2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS ECO mode

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App leCa rPlay®
star ts aut omat icallywhen
th eiPhone ®
is con nect edwithth esy stem
using acable. IfApple CarPla y®
wa sno tdis‐
pla yedin thefo re grou nd before discon nect‐
ing, theapplication star ts inthebac kground
when reconnect ed.Youcan callupApple
CarPla y®
in themain menu.
Calling upApple CarPla y®
sound settings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay 5
Z #
Select soundsettings.
Se tting contr olof theap plica tionbuttons
(Apple CarPlay®
)
Multimedia system:
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Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay 5
Z
5 General #
Toswitc hon Control viaApplication Buttons:
activ ateth edispla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hof fControl viaApplication Buttons:
deactiv ateth edispla ybutt on. Ending
AppleCarPla y® #
Toend theconnecti onofApp leCar ‐
Pla y®
(wit hcable): disconnect thecon nec‐
tion viathecon nect ingcable between the
mobil ephone andmultime diasystem.
% Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using theto uc hsc reen orthevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem. Youcan activat eth evo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system bypressing andholding the
£ buttononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingAndroid Autovia thevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem, themultimedia system can still
be opera tedvia theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page31 7).
On lyone mobile phoneatatime canbeconn ec‐
te dvia Android Auto wit hth emultimedia sys‐
te m.
Also foruse ofAndr oidAutowit htw ophon e
mode ,onl yone addit ional mobile phonecan be MBU
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Callin
gup theAndr oidAutosound settings
Multimedia system:
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Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Android Auto 5
Z #
Select soundsettings.
Se tting contr olof theap plica tionbuttons
(Andr oidAuto)
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Android Auto 5
Z
5 General #
Toswitc hon Control viaApplication Buttons:
activ ateth edispla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hof fControl viaApplication Buttons:
deactiv ateth edispla ybutt on.
Ending AndroidAuto #
Toend theconnecti onofAndr oidAuto
(wit hcable): disconnect thecon nect ionvia
th econ nect ingcable between themobile
phone andmultimedia system. %
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. Tr
ansf erre dve hicl edata withAndroidAuto
and Apple CarPla y® Ov
ervie wof transf erre dve hicl edata
When using Andr oidAutoor Apple CarPla y®
,cer‐
ta in vehicle datais transf erredto themobile
phone. Thisenables youto getth ebes tout of
select edmobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais
no tdir ectl yaccessible.
The follo wing system information istransmit ted:
R Softwarere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com‐
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone.
To do this, and toassig nse veralve hicles tothe
mobil ephone, ave hicle identif ierisrando mly
ge ner ated . Thi
sha sno conne ctionto theve hicle identif ica‐
tion number (VIN)andisdele tedwhen themulti‐
media system isrese t(/ page37 9).
The follo wing drivin gst atus datais trans mitted:
R Trans miss ionposit ionengaged
R Distinction between parked, stands till,ro lling
and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode oftheins trument cluster
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation .
The follo wing positiondatais transmit ted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction
Thi sda ta isonl ytransf erredwhile thena vig ation
sy stem isactiv e,inorder toimprove it(e.g. soit
can continue func tioningwhen inatun nel). MBU
Xmultim ediasystem 44
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Memor
yslo tsareav ailab lein station prese ts #
Select 0074.
or #
Press and hold onthera dio statio n.
Re plac inganentry in the station prese ts #
Press and hold onanentr yin thest atio npr e‐
se ts. #
Select Yes. Edit
ingstation prese ts Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio
Mo ving station s #
Press and hold ast or ed statio n. #
Select Mov e. #
Movethest atio nto thene wposition .
Dele ting station s #
Press and hold ast atio n. #
Select Delete. Re
plac ingast ation #
Press and hold ast atio n. #
Select Replac eRadio Statio n. Sho
wing accidentrepor ts Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
Z
% The availabilit yof thefunc tion isdependent
on thecount ry. #
Swi tchDisp layEmerg encyWarning son or
of f. Di
spl aying radio text Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Radio 5
Z 5
General #
Switc hRadio TextInformation onoroff. Sat
ellit era dio In
fo rm ation onthesat ellit era dio
SIRI USXM®
sat ellite radio offers mor eth an 175
digit al-quality radio chann elsprov iding 100%
commer cial-free musi c,spor ts,news and enter‐
ta inm ent,fo rex am ple. SIRIUS XMsatellit era dio
em ploysaflee tof high-per form anc esat ellit esto
br oadcas tar ound thecloc kth ro ughout theUS A
and Canada. Thesatellit era dio progr am isavail‐
able fora mont hlyfe e. Inf ormation aboutthis
can beobt ained from aSir ius XM®
Ser vice Cen‐
te rand athttp://www .siriusxm.com (USA)or
http://www .siriusxm.ca (Canada ).
% Sirius ,XM and allrelat ed mar ksand logos
ar etrademar ksofSir ius XM Radio Inc.and
its subsidiar ies.Allother mar ks,ch ann el
nam esand logos areth epr oper tyof their
re spectiv eow ner s.All rights reser ved.
Sat ellit era dio restriction s
Sat ellit era dio mode maybe temp orarily una vail‐
able orinterru pte dfo ra va riet yof reason s.
Thes einc lude environ men talor topog raphical
con dition sbe yond thecon trol of Mer cedes- Benz 466
MBUX multimedia system

