2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE COUPE wheel

Ra
ising there ar oftheve hicl e #
Che ckifth ebatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d. If
nec essar y,star tth eengine. #
Pull switc h1 brief ly.
Indic ator lam p2 goes out.
The vehicle willberaised tothecur rently
sel ect edleve l.
% The vehicle isaut omaticall yse tto theleve l
of themos tre cently select eddrive pr ogr am
if yo udr ive at spee dsgreat erthan 1.2 mp h
(2 km/ h).
If th eve hicle canno tbe raised: #
Ensur eth at thebatt eryis suf ficie ntly
ch arge d; ifnec essar y,star tth eengine.
The raising proces scon tinues. E-
AC TIVE BODY CONT ROL Fu
nction ofE-AC TIVE BODY CONT ROL
E- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OLisan electr ohydr aulic
suspe nsion system withva riable dampingfo r
im prov ed driving comfort.The all-round leve l
contr olsystem ensur esthebes tpossible sus‐
pension andconstant groun dcle aranc e,eve n wit
haladen vehicle. When driving atspeed, the
ve hicle islowe redaut omatic allytoimprove driv‐
ing safetyand toreduce fuelconsum ption. The
suspen sionsetting isadjus teddependin gon the
ro ad sur face, vehicle loadandthedr ive pr ogr am
select ed.
The ROAD SUR FACE SCAN function detects
ar ea sof une venness inthero ad bef oreyo udr ive
ove rth em bymeans ofamultifu nctioncamera.
This reduces chassis movements.
The dam ping isadju sted individually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R Driving style, e.g. spor ty
R Road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R Drive pr ogram
E- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OLiscom prised ofthe
fo llo wing functionsand compone nts:
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:RO AD SUR FACE SCAN
R Cur veinc linat ionfunc tion CURVE
R Recovery mode
R Individ ualwhee lcontr ol R
Airsusp ension withau tomatic leve lcon trol
R Speed -dependentlo we ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manual leve ladjus tment
R ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant adjus tment ofdam pingch aract eris‐
tic s)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
Susp ension settings andvehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Dr ive pr og ram C
R The susp ension setting isfirm er.
R The vehicle issetto Spor tle ve l.
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN isdeac tivated.
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isdeact ivat ed.
Dr ive pr ogr am B
R The suspen sionsetting iseve nfirm er.
R The vehicle issetto Spor t+ leve l.
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN isdeac tivated.
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isact ive. 206
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Dr
ive pr ogr am A
R The susp ens ion se tting iscomf ortab le.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h), theve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(40 km/h), theve hicle israised.
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN isact ive.
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isdeact ivat ed.
Dr ive pr ogr am N
R The suspen sionsetting iscom fortable.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(40 km/h), theve hicle israised
ag ain.
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN isact ive.
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isact ive.
Dr ive pr ogr am ;
R The suspen sionsetting iscom fortable. R
The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(40 km/h), theve hicle israised
ag ain.
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN isdeac tivated.
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isdeact ivat ed.
Dr ive pr ogr am F
R The suspen sionsetting issuit able foreasi ly
nego tiable of f-r oa dte rrain.
R The vehicle issetto off-r oad leve l+1 .
R When drivin gat speeds aboveappr oximat ely
50 mph(80 km/h) theve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(4 5km/h), theve hicle israised.
R ROAD SUR FACE SCAN isdeac tivated.
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isdeact ivat ed.
R Recovery mode andtheindividual wheelcon‐
tr ol func tion canbeactiv ated prov ided the
nece ssarycondi tions areme t. Dr
ive pr ogr am =
R Youcan callupindivid ual suspe nsion set‐
tin gs her e.
Ope ratio nwi th atrail er or bicy cle ra ck
If th eelectr icalconnect ionhas been correctl y
es tablished tothetra iler orbicy clerack :
R The curveinc linat ionfunc tion isdeact ivat ed.
R Drive pr ogr am F: theve hicle adoptsthe
nor malle ve lst ar tin gfrom aspee dof 19 mp h
(30 km/ h).
R Allother drive pr ogr ams: theve hicle remains
at nor mal leve lir re spectiv eof speed.
Le veldif fere nces comparedto thenor mal leve l
R Car wash: appr ox.+3.5 in(+90 mm)
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R Raised leve l:appr ox.+2.0 in(+50 mm)
R Spo rt:ap prox .-0.6 in(-1 5mm)
R Spo rt+: appr ox.-1 .0 in(-25 mm) Dr
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The
vehicle body rock sin slo w,vertical motion s
when reco very mode hasbeen activated. This
te mp orarily puts thewheels undergreat erload,
whic hmeans they have inc reased tractionand
th eve hicle isfreed.
Yo ucan activat efree drivin gmod evia Off-ro ad
As sis t(/ page21 1).
