2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV warning

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youfo rpur chasin gaMer cedes- AMG
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 ntor 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-AM Greser 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 Mer cedes-Benz Company
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Oper ator's Manual ........................... ............... 7
Oper ating safety.............................................7
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Cor rect useof theve hicle ...............................8
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Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... ............15
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No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. .............. 25
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter................2 5
Callin gup displ ayson thePe rfor mance
menu ................................................ ............ 26
Displa yingandstar tin gRA CE TIM ERon
th ePe rfor mance menu................................. 28
Fu nctio nof theHead-up Display... ................2 9 MBUX
multimedia system ......................... 31
AMG TRAC KPA CE .........................................3 1 Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................. 37
Ov ervie wof thetir e-c hang eto ol kit .............. 37
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Ins talling/ remo ving plastic hub caps ...........3 8 Te
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Contents

Cha
racter istics when ESP®
is act ivat ed
ES P®
mon itor sand improve sdr iving stabilit yand
tracti on,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road.
R When brakin g.
R Vehicl eswith traile rhitc h:intrail er oper a‐
tion from spee dsof40 mph(6 5km/h) ,if th e
ve hicle/tr ailercombination beginstosw ay
fr om side toside.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 47 mp h(7 5 km/h).
ESP ®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle byinterve ning in
th efo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is activ ated eve rytim eth eengine isstar‐
te dre ga rdless ofwhe ther ESP®
wa sin ESP ®
SPOR Tor deactiv ated bef oreth eengine was
switc hedoff. If
th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes inthe
ins trumen tclus ter,one orseveralve hicle wheels
has reac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adaptth edr iving style to suit thepr ev ailin g
ro ad and weather condition s.
R Donotdeac tivateES P®
unde ran ycir cum ‐
st anc es.
R Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal asfaras
is necessar y.
Cha racter istics ofESP ®
SPOR T &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
SPOR Tis us ed incor rectly
Whe nyo uact ivat eES P®
SP OR T,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofskidding andhaving anacci‐
dent. #
ActivateESP ®
SPO RTonlyin thecir‐
cums tances descr ibed below. When
ESP®
SPOR Tis activ ated, the00BB and
Æ warning lam pslight upcon tinuousl yin the
ins trumen tclus ter. Sel
ect ESP ®
SPOR Twh en theve hicle's own
ove rste er ing and under steer ing charact eristic s
ar edesir ed,e.g.on desig natedroads.
Dr ivin gwit hES P®
SPO RTorwit hESP ®
deactiv a‐
te dre qu ires an extreme lyqu alif ied and exper i‐
enc eddriver .
If ES P®
SPOR Tis activ ated and one ormor e
wheels star tto spin, the00E5 ESP®
wa rning
lam pon theins trument clusterflashes .ES P®
th en onlyst abiliz estheve hicle toalimit ed
deg ree.
ES P®
SPOR Talso hasthefo llo wing charact eris‐
tic s:
R ESP®
on lyimpr oves driving stabilit yto alimi‐
te ddeg ree.
R ETS/4 ETStraction control isstill act ive.
R The engin e'storq ue ison lyrestrict ed toa
limit eddeg reeand thedr ive wheels canspin.
The spinn ingofthewheels results inacut‐
ting action forbe tter traction onloose surfa‐
ces. Dr
iving and parking 17

R
ESP ®
conti nuesto prov ide assis tance when
th ebr ak es arefirm lyapplied .
R Vehicl eswith traile rhitc h:stabiliz ationof
th eve hicle/tr ailercombination isno long er
activ e.
R Crosswind Assistis no long eractiv e.
Char acteristics when ESP®
is deactiv ated &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. When
ESP®
is deact ivat ed, the00BB and¤
wa rning lam pslight upcon tinuousl yin the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Dea ctivating ESP ®
ha sth efo llo wing effects:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStra ction control isstill act ive. R
Vehicl eswith traile rhitc h:stabiliz ationof
th eve hicle/tr ailercombination isno long er
activ e.
R Crosswind Assistis no long eractiv e.
% Even when ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar est ill
assis tedby ESP ®
wh en braki ng hard.
It ma ybe bes tto act ivat eES P®
SPO RTordeacti‐
va te ESP ®
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R When usingsnowch ains .
R Indeep snow .
R Onsand orgrave l.
% Spin ningth ewheels results inacutting
action, whichenhances traction.
% ActivateESP ®
as soo nas thesituation s
descr ibedaboveno long er apply .ESP ®
wi ll
ot her wise notbe able tostabiliz eth eve hicle
if th eve hicle star ts to skid orawheel star ts
to spin.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight sup con tinu‐
ousl yeve nwh en ESP ®
is acti vated, ES P®
is no t
av ailable duetoamalf unction. Obse
rvean yinf ormation whichma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Indicat orand warning lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages
ET S/4ET S(Electr onicTractio nSy stem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
.
ET S/4 ETScan improv eth eve hicle's traction by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wheels arebr ak ed individually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction . 18
Driving and parking

