2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE COUPE cooling

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Dep endingontheve hicle equipment,
ensur eth at thesliding sunroofcan be
full yra ised when thero of lugg agera ck
is ins talled. #
Depe ndingon theve hicle equipment,
ensur eth at thetrunk lidcan befully
opened whenthero of lugg agera ck is
ins talled. #
Position theload onthero of lugg age
ra ck insuc hawa yth at theve hicle will
no tsus tain damag eev en when itis in
mo tion . *
NO
TEDama getothepanor amaroof wit h
po we rtilt/sli dingpanel duetonon-
ap prove dro of lugg agera ck s The
panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sli ding
panel maybe dama gedby thero of lugg age
ra ck ifyo uatt em pttoopen itwhen usinga
ro of lugg agera ck notte sted and appr oved
fo rMer cedes-Benz. #
When aro of lugg agera ck isins talled,
open thepanor amaroof wit hpo we r
til t/sl iding panel only ifth is has been te
sted and appr oved forMer cedes-
Benz.
The panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sli ding
panel maybe raised toallo wventil ation of
th eve hicle interior . *
NO
TEDama getotheco vers The
covers ma ybe dama gedand scratc hed
when being opened. #
Donotuse metallic orhar dobje cts. #
Carefull yfo ld covers 1 upw ards inthe
dir ect ion ofthear row . #
Secu rethero of lugg agera ck tothefa stening
point sbeneat hco vers 1 . #
Com plywit hth eins tallation instruct ions of
th ero of lugg agera ck manuf acturer. #
Secur eth eload onthero of lugg agera ck . Cup
holder Swit
ching thecooling orheat ingfunction for
th ete mp eratur e-cont rolled cup holder onor
of f &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryby touc hin gth e
heating elements
The cup holder's heatingelements maybe
ve ry hot. 11
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Sea tsand stow ing

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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
(/ page13 7)
4 Setstheair flow
5 Switches climat econtr olon/of f
(/ page 136)
Switc hesthere sidua lheat on/of f
(/ page13 8)
6 Setstheair distribution, right
7 Setsthete mp eratur e,right 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.
% Ifclimat econ trol isswitc 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 -co ndition ingmenu
(/ page13 6). #
Select FirstRowofSeats . #
Select A/C. 13
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Climat eco ntro l

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Mak esur eth at mar kedspace 2isem pty. #
Remo veSmar tKey 1 from theke yring. #
Place Sma rtKe y1 inmar kedspace 2next
to symbol 3.
The vehicle willstar taf te ra shor ttime.
If yo ure mo veSmar tKey 1 from mar ked
space 2theengine continues running .Fo r
fur ther vehicle star ts howe ver,Smar tKey 1 mus
tbe locat edinmar kedspace 2next to
symbol 3during theent ire jour ney. #
Have Smar tKey 1 checkedat aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
If th eve hicl edoes notst ar t: #
Place SmartKey 1 inmar kedspace 2and
lea veitth er e. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andstar tth eve hi‐
cle using thest ar t/ stop butt on.
% Youcan also switchon thepo we rsupp lyor
th eignition withth est ar t/ stop butt on. St
arting theve hicl evia Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling
orheating theve hicl eint erior before
co mmenci ngyour jour ney
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked. R
The fuel tank issu fficien tly full.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d.
Char ging thest ar terbatt erybe fore star ting
th ejou rney
If th eve hicle batteryis disc harged, youre cei vea
messa geon your smar tphon e.Youcan then
st ar tth eve hicle withth esmar tphon eto charge
th ebatt ery. The vehicle isaut omatically
switc hedoffaf te rte nminu tes.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly full. Dr
ivin gand parking14
5