Fu nction ofindividua lwheel control &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
The vehicle canbelowe redwhen theindivid‐
ual wheel control func tion hasbeen activa‐
te d. Body partscould become trapped ifth ey
ar ebe tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at nobody isunde rth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinit yof
th ewheel arch es when individual wheel
con trol isactiv ated. *
NO
TERisk ofdama gedue totheve hicle
mo ving upand down The
vehicle canbelowe redor raised onone
or mor ewheels whentheindividual wheel
con trol func tion hasbeen activated. Vehicle
par tscould bedamag eddue tocont actwith
object s. #
Mak esur eth at theve hicle hassuffi‐
cie ntroom tomo vewhen theindividual
wheel control func tion hasbeen activa‐
te d. Indiv
idual wheel control isafunc tion ofthesus‐
pension ,whic hcan beused tosetth eve hicle
le ve lfo reac hwhee lindivi dually.This canhelp to
im prov ealignment ofthebody when driving off-
ro ad.
Yo ucan activat eind ivid ual wheel contro lvia Off-
ro ad Assis t(/ page21 1). Ad
jus tingthe vehicl eleve l(v ehicles withE-
AC TIVE BODY CONT ROL) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
Dr iving charact eristic sma ybe impair ed.
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit ed
to thedr iving style and thero ad sur face
condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when theve hicle is
being lowe red. Dr
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WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRMA TICorleve lcontr ol:
when youunlo adlugg ageor lea vetheve hi‐
cle, theve hicle firs trises slightly andthen
re tur ns tothese tle ve lshor tly af te rw ards.
Yo uor anyone else inthevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody couldthus
bec ome trapped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaf te rbeing
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur e
th at nobody isin thevicinit yof the
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle isbeing driven no faster than
40 mph(6 5km/h). Ra
ising theve hicl e #
Push rock er switc h1 forw ards.
In dicat orlam p2 flashes whiletheve hicle is
being raised andlight sup con tinuousl ywhen
it has finis hed rising.
The vehicle israised tooff-r oad leve l+1 . Yo
ur sele ction issave d. The off-r oad leve l+1 set
re mains stor ed eve naf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff.
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R When drivin gfa ster than 50 mph(80 km/h).
R When driving brief lybe tween 40mph
(65 km/ h)and 50mph(80 km/h).
R Aftersele cting adif fere nt drive pr ogr am
us ing theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
In this case, theve hicle isadjus tedto theheight
of theactiv edr ive pr og ram.
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Pullro ck er switc h1.
Indic ator lam p2 goes outwhen thelowe r‐
ing process iscom plete.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthe
act ive dr ive pr ogram.
Oper ation withatrailer orbicy clerack 21
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Driving and parking

If
th eelectr icalconnect ionhas been correctly
es tablished tothetra iler orbicy clerack :
R From appr ox.18 .7 mp h(3 0km/h): off-r oad
le ve l+1 can beselec ted, rega rdless ofdrive
pr ogr am.
R From appr ox.18 .7 mp h(3 0km/h): theve hi‐
cle isadjus tedto nor malle ve l,re ga rdless of
dr ive pr og ram.
Se tting Off-road Assist
Re quirement s:
R theve hicle isstatio nary
R theve hicle issetto off-r oad leve l1 or 2
R theOf f-road orOff-road Plus (onlyve hicles
wit hOf f-road package )dr ive pr og ram has
been selected
R theignition isswitc hedon
R alldoor sand thehood areclosed
R thetransmission isno teng aged inposition
005D
R ther eis no trailer coupled
R theve hicle isoutdoor s R
thede tected late ra linc linat ionoftheve hicle
mus tno texc eed appr ox.15 °
R thesy stem iswit hin itsoper ating temp era‐
tur e
R theon- boar dvo ltag eis suf ficie ntlyhig h
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Offr oad Assist ant
Re covery mode
Re covery mode assiststh edr iver when pulling
aw ay on rough terrain, suchas san dor snow . #
Select Recove ryMod e. #
Select Start .
Re covery mode isactiv ated. #
Select Stoptostop reco very mode.
Re covery mode isau tomatical lydeactiv ated in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R youar eact uall ytrave ling faster than 9mp h
(1 5 km/ h)
R afte ra ru nning timeof30 seco nds R
itis de tected that an obj ect has hitthe
und erbody oftheve hicle hard
R notall conditions areme t
% Further information onreco very mode
(/ page208) .
Indiv idual wheelcon trol
Individ ualwhee lcontr olenabl estheve hicle leve l
to be setsepar ately foreac hwhee l. #
Select IndividualWhee lCtrl. . #
Setth eve hicle leve lfo rth edesir edwheel.
% Youcan also usetheto uc hdispl aytosetth e
le ve lfo rtw oor mor ewhee lsat thesame
time. #
Select Resettosetall wheels tothedef ault
se tting.
