2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS ESP

The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts.
R Allvehicles excep tMer cede s-Ma ybachve hi‐
cles: alwaysuse thepar tition netwhen trans‐
por ting objec tsinthecar gocom partmen t.
R alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
dis tribut eth eload evenly. St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront stowage com part‐
men ts 1
Stow agespac ein thedoor s
2 Stow agecom partment inthear mr estwit h
USB ports(depending onvehicle equipment)
3 Stow age/t eleph onecom partment withcup
holde rin thefront ofthecent ercon sole 3
Mercedes- Maybac hve hicles: stow age/t ele‐
phon ecom partment withte mp eratur e-co n‐
tr olled cupholder ,USB ports(depending on
th eve hicle equipment) andchargin gmodul e
fo rwir eles sch argin gof mobi lephon es
(depe nding on theve hicle equipment) inthe
fr ont ofthecent ercon sole
4 Glovebox
Loc king/unloc kingthegl ove box 12
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Sea tsand stow ing

&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifsea tand
sea tba ckrest areno teng aged
If th eseat andseat backres tar eno teng aged
th ey cou ldfold forw ards, e.g.when brakin g
or intheev ent ofan acciden t.
This poses thefo llo wing risk sin par ticular :
R Aseat orseat backres tth at isno t
eng aged can push theve hicle occupant
ag ains tth eseat belt. Theseat beltwould
th en notbe able toprov ide theint ended
pr otect ion and could cause additional
injur y.
R Ach ild restra int system would nolonger
be suppor tedcor rectly orpos itioned cor‐
re ctl yand would nolongerper form its
int ended function.
R The seat backres tcan notre stra in obje cts
or goods inthecar gocom partmen t. Alw
aysensur eth at theseat andseat back‐
re st areeng aged, espe cially:
R beforepasse ngerstra velon aseat with
th eeasy entryand exitfeatur e.
R afte radju sting theseat.
R afte rth eeasy entryand exitfeatur eis
used.
R afte rth ecar gocom partmen tenlar ge‐
ment hasbeen folded down. Alw
aysensur eth at all vehicle occupants have
th eir seat belts fastened correctly and aresitti ng
pr ope rly. Pa rticular attent ion mus tbe paid to
ch ildr en.
If yo uno longerre qu ire th efo lded-d ownre ar
seat backres tas aloadin gar ea, fold there ar
seat backres tbac kint oplace .
Mak esur eth at there dmar kingof theloc kve rifi‐
cati onindi catorisno long ervis ible.Ot her wise,
th eseat backres tis no tloc ked.
Re quirement s: R
Vehicles withcent errear seat backres t:the
cent errear seat backres tis no tin thecar go
com partmen tfloor position.
R Vehicles withafo lding rear armr est:there ar
ar mr esthas been folded up. Se
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#
Toswitc hof f:pr ess butt on2 repeat edly
until both indic ator lam psgo out. Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthemobile phonestow age
com partment
Ther eis arisk offire ,in par ticular ,if yo u
place moreth an onemobi lephon ein the
mobil ephone stow agecom partment . #
Apar tfr om amobi lephon e,do not
place anyot her object sin themobile
phone stow agecom partment ,espe ‐
ciall yth ose made ofme tal. *
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestow ‐
ag ecom partment If
obj ect sar eplace din themobile phone
st ow agecom partment ,th ey ma ybe dam‐
ag ed byelectr omagne ticfields. #
Donotplace credit cards, stor ag e
media orother objects sensitiveto
electr omagne ticfields inthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . *
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . Alw
aysobser vetheno tesfo rper sons withelec‐
tr onic medica laid s(/ page29). Seats
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Toins tall: movethecor responding seat
bac kwards and lay th efloor mat inthefo ot ‐
we ll. #
Press studs 1onto holder s2. #
Adjus tth ecor responding seat. #
Toremo ve:pull thefloor mat offholder s2. #
Remo vethefloor mat. %
Ve
hicl eswith ath ird ro w of sea ts(all
ve hicl esexc eptMer cedes- Mayba chvehi‐
cle s): toins talland remo vethefloor mats
on theth ird row ofseats, slidethecor re‐
sponding seatonthesecon drow ofseats
fo rw ards. 15
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Sea tsand stow ing

Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Left-ha ndstandi nglam ps
0048 0064 Right-hand standi nglam ps
0049 0060 Parking lam psand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglight on/of f
When low beam isactiv ated, the0060 parking
lam psindicat orlam pis deactiv ated and replaced
by the0058 low beam indicat orlam p. #
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely using suffi‐
cie ntlighti ng,inacco rdanc ewit hth ere le‐
va nt lega lst ipulation s.
* NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
theeve ntofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglam psorpar kinglam psareaut omat i‐
call yswit ched offto facil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing lam ps) will swit choffaut omaticall ywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. Light
andvisibility 15
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High
beam #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 or0058 position. #
Push thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 1.
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
lo w beam indicat orlam pwill bedeactiv ated
and replaced bythe0057 highbeam indica‐
to rlam p. #
Toswitc hof f:push thecombin ationswitch
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 1orpull itin the
dir ect ion ofarrow 3.
High-be amflasher #
Pullth ecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3.
Tu rn signal light #
Toindicat ebr iefl y:push thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal lightwillflash
th re etimes. #
Toindicat eper manentl y:push thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLa ne Chang eAssi st:
R Indicat oroper ation activated bythedr iver
can extend forth edur ation ofthelane
ch ang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat eddirect lybef orehand
but alane chang ewa sno timmediat ely
possible ,th etur nsignal indicat orma y
activ ateaut omaticall y. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
lam ps #
Press butt on1.
The hazar dwa rning lam pswill switc hon aut o‐
matic allyif:
R theairbag hasbeen deployed.
When thetur nindicat orisactiv ated, thehazar d
wa rning lam psareint erru pted. Light
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Cor
nering light Cor
nering light function The
corner ing light function improve sth eillumi‐
nation ofthero adw ayove ra wid eang lein the
tur ning dire ction, enabling better vis ibility on
tigh tbend s,forex am ple. Itcan beact ivat ed only
wh en thelow beam isswitc hedon.
The func tion isactiv eunder thefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Atspeeds below25 mph(4 0km/h) when
th etur nsignal lightisswitc hedonorthe
st eer ing wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(4 0km/h) and
45 mph(7 0km/h) whenth esteer ing wheel
is tur ned
Tr af fic cir cle and intersect ionfuncti on:the
cor ner ing light willbe acti vatedon both sides
based onanevaluatio nof thecur rent GP Spo si‐
tio nof theve hicle. Itwill remain activeuntil afte r
th eve hicle hasleftth etra ffic cir cle ortheint er‐
sect ion. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfuncti on &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts R
Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e.
In these orsimilar situation s,theaut omatic
high beam isno tdeactiv ated orisactiv ated
despit eth epr esenc eof other road user s. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic car efull yand
switc hof fth ehigh beam ingood time. Sy
stem limit s
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibilit y,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to 15
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Au
tomatic anti-glar emir rors functio n &
WARNIN GRisk ofaci dbu rnsand poi‐
soning duetotheanti- glar emir rorelec‐
tr olyt e
Electr olytema yescap eif th eglass inan
aut omat icant i-glar emir rorbr eak s.
The electr olyteis hazardous tohealt hand
causes irrita tio n.Itmu stnotcome intocon‐
ta ct with your skin, eye s,respir ator yor ga ns
or clo thing orbe swallo wed. #
Ifyo uco me intoco ntact withelec tro‐
ly te ,obser vethefo llo wing:
R Imm ediat elyrinse theelectr olyte
fr om your skin wit hwa terand seek
medica latt ention.
R Ifelectr olyt ecomes intocont act
wit hyo ur eyes, immediat elyrinse
th em thor oughly withclean water
and seek medicalattent ion.
R Ifth eelectr olyt eis sw allo wed,
immediat elyrinse your mout hout
th or oughl y.Do notind uce vomiting.
Seek medica latt ention immedi ately . R
Immedia tely ch ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas been contaminat edwith
electr olyt e.
R Ifan allergic react ion occurs, seek
medi calattent ion imm ediat ely. The
inside rear vie wmir rorand theoutside mir‐
ro ron thedr iver's side willautomaticall ygo into
anti- glar emode iflight from aheadlam phit sth e
sensor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy stem limit s
The system will notgo intoanti- glar emode if:
R The engineisswit ched off.
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
R The interior light ingisswit ched on. Fr
ont- passeng erout side mirrorpar kingpos i‐
tio nfun ction %
The parking posit ionisavailable onlyin vehi‐
cles withamemor yfunct ion.
The parking position makespar king easier . In
thefo llo wing situat ions,th efront -passen ger
outside mirrorwil lswi veldo wn wardsin the
dir ect ion ofthere ar wheel onthefront passeng‐
er's side:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page16 9)
R Thefron t-pa ssenger mirror isselect ed
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
The fron t-passe nger out side mirrorwil lmo ve
bac kto its original positioninthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R Youshif tth etra nsmiss iontoano ther trans‐
mission position
R Youar etrave ling atspeeds great erthan
9 mp h(1 5 km/h)
R Youpr ess thebutt onforth eoutside mirror
on thedr iver's side 16
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Light andvisib ility