Ke
eping theair -water duct free #
Keep thear ea between thehood andthe
winds hieldfree ofdepos its,e.g .ice, snow
and leaves. Cleani
ngand care Inf
ormat iononwashing theve hicl ein acar
wa sh &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
re duced braking effect afte rwa shing the
ve hicle
The braking effect isreduced afte rwa shing
th eve hicle. #
Afterth eve hicle hasbeen washed,
br ak ecar efully whilepaying attention to
th etraf fic condi tions untilth ebr aking
ef fect hasbee nful lyrestor ed. *
NO
TEDama gedue touns uitable car
wa sh #
Beforedr iving intoacar wash mak e
sur eth at thecar wash issuit able for
th eve hicle dimensions. #
Ensur eth er eis suf ficie ntgrou nd clear‐
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticular thewidt hof the
guide rails, issuf ficie nt. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usinga
car wash, ensur eth efo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand the
HOLD functio nar edea ctivated.
R The 360° Camer aor there ar vie wcam erais
swit ched off.
R The side windo wsand slidin gsun roof are
com pletely clos ed.
R The outsid emir rors arefo lded in.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntil ation/he ating is
sw itched off. R
The windsh ield wipe rsw itchis in po sitio n
005A.
R The Sma rtKe yis at amin imum distance of
10 ft(3 m) away from theve hicle, other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentio nally.
R Incar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: neu‐
tra l005C iseng aged.
% Drive st ra ight andinthecent eroftheguide
ra ils ofthecar wash topreve ntdama geto
th etir es and rims.
% Incar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: ifyo u
wo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while itis
being washed, makesur eth eSmar tKey is
locat edintheve hicle. Theparkposition 005D
is other wise automaticall yeng aged.
% If,afte rth ecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will preve ntsme aring and reduce wiper
noise.
Au tomatic carwa sh mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfor
dr iving intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash Maint
enance andcare483

Multimedia
system:
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Set ting s5
Quick Access
Ac tiv atin gaut omati ccar wash mode #
Select AutomaticCarWash Mode. #
Select Start .
If one ofthese ttings cann otbe select ed,this is
displa yedby a% behindth ere spectiv ese t‐
ting.
% Foran overvie wof these ttings made when
activ ating automatic carwash mode
(/ page483).
Deactiv atingautomatic carwash mode #
Select Stop.
The automatic carwash settin gsarere se t.
% The automatic carwash mode isaut omati‐
cally deactiv ated assoon asaspeed of
12 mp h(20 km/h) isexc eeded. Inf
ormat iononusing apo we rwa sher &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
hig h-pr essurecle ani ng equipm entwith
ro und -spr ay nozzl es
The waterje tfr om aro und -spr ay nozzl e(d irt
gr ind er) maycau sedama getotires and sus‐
pe nsi on components that isno tvisi ble.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa yma yfa il
une xpec tedly. #
Donotus ehigh- press urecle ani ng
eq uipme ntwith round -spr ay nozzl esto
cle an your vehicle. #
Damag edtires orsuspension compo‐
nent smus tbe replaced immediat ely. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle, observethefo l‐
lo wing when usingapo we rwa sher :
R Keep theSmar tKey atleas t10 ft(3 m) away
fr om theve hicle. Other wise theta ilg ate
could openunintentio nally.
R Maint ainadis tance ofat leas t11 .8 in
(30 cm) totheve hicle. R
Vehicl eswith decorativ efo il: par tsof your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecora tivefo il.
Maint ainadis tance ofat leas t27 .6 in
(70 cm) between thefo il-c ove redpar tsof the
ve hicle andthenoz zleofthepo we rwa sher .
Mo vethepo we rwa sher nozzlearound whilst
cleaning. Thewaterte mp eratur eof the
po we rwa sher mustno texc eed 124°F
(60 °C).
R Obse rveth einf ormation onthecor rect dis‐
tan ceintheeq uipment manufacturer'soper‐
ating instruction s.
R Donotpoint thenoz zleofthepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensitiv epar tssuc has tires, slits,
electr icalcom ponents, batteries, light bulbs
and ventil ation slot s. Wa
shing theve hicl eby hand Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen ts,e.g. inanumb er
of coun tries, washing byhand isonl yper mitt ed
in specially designatedwash bays. #
Use amild cleaning agent, e.g.carsham poo. Maint
enance andcare485