Individual wheelcontrol isaut omatic allydeacti‐
va tedin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R youar etra veling faster than 9mp h
(1 5 km/ h)
R itis de tected that an obj ect has hitthe
und erbody oftheve hicle hard Dr
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notal lcond itions areme t
% Further information onindividua lwheel con‐
tr ol (/ page209). Pa
rking Assis tPA RK TRONI C Fu
nction ofParking Assis tPA RK TRONI C
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis an elec tron ic
par kingassi stanc esy stem withultr asound. It
monit orsth ear ea around your vehicle using mul‐
tiple sensor son thefront bum perand onthe
re ar bum per.Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Csho ws
yo uth edis tance betwee nyo ur vehicle anda
de tected obs tacle visually and audibly .
Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis on lyan aid. Itis
no ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur‐
ro und ings.The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu ver‐
ing and parking remains withyo u. Mak esur e
th at ther ear eno per sons, animals orobjec tsin
th emaneuv ering area while maneuv ering and
par king in/exitingpar king spaces.
In thest andar dse tting ,an intermit tent wa rning
to ne sou nds from adi st anc eof appr oximat ely
1. 0 ft (0.3 m)toan obs tacle infront and approx ‐ imat
ely3. 3ft (1.0 m) toan obs tacle beh ind. A
continu ouswa rning tone sou nds from adi st anc e
of appr oximat ely0. 7ft (0.2 m).Using theWarn
Early AllAroun dse tting inthemultimedia sys‐
te m, thewa rning tones forfr ont and side impact
pr otect ion can besetto sound atagr eat erdis‐
ta nce ofapprox imat ely3. 3ft (1.0 m) infront and
2.0 ft(0.6 m)onthesides (/page21 6).
% The Warn EarlyAllAround setting isalwa ys
act ive at there ar oftheve hicle.
If Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis deac tiva ted,
Ac tivePa rking Assistis una vailable. Pa
rking Assis tPA RK TRONI Cdispl ayinthe
mu ltim edia system Ve
hicles withAc tivePa rking Assistwit hout a
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Vi
ew sof thesur round viewcamer a
Yo ucan selectfrom differe nt vie ws: 1
Wide-ang levie w, front
2 Topvie wwit himag efrom thefront camer a
3 Topvie wwit himag esfrom theside camer as
in theoutside mirrors
4 Wide-ang levie w, rear
5 Topvie wwit himag efrom there ar vie wcam ‐
er a
6 Topvie wwit htrailer view(vehicles witha
tra iler hitch) To
pvie w 1
Lane indicati ngthero uteth eve hicle will
ta ke atthecur rent steer ing wheel angle
2 Warning displa yof Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI C
3 Your vehicle from above
The color oftheindividual segmentsof wa rning
displa y2 isbased onthedis tance tothede tec‐
te dobs tacle :
R Yello wsegment s:obs tacle sat adi st anc e
be tween appr ox.2.0 ft(0.6 m)and 3.3ft
(1 .0 m) R
Orang esegment s:obs tacle sat adi st anc e
be tween appr ox.1. 0 ft (0.3 m)and 2.0ft
(0.6 m)
R Redse gme nts: obstacle sat ave ry shor t
dis tance ofapprox .1. 0 ft (0.3 m)orless
When Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis operatio nal
and noobj ectis de tected, thesegment sof the
wa rning displa yar esho wningray . 220
Driving andparking

Guide
lines 1
Yello wlane markingth ecour sethetir es will
ta ke atthecur rent steer ing wheel angle
(dynamic)
2 Yello wguide line,vehicle width(dr iven sur‐
fa ce) dep endi ngon thecur rent steer ing
wheel angle(dynamic)
3 Redguide lineatadis tance ofapprox imat ely
1. 0 in (0.3 m)from there ar area
4 Markat adis tance ofappr ox.3.3 ft(1.0 m)
% When ActivePa rking Assistis act ive, lane
mar kings1 aredispla yedin green. The
guide linesinthemedia displaysho w
th edis tances toyour vehicle. Thedistances
ap ply toroad leve l.
In trailer mode, theguide linesaresho wnat
th eleve lof thetrailer hitch.
Tr aile rvie w(vehic leswith atraile rhitc h)
If yo usele cttrailer viewand notrailer isco upled
to theve hicle, thefo llo wing displa yappear s: 1
Yello wguide line,locat ingaid
2 Redguide lineatadis tance ofapprox imat ely
1. 0 in (0.3 m)from theball head ofthe
tr ai le rhi tc h
3 Ballhe ad ofthetrailer hitch When
theelectr icalconnect ionises tablished
be tween theve hicle andthetra iler ,th edispla y
ch ang estotheside camer avie w.
This viewsuppor tsmaneuv ering procedur eswit h
a trailer .
Side viewof themir rorca mer as
The side sof theve hicle canbeseen inthis vie w. Dr
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