright angles tothe direc-
tion oftravel if:
R two parking spacesarelocated directly next
to one another
R the parking spaceisdirectly nexttoalow
obstacle suchasalow curb
R you park forwards Act
ive Parking Assistdoesnotsupport you
parking inspaces thatareparallel oratright
angles tothe direction oftravel if:
R the parking spaceison acurb
R the system readstheparking spaceasbeing
blocked, forexample byfoliage orgrass
paving blocks
R the area istoo small forthe vehicle to
maneuver into
R the parking spaceisbordered byan obsta-
cle, e.g. atree, apost oratrailer
Further informationabout thedetect ionrange
(Y page 172). G
WARNIN
G
If there areobject sabove thedetect ion
range:
R the Parking Package withrearview cam-
era may steer tooearly
R the vehicle maynotstop infron tof these
object s
This could cause acollision. Thereisarisk
of an accident .
If object sare located abovethedetect ion
range, stopanddeactivate theParking Pack-
age with rearview camera. 0043
Detected parking spaceonthe left
0044 Parking symbol
0087 Detected parking spaceonthe right
Act ive Parking Assistisswitched onautomati-
cally when driving forwards. Thesystem is
operational atspeeds ofup toapproximately
22 mph (35km/ h).Whi lein ope ration, the
sy stem indepe ndentl ylo cate sand measures
pa rking spaces onboth sides ofthe vehicle.
Active Parking Assistwillonly detectparking
spa ces:
R that areparal lelor atright-ang lesto the
di recti onoftrav el
R that areparal lelto the directi onoftrav el
and atleas t59 in(1.5 m)wid e Dr
ivin gsy stem s
175Dr ivin gand parking Z

R
ifthe camer alens isdirt yor obst ructed.
Obser vethe noteson clean ing
(Y page 284)
R ifthe rear ofyour vehic leisdamaged. Inthis
case, havethecamer aposit ionand setting
chec kedataqualified specialist workshop.
The field ofvision andotherfunc tionsof the
rear view camer amay berest ricteddue to
addition alacc essor iesonthe rear ofthe vehi-
cle (e.g. licenseplate holder ,rear bicyc le
rack ).
i The
contrast ofthe display maybeaffec -
ted bythe sudden presenceof sunligh tor
oth erlight sourc es,e.g. when exitinga
garage. Payparticular attent ion inthis situa-
tion .
i If
usability issever elyrest ricted, e.g. due
to pixel errors,have thedisplay repairedor
replac ed.
Activa ting/d eactivating therea rview
cam era X
To acti vate:make surethattheSmar tKey
is in posit ion0048inthe ignit ionlock .
X Make surethattheActi vationbyRgear Acti
vationbyRgear
func tion isselec tedinthe multim ediasys-
tem ;see theDigit alOperat or'sManual.
X En gage reversegear.
The area behin dthe vehic leisshown with
guide linesinthe multim ediasystemdis-
play.
The image fromthe rear view camer ais
available throughout themane uverin gproc -
ess.
To deact ivate:the rear view camer adeact i-
vate sif you shift thetransm ission to005D or
aft erdrivin gfor wards ashor tdist ance.
The innersegme ntsof the warnin gindic ator
are displayed inred ifthe reisacom plete sys-
tem failure. Theindic atorlamp inthe
PARK TRONIC buttonlight sup.
If the syst emfails atthe rear ofthe vehic le:
R the rear segme ntsare shown inred when
back ingup.
R the rear segme ntsare hidden whendriving
for wards. Messa
gesinthemu ltim edia system
disp lay The
rear view camer amay show adist orted
view ofobst acles, showtheminc orre ctly or
not atall. The rear view camer adoes notshow
obje ctsin the followin gposit ions:
R very closeto the rear bumper
R under therear bumper
R in the area immed iatelyabove thetailgat e
handle
! Obj
ectsnot atgroun dlevel mayappear to
be furt her away thantheyact ually are,e.g.:
R the bumper ofapark edvehic le
R the drawbar ofatrailer
R the ball couplin gof atrailer towhitch
R the rear sectionofan HGV
R aslant edpost
Use theguideline sonly fororien tation.
Appr oach objectsno furt her than thebot-
tom -most guideline . 0043
Yellow guidelineatadist anceof approx -
imate ly13 ft(4. 0m) fromthe rear ofthe
vehic le
0044 Whit eguide linewitho utste erin ginput –
vehic lewidth including theexterior mirrors
(st atic )
0087 Yellow guidelineforthe vehic lewidth
inc luding theexterior mirrors, atthe cur-
ren tste erin gwheel angle(dynamic )
0085 Yellow lanemark ingthe cour sethe tires
will takeat the curr entsteerin gwheel
angle (dynamic ) Driving
systems
179Driving andparking Z