Suspension
setting andvehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Dr ive pr ogr am A and;:
R The susp ens ion se tting iscomf ortable.
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.
Dr ive pr og ram C:
R The susp ension setting isfirm er.
R The vehicle islowe redto spor tle ve l.
Dr ive pr ogr am B:
R The suspen sionsetting iseve nfirm er.
R The vehicle islowe redto Spor t+ leve l.
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 (raised
le ve l). 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(45 km/h), theve hicle israised.
Ind ividual suspen sionsettings canbecalled up
in drive pr og ram = (/page15 9).
If th eent ry/e xit leve lfunc tion isact ivat ed, the
ve hicle issetto theSpor t+ leve lto facil itat e
ent ering/e xiting theve hicle. When driving at
speeds aboveappr ox.19 mp h(3 0km/h), the
ent ry/e xit leve lis deact ivat ed and theve hicle is
ra ised (/page204 ).
Dif fere nces betwee ndiffer ent vehicle leve ls
com paredtothenor mal leve l:
R Car wash: appr ox.+3.5 in(+90 mm)
(/ page 297)
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)
% Carwa sh leve lis +1 .6 in(40 mm) abovethe
maximu mvehicle height (raised leve l). Driv‐ ing
intounder ground carparksatcar wash
le ve lri sk sdamagi ngtheve hicle.
Oper ation withatrailer orbicy clerack
If th eelectr icalconnect ionhas been correctly
es tablished tothetra iler orbicy clerack :
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.
Sy stem limit s
AI RMA TICmayno tbe available orhave onl ylimi‐
te dav ailabilit yin thefo llo wing cases :
R The overheating protect ion has been activa‐
te ddue tofreq uent leve lch ang eswit hin a
shor ttim e.The 00C4 warning lam pappear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
Af terth ecooling phase,thesy stem isag ain
av ailable without restriction. 202
Driving and parking

Tr
aile rhitc h No
teson trailer operation Mer
cedes‑AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Yo uco uld other wise failto rec‐
ogni zedangers. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
uns uitable ballneck
If yo uins tallan unsuit ableballneck,this ma y
re sult inthetrailer hitchand rear axle being
ove rloaded.
As aconseq uence, thehandling charact eris‐
tic sma ybe hea vilyim pair edand thetrailer
could become detach ed. Ther eis arisk of
fa ta linj ury. #
Onlyins talla ball neckth at con form sto
th eper mitt eddimension sand hasbeen
designed forth ere qu iremen tsof trailer
opera tion. #
Donotch ang eth eball neckor the
tr ai le rhi tc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheidentif ication platesand inthe
"T ec hn ical data"sec tionunde r"T ra iler hitch"for
th eto wing vehicle (/page366). &
WARNIN GSw erving oftheve hicle/
tr ailer combination duetoinc reased
spee d
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle/tr ailer
combination.
The vehicle/tr ailercombination mayeve ntip
ove r. #
Under nocircums tances should yo utry
to stra ight entheve hicle/tr ailercombi‐
nation byinc reasin gth espeed. #
Reduce your spee dand donotco unt er‐
st eer . #
Ifneces sary,appl yth ebr ak es. *
NO
TEDama getotheengine asare sult
of ove rheating #
Ifyo ure trof itatrai le rhi tc h, mod ifica ‐
tio ns totheengine cooling system may be
neces sary,dependin gon theve hicle
model.
When retrof itti ng atrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa stening pointson thech assis . Re
trof itti ng atrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
trailer loadisspec ified inyour vehicle docu‐
ments. Ifth is isno tth ecase, theve hicle isno t
appr ovedfo rtr ail er oper ation.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop.
If th etrailer coupling isde tach able, itis esse n‐
tial tocom plywith theoper ating instruction sof
th etrailer coupling manufacturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notcon nectth etra iler totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngu e
we ight :
R Donotuse ato ngu ewe ight that exceed sor
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongu ewe ight
R Use ato ngu ewe ight asclos eas possible to
th emaximum tongu ewe ight 236
Drivin gand parking

