Symbols
........................................................ 4 Gener
alno tes... ............................................ 5
Oper ator's Manual ......... .................. ............... 5
Pr otect ing theen vironmen t... .........................5
Oper ating safety.............................................5
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .........................6
Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................6
Limit edWarrant y............................................ 6
No teson plug-in hybrid oper ation ...................7
Dis conne ctingthehy brid system man‐
ually ................................................................8
Callin gup theDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 9 Occupant
safety.... .... ................................. 11
Re stra int system .............................. .............1 1 Clim
atecontr ol........................................... 12
Con trol pan elove rview fordua l-zone
au tomatic climatecontr ol<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 12
Ov ervie wof thecon trol panel for3-zone
au tomatic climatecontr ol<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 12
Pr e-ent ryclimat econtr olvia Smar tKey ........ 13Pr
e-ent ryclimat econtr olat time of
dep artur e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 14
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating immed iate pre-
ent ryclimat econtr ol<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ........15 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ......................... ................17
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 17
Fu nctio nof thepo we rdisp lay of the
electr icmo tor..... .............................. ............ 17
Fu nctio nof thepo we rme ter..... .................... 18
Dis play ing thepo we rme ter..... .....................1 8 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem ................................ 19
Ov ervie wof vehicle voice com mand s...........1 9 MBUX
multimedia system ......................... 21
Con figur ing settings forplu g-in hybrid
ve hicles ......................................................... 21
Fu nctio nsoftheener gyflow displa y.............2 1
Sho wing theener gyflow displa y...... .............2 1 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................... 23
Dr iving .......................................................... 23
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... .......................... 25
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stems ............... 28
Re gener ative brak esy stem ........................... 28
Chargin gth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery... .............. 30
Re fuel ing...... ................................................ 38 Br
eakdo wnassis tance...... ........................ 40
No teson star tin gassis tance <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 40
Pe rm itted towing methods ........................... 40 Te
ch nical data............................................ 42
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 42
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 42
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 43 Di
spl aymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 45
Displa ymessag es.........................................4 5
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 53 2
Contents
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
Indicat
orlam p4 firs tflashes orang eand
th en green assoon asthehigh-v oltagebat‐
te ry isbeing charge d.
If th ech argin gcable iscon nectedto theve hicle,
th eengine cannotbe star tedand theve hicle
canno tbe mo ved.
At thest ar tof thech argin gpr oce ss,thech arg‐
ing side issho wnintheins trument clusterwit ha
ch argin gpr edic tion.The chargin gpr edic tion
eit her refers to thepr edict edcharge leve lat the
se tdepar turetime, orthetime atwhic hth e
high-v oltagebatt erywill befully charge d. Ending
thech argin gpr oc ess #
Press and hold button2 onchargin gcable
con nector3 and remo vechargin gcable
con nector3 from vehicle socket1.
% Ifth ech argin gcable connectoris bloc ked,
con tact aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. #
Char ging atamains socket(mo de2):di s‐
conne ctthemains plugfrom themains soc
ketand stow thech argin gcable safelyin
th eve hicle. #
Close thesoc ketco verand thesoc ketflap. Re
fueli ng Depr
essur izingthefuel tank Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isunloc ked.
Yo umus tfirs tde pres su rize thefuel tank by
pr essing thebutt onbef oreth eve hicle canbe
re fuel ed.
Obser vetheno teson refuel ingintheve hicle
Oper ator's Manual andtheno teson oper ating
fl uids (/page42). 38
Drivin gand parking
#
Pull button1.
Indicat orlam p2 flashes andthePlease
Wait Depress urizingTankmessag eappear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.The pressur ein
th ehigh-pr essurefuel tank isreleased and
th en thefuel filler flap open s.
