2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV A BUTTON

Ov
ervie wof climat econtr olsystems No
teson climat econtr ol An
interior airfilt er incom binat ionwithth epr e‐
fi lt er intheengine compartmen tmus talw aysbe
used sothat theair con ditionin gsy stem, pollu‐
tion leve lmon itor ing and theair filtration work
cor rectl y.Mak esur eth at thefilt er isins talled
cor rectl yand thefilt er housin gin theengine
com partmen tis closed correctl yus ing thecap
and alwaystightl ysealed wheninoper ation. Use
fi lt er sre comme ndedandapprove dby
Mer cedes-Ben z.Alw aysha ve ser vice workcar‐
ri ed out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ov
ervie wof thecontr olpa nel fordual -zone
aut omat icclimat eco ntr ol The
indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. 1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur e
2 A Callsup/exitstheair con ditionin g
menu
Pr essing andholding theA button
(appr ox.fo ur sec onds): rese ts climat econ‐
tr ol to thebasic settings
3 H Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
(/ page17 3)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat er
on/of f 7
0072 Switchesair-recir culation modeon/
of f(/ page17 5)
8 0056 Switches theA/C function on/
of f(/ page17 3)
Swi tches residua lheat on/of f(/ page17 5)
9 0 Activates /de activatessync hroniza‐
tion(/ page17 4)
A 0082 Setsthefront passeng erside temp era‐
tur e Ov
ervie wof thecontr olpa nel for3-zo ne
aut omat icclimat eco ntr ol The
indicatorlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. Clima
tecontr ol17
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1
0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 A Callsup/exitstheair con ditionin g
menu
3 H Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
(/ page17 3)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat er
on/of f
7 0072 Switchesair-recir culation modeon/
of f(/ page17 5) 8
0056 Switches theA/C function on/
of f(/ page17 3)
Swi tches residua lheat on/of f
(/ page17 5)
9 0 Activates /de activatessync hroniza‐
tion(/ page17 4)
A 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside Ov
ervie wof there ar oper ating unit Ex
am ple:US A
1 Setsthete mp eratur e,lef t
2 Setstheair distribution, left 3
Setsclimat econ trol to aut omat icmode
(/ page17 3)
4 Setstheair flow
5 Switches climat econtr olon/of f
(/ page 173)
Swi tches there sidua lheat on/of f
(/ page17 5)
6 Setstheair distribution, right
7 Setsthete mp eratur e,right
The settings forth esecon dand third row of
seats (equipment- dependent )can bemade via
th ere ar oper atingunit ,th emultimedia system
(/ page17 4) or theMBUX rear table t
(/ page47 3) dep ending ontheve hicle's equip‐
ment. Oper
ating theclima tecont rolsy stem Switc
hingclima tecont rolon/of f #
Toswitc hon: setth eair flow toleve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
Toswitc hof f:se tth eair flow toleve l0 using
th eH button. 17
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Climat eco ntro l

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Ifclimat econtr olisswitc hedoff,th ewin‐
do ws mayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchof f
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingtheclima tecont rolin there ar
passe nger comp artment on/off #
Press butt on5.
% When climatecontr olinthesecon dseat row
is switc hedoff,th eindicat orlam pis activ a‐
te dand OFF issho wnonthere ar displa y. Switc
hingtheA/C function onoroffvia the
cont rolpan el The
A/Cfunc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th eve hicle's interior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc hof fth eA/C function onlybr ief ly;ot her‐
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Con densation maydr ip from theunder sideof
th eve hicle when cooling modeisactiv e.This is
no ta sign that ther eis amalfunct ion. Calling
uptheair condit ioning menu Calling
uptheair condit ioning menuusing
th emu ltim edia system #
Sele ctone ofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe A/Cfunc tionvia
the multi mediasy stem The
A/Cfun ction heat s,coo lsand dehumi difies
th eve hicle's interior air. #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3). #
Select FirstRo wof Sea ts. #
Select A/C .
Depe nding on thepr ev ious status ,th efunc ‐
tion isactiv ated ordeactiv ated. Se
tting climat econtr olto aut omatic mode In
automatic mode, these tte mp eratur eis con ‐
tr olled andmaint ained atacon stant leve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the 0058 button. #
Toswitc hto manu almode :pr es sth e 0058
butt on.
In aut omatic mode,youcan choose between five
dif fere nt airqu ant ities usin gth e H button.
Au tomatic mode isretained. Au
tomatic allyco ntr olling the climat eco ntr ol
in the rear passe nger comp artment In
automatic mode, these tte mp eratur eis regu‐
lat ed bythete mp eratur eof thedispensed air
and theair flow . #
Press the0058 button(/ page17 2). Ov
ervie wof air distributio nse ttings The
symb olsonthedispla yindicat ewhic hve nts
th eair flow isbeing direct edthro ugh:
0061 De
fros terand side airvents
009C Ce
nter and side airve nts
009B Fo
otwe lland side airvents
009F Ce
nter,si de and foot we llve nts Cl
ima tecontr ol17
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0086
Defr
oster,fo ot we lland side airvents
008F All
vents
0087 Defr
oster,middl eand side airvents
00A2 Au
tomatic airdistribu tion Se
tting theair distribut ion #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3). #
Select FirstRo wof Sea tsor Second Rowof
Sea ts. #
Tosetth eair distribut ion: selec t0061,
009C or009B. #
Setth eair flow .
% Severalair distribution option scan beselec ‐
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
te mp eratur e/air conditionin gfo rth ewind‐
shield andthefo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth efirs tse at row . Se
tting climat econtr olforthe rear
passe nger comp artment (multime diasys‐
te m) Se
ttin gthe temp eratur e #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3). #
Select Second Rowof Sea tsor Thi rdRowof
Sea ts. #
ForMa yba chvehicles: selectSecond Rowof
Seats.
% Maybac hve hicles areeq uipped withone and
tw orow sof seats. #
Setth ete mp eratur e.
Se tting theair flow #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3). #
Select Second Rowof Sea tsor Thi rdRowof
Sea ts. #
ForMa yba chvehicles: selectSecond Rowof
Seats. %
Maybac hve hicles areeq uipped withone and
tw orow sof seats. #
Setth eair flow .
Contr olling there ar climat eco ntr olaut omat‐
ical ly #
Select REAR AUTO.
Re ar clim atecon trol iscon trolled automat i‐
call y.
Deact ivat ing rear climat eco ntr ol #
Select REAROFF.
Re ar clim atecon trol isdeac tivated. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe climat eco ntr ol
syn chronizat ionfunction viathecontr ol
pa nel Climat
econ trol can besetcen trall yusing the
sync hronization function.Thetemp eratur eand
air distribution setting forth edr iver side isadop‐
te daut omatic allyfo rall clima tecontr olzones. #
Press the 0 button. 17
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Climat eco ntro l

The
sync hronizat ionfunct ionisdeactiv ated ifth e
se ttin gsforone oftheot her climat ezones are
ch ang ed. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe climat eco ntr ol
syn chronizat ionfunction usingthemu ltim e‐
dia system Climat
econ trol can besetcen trall yusing the
sync hronization function.Thedriver's settin gs
fo rte mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ion
ar eadop tedaut omatic allyfo rall clima tezone s. #
Callup theair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3). #
Select FirstRo wof Sea ts. #
Select SYNC .
Depe nding on thepr ev ious status ,th efunc ‐
tion isactiv ated ordeactiv ated. Re
mo ving conde nsatio nfrom the windo ws Wi
ndo wsfogg ed up ontheinsid e #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscontinu eto fogup: press the
0064 button.
Wi ndo wsfogg ed up ontheout side #
Swit chon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. Switc
hingair-recir culation modeon/off #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir cul ated.
Air -reci rculati onmod eaut omat icallyswit ches to
fr esh airmode afte rsome time.
% Ifair -recir cula tion mode isswi tched on,the
windo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir cul ation mod eonly briefly. Switc
hingthere sidual heatonoroff Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidua lheat
fr om theengine tocontinu ehea ting orventil at‐
ing thefront com partmen tof theve hicle for appr
oximat ely30 min utes, depen dingonthe
te mp eratur ese t. #
Toactiv ate: press 0056 button.
Re sidua lheat willbeswitc hedoffaut omaticall y. Switc
hingthere sidual heatinthere ar
passe nger comp artment on/off Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
When there sidua lheat oftheengine isactiv ated
in there ar passe nger com partment ,yo ucan
heat orventil ateth ere ar passe nger com part‐
men tfo rapp roxima tely 30 minut es. #
Press butt on5(/ page17 2). Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gio ni zatio n The
ioniza tionimpr oves thequ alit yof theve hi‐
cle's interior air.The ionization oftheint erior air
is odor less. #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3). Cli
ma tecontr ol17
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1
Cap
2 Flac on #
Toinser t:slide theflacon intoth eholder as
fa ras itwil lgo. #
Toremo ve:af te ropening theglov ebo x,wa it
fo rapp roxima tely se venseco ndsand pullou t
th eflacon . If
yo udo notuse genui ne Mercede s-Benzinterior
pe rfumes ,obse rveth emanuf acturers' saf ety
no tice son theper fume packaging.
