2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV warning

We
lcome tothewo rld of Mer cedes -Ben z
Bef oreyo ufirs tdr ive of f,re ad this Oper ator's
Manual carefull yand famili arize yourself with
yo ur vehicle. Foryo ur ow nsa fety and along er
op erati ng life span oftheve hicle, follo wthe
ins truct ions andwarning notic es inthis Opera ‐
to r's Manua l.Disr egarding them maylead to
damag eto theve hicle orinjur yto people.
Damag eto theve hicle resulting from thedisr e‐
ga rd oftheins truction sis no tco veredby the
Mer cedes-Ben zLimit edWarrant y.
The standar deq uipme ntand produc tdesc ript ion
of your vehicle mayva ry and depen dson thefo l‐
lo wing fact or s:
R Mod el
R Order
R National version
R Availabilit y
Mer cedes-Ben zre ser vesth eright tointroduce
ch ang esinthefo llo wing areas:
R Des ign
R Equipmen t R
Tech nica lfe atur es
The equipme ntinyour vehicle mayth er efor edif‐
fe rfr om that sho wninthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The follo wing docum entsar eint egralpar tsof
th eve hicle:
R Digit alOper ator's Manual
R Print ed Oper ator's Manual
R Maint enance Booklet
R Eq<0058004C00530050004800510057001000470048005300480051004700480051
0057> Supplements
Ke ep these documen tsintheve hicle atall
times. Ifyo usell theve hicle, alwayspass allof
th edocumen tson tothene wow ner .
Mer cedes-Be nzUS A,LLC
Mer cedes-Benz Canada,Inc.
A Daimle rCom pany
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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
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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
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Pe rm itted towing methods ........................... 40 Te
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Oper ating fluids ............................................ 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

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Have thehigh-v oltageon- boar delectr i‐
cal system checkedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. The
com ponents oftheve hicle's high-voltage
electr icalsystem aremar kedwit hye llo wwa rn‐
ing sticke rs.The cablesof theve hicle's high-volt‐
ag eelectr icalsystem areor ang ein color .
Ve hicles withhy brid systems gener atesigni fi‐
cantly less nois ewhe nstatio naryand when
bein gdr iven than vehicles withcombus tion
engines.
When driving inelectr icmode, theve hicle may
no tbe hear dby other road user sdue tothesig‐
nif icant lyreduced noisegener ated when drivi ng
and when atast ands till.
It is forth is reason that theve hicle iseq uipped
wit hasound gener ator wh ich ser vesas an
acous ticvehicle warning system (AVA S). Qual
ifie d spe ciali st wo rkshop
Alw aysha ve thefo llo wing workcar ried out on
yo ur vehicle ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop:
R workreleva nt tosaf ety
R service andmaint enance work
R repair work
R modif ications aswellas installation sand
con versions
R workon electr oniccomponent s
R workon thehy brid system Cor
rect use oftheve hicl e
If yo ure mo veanywa rning sticke rs,yo uor other s
could failto recogni zecer tain dang ers. Lea ve
wa rning sticke rs inposit ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing informatio nin par ticular
when drivin gyo ur vehicle:
R thesaf etyno tesin this manual
R tech nica lda ta forth eve hicle
R traf fic ru les and regulations R
laws and safetyst andar dsper tainin gto
mo torve hicles Limit
edWa rranty
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle arising
fr om violation ofthese oper ating instruc‐
tion s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from viola‐
tion ofthese oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zim plied warrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheins truction sin these oper at‐
ing instruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi‐
cle damag e. 6
Gener alno tes

No
teson electr icmode:
R Vehicles withhy brid systems gener atesigni fi‐
cantly less nois ewhe nstatio naryand when
bein gdr iven than vehicles withcombus tion
engines.
R When driving inelectr icmode theve hicle
ma yno tbe hear dby other road user sdue to
th esignif icantlyreduced noisegener ated
wh en drivi ng and when atast ands till.
It is forth is reason that theve hicle iseq uip‐
ped withasound gener ator ,wh ich ser vesas
an acous ticvehicle warning system (AVA S).
No teson theacous ticvehicle warning system:
R The sound gener ator gener ates spe ed-
de pende ntand statio naryve hicle noise emis‐
sions ataspeed ofup toaroun d25 mph
(30 km/ h).
R This helps other road user s,par ticular ly
pe destrians and bikerider s,to hear your
ve hicle better .
R When driving atspeeds above20 mph
(20 km/ h)theve hicle acous ticwarning sys‐
te m gradu ally switc hesoff. Dis
con necting thehy brid system manua lly &
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. #
Have thehigh-v oltageon- boar delectr i‐
cal system checkedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Onl
ydisconnect thehy brid system manually in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup intheins trument cluster,e.g. afte r
an acc iden t.
R The vehicle isbadly damag ed,e.g. afte ran
accide nt,and there stra int system com po‐
nen tshave notbe en trig ge red. 8
Gener alno tes

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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

Re
stra int system Mal
functionin gre stra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon.
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney.
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,inthe
eve ntofan acci dent thehigh-v oltageon- boar d
electr icalsystem mayno tbe deactiv ated as
int ended. &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uries due tothe
re stra int system malfunct ioning
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,
re stra int system com ponen tsma ybe trig‐
ge redunint entionall yor ma yno tdeplo yas
int ended during anacciden t.This mayaf fect
th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device orairba g, fo
rex am ple. Further mor e,intheev ent ofan
acciden t,th ehigh-v oltageon- boar delectr ical
sy stem mayno tbe deactiv ated asintended.
Yo uma ybe elec troc uted ifyo uto uc hth e
damag edcom ponen tpar tsof thehigh-v olt‐
ag eon- board electricalsystem. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. #
Afteran accide nt,swi tchof fth eignition
immediat ely. Occupant
safety 11

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

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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