2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV display

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ven-sea ter(e xa mp le) #
Tofold thelef tor right seat backres tfo r‐
wa rds: brief lypress one ofbutt ons 1.
The head restra int ontheseat backres twill
mo veintoasuit able posit ion.Therear seat
fo lds forw ards.
Ve hicles withacent erseat backres t:the
cent ersea tba ckrest folds forw ards toget her
wit hth elef tseat backres t. If
aseat inthesecon drow ofseats isno t
eng aged and locked, this will besho wnonthe
multifu nctiondisplay on theins trument cluster.
% Seven-sea ters:al lsea tba ckrestscan befol‐
ded forw ards toget her using theALL button.
Fo lding there ar passe nger comp artment
ce nter seat backres tfo rw ards separ ately
(se ven-seat ers) #
Press release catch3. #
Foldseat backres t2 forw ards.
Fo lding backth ere ar seat backres t
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat
bac kres t The
seat beltcould become trapped andthus
damag edwhen theseat backres tis folded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttra p‐
ped when folding backth eseat back‐
re st. Sea
tsand stow ing 12
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Wi
ndshield wiperandwindshield washer
sy stem Switc
hingthewindsh ieldwiper son/of f 0047
005AWindsh ield wipe rs off
0048 0062 Automatic wiping, normal
0049 0063 Automatic wiping, freq uent 004A
00AA Continuo uswip ing, slow
004B 00A9 Continuo uswip ing, fast #
Turn thecombin ationswitchto thecor rect
pos ition 0047 -004B. #
Singlewipe/w ashing: push thebutt onon
th ecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion of
ar row 1.
R 00D3 Singlewipe
R 00D4 Wipes withwa sher fluid
Ve hicl eswith MAGIC VISIONCONTR OL:in
posi tion 0048or0049 ,th ewindshield washing proc‐
ess isaut omaticall ytrigg ered ifdir tis de tected
on thewindshield unlesstheCheck Washer Fluid
messag eis being displayed. Switc
hingthere ar windo wwi per on/off 1
00E2 Singlewip e/w ashing
2 00C5 Intermitt entwipe #
Sing lewipe: press butt on1 tothepoint of
re sis tance. #
Wiping with wa sher fluid: press butt on1
be yond thepoint ofresis tance. 15
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Light andvisib ility

Ins
tallin gth ewiper blades #
Inser tth ene wwiper bladeintoth ewiper
ar m inthedir ect ion ofarrow 1. #
Slide catc h2 inthedir ect ion ofarro w 3
unt ilit eng ages intheloc king position . #
Mak esur eth at thewiper bladeisseat edcor‐
re ctly . #
Foldthewiper arms backont oth ewind‐
shield. #
Switc hon theignition . #
Press the00D4 buttononthecombin ation
switc h.
The wiper arms will moveintoth eor iginal
position . #
Switc hth eignition off. Maint
enance display #
Remo veprotect ive film 1 from themaint e‐
nanc edispla yon thetip ofthene wlyins tal‐
led wiper blades.
When thecolor ofthemaint enanc edispla y
ch ang esfrom blac kto yello w, thewiper blades
should bereplaced. 15
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Light andvisib ility

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
(/ page16 1)
4 Setstheair flow
5 Switches climat econtr olon/of f
(/ page 160)
Switc hesthere sidua lheat on/of f
(/ page16 3)
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
(/ page16 1) or theMBUX rear table tdepend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment. 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. 16
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Climat eco ntro l

Foot
offthe Accele rator3mess ageap pea rsin
th emultifunc tiondispla y.The firs tse gme ntsin
fr ont oftheve hicle willturngr een. Theremain‐
ing segments willinitia llystay whit e.Ifth edr iver
ta ke sth eir foot offth eacceler ator pedal ingood
time, there maini ngsegments onthedispla ywill
success ivel ytur ngr een until theeve ntsho wnis
re ac hed. Thedrivet ra in will besetfo rmaximu m
fuel econom y.Re cup erati on willch arge thebat‐
te ry.Re cup erati on willbe adaptedto theselec‐
te ddr ive pr og ram.
The eventwillbe sho wnfora shor ttime afte rit
has been passed.Ifth er eis no response tothe
Foot offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegment s
will remain white.
If th eeve ntinvo lves ave hicle infront, allseg‐
ments willimmediat elytur ngr een once ther eis
a re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator
pr om pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssis tin drive pr ogr am ;,
symb ol3 willapp ear onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yand ontheHead-up Displaybeside trans‐
mission position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear
when theassis tant displ ayisno tselec ted. If
th esy stem does notint erve ne during the
eve ntahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The sys‐
te m ispass ive.
EC OAssis tis activ eonl yin drive pr ogr ams ;
and A.
Sy stem limit s
EC OAs sis tcan function evenmor epr eci sely if
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidan ceis
act ive. The basic function isalso available with‐
out active ro uteguidan ce.Notall informat ion
and traffic situ ations canbefore seen. Thequal‐
ity depen dson themap data.
EC OAssis tis onl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi‐
ble forke eping asaf edis tance from theve hicle
in front, forve hicle speed andforbr aking in
good time. Thedriver mus tbe ready tobrak eat
all times irre spectiv eof whe ther thesy stem
int erve nes.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, high lyvariable
shade condition s,rain, sno w,fogor hea vy
spr ay. R
Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthear ea
of themultifunc tioncamer aor thecamer ais
fo gg ed up, damag edorobscur ed.
R Iftraf fic sig ns areha rd todiscer n,e.g. due to
dir t,sno wor insuf ficie ntlighti ng,orbeca use
th ey areobsc ured.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or outof date.
R Ifsigns areambi guou s,e.g. traf fic sig ns in
ro adw orks orinadjacent lanes. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Yo uco uld other wise failto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
% Depe nding ontheengine andequipment,
th eve hicle hasdiffere nt drive pr ogr ams. 18
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Driving and parking

Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams:
= (Individual): individualse ttings
B (Sport+): particula rly spo rty dr ivin gst yle
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
A (Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst yle
£ (Maybac h):highes tle ve lof drivin gcom ‐
fo rt forcomf ortable and luxur ioustravel
(Mer cedes- Maybac hve hicles only)
; (Eco):par ticular lyeconomical driving
st yle
N (CURVE):comfortable drivin gwit hcur ve
inc linat ionfunc tion (vehicle swit h
E‑ AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL)
F Offroad: driving onless demandi ngoff-
ro ad terrain
G (Offroad +):drivin gon difficul tof f-r oa d
te rrain
% Mer cedes -Maybac hve hicl es:inthedr ive
pr ogr ams F andG, theex tendi ble ru
nning boards remain retract edorretract if
th ey have already been extende d.
% The drive pr ogr am select edappe arsin the
multifu nctiondisplay of theon- boar dcom‐
put er.
% Depen dingonthesituation ,th ecy linder can
be brief lyswitc hedoninthedr ive pr o‐
gr ams ; andA, depending onthe
engine.
Depen dingonthedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristic s:
R Drive
- Engin eand trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R Vehicl eswith AIRMA TICorE‑A CTIVE
BO DY CONT ROL:
- Susp ension tuning
- Vehicle leve l
R Electricpo we rst eer ing No
teson thero of load display Cer
tain drive pr ogr ams andESP®
se ttings are
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
If one ofthese drive pr og rams issetor sele cted,
th e symbol
issho wnasawa rning. When
th is symbol issho wn, theselect eddrive pr ogr am
is no tsuit able fortr anspor tingaloa don the
ro of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams areaf fect ed:
R Spor tdr ive pr ogr am
R Spor t+ dr ive pr ogr am
R Indivi dual drive pr ogr am with theES P®
se t‐
ting Spor tor Spor t+
% The symbol isalso showninthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R Within theth emes ifacor responding
dr ive pr ogr am issave d
Fo rmor einf ormation onthemes see. Dr
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R
Within there se tdispla yif th epr ev iousl y
act ive dr ive pr ogr am isunsuit ableforth e
tr ans portof aro of load
Fo rfur ther information onthere se tdis‐
pla y,see (/page18 4). Se
lec tingthe drive pr og ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram sele cted app earsin the
multifu nctiondisplay. Conf
iguringDYNA MIC SELECT (multimedia
sy stem) Multi
media system:
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Set ting s5
Vehicle
5 DYNA MICSELECT
Se tting drive pr og ram I #
Select IndividualCo nfiguratio n. #
Select and seta cat egory.
Switc hingthere stor ation disp layon oroff #
Swit chReques tat Start onoroff.
Fu nction on:thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
a pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther thelas tactiv e
dr ive pr og ram shou ldbe restor ed. Ifth eEC O
st ar t/ stop funct ionwasdeactiv ated, anaddi‐
tional prom ptappear sask ing ifth efunc tion
should remain deactivated. %
The prom ptappear son lyifth epr ev iousl y
act ive se ttings deviat efrom thest andar d
se tting s.
Fu nction off:thene xt time theve hicle isstar‐
te dth eA drive pr ogr am issetaut omatic ally.
The ECOstar t/ stop funct ionisactiv ated aut o‐
matically .
% This funct ionmus tbe activ ated foreac huser
pr ofile sepa rately.Only when this func tion is
act ivat ed will thedr ive pr og ram and Eco
st ar t/ stop setting forth epr ev ious journey
be save dfo rth ere spectiv euser profile. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asy stem:
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Info #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displa yed. 18
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Driving and parking

Disp
laying engin eda ta Mult
imediasystem:
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Info #
Select Engine.
The engine datais displa yed.
% The actual (maximum) values that can be
ac hie vedfo rengine outputand engine tor‐
qu ema yde viat efrom thecer tified values
wit hin thecount ry-spe cificgu ideline sfo r
per missible toler anc es(basis: UN-ECE No.
85 orcount ry-spe cificgu ideline s).
Fa ctor sth at can influen cethis are, forex am‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a‐
tion. Thevalues forengine outputand
engine torq ue show nin themedia display
ma yde viat efrom theactual values. Calling
uptheconsum ption indicat or Multime
diasystem:
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Info #
Select Consumpt ion.
The current and average consu mptionis dis‐
pl ay ed. Au
tomatic trans mis sion DI
REC TSE LECT leve r Fu
nction oftheDIRECT SELECT leve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyouen gage thetransmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo uen gage thetransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat a
st ands till,alw aysdepr essthebr ak e
pedal firm lyand donotacc eler ateat
th esame time. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunsuper visedintheve hi‐
cle, they cou ld,in pa rticular :
R Open doors,ther 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 Chang eth etransmission position.
R Startth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. Dr
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