Dispose ofthege nui ne Mer cedes-B enzinterior
pe rfume flacon when itis em ptyand donotre fill
it.
Re fillable flacon #
Unscr ew thecap oftheem ptyflacon . #
Filltheflacon withamax imum of0.5fl.oz.
(1 5 ml). #
Screw thecap backon totheflacon .
Alw aysre fill th eem ptyre fillable flacon withth e
same perfume. Observethesepar ateinf orma‐
tion shee twit hth eflacon . Inf
orma tion onthewindsh ieldheat er The
winds hieldheaterisswit ched on aut omati‐
cally ifth e 0064 buttonisactiv ated.
In addition, itis aut omaticall yswitc hedonwhen
neces sary. Air
vents Ad
jus tingthe fron tair vents &
WARNIN G‑Dang erofburnsor fros tbit e
due tobeing tooclose totheair vents
Ve ry hotor very cold aircan flow from theair
ve nts.
Thi scou ldresult inbur nsorfros tbit ein the
immed iatevicin ityoftheair vents. #
Makesur eth at all vehicle occupants
alw aysmaint ainasuf ficie ntdist anc eto
th eair vents. #
Ifnece ssary,dir ect theair flow to
ano ther area oftheve hicle interior . To
guar anteetheflow offresh airthro ugh theair
ve nts intoth eve hicle interior ,com plywit hth e
fo llo wing:
R Alw ayske ep theve nts and theve ntil ation
gr ille in theve hicle interior free.
R Keep theair inle tfr ee ofdeposits
(/ page483). Climat
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Dr
ivin g No
teson Mer cedes- AMGvehicl es Obser
vetheno teson thefo llo wing topics inthe
Sup pleme nt,asyouma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers:
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
R (DYN AMIC SELECT switch)drive pr og rams
R Functio nsofESP ® Sw
itchin gon the powe rsupp lyor theigni‐
tion (without engine star t) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c. R
Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Changing thetra nsmiss ionposition .
R Startin gth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle keyout ofreac hof
ch ildr en. Also
obser vethe"No teson pets intheve hicle".
Re quirement s:
R The Smar tKey islocat edintheve hicle and
th eSmar tKey batt eryis no tdisc harged.
R The brak epedal isno tdepr essed. #
Toswitc hon thepo we rsupp ly:pr ess but‐
to n1 once .
Yo ucan activat eth ewindshield wipers,for
ex am ple.
The powe rsupp lyis switc hedoffag ain ifth efo l‐
lo wing condition sar eme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Youpr ess button1 twice mor e. Dr
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#
Toswitc hon theignit ion:press butt on1
twic e.
The indic ator lam psintheins trument cluster
light up.
The ignit ionisswitc hedoffag ain ifone ofthe
fo llo wing condition sis me t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within
15 minut esand thetransmission isin posi‐
tion 005Dortheelectr icpar king brak eis
applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once . St
arting theve hicl e St
arting theve hicl ewith thest ar t/s topbut‐
to n &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine or,if pr esent ,
th eauxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toflammab le
mat erial intheengine compartmen tor
th eex haus tsy stem
Flammable materials brought inby either ani‐
mals orenvironmen talinf luenc esma yignit e
if th ey come intocont actwith hotpar tsof
th eengine orexhaus tsy stem. #
Ther efor e, checkre gular lythat ther e
ar eno flammab lemat erials inthe
engine compartmen tor on theex haus t
sy stem. Re
quirement s:
R The Smar tKey islocat edintheve hicle and
th eSmar tKey batt eryis no tdisc harged. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress butt on
1 onc e. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:switc hof fnon-
essential consumer sand press butt on1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand the
Place theKey inthe Marked SpaceSee
Operator's Manualdisplaymessag ealso
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y:star t
th eve hicle inemer gency operati on mod e.
% Youcan switchoffth eengine whiledriving
by pressing button1 forabo utthre esec‐
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre esecon ds.Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesunder "Driving tips"
(/ page18 6).
St arting theve hicl ewith Smar tKey inthe
ma rked spa ce(emer gency oper ation mode)
If th eve hicle does notst ar tand thePlace the
Key inthe Marked SpaceSeeOperator 'sManual
messag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y,
yo ucan star tth eve hicle inemer gency operati on
mod e. 18
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Driving and parking