2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV fold seat

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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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Se
ven-sea ter(e xa mp le) #
Tofold bac kth eseat backres t:brief lypull
one ofbutt ons 1.
The rear seat folds bac k.
Ve hicles withacent erseat backres t:the
cent ersea tba ckrest folds bac kto get her with
th elef tseat backres t. If
aseat backres tis no teng aged and locked,
th is will besho wnonthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla yon theins trument cluster.
% Seven-sea ters:al lsea tba ckrestscan befol‐
ded backto get her using theALL button.
Fo lding backth ecent erseat backres tsepa ‐
ra tely (se ven-seat ers) #
Swing theseat backres tbac kuntil itaudibl y
eng ages. Fo
lding theseat backres ton theth ird ro w of
sea tsforw ards Lef
t-hand-dr ive ve hicle (exa mp le) #
Inthere ar passe nger com partment (seven-
sea ter): brief lypul lone ofbutt ons 1. 12
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Sea tsand stow ing

This
equipment isavailable onlyforMer cedes-
Ma yba chvehicles.
Subject there frig er ator boxto amax imum load
of 7.7 lb (3.5 kg).
St oreonl yplas ticbottles intheupper compart‐
ment ofthere frig er ator box.The cont ents ofthe
bo ttle mus tbe no mor eth an 17 fl.oz.
(0.5 lite rs).
If yo udo notne ed touse there frig er ator boxfo r
an extende dpe riod, switc hit of f,defr ostit and
clean it.Afterdoing so,leavethelid open fora
time.
The refrig er ator boxwil lre duce itscooling capa‐
city orswitc hof fin thefo llo wing cases :
R Tooman yelectr icalconsumer sar etur ned
on.
R The star terbatt eryis no tsuf ficie ntly
ch arge d.
If th is isthecase, theindicat orlam pswill flash
on thebutt onforswitc hingthere frig er ator box
on and off.The cooli ngfunction willau tomati‐
cally switc hbac kon assoon asther eis suf fi‐
cie ntvoltag e. %
Toinstallth ere frig er ator boxin thecar go
com partmen tor remo veit,please contact a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ex
am ple: vehicles withindividual rear seat s #
Vehicles with5-seat ervariant :fo ld do wn the
re ar armr est. #
Pull thehandle ofstow agebo x1 and fold
do wn theco verof stow agebo x2. Ex
am ple: vehicles withindividual rear seat s #
Toopen: pullthehandle ofrefrig er ator box
1 and fold do wn theco verof there frig er a‐
to rbo x. #
Toswitc hon: press butt on2 repeat edly
until anindicat orlam p(lo wcooling )lights up
or twoindicat orlam ps(high cooling )light up. 13
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Sea tsand stow ing

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
2
Light andvisib ility

#
Press thewiper bladeontoth ewiper arm in
th edir ect ion ofarrow 3beyond thepoint of
re sis tance.
The wipe rbl ad ewi lleng agewi th ano tic eable
clic kand movefreely again. #
Foldthewiper arm bac kont oth ewindshield. Re
plac ingthe rear windo wwi per blade &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped if
th ewindshield wipersar eswitc hedon
while wiper blades arebeing replaced
If th ewindshield wipersbegin tomo vewhile
yo uar ech ang ingthewiper blades, youcan
be trapped bythewiper arm. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and theignition beforech ang ingthe
wiper blades. Re
mo ving the wiper blade #
Swi tchth eignition off. #
Foldwiper arm 2 away from there ar win‐
do wunt ilit eng ages inthere placemen tposi‐
tion . #
Unclipwi per blad e1 from wiper arm 2
and remo veitin thedir ect ion ofarro w 3. Ins
talling thewiper blade #
Position wiper blade1withbo th lugs 3on
holder 2onthewiper arm. #
Push wiper blade1inthedir ect ion ofarrow
4 untilit en gage sin holder 2. #
Mak esur eth at wiper blade1isseat edcor ‐
re ctly . 15
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Light andvisib ility

#
Foldthewiper arm from there placemen t
position backont oth ere ar wind ow. Mir
rors Oper
ating theout side mirrors &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
adjus tingve hicle settin gswhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ionsinpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int s,thesteer ing wheel orthemir‐
ro rwhi letheve hicle isin mo tion.
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi‐
cle isin mo tion. #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int s,the
st eer ing wheel andthemir rorand fas‐
te nyo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mis‐
judgment ofdis tance when using the
fr ont-passe nger mir ror
The outside mirroron thefront passeng er
side reflect sobjec tson asmaller scale. #
Ther efor e, alw ayslook over your sho ul‐
der inorder toensur eth at youar e
aw areof theactual distance betwee n
yo uand thero ad user sdr ivin gbehin d
yo u. Fo
lding theout side mirrors in/out #
Brief lypress butt on2.
% Ifth ebatt eryhas been discon nectedorhas
disc harged, theoutside mirrors mus tbe
mo vedbr ief lyusing button2. Onlyth en will
th eaut omatic mirrorfo lding function work
pr oper ly. Light
andvisib ility 15
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T
Ta ble
see Folding table
Ta ilg ate .......................................................7 5
Closin g............................................ .......7 6
Emerg encyrelease .......................... ...... 80
HA ND S-FRE EAC CES S.................... .......7 8
Limiting theopening angle.................... 80
Openin g............... ........................... .......7 5
Opening dimensions ............................4 01
Un loc kin g(mec hanic alkey) ............ .......8 0
Ta ilpip es(Car e)........................................ 332
Ta nk cont ent
Fu el ..................................................... 396
Re ser ve(fuel) ...................................... 396
Te ch nical data
Ax leload (trailer operation) ................. 406
Inf ormation .................................... ...... 390
No tes(tr aile rhitc h)............................. 406
To ngu ewe ight .....................................4 06
To wing capac ity(trailer operation )...... 406
Ve hicle identif ication plate.................. 392 Te
lephone .........................................2 99, 301
Connecting amobi lephone (Pass‐
ke y) ................................................ .....3 02
Connecting amobi lephone (Secure
Sim ple Pa iring) .................................... 302
Fu nctio nsinthete lephon emen u........ 302
No tes .................................................. 299
Oper ating modes ........................... ...... 301
Te lephon emen uov ervie w ...................3 01
Wi reless chargin g(mob ilephon ein
th ere ar passe nger com partment ).......1 40
Wi reless chargin g(mob ilephon e)........ 140
Te lephon yoper ating mod es
Blue tooth®
Te lephon y.......................... 301
Te mp eratur e ............................................ 159
Te mp eratur egr ade .................................. 367
Themes Fastening ............................................. 288
Thir dro w of sea ts...................................1 26
Fo lding backth ebac kres ton the
th ird row ofseats ................................. 127
Fo lding thebac kres ton theth ird row
of seats forw ards ............................ .....1 26
Ge tting in/ou t....... ..............................100 Thr
oug h-loadin gfe atur e
see Seat
see Third rowofseats
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r)........... .368
Ti re and Loading Information placard... 363
Ti re charact eristics ................................. 370
Ti re inf lation com pressor
see TIREF ITkit
Ti re informa tion table .............................3 63
Ti re labeling .............................................3 67
Charact eristic s.................................... 370
DO T,Tire Identif ication Number (TIN)
..... ........................................................3 68
Load index....... ....................................370
Load -bearing cap acity <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> .370
Maxi mum tireloa d....... .......................369
Maxi mum tirepr essu re<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 369
Ov ervie w <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 367
Spee dra ting ........... .............................370
Te mp eratur egr ade .............................. 367
Ti re Qua lityGradi ng .......... ................... 367
Ti re size designation ............................3 70
Tr act ion grade .....................................3 67
Tr ead weargrade .................................3 67 502
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