If th efuel filler flap isopen ,ind icat orlam p
2 light sup con tinuousl y. The
Tank isDepressuriz edReady forRefuel-
ing messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
% Inthefo llo wing situat ionsther eis amalfunc‐
tion :
R Indic ator lam p2 flashes initiallyand
th en goes out
R The yello wChec kEn gine warning lam p
light sup
% The open ingproces sfo rth efuel filler flap
ma y,in excep tiona lcase s,take up to
15 minut es. Dr
iving andparking 39
Oper
ating fluids Ta
nk cont entand fuel reser ve Cap
acity Mod
el Total cap acity
GL C35 0e4M ATIC 13.2 gal(50. 0liter s) Model
Ofwhic hre ser ve
GL C35 0e4MA TIC 1.8 ga l(7 .0 liter s) Qua
lityand capa cityofengine oil MB
-Fre igabe orMB- Appr oval Gasol
ineeng inesE ngineoilspecif ica‐
tions
GL C350 e4MA TIC 229.5 Onl
yuse SAE0W -40 orSA E5W -40 engineoils.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er . Capa
city Model
Capacity
GL C350 e4MA TIC 6.9US qt(6.5liter s) Coolant
capacity Coolant
capacity Model
Capacity
GL C350 e4MA TIC 12.7 US qt
(1 2.0 lite rs) Re
frig er ant filling capacity Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
GL C350 e4MA TIC 23.6±0.4 oz
(6 70 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
GL C350 e4MA TIC 2.8±0.4 oz
(80 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load
R Conditio nof thesuspension
R Option aleq uipment 42
Tech nica lda ta
Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
ò Acoust icPresenc eIndica-
tor Inoperat ive *T
hesound gener ator (acou stic vehicle warning system) ismalfunct ioning.Nodriving noises arebeing produced. As
a re sult, your vehicle mayno tbe hear dby other road user sin cer tain situat ions. #
Drive wit hpar ticular care. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
00D7 High-Volt. Bat.Overheated
Stop, everyone getout, out-
doors ifpossible . *T
hehigh-v oltagebatt eryhas overheat ed. Ther eis arisk offire . #
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely assoon aspossible inaccor dance withth etra ffic con dition s. #
Ifpossible ,st op theve hicle intheopen airand ensur eth at all occ upant sget out. #
Donotdr ive on. #
Ifsmok eis present, leavethedang erzon eand callthefire ser vice immediat ely. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop evenif th er ear eno extern al sign sof afire .
Only Electric DriveAvaila-
ble Power Limited *T
hefuel tank isem ptyand thecombus tionengine isswitc hedoff.The drive po we rof your vehicle islimit ed
because youar edr ivin gin elec tric mod e. #
Refuel immed iately .
If th er eis fuel intheve hicle, ther eis amalfunct ionwithth ecombus tionengine. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
"Electric" DriveProgram
Currently Unavailable *T
hecharge leve lof thehigh-v oltagebatt eryis no tsuf ficie ntforth eElect ric dr ive pr ogr am.
Ch arg eth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery(/ page30). Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 49
Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
*I fth edr ive sy stem powe routpu tis still reduced, ther eis amalfunct ioninthedr ive sy stem. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
00D7 Malfunction Service
Requ ired *T
hehybrid system ismalfunct ioning. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
00D7 Engine willnotrestart
Service required *T
hehybrid system cann otbe restar teddue toamalf unction. #
Donotswit choffth ehy brid system; drive on tothenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
00B4 Please WaitDepressurizing
Tank *
Ve hicl eswith aga soline engine: Thepressur ein thefuel tank isreleased beforeth efuel filler flap isopen ed.The
pr essur ere duction cantake up to15 minut es. Displa
ymessa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps 51
Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
00B4 Tank isDepressuriz ed
Ready forRefueling *
Ve hicl eswith aga soline engine: Thepressur ein thefuel tank isreleased andthefuel filler flap open s.
00B4 Tan kVen tilatio nMalfun c-
tio nSer viceRequire d *
Ve hicl eswith aga soline engine: Thereis amalfunct ioninthefuel system. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. 52
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps