2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV ESP

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : &
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. #
Obser vethewa rning notic es. +
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesinclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. *
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TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. %
Useful instructions orfur ther information
th at coul dbe helpf ulto you.
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stru ction
(007B page)Fu
rther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
+ Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
* Corresponding submenus, whichar e
to be select edinthemultimedia sys‐
te m
*M arks acaus e 4
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Oper
ator's Manua l
This Supplement prov ides informatio non allthe
im por tant func tions ofyour hybrid vehicle that
ar eeit her notdesc ribed ordifferfr om the
descr iption sin theve hicle Operator's Manual.
This information supplements orreplaces the
cor responding sectionsintheve hicle Operator's
Manual. Under nocircums tances does theSup‐
plement replace theOper ator's Manual.
This Supplement describesallmodels, and
st andar dand optio nal equipme ntforyo ur vehi‐
cle, asavailable atthetime ofgoing topress.
Countr y-specif icdif fere nces arepo ssi ble. Bea r
in mind that your vehicle mayno tfe atur eall
fun ction sdesc ribed here.This isalso thecase
fo rsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt tosaf ety.
Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle may
dif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illustra‐
tion s.
The original purchase contract documen tation
fo ryo ur vehicle contains alis tof all ofthesy s‐
te ms inyour vehicle. Should
youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
The Oper ator's Manual, theSupplement andthe
Maint enance Bookletar eim por tant docum ents
and should be kept intheve hicle. Pr
otecting theen vir onmen t
+ ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
po lluti on cau sed byirre sponsible dis‐
posal ofthehigh-v oltagebatt ery A
high-v oltagebatt erycon tains mat erials
whic har ehar mful totheen vironmen t. #
Dispose ofdef ective high-v oltagebat‐
te ries ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Oper
ating safety
Hyb rid ve hicles have acom bustioneng ineand
an elec tric mo tor.The ener gysupply foroper at‐ ing
theve hicle electr icallyis prov ided bythe
high-v oltageon-boar delectr icalsystem. &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryby touc hin g
damag edhigh -volt ageco mp onent s
The vehicle's high-voltageon-boar delectr ical
sy stem isunder highvoltag e. Ifyo umod ify
co mp onent partsintheve hicle's high-volt‐
ag eon-boar delectr icalsystem ortouc hdam‐
ag ed comp onent parts,youma ybe elec tro‐
cut ed.
The comp onent partsintheve hicle's high-
vo ltag eon- boar delect rical system maybe
damag edinan acciden t,alt hough thedam‐
ag eis no tvisible. #
Nevercar ryout chang eson thehigh-
vo ltag eon- boar delect rical system. #
Neverto uc hco mp onent partsinthe
high-v oltageon-boar delectr icalsystem. #
Afteran accide nt,donotto uc han y
high -volt ageco mp onent s. #
Afteran accide nt,have theve hicle
tr anspor tedaw ay. Gene
ralno tes 5

No
teson plug-in hybrid oper ation &
WARNIN GRisk ofchemical burnsand
poisonin gfrom damag edhigh-v oltage
batt ery
If th ehousing ofthehigh-v oltagebatt eryhas
been damag ed,electr olyt eand gases may
leak out. #
Avoid cont actwithth eskin ,ey es or
clo thing. #
Imm ediat elyrinse electr olytesplashes
of fwit hwa terand seek medica latt en‐
tion stra ight away. &
DANG ER Risk ofexplosion from exces‐
siv eint ernal press ureof thehigh-v oltage
batt ery
In theev ent ofave hicle fire ,th eint ernal
pr essur eof thehigh-v oltagebatt erycould
exc eed acr itical value. Inthis case, flamma‐
ble gasescapes thro ugh ableed valve in the
ve hicle's underbody .
The gascan ignit e. #
Stop thech argin gpr oce ssimm ediat ely
in cas eof unus ualodor s,smo keorbur n
mar ks. #
Lea vethedang erzon eimmediat ely.
Secu rethedang erzon eat asuf ficie nt
di st anc e. #
Call thefire ser vice. The
hybrid system combin esacombus tion
engine withan electr icmo tor.
Charact eristic swhen theve hicle isat ast and‐
st ill:
R The com bustion engin eis ge ner ally switc hed
of f.
R Engine idlingonlyoccur sin cer tain ins tan‐
ces.
Ch aract eristics when star tin gth eve hicle:
R Ifth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryis suf ficie ntly
ch arge d, theve hicle canbestar tedwit hth e
electr icdrive wit hout thecombus tionengine
(noiseless star t).
R Ifth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryfo rth eelectr ical
dr ive is no tsuf ficie ntlych arge dor theoper‐ ating
temp eratur eof thecombus tionengine
has notbeen reac hed, theve hicle canstar t
wit hth ecombus tionengine.
Char acteristics withmoder atepo we routpu t
re qu ests:
R The combus tionengine isswitc hedoffas
of tenas possi ble du ring thejour ney.
R The vehicle can,depending onthedr ive pr o‐
gr am select edand thebatt erych arge leve l,
be acc eler ated elect rical lyup tospeeds of
appr oximat ely87 mph(1 40 km/h) .
Cha racter istics with high powe routpu tre qu ests:
R The electr icmo torsupp orts thecombus tion
engine (boostef fect), e.g. whenpu lling away
or acceler ating.
R The high-v oltagebatt eryis disc hargin g.
Char acteristics when releasing theaccelera tor
pedal during thejour ney:
R The electr icmo toris oper ated asaalt ernat or
when inoverru nmod eand during braki ng.
R The high-v olta ge batt eryis ch argin g. Gene
ralno tes 7

