2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV Hybrid Owner's Manual

Dr
ivin g ECO
Assis tfu nct ion %
The follo wing function iscoun try- dependen t
and available onlyin conju ncti onwith an
int egratedna vig ation system.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr ams
A, Î,Ïand;, andonlyin tra ns‐
mission positions005B or005B0058. Perm anen t
man ualgearshif ting0063 mus tbe swit ched off
(see theve hicle Operator's Manual).
EC OAssis tanalyzes datafo rth eve hicle's expec‐
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimally
adjus tth edr iving style fo rth ero uteahead, save
fuel andrecup erate. Ifth esy stem detects an
eve ntahead, itwi llap pe ar on themultifunc tion
displa y.
The follo wing events can bedetected and dis‐
pl ay ed forth ero utesec tionahead:
R Vehicle infront
R Speed limit
R Downhill anduphill gradient
R Intersections andtraf fic cir cle s R
Bends 1
Event ahead, e.g. traf fic cir cle
2 Distance totheeve ntahead
3 "Foo tof fth eacceler ator" prom pt A
differ ent number ofsegment s2 will light up
depending onthedis tance totheeve ntahead:
R Afew segm ents:theeve ntaheadis nea r.
R Man ysegments: theeve ntaheadis fur ther
aw ay.
If EC OAssis tis activ e,"Foo tof fth eaccelera tor"
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand onthehead-up displaybeside the
tr ans missi on positio ndisp lay.
When theve hicle nearsan event ,EC OAssis twill
calculat eth eop timal speed forminima lener gy
consum ption based onthedis tance, speedand
do wnh ill gr ad ient. "Foo tof fth eacceler ator"
symbol 3will appear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
If th edr iver lifts offth eaccelera torpeda lin
good time, there maini ngsegments onthedis‐
pla ywill success ivel ytur ngr een until theeve nt
sho wnisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo r
minima lenergy consum ption. Thevehicle will
re cup erateau tonomo uslyand thus charge the
batt ery. Dr
iving and parking 23

%
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

Dr
ive pr og ramV ehiclecharact eristics
Î (Elec tric) R
Electr icmode –ele ctricmode isposs ibleup to100mp h(1 60 km/h)
R Adjus table recup erati on inove rrun mod e
R Adaptatio nof ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cforelectr icmode
R Limiting themaximum setspeed forcr uis econtr ol,limi terand Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cto themaximum electricallydrivable
speed
R Activati on ofthecombus tionengine viathepr essur epoint ofthehap‐
tic acceler ator pedal
Ï (Battery Level) R
Prior itiz ed maint enanceofthech arge leve lof thehigh-v oltagebatt ery,
e.g. forjour neys intheinner city/low emission zones
R The select ionofthematc hingdrive type bythehy brid system depends
on thedr iving conditions andthedis tance
; (Eco ) R
Adaptatio nof thecoas tingcharact eristic sof theve hicle totraf fic
R Fullde velopmen tof all intellig enthybrid func tions
R The select ionofthematc hingdrive type bythehy brid system depends
on thedr iving conditions andthedis tance Dr
iving and parking 27

Conf
iguringDYNA MIC SELECT (multimedia
sy stem) Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 DYNA MICSELECT
Se tting drive pr og ram I #
Select IndividualCo nfig.. #
Select and seta cat egory.
Switc hingthere se tdispla yon/of f #
Switc hRequest atStar ton oroff.
Fu nction on:thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
a pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther thelas tactiv e
dr ive pr og ram shou ldbe restor ed.
% The prom ptappear son lyifth epr ev iousl y
act ive se ttings deviat efrom thest andar d
se tting s.
Fu nction off:ifth eÎ drive pr ogr am wasth e
las tone active, and allrequ iremen tsforth edr ive
pr ogr am arefulf illed, this will beaut omat ically
selec tedth ene xt time theve hicle isstar ted. If ano
ther progr am wasactiv e,then theA drive
pr ogr am issetaut omaticall y.
% This funct ionmus tbe activ ated foreac huser
pr ofile sepa rately.The drive pr ogr am forth e
re spectiv euser profile ofthelas tdr iver is
onl yst or ed ifth is func tion isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/deact ivat ed
using quick acc ess when atleas tone other
funct ionisavailable inqu ick acc ess. ESP®
can other wise befound intheAssist ance
menu. #
Select ESP.
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
% When ESP®
is act ivat ed, theelectr icmo tor
st ar ts.If dr ive pr ogram Îwasselect ed bef
orehand, then drive pr og ram A willbe
au tomatical lysele cted, astheengine cannot
be star tedin drive pr ogr am Î.
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. Re
gener ativ ebr ak esy stem Fu
nction ofthere ge ner ativ ebr ak esy stem Dep
endingontheselect edrecup erati on leve l,
th eelectr icmo toris oper ated asan alternat or
when inoverru nmod eand during braki ng in
or de rto charge thehigh-v oltagebatt erywhile
dr iving. Assoon asyoure lease theaccelera tor
pedal whentheve hicle isin mo tion, recup era‐
tion inoverru nmod eis ini tia ted.
The rege ner ative brak esy stem has thefo llo wing
ch aract eristic s:
R Supp orts brakin gwit han elec tron icall ycon ‐
tr olled brak efo rc eboos ting 28
Driving andparking

