2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV seats

Obser
vethemaximum tirepr essur e
(/ page369).
Use asuit able pressur ega ug eto checkth etir e
pr essur e.The outerappear anceofatir edoes
no tper mit anyre liable conclusion aboutthetir e
pr essur e.
Onl ycor rect tirepr ess ure whe nth etir es are
cold. Condition sfo rcold tires:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hth etir es
out ofdir ect sunlight forat lea stthre ehour s.
R The vehicle hastrave led less than 1mile
(1 .6 km ).
The vehicle's tires heat upwhen driving. Asthe
te mp eratur eof thetir es incr eases, sotoodoes
th etir epr essur e.
Ve hicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring sys‐
te m: Youcan also checkth etir epr essur eusing
th eon- board computer.
The tirepr essur ere comme ndedforincr ease d
loa d/spee din thetir epr essur eta ble can affect
th eride comf ort. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
uns uitable accessories ontireva lve
If yo umoun tuns uitable accessories onto tire
va lves, thetir eva lves ma ybe ove rloaded and
malfunct ion,whic hcan cause aloss oftire
pr essur e.Afterm arke ttir epr es su re monit or‐
ing systems willcause thetir eva lve to
re main open, depending onthedesign. This
can also result inaloss oftirepr essur e. #
Onlyscr ew standar dva lve caps orvalve
cap sspe cifica llyapprove dby
Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle onto
th etir eva lve. No
teson towing atrail er
Alw aysinf lateth ere ar axle tires tothere com‐
mend edtirepr ess ureon thetir epr essur eta ble
fo rincr ease dloa d. Ti
re pres sur etab le The
tirepr ess ureta ble ison theinside ofthe
fuel filler flap. %
The datasho wnintheimag esisexam ple
dat a. If
on eor mor etir esiz es prece deatir epr essur e,
th efo llo wing tirepr essur einf ormatio nis onl y
va lid forth ose tiresizes andtheir respectiv e
load condition.
The load conditions "partially laden" and"fully
laden" aredef ined intheta ble fordif fere nt num ‐
be rs of passeng ersand amounts oflugg age. The
actual number ofseats maydif ferfr om this. Wheels
andtires 359

Be
sureto also payatt ent ion tothefo llo wing
re lat ed topic:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page35 7) Loading
theve hicl e No
teson Tire and Loading Information plac‐
ar d &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from overloa‐
ded tires
Ov erloaded tires ma yove rheat and burstas a
con sequenc e.Ov erloaded tires can also
im pair thesteer ing and handling charact eris‐
tic sand lead tobrak efa ilur e. #
Obser vetheload-bear ingcapacity of
th etir es. #
The load-bear ingcapacity mustbe at
leas thalf thegr oss axle weight rating of
th eve hicle. #
Neverove rload thetir es by exc eeding
th emaximum load. The
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dis on
th eB-pillar onthedr iver's side oftheve hicle. 1
Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d %
The datasho wnintheillus tration isexam ple
dat a.
The Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dsho ws:
R Maximum numberofseats 2accor dingto
th emaximum numberofpeople permitt edto
tr ave lin theve hicle.
R Maximum permissible load3com prises the
gr os swe ight ofall vehicle occupants, load
and luggage. Wheels
andtires 363

th
ese areins talled ontheve hicle, butdoes not
include passeng ersor lugg age.
Maximum tireload: themaximum tireload is
th emaximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forwhi chatir eis appr oved.
Maxim umpermissible tirepr essur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirepr essur efo rone tire.
Maximum loadonone tire: maximu mloa don
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing themaxi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar ein ch ):standar dunit of
meas uremen tfo rtir epr essu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee ntire height and tire
wi dthin pe rcent .
Ti re pres sur e:press ureinsi dethetir eappl ying
an outw ardfo rc eto eve rysquar einc hof thetir e.
The tirepr essur eis specif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h(psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirepr essur eshould onlybe cor rected whe n
th etir es arecold.
Cold tirepr essur e:thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat lea st3hou rs wit
hout direct sunli ghtonthetir es ortheve hicle
has been driven forless than 1mile (1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thepar tof thetir eth at
com esintocon tact with thero ad.
Ti re bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel
ri m. Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead
to preve ntthetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim.
Side wall:thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
We ight ofoptiona leq uipm ent:th ecombin ed
we ight oftheop tion aleq uipment weighin gmor e
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3kg ).This optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebr ak es, leve lcon trol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form anc ebat teries,
is no tincluded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccessor ies.
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r):auni que
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan beused bya
tir ema nuf actu rerto ident ifytires, forex am ple,
in apr oduc tre cal l,and thus iden tifyth epur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthemanuf actur‐ er's
identit ycode, tiresize, tiretype code and
th emanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:theload-bear inginde xis a
code that con tains themaximum load-bearing
capacity ofatir e.
Tr actio n:traction isthegr ip resulting from fric‐
tion between thetir es and thero ad sur face.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tr ead wearbar s)
th at aredis tribut edove rth etir econ tact surface.
If th etir etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe ar
limit of1/ 16 in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoc cupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants over designat edseat posi‐
tion sin ave hicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggageload plus150lb (68 kg)
multip liedby thenumber ofseats intheve hicle. 37
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Wheels andtires