Contr
olpa nel overview fordual -zone aut o‐
matic climat eco ntr ol
The indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur e,lef t
2 008F Setstheair distribution
3 H Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode
5 0064 Defros ts thewindshield
6 ! Callsuptheair con ditionin gmenu of
th emultimedia system Switc
hesresidua lheat on/of f
7 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat er
on/of f
8 003B Switches"Immediat epr e-ent ryclimat e
contr ol"on/of f(/ page 15)
9 0072 Switches air-re cir cul ation mod eon/of f
A 005A Switches theA/C function on/off
B 0082 Setsthete mp eratur e,right Ov
ervie wof thecontr olpa nel for3-zo ne
aut omat icclimat eco ntr ol
The indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur e,lef t
2 008F Setstheair distribution, left
3 H Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode
5 0064 Defros ts thewindshield
6 ! Callsuptheair con ditionin gmenu of
th emultimedia system
Switc hesresidua lheat on/of f
7 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat er
on/of f
8 003B Activates ordeacti vates"Immediat e
pr e-entr yclimat econt rol"(/ page15 ) 12
Climat eco ntro l

Ov
ervie wof vehicl evo ice comm ands
Yo ucan usetheve hicle voice com mand sto
dir ect lycall upthemenus forth eplug-in hybrid
se ttings andoper ateth ecor responding vehicle
funct ions.
Aside from theex act voice com mand s(see the
"V oic eco mm and"co lumn inthefo llo wing table) to
cal lup spe cificfuncti ons,inmos tcase sth e
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem also under stands agr ea t
ma nypar aphr ases from daily usage.Exam ples of
th ese arelis tedin the"Colloq uialexam ples" col‐
umn .Fo rsome languages howe verth ese exam‐
ples areon lyavailable toalimit edextent.
% Content inang led br ac kets, isapl ace holder
wh ich ha sto be com pletedby youwit hth e
desir edterm .The Setdepartu retime for
voice com mand canbecom pleted wit
h:Set depart uretimefor 4pm, forex am‐
ple.
Ve hicl evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Set departure timefor Pleasesetdeparture timefor
Se
tsthedepar turetime forch argin g.
Pre- entryclim atecontrol on Iwould liketoact ivat epre- entrycli-
mat econ trol Swit
ches on pre-en try climat econ trol.
Act ivate immediate chargingS witchon imme diate charging Ac
tivates immed iate chargin g. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 19

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Youcan also manuallyinc rease orreduce
th ere cup erati on indrive pr ogr am Î.
Ho wever,ECO Assistisavailable onlyin the
005B 0058 settin g(/ page29).
If th er eis no response to"Foo tof fth eacceler a‐
to r" prom pt3 ,th esegment swill remain white.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle infront, thesym‐
bol will besho wningreen assoon asther eis a
re sponse to"Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt
3 .
If th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function evenmor epr eci sely if
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data. EC
OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifvisibilit yis poor (e.g.duetoinsuf ficie ntillu ‐
mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable shade
con dition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay).
R Ifth er eis glar e(e. g.from oncom ingtraffic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions).
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicin‐
ity ofthemultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer a
is fogg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n(e.g. dueto
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured).
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect, insu fficien tor out of
dat e.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
in roadw orks orinadjacent lanes. Displa
yingECOAssis t On-
boar dcom puter:
4 DriveA ssist Oper
ation ofthehap ticacceler ator ped al The
hapticacc elera torpeda lfe atur esan addi‐
tio nal poin tof resis tance tohelp youdr ive full y
elec tricall y.
Charact eristic sof theadditional pointofresis t‐
ance:
R Itis only available indrive pr ogram Î.
R Itind icat esthemaximum available electric
per form anc e.
R Itis used when theelectr icmo tor(PO WER)
po we rdisp lay is full . Fu
nction ofthero ute-base doper ating-mode
st ra tegy In
drive pr ogr ams A and;, dataon the
planned routear eanal yzedwhen routeguidan ce
is act ive. 24
Driving and parking

The
multimedia system prov ides thefo llo wing
dat a:
R Road type s
R Spe edlimit ations
R Heig htdat a
The hybrid system adjus tstheoper ating- mode
st ra tegy accor dingly:
R The useofelectr icalener gyand thecombus‐
tion engine aredis tribut edinthebes tpossi‐
ble way.
R The vehicle automaticall yselects thebes t
possible operating mode. R
The charge leve lof thehigh-v oltagebatt eryis
con trolled accor dingly.
R The electr icalener gyisreser vedespeciall y
fo relectr icmode, e.g.urba nro utesec tions
and environ men talzon es. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams:
R = (Individual)
R B (Spor t+) R
C (Spor t)
R A (Comfort)
R Î (Electr ic)
R Ï (BatteryLe vel)
R ; (Eco)
Depen dingonthedr ive pr ogr am select ed,the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive
R Sus pen sion
R Steer ing
R ESP® Dr
iving andparking 25

Pr
oper tiesoftheav ailab ledrive pr og rams: Dr
ive pr og ramV ehiclecharact eristics
= (Indivi dual) Individualse ttings forth eve hicle charact eristic s:
R Drive
R Sus pen sion
R Steer ing
R ESP®
B (Spor t+): R
Particular lyspor tydrivin gwit hth ecombus tionengine andreinf orced
boos tef fect
C (Sport) R
Spor tydrivi ng with thecombus tionengine andreinf orced boos tef fect
A (Comf ort) R
Comfortable and econ omical driving
R The select ionofthematc hingdrive type bythehy brid system depends
on thedr iving conditions andthedis tance 26
Driving and parking