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gES P®
(E lectr onicSta‐
bil ity Prog ram) #
Toactiv ateESP ®
SPORT :br ief lypress but‐
to n1.
The 00BB andÆ warning lam psappear in
th eins trument cluster. #
Todeac tivateES P®
:pr ess and holdbu tton
1 unti lth e00BB and¤ warning lam ps
appear intheins trument cluster. #
Toactiv ateESP ®
:br ief lypul lro ck er switc h
1.
The 00BB, Æand¤ warning lam psgo
out.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lam psand
displa ymess ages whic hma ybe sho wninthe
ins trumen tclus ter. RA
CE START Fu
nction ofRA CE START
% RACE STAR Tis available onlyfor
Mer cede s‑AMG GLC63 4MA TIC+ and
GL C63 S4MA TIC+models.
RA CE STAR Tena bles optima lve hicle acceler a‐
tion from ast ands till.Fo rth is, asuit ably high-
gr ip road sur face isrequ ired, thetir es and vehi‐
cle mus talso beingood condition.
% RACE STAR Tis only available afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(/ page11 ). %
RACE STAR Tma yno tbe used on nor mal
ro ads. RACE STAR Tmu stonl ybe activ ated
and used ondedicat edrace circui ts, noton
pu blic roads.
Be sureto read thesaf etyno tesand infor‐
mation onESP ®
(/ page16 ). &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent from whe elsspi nning
If yo uuse RACE STAR T,dependin gon the
ESP ®
mod esel ect ed,th er eis an incr eased
ri sk ofskidding andhaving anaccident. #
Mak esur eth at no per son sor obs tacle s
ar ein theclose vicinityofyour vehicle. Ac
tiv atin gRA CE STAR T
Re quirement s
R The driver's door isclosed .
R The engin eis running andthetransmission
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R The steer ing wheel isin thest ra ight -ahead
posit ion. Dr
ivin gand parking 19

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d):ifyo uact ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing ,(/ page15 )th eupshif tbar will appear
on themultifunc tionorHead-up Display.In
addi tion, transmissi onset-up 0063(manua l)
and thecur rent gear will appear onthetra ns‐
mission position displayof themultifunc tion
displa y.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
00E5, ESP®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page50).
R Youcan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent
in vehicles withaWi descr eenCockpit:
- Tach ome ter(cla ssic display se tting)
- Date(pr ogr essiv edisp lay se tting)
- Gea rdisp lay
- Warm-up -
AMG TRAC KPA CE
- G-m eter
- Engine data
- Trip com puter
- Navig ation Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter &
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 edfrom 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. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter.
% The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y. The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2 and left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton1. Ins
trum ent Disp lay and on-b oard com puter 25

1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CE TIMER isint ended onlyfo ruse ondesi gna‐
te dra ce trac ks.Do notus eth efunc tion onpub‐
lic roads. #
Toselect adispla yand star t:swipe upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Start and press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Tosto p:sel ect Stop andpress thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Tostar ta ne wlap: afte rth efirs tst or ed lap,
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select New Lap.
A max imum of32 laps maybe stor ed. RA
CE TIMER (exa mp le)
1 Lap
2 Elapse dtim e
3 Averag espeed
4 Distance covered #
Todispl aythelap statis tics:af te rat lea st
tw ostor ed laps, press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Select Lap List.
The lapstatis ticswill bedispla yed. #
Displa yth est atis ticsfo rth ene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap will beindicat edbyflashin g
te xt 1. #
Torese t:stop RACE TIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsth efo llo wing into
th edr iver's field ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Ins
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Disp
laymes sages Ve
hicl e Dis
playmessag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Elect ronic RearAxleDiffer -
ent ialLock Inoperat ive *T
heelectr onicrear axle lockin gdif fere ntia lis ino perativ e. #
Consu ltaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Electron icRear AxleDiffer-
ential LockCurrently
Unavaila ble *T
hemo torof theelectr onicrear axle lockin gdif fere ntia lis ove rheating. #
Letth eelectr onicrear axle lockin gdif fere ntia lcool down bydriving defensiv ely. Dr
iving systems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START NotPossible
See Operator' sManual *P
ossible causes:
R The activ ation condit ionshave notbe en fulfilled (/page19 ).
RACE STARTCanceled *P
ossible causes:
R Youre leased theacceler ator pedal during RACE STAR T.
R Youdepr essedthebr ak epedal during RACE STAR T.
Yo ucan try RA CE STAR Tag ain at thene xt star t. 48
Displaymes sagesand warning/ indic ator lam ps