R
Con verts th ekine ticener gyoftheve hicle
int oelectr icener gy
In theÎ drive pr ogr am youcan usethesteer‐
ing wheel paddle shifters to manua llyadju stthe
int ens ityofrecup erati on inoverru nmod e
(/ page 29).
Sy stem limit s
The brakin gef fect of theelectr icmo tordur ing
re cup erati on inove rrunmod ema ybe reduced or
ma yno tbe available atall inthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R When thehigh-v oltagebatt erych arge leve l
inc reases
R Ifth ehigh-v oltagebatt eryis no tye tat anor‐
ma lop erati ng temp eratur e
R When driving atspeeds closetozer o
R Intrans mis sion positio n005C
R Dur ing and afte rESP ®
int erve nes
In these cases, thedesir eddeceler ationissetby
th ebr ak econ trol system. Also brak ewit hth e
ser vice brak eif necessar y. Manuall
yse tting recup erative deceler ation In
theÎ drive pr og ram can usethesteer ing
wheel gearshif tpaddles tomanua llyadju stthe
int ens ityofrecup erati on inove rrun mod e. The
high erthere cup erati on, themor eshar ply
th eve hicle isbrak ed when coastingandthe
mor eelectr icalenergy isfed int oth ehigh-v olt‐
ag ebatt ery.
% The standar dse tting (005B0058) isaut omat i‐
call yse taf te ra re star tof theengine orafte r
re -eng aging trans mis sion pos ition 005B. #
Toincr ease recup eration: brief lypu llge ar‐
shif tpaddle 1. #
Toreduce recup eration: brief lypu llge ar‐
shif tpaddle 2. #
Standar dse tting: pulland hold gearshif t
paddle 1or2.
The follo wing recup erati on leve ls areav ailable:
R 005B0058 Radar -based recup erati on taking
ro ad and traffic condi tions intoacco unt,orin
ve hicles withint egr ated navig ation system,
int ellig entantic ipatoryre cup erati on with
ECO Assist(sta nda rdsettin g)(/ page23)
R 005B0064 Norecup erati on: theve hicle rolls
fr eel y
R 005B Normalrecup erati on
R 005B0058 Increased recup erati on: incr eased
dece lera tio nin ove rrunmod e,e.g .fo rdr iving
on downhil lgr adi ents
R 005B00580058 Maximumrecup erati on: maxi mum
dece lera tio nin ove rrunmod e Dr
iving and parking 29

The
multifunct iondispla ysho wscurrently selec‐
te dre cup erati on leve l1, forex am ple 005B0058. Cha
rging thehigh -voltag ebat tery No
teson thehigh -voltag ebat tery *
NO
TEDama gecau sed tothehigh-v olt‐
ag ebatt eryth ro ugh lengthy idle periods
or exhaus tivedisc harging Lengt
hyidle periods withahigh charge leve l
ma yre sult inan acceler ated aging ofthe
high-v oltagebatt ery. Exha
ustiv edisc ha rging caused bythebatt ery
being idleforlengt hyper iods candamag e
th ehigh-v oltagebatt ery. #
Beforelong idle per iods,pa rk theve hi‐
cle withahigh-v oltagebatt erych arge
le ve lbe tween 30% and50%. Donot
ke ep thehigh-v oltagebatt erycon tinu‐
ousl ycon nect edtopowe rsupp lyeq uip‐
ment . #
Chec kth ech arge leve lof thehigh-v olt‐
ag ebatt eryev erytw oto thre emont hs.
Re charge thehigh-v oltagebatt eryif th e
ch arge leve lis insuf ficie nt. %
Youcan checkth ech arge leve lof thehigh-
vo ltag ebatt eryin themultimedia system:
(/ page21 )
Cha rging options forthe high-volta ge batt ery
(mode 2and 3)
The electr icmo toris oper ated asan alternat or
when inove rrunmod eand during braki ng in
or de rto charge thehigh-v oltagebatt erywhile
dr iving. Yo
uha ve thefo llo wing option sto charge while
st atio nary:
R Atamain sout let(mod e2)
R Atawa llbo x(mode 3)
R Atach argin gst atio n(mod e3)
The high -voltag ebat tery can becharge din a
nomin alvoltag era ng efrom 100V to 400 V.
It is recomme ndedthat youch arge thehigh-v olt‐
ag ebatt eryat awa llbo xor chargin gst atio ndue
to theim prove dch argin gper form anc eand bet‐
te rch argin gef ficie ncy offere d.
Sy stem limit s
The powe routpu tof thehigh-v oltagebatt ery
ma ybe impair edbythefo llo wing:
R High orlow outs idetemp eratur es
R Elect rical auxiliary consu mersin theve hicle
being switchedon,e.g. oper ating theclimat e
con trol system
R Extende dpe riods without chargin g 30
Drivin gand parking