X
Turn theSmart Keytoposition 005Ainthe igni-
tion lock andremove it.
X Secure thevehicle.
The towing eyecan beused topull thevehicle
ont oatrailer ortrans porter fortrans portin g
purposes. Notes
on4MATIC vehicles
! Vehicles
with4MATI Cmust notbetowed
with either thefront orthe rear axle raised,
as doing sowill damage thetrans mission.
Vehicles with4MATI Cmay onlyeither be
towed awaywithboth axles onthe ground or
be loaded upand trans ported.
If the vehicle's transmission, front,or rear axle
is damaged, havethevehicle transported ona
truck ortrailer.
In the event ofdam agetothe electrical
system:
If the battery isdefect ive,theautomatic trans-
mission willbelocked inposition 005D.Toshift
the automatic transmission toposition 005C,you
must provide powertothe vehicle's on-board
electric alsystem inthe same wayaswhen
jump-st arting(Ypage 296).
Have thevehicle transported onatrans porter
or trailer. Tow-star
ting(emergency engine
star ting)
! Vehicles
withautomatic transmission must
not betow-st arted. Youcould otherwise
damage theautomatic transmission.
i You
canfind inform ationon"Jump-start-
ing" under (Ypage 296). Fuses
Import
antsafety notes G
WARNIN
G
If you manipulate orbridge afaulty fuseorif
you replace itwith afuse withahigher
amperage, theelectric cablescouldbeover-
loaded. Thiscould result inafire. There isa
risk ofan accident andinjury. Always
replace faultyfuseswiththespeci-
fied new fuses having thecorrec tamperage.
! Only
usefuses thathave been approved
for Mercedes- Benzvehicles andwhich have
the correc tfuse rating forthe system con-
cern ed.Only usefuses marked withan"S".
Otherwise, componentsorsystems couldbe
damaged.
! Make
surethatnomoisture canenter the
fuse boxwhen thecover isopen.
! When
closing thecover, makesurethatit
is lying correc tlyon the fuse box. Moisture
seeping inor dirt could otherwise impairthe
operation ofthe fuses.
The fuses inyour vehicle servetoclose down
faulty circuits. Ifafuse blows, allthe compo-
nent son the circuit andtheir functionsstop
operating.
Blown fusesmustbereplaced withfuses of
the same rating, whichyoucan recogn izeby
the color andvalue. Thefuse ratings, and
other items ofinform ationtobe complied with
are, listed inthe fuse allocation chart.
The fuse allocation chartisin the fuse boxin
the front -passenger footwell(Ypage 303).
If anewly insertedfuse alsoblows, havethe
cause traced andrectified ataqualified spe-
cialist workshop, e.g.anauthorized Mercedes-
Benz Center. Before
changing afuse
X Secure thevehicle against rollingaway
(Y page 145).
X Switch offallelectric alconsumer s.
X Vehicles withoutKEYLESS-GO: remove
the Smart Keyfrom theignition lock.
X Vehicles
withKEYL ESS-GO start-func-
tion orKEYL ESS-GO: openthedriver's
door.
The vehicle electron icsare now inposition
005A. This isthe same asthe Smart Keybeing
removed fromtheignition.
The fuses arelocated invarious fuseboxes:
R Fuse boxinthe engine compart mentonthe
left- hand sideofthe vehicle, whenviewed in
the direction oftravel
R Fuse boxinthe front -passenger footwell 302
FusesBr
eakdown assistance

Step
2 Example
1 Example
2 Example
3 Num
berofpeople in
the vehicle (driverand
occupants) 5 3 1
Distribution
ofthe
occupants Front
:2
Rear: 3 Front
:1
Rear: 2 Front
:1 Weight
ofthe occu-
pants Occupant
1:150 lbs
(68 kg)
Occupant 2:180 lbs
(82 kg)
Occupant 3:160 lbs
(73 kg)
Occupant 4:140 lbs
(63 kg)
Occupant 5:120 lbs
(54 kg) Occupant
1:200 lbs
(91 kg)
Occupant 2:190 lbs
(86 kg)
Occupant 3:150 lbs
(68 kg) Occupant
1:150 lbs
(68 kg) Gross
weight ofall
occupants 750
lbs(340 kg) 540
lbs(245 kg) 150
lbs(68 kg) Step
3 Example
1 Example
2 Example
3 Permissible
load(max-
imum grossvehicle
weight rating from the
Tire andLoading Infor-
mat ionplacard minus
the gross weight ofall
occupants) 1500
lbs(680 kg)00F8
750 lbs(340 kg)=
750 lbs(340 kg) 1500
lbs(680 kg)00F8
540 lbs(245 kg)
=960 lbs(435 kg) 1500
lbs(680 kg)00F8
150 lbs(68 kg)=
1350 lbs(612 kg) Vehicle
identification plate
Even ifyou have calculated thetotal cargo
carefully, youshould stillmake surethatthe
gross vehicle weightratingandthegross axle
weight ratingarenot exceeded. Detailscanbe
found onthe vehicle identification plateonthe
B-pillar onthe driver's sideofthe vehicle
(Y page 317).
Permissible GrossVehicle WeightRating
(GVWR): thegross weight ofthe vehicle, all
passengers, loadandtrailer load/noseweight
(if applicab le)must notexceed thepermissible
gross vehicle weight.
Gross AxleWeight Rating (GAWR): themaxi-
mum permissible weightthatcanbecarried by
one axle (front orrear axle). To
ensure thatyour vehicle doesnotexceed
the maximum permissible values(grossvehi-
cle weight andmaximum grossaxleweight rat-
ing), have yourloaded vehicle (including driver,
occupants, cargo,andfulltrailer loadifappli-
cable) weighed onasuitable vehicleweigh-
bridge. Loading
thevehicl e
319Wheels andtires Z