Coolant
No
teson coolant
Obser vetheno teson oper ating fluids
(/ page35 7). &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
ant ifreez e
If ant ifreez ecom esintocon tact with hot
com ponent partsintheengine compart‐
ment ,it ma yignit e. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down before
ad ding anti freeze . #
Makesur eth at no ant ifreez espills out
ne xt to thefiller open ing. #
Thor oughl yclean offan yant ifreeze
fr om com pone ntpar tsbef orest ar tin g
th eve hicle. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed byinc orrect cool ‐
ant #
Onlyad dcool antthat has been pre‐
mix edwithth ere qu ired ant ifreeze pro‐
te ction.
Inf ormati ononcool antisavailable atthefo l‐
lo wing locations:
R IntheMer cedes- BenzSpecif ication sfo r
Oper ating Fluids 310.1:
- Athttps: //bevo.mer cedes-b enz.com
- IntheMer cedes- BenzBeVoapp
R Ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop *
NO
TEOverhea ting athigh outsid ete m‐
per atur es If
an inapp ropr iat ecoolant isused, the
engine cooling system isno tsuf ficie ntlypr o‐
te cted agains tov erheating andcorrosion at
high outside temp eratur es. #
Alw aysuse coolant approvedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. #
Obser vetheins truction sin the
Mer cedes-Ben zSpecif ications forOper‐
ating Fluids310.1. Ha
ve thecoolant regular lyreplaced ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
The propor tionofcor rosion inhibit or/antifr eeze
concen trat ein theengine cooling system should
be:
R Aminimum of50% (antifr eezeprotect ion
do wn toappr oximat ely-3 5°F (-37°C))
R Amaxim umof55% (antifreeze protect ion
do wn to-49 °F(-45 °C))
Co olant capacity
Mi ssi ng values werenotav ailable atthetime of
going topress. Model
Capacity
All models Te
ch nica lda ta 36
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App
roac h/depar tureang le
The speci fied values aremaxim umvalues for
ve hicles that arere ady todrive.
Obser vetheno teson driving inmount ainous ter‐
ra in (/ page15 1). All
mode ls
1 1
Front 2 2
Rear
Ve hicl eswith
st eel susp en‐
sion* 21
°2 2°
Ve hicl eswith
AI RMA TIC* All
models
1 1
Front 2 2
Rear
Nor mal leve l2 1°21°
Ra ised leve l2 4°24° *Depending
onthetir esize
Maxim umgradien tcli mbing ability
The vehicle's gradient climbing abilitydepends
on thewe ight distribution intheve hicle, thete r‐
ra in con dition sand thero ad sur face condi tions.
The specified va lue applies inthefo llo wing
cases :
R The vehicle isready todrive
R The road sur face condi tions andthus trac‐
tio nar egood
A gradient climbingabilit yof 100% corresponds
to an incline of45 °.
Obse rveth eno teson driving inmount ainous ter‐
ra in (/ page15 1). Model
Maximumgra‐
dien tcli mbing
abil ity
All mode ls 80% Tr
aile rhitc h Gene
ralno teson thetrailer hitch Modif
ications totheengine cooling system may
be neces sary,dependin gon theve hicle model.
The retrof itti ng ofatrai le rhi tc his only perm issi‐
ble ifato wing capac ityisspec ified inyour vehi‐
cle documents.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Pe
rm issible trailer load The
tongu ewe ight isno tinc luded intheto wing
capac ity. 366
Tech nica lda ta

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
00BD Check Coolant LevelSee
Operator' sManual *T
hecoolant leve lis toolow.
* NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toinsuf ficie ntcool ant #
Avoid long journeys wit hins ufficie ntcool ant. #
Addcoolant (/page293 ). #
Have theengine cooling system checkedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
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Coola ntToo HotStop Vehi-
cle Turn Engine Off *T
hecoolant istooho t. #
Pull overand stop theve hicle safely and switc hof fth eengine, paying attent ion toroad and traffic condi tions. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen opening thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine hasoverheat edordur ing afire intheengine compartmen t,yo uco uld
co me intoco ntact withho tga ses orother escaping operating fluids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowtheengine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine compartmen t,ke ep thehood closed andcallthefire ser vice. #
Waitunt ilth eengine hascooled down. #
Mak esur eth at theair supply tothera diat orisno tobs truct ed. #
Avoiding highloads ontheengine, drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Indoing so,ensur eth at
th ecoolant temp eratur edispla yre mains belowthere dmar king. 380
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps