2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS air suspension

R
System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R Ambien tcon ditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis
dat ais temp orar yand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg ally prescr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle, assis
tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretrans mittedto themanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk.
Dep endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadat asuc has music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integr ated multim edia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash dr
ive or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed inthe
ve hicle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This data
is sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce setting s/
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime.
Depending ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Cus tomizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated inthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
ta in inf ormatio nis simult aneousl ytransf erredto
yo ur smar tphon e. Gen
eral no tes 31

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The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmiss ionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfun ction #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. R
The transmission isswitc hedtoposition 005D.
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis amalfunction inthesy stem orthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. AI
RMA TIC Fu
nction ofAIRMA TIC
AIRMA TICisan air suspension system withan
all-r ound leve lcon trol system, whic halso
ensur esthebes tpossible suspension andcon‐
st ant grou nd clea rance, evenwi th aladen vehi‐
cle. When driving atspeed, theve hicle islow‐ er
ed aut omaticall yto improv edr iving safetyand
to reduce fuelconsum ption. Youalso have the
op tion ofmanuall yadjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
AI RMA TICiscom prised ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion sand compone nts:
R All-round airsuspe nsion
R Spe ed-depen dentlo we ring
R Manua llysel ect ablehigh leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance whichcan be
adjus tedusing aleve lbutt on
R Vehicl eswith ADSPL US: alsoAd aptive
Dam pingSy stem withcon stant adjus tment
of dam pingch aract eristic sfo rim prov ed driv‐
ing comf ort 250
Driving andparking

Re
frig er ant filling capacity
Fi lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
All model s2 3.9±0.4 oz
(680 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
All model s3 .8±0.4 oz
(1 10 ±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 Height
whenopened Model
1 1
Height
when
opened* 2 2
Head‐
ro om*
Ve hicl eswith AIR‐
MA TIC 84
.4in
(2 14 4mm)
- 87 .9 in
(223 4mm) 75
.9 in
(1 929 mm)
- 79.4 in
(20 19mm)
Ve hicl eswith Off-
ro ad pac kage 84
.4in
(2 14 4mm)
- 89.5 in
(22 74mm) 75
.9 in
(1 929 mm)
- 81 .0 in
(205 9mm) Mer
cedes ‑Ma ybac h
1 1
Hei ght
whe n
ope ned* 2 2
Hea d‐
ro om*
All mode ls 85.0in
(2 15 9mm)
- 87 .9 in
(223 4mm) 76
.5 in
(1 94 4mm)
- 79.4 in
(20 19mm) Te
ch nica lda ta 56
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Air
inle t
see Air-water duct
Air pressu re
see Tire pressur e
Air suspension
see AIRMA TIC
Air vents ............... .................................... 177
Ad jus ting (front) ............ ....................... 177
Ad jus ting (rea r) ............ ........................ 178
Glo vebox.............................................1 79
Air vents
see Airvents
Ai r-re cir cula tion mode............................ 175
Air -water duct .......... ................................ 483
Ke eping free ........................................4 83
Airb ag....... ..................................................42
Ac tivati on ........... ...................................36
Cu shi onb ag........... ................................ 42
Fr ont airbag (driver ,fr ont passeng er)....4 2
Ins tallation locations .............................4 2
Knee airbag........................................... 42
Ov ervie w ..... .......................................... 42
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p.....4 7 Pr
otect ion ....................................... .......4 3
Sid eairba g<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 42
Wi ndo wcur tain airbag ...........................4 2
Air flow
Se tting ............................................ .....1 71
AIRM ATIC .................................................2 50
Se tting ................................................. 253
Suspe nsion .......................................... 250
Alar m
see Panic alar m
Al ar m system
see ATA(anti-t heftal ar m system)
All-wheel drive
see 4MA TIC
Alt ernativ ero ute
see Route
Amb ientlighting
Se tting (mult imediasystem) ................1 60
Andr oidAuto <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 439
Co nnecting amob ile pho ne<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 440
Con trol usin gth eapplication buttons
... ... ................................................... ....4 41
Endi ng............. .................................... 441 Inf
ormation ..........................................4 40
Ov ervie w ....... ......................................439
Sound settings .....................................441
Tr ans ferred vehicle data......................4 41
Anim als
Pe ts intheve hicle ................................. 68
Anti-loc kbr aking system
see ABS(An ti-loc kBr akin gSy stem)
Anti-skid chains
see Snowch ains
Anti -thef tala rm system
see ATA(anti-t heftal ar m system)
Anti-t heftpr otection
Imm obiliz er............................................ 97
Ant icip ator yoccup antprotection
see PRE- SAFE®
(anticip ator yoccu‐
pa nt protect ion)
see PRE-S AFE®
PL US (antic ipatory
occupant protect ion plus)
Apple CarPla y®
........................................4 37
Con necting aniPho ne®
.......................4 38
Contr olusi ng theapplication buttons
... ..........................................................4 39 638
Index

Se
tting thesuspension leve l(E-
AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL) .....................2 65
Suspen sion
see AIRMA TIC
see E-AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL
Suspensio nleve l(AIRMA TIC)
Se tting ................ ............................ .....2 53
Suspen sionleve l(E- AC TIVE BODY
CONT ROL)
Se tting ............................................ .....2 65
Swi tch-of fdela ytime
Ext erior ....... ......................................... 159
Int erior ............................................ .....1 61
Sync hronization function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating (mu ltimed ia
sy stem) ................................................ 175
Swi tching on/of f(contr olpa nel ).......... 174
Sy stem settings
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating PIN protec‐
tion ..................... ........................... ...... 377
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating voice ampli‐
fi cati ontorear passe nger com part‐
men t.................... .......................... ...... 371
Re setfunction (multimedia system) ....3 79 Se
tting thedis tan ceuni t<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Se tting thetime anddateaut omati‐
call y................................................ ..... 370
Se tting thetime zone.......................... 370
Se tting thetime/ datefo rm at .............. 370
Sy stem settings
see Blue tooth®
see Dataim por t/expor t
see Languag e
see MBUX Touc h
see Softwa reupdat e
see Wi-Fi T
Ta ble
see Folding table
Ta ilg ate .......................................................7 9
Closin g............................................ ...... 80
Em erge ncy release .......................... ...... 84
HANDS-FREE ACCES S.................... .......8 2
Limiting theopening angle.................... 84
Opening .......................................... .......7 9
Opening dimensions ............................5 61
Un loc kin g(mec hanic alkey) ............ .......8 4 Ta
ilpip es(Car e)........................................ 490
Ta nk cont ent
Fu el ..................................................... 556
Re ser ve(fuel) ...................................... 556
Te ch nical data
Ax leload (trailer operation) ................. 566
Inf ormation .......................................... 550
No tes(tr aile rhitc h)............................. 565
To ngu ewe ight .....................................5 66
To wing capac ity(trailer operation )...... 565
Ve hicle identif ication plate.................. 552
Te lephone .........................................3 12,422
Ac tivati ng functio nsduring acal l........ 428
Ca lls wi th severalpar ticipant s.............4 28
Cha nging afunction ............................ 425
Connecting amobi lephone (Near
Fiel dCommu nication(NFC ))....... ........426
Connecting amobi lephone (Pass‐
ke y) ...................................................... 424
Con necting amob ilepho ne(Sec ure
Sim plePairing) .................................... 424
Disc onnecting amobile phone............ 425
Im por tingcon tacts <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ..430
Im por ting cont acts (ove rview) .............4 30
Incoming callduring anexistin gcall .... 428 67
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