2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV tow

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........................................................ 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
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Ov ervie wof thecon trol panel for3-zone
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Pr e-ent ryclimat econtr olvia Smar tKey ........ 13Pr
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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
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Pe rm itted towing methods ........................... 40 Te
ch nical data............................................ 42
Oper ating fluids ............................................ 42
Ve hicle data... ............................................... 42
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spl aymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps................................................ 45
Displa ymessag es.........................................4 5
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps........................ 53 2
Contents

R
Sea rch: searchfo rke yw ords inorder tofind
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a‐
tion oftheve hicle.
R Quick start:find thefirs tst eps towa rdsse t‐
ting upyour vehicle.
R Tips: find informa tionth at prepar esyoufo r
cer tain eve ryda ysituation swit hyo ur vehicle.
R Messages: recei veaddit ionalinf ormat ion
about themessag esintheins trument dis‐
pla y.
R Bookma rks:ga in acc ess toyour per son ally
sa ve dbookm arks .
R Langua ge:select thelanguag efo rth eDigit al
Oper ator's Manual.
Some sections intheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
e.g. warning notes, can beopened andclosed.
Ad diti onalme thods ofcal ling up the Digital
Ope rato r's Man ual:
Di rect access :open there qu ired con tent inthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua lby pressing andhold‐
ing anent ryon theta bbar inthemultimedia
sy stem: Ins
trument Display:cal lup briefinf ormati onas
di spl aymessa gesin theins trument cluster.
Vo ice Contr olSy stem: callupvia thevo ice
con trol system
Global search:cal lup sea rchre sults forcon‐
te nts oftheDigit alOper ator's Manual inthe
home screen
Fo rsaf etyre ason s,theDigit alOper ator's Man‐
ual isdeactiv ated while driving.
% The Oper ator's Manual canalso befound in
th eMer cedes- BenzGuides appinall com‐
mon appstor es. 10
Generalno tes

%
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
chargin gcable shouldbe stowe dand held in
place inthebag prov ided inthetrunk ofthe
ve hicle. Ov
ervie wof thech argin gcabl eco ntr olpanel The
chargin gcable control pane lsho wsthecur‐
re nt status ofthech argin gpr oce ss. 1
POWE R:suppl yvo ltag eindic ator
2 CHARGING :ch argin gpr oce ssind icat or
3 TEMPE RATURE :te mp eratur econ trol indica‐
to r
4 FAUL T:protect ion and control system indica‐
to r PO
WER 11
Suppl yvo ltag e
indicat or Meaning
Light sup whit eT hesupply voltag eis
con nected. CH
ARGIN G 22
Char ging proc‐
ess indicat or Meaning
Flashes green Thehigh-v oltagebat‐
te ry isch argin g. TEM
PERATURE 33
Temp eratur e
contr olindica tor Meani
ng
Lights upredT hegreen LED
fl ashes simultane‐
ou sly: overtemp era‐
tur e– th ech argin g
per form anc eis
re duced.
The green LED does
no tflash: overtemp er‐
atur e– th ech argin g
pr oce ssisstopped.
Flashes redO vertem per atur eat
th emains plug–th e
ch argin gpr oce ssis
st opped. Dr
iving andparking 33

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

No
teson star ting assistance
Obse rveth einf ormation onstar tin gassis tance
in theve hicle Operator's Manual.
If yo ur vehicle hasbeen star tedwit hstar tin g
assis tance, itma yno tbe possi ble to use the
electr icdrive fo rapp roxima tely 30 minu tes.
St artin gassis tance isno tconsi deredto be a
nor mal oper ating condition .
Jum per cables andfurther information rega rding
st ar tin gassis tance canbeobt aine dat anyqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Pe
rm itted towing methods
Mer cede s-Ben zre comme ndstransp orting your
ve hicle inthecase ofabr eakdo wn,rath er than
to wing itaw ay.
Fo rto wing, useato w rope ortow bar withbo th
axle son thegr ound. Donotuse tow bar sys‐
te ms. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetotow‐
ing away inc orrectl y #
Obs erve theins truction sand noteson
to wing away. Obser
vetheinf ormation ontowing andtrans‐
por tingth eve hicle intheve hicle Operator's
Manual.
Pe rm itted towing methods Ve
hicl eeq uipment/ towing
me thod Bo
th axle son thegr ound Fr
ont axle raised Re
ar axle raised
Plug-in hybrid vehicles Yes,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) Ye
s,maximum 31mile s(50 km) at
31 mp h(50 km/h) Ye
s,ifth esteer ing wheel isfixe din
th ecent erposition withast eer ing
wheel lock. 40
Breakdo wnassis tance

Onl
ytranspor tingisper mitt edinthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R The multif unction displa yis no two rking
or
R The á displa ymess ageappear s
Ex cep tion: ifth eve hicle islocat edinadang er
zone, itcan bereco veredfrom thedang erzon e
despit eth edispla ymessag eor thedispla yno t
wo rking.
It mus tno tbe towe dfur ther than 164ft (50 m)
wit hbo th axle son thegr ound. Atowing speed of
6 mp h(1 0 km/h) mustno tbe exc eeded. Beyond
th ese limits, onlytra nspor tingisper mitt ed. Br
eakdo wnassis tance 41

Pe
rm issible trailer load The
tongu ewe ight isno tinc luded intheto wing
capac ity.
Missi ngvalues werenotav ailable atthetime of
going topress.
Pe rm issible towing capacit y,brak ed (at a
minim umstar t-of fgr adeabi lityof12%) Model
Perm issible towing
cap acit y,brak ed
GL C350 e4MA TIC Pe
rm issible towing capacit y,unbr aked Model
Perm issible towing
cap acit y,unbr aked
GL C350 e4MA TIC Maximum
tongue weight *
NO
TEDama gecau sed bythetrailer
comin gloose If
th eto ngu ewe ight used istoolow, the
tr ai le rma ycome loose . #
Theto ngu ewe ight mustno tbe belo w
11 0.2 lbs(50 kg). #
Use ato ngu ewe ight that isas clo seas
poss ibletothemaximum permissible
to ngu ewe ight . Missin
gva lues werenotav ailable atthetime of
going topress.
Maxim umtongue weight Model
Maximum
to ngue
we ight
GL C350 e4MA TIC Pe
rm issible rear axle load (traile roper ation ) Miss
ingvalues werenotav ailable atthetime of
going topress.
Axle load Model
Axleload
GL C350 e4MA TIC 44
Tech nica lda ta