Flat
tire No
teson flat tires &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto aflat
tir e
A flat tirese verely affects thedr iving charac‐
te rist ics aswellas thesteer ing and braking
of theve hicle.
Ti re swith outrun-flat charact eristics : #
Donotdr ive on withaflat tire. #
Chan getheflat tireimm ediat elywit han
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel.
Alt ernat ivel y, consu ltaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop.
Ti re swith run-flat charact eristics : #
Obse rveth einf ormation andwarning
no teson MOExt ended tires (run-f lat
tir es). In
theeve ntofaflat tire, thefo llo wing option s
ar eav ailable dependingon your vehicle's equip‐
ment :
R Vehicl eswith MOExt endedtir es: itis pos‐
sibl eto continu eth ejour neyfo ra shor t
per iod oftime. Makesur eyo uobse rveth e
no teson MOExt ended tires (run-f lattires)
(/ page49 4).
R Vehicl eswith aTIREF ITkit: youcan repair
th etir eso that itis poss ibletocontinu eth e
jou rney fora shor tper iod oftime. Todo this,
use theTIREFI Tkit (/ page495).
R Vehicl eswith Mercedes meconne ct:yo u
can makeacal lfo rbr eakdo wnassi stanc evia
th eove rhead control panel inthecase ofa
br eakdo wn(/ page44 2).
R Allvehicl es:chang eth ewheel
(/ page538).
% The emer gency sparewheel isonl yav ailable
in cer tain coun tries. No
teson MOExt ended tires (run-fl attire) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendr ivi ng
in eme rgency mode
When driving inemer gency mod e,thehan‐
dling charact eristic sar eim pair ed.e.g.when
cor ner ing,when accelerating stro ng lyand
when brakin g. #
Donotexc eed theper missible maxi‐
mum speed forMOExt ended tires. #
Avoid anyabr uptst eer ing and driving
maneuv ersas wellas drivin gove r
obs tacle s(cu rbs, pothol es, off-r oa d).
Thi sap plies, in pa rticular ,to aloaded
ve hicle. #
Stop driving intheemer gency mod eif
yo uno tic e:
R ban gingno ise
R vehicle vibration
R smok ewhic hsmells likeru bber
R con tinuous ESP®
int erve ntio n
R crac ks intireside walls 49
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Breakdo wnassis tance

#
Afterdr iving inemerg encymode have
th erims checkedby aqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop withre ga rd totheir further
use. #
The defective tir emus tbe replaced in
eve rycase . Wi
th MOExt ended tires (run-f lattire), youcan
co ntinue todrive yo ur vehicle evenif th er eis a
tot alloss ofpressur ein on eor mor etir es. How‐
eve r,th etir eaf fect ed mus tno tsho wan ycle arly
vis ible da mag e.
Yo ucan recogni zeMOExt endedtir es by the
MOExt ended marking whichappear son theside
wa llof thetir e.
Ve hicl eswith tirepr ess urelos swa rning sys‐
te m: MOExt endedtires ma yonly beused incon‐
junc tionwi th an act ivat ed tirepr essur eloss
wa rning system.
Ve hicl eswith tirepr ess uremonit oring sys‐
te m: MOExt endedtires ma yonly beused incon‐
junc tionwi th an act ivat ed tirepr essur emon itor‐
ing system. If
apr essur eloss warning mess ageappear sin
th emultifunc tiondispla y,proceed asfollo ws :
R Chec kth etir efo rdama ge.
R Ifdr iving on,obser vethefo llo wing notes.
Dr iving distance possible inemer gency
mode afte rthe pres sur elo ss wa rning: Load
condit ion Driving distance pos‐
sible inemer gency
mode
Pa rtiall yladen 50miles (80km)
Fu lly laden 19mile s(30 km) The
driving distance possi ble in eme rgency
mod ema yva ry dependin gon thedr iving style.
Obser vethemaximum permissible speedof
50 mph(80 km/h).
If atir ehas gone flat and cannotbe replaced
wit han MOEx tende dtir e, youcan useast and‐
ar dtir eas ate mp orarymeasur e. TIREFIT
kitstorage location The
TIREF ITkit islocat edunder thecar gocom‐
par tmen tfloor . Ex
am ple: TIREFIT kit
1 Tire seala ntbottle
2 Tire inflation compressor Using
theTIR EFIT kit Re
quirement s:
R Tire seala ntbottle and tireinf lation compres‐
sor (/ page495).
R TIREFIT sticke r Br
ea kdo wnassista nce 49
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Ne
verexc eed maximum tirepr essur e1 speci‐
fi ed forth etir e. Inf
ormat ionontirech aract eristics %
The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
This informat iondesc ribes thetype oftirecor d
and thenumber oflaye rs inside wall1 and
under tiretread 2. Ti
re size designation, load-bearingcapacity ,
speed ratin gand load inde x &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thespecif iedtireload rating orthe
per missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thespecif iedtireload rating or
th eper missible speedrating mayle ad totire
da ma geand tothetir es bur sting. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. 1
Preceding letter
2 Nominal tirewidt hin millime ters
3 Aspe ctratio in%
4 Tire code
5 Rim diame ter
6 Load-be aring inde x
7 Speed rating
8 Loadind ex
% The datasho wnintheimag eis exam ple
dat a.
In fo rm atio nabout readin gtir edat acan be
obt aine dfrom anyqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Wheels
andtires 529