Au
tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .......179
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 45,47
Fu nctio nof theaut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff......... ..... 45
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p.....4 7
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic measures afte ran acciden t... 51
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............157
Au tomatic seat adjus tment
Se tting ........... ................................. .....107
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r...... .................. ...185
Dr ive pr ogr am disp lay ............ ..............184
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ........................ 182
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.................... 182
Eng aging drive po sitio n............ ............ 187
Eng aging neu tral ............ ...................... 186
Eng aging park position ........................ 186 Eng
aging reve rsege ar .................... .....1 86
Kic kdo wn ....... ......................................188
Manual gearshif ting.............................1 87
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters ............ 187
Tr ans miss ionposit iondispla y........ ...... 185
Tr ans miss ionposit ions........................ 185
Axle load
To wing atrailer .............................. ...... 406 B
Ba ck seat
see Thirdrow ofseats
Bag hook ................................................... 131
Baidu CarLife
see Smar tphoneintegr ation®
Ball neck
Ins talling .............................................. 271
BA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) .....................2 03
Batt ery
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 69
Batt ery
see Battery(v ehi cle) Batt
ery(v ehi cle) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 348
Ch argi ng<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 347
Ch argi ng(Remo teOnline) .................... 170
No tes .................................................. 343
No tes(s ta rting assis tance and
ch argin g) .............................................3 45
Re placing ............................................ 348
St artin gassis tance <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ......347
Bel t
see Seatbe lt
Bli nd
see Roller sunblin d
Blind SpotAssis t.....................................2 64
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............267
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 264
Sy stem limit ations ...............................2 64
Blo wer
see Clima tecontr ol
Br ak eAs sis tSy stem
see BAS(Br akeAssi stSystem)
Br ak efluid
No tes .................................................. 398 Inde
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Loc
king/u nlocking
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating theaut o‐
matic locking featur e.............................7 2
Emerg encykey ...................................... 73
KEYLESS- GO................................... .......71
Opening theta ilg ate .............................. 75
Un loc kin gand open ingdoor sfrom
th einside ..............................................7 0
LO WRAN GE
Shif ting .......................................... ...... 190
Lo w-beam headla mps
Swi tching on/of f<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 143
Lo we ring theve hicl e
Re ar oftheve hicle .............................. 235
Lu bricant additives
see Additiv es
Lu ggage
Sec uring ................ ...............................1 19
Lu mbar support
se eLu mbar support(4-w ay)
Lu mbar support(4 -w ay)...........................9 8 M
MA GIC VISIONCONTR OL
Wi ndsh ield wipe rs <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 153
Maint enanc e
Ve hicle ............................................. ...... 24
Maint enanc e
see ASSYSTPL US
Malfunct ion
Re stra int system .............................. ...... 37
Malfunc tionmessag e
see Displa ymessa ge
Map ........................................................... 297
Displa yingonline mapcontents .......... 298
Displa yingweather informat ion ...........2 98
Mo ving ................................................. 297
Selecti ngthemap orient ation .............2 97
Se tting themap scale ..................... ..... 297
Switc hingfree wa yin fo rm atio n
on /of f.................................................2 97
Massag epr og ram
Ov ervie w .......................................... ... 108
Re settin gth ese ttings .......................... 109 Massag
epr og rams
Sel ecti ngthefront seats ..................... 109
Massag ese ttings
Re settin g............................................. 109
Maximum loadratin g<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ......369
Maxi mum permis sibl elo ad
Ca lcu latio nex am ple ............................ 365
De term inin g........................................ 364
Max imumtirepr essur e.......................... 369
MB UX Interior Assis tant
Swit ching there adin glight forth e
dr iver and front passeng eron/ off
con tact-fr ee<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> .............286
Swi tching thesear chlight forth e
dr iver on/ off.......................................2 86
MBUX Interior Ass istan t(multime dia
sy stem) .................................................... 285
Ov ervie w .............................................2 85
MBUX multimedia system ...................... 281
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating standb y
mode ...................................................2 01
Con figur ing drive pr ogr am I... .............. 184
No tes ................................................... 281 492
Index

R
Ra dar and ultrasonic senso rs
Dam age ............ ................................... 201
Ra dio
Ov ervie wof thefunc tionsand sym‐
bols ...................................................... 315
Ra in-closing featur e
Slid ingsunr oof ......................................88
Ra ising theve hicl e
Re ar oftheve hicle .............................. 235
Re ading light
Switc hingon/of fwit hhand move‐
ments .................................................. 286
Re ading light
see Interior lighting
Re alwo od (Car e).....................................3 34
Re ar climat eco ntr ol
Se tting (MBUX multimedi asy stem) ...... 161
Re ar door s(c hild safetyloc k) .................. 64
Re ar foglam p
Switc hingon/off............................ .....1 44 Re
ar oftheve hicl e
Lo we ring <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011>235
Ra ising ................................................ 235
Re ar passe nger comp artment seat
Seats ................................................. .... 98
Re ar seat
see Seat
see Third rowofseats
Re ar vie wcamer a....... .............................249
Ca re <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 332
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>249
Opening thecamer aco ver(360°
Ca mer a)..... ........................................ .2 55
Re ar windo w
Cha nging thewiper blade ............... ..... 154
Re ar windo wheat er....... ......................... 159
Re ar windo wwi per s
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............150
Re fle ctive sa fety vest <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 336
Re frig er ant (air conditioni ngsystem)
No tes .................................................. 400
Re frig er ator box
Using ...................................................1 37 Re
fueli ng
Re fuel ingtheve hicle ............................1 91
Re mo teOnline
Char ging thest ar terbatt ery ..... ...........1 70
Coo ling orhea ting theve hicle inte‐
ri or .......................................................1 70
St artin gth eve hicle .............................. 171
Re por ting safetydef ects .......................... 30
Re scue card............................................... 31
Re ser ve
Fu el ..................................................... 396
Re sidual heat...........................................1 62
Re ar oper atingunit .............................. 163
Re stra int system .......................................3 6
Basi cins tructi ons forch ildr en ...............5 1
Fu nctio nin an acci dent <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> .37
Fu nctio nality <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>36
Ma lfunctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011>37
Pr otect ion ..............................................3 6
Re duced protect ion ...............................3 6
Sel f-tes t<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 36
Wa rning lam p........................................ 36 In
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Re
versege ar
Inser ting.......................................... .... 186
Rims (Care) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>332
RO AD SUR FACE SCAN
Mult ifunction cam era ...................... .... 239
RO AD SUR FACE SCAN
see Camera
Ro adside Assistan ce(breakdo wn)...........24
Ro llaw ay protection
see HOL Dfun ction
Ro ller sunblind .......................................... 89
Pa nor amaro of wit hpo we rtilt/sli d‐
ing panel ..................... ...........................84
Sid ewi ndo ws(elect ric) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 89
Ro llovercr ash ............ ................................29
Ro ofload .................................................. 403
Ro ofload display
In fo rm atio n.......... .......................... ...... 183
Ro oflugg agera ck
Loadi ng.................... ......................... ... 133
Secu ring <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>133 Ro
ute ...... ..................................................296
Ca lcul ating .......................................... 296
Selecting options ................................296
Ro uteguidanc ewith augment edreal‐
ity
Activati ng ........... ................................. 296
Dis play ing stre et nam esand house
num bers <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 296
Ro ute-base dspee dadap tation
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>221
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011>222
Ru n-f lat charact eristics
MOExt ended tires ....... .........................338
Ru nning boards.......................................... 74
Car e................................................ .... 332
Ex tendi ng/r etra cting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> .75
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011>74 S
Saf etysy stems
see Drivin gsaf etysy stem
Sat ellit era dio
Logg ingin<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> ...........319
Se tting musicand sportaler ts........ .....3 19 Sear
chlight
Swit ching on/ offwit hhand move‐
ments .................................................. 286
Seat ..................................................... 94,12 4
4-w aylumbar support...........................9 8
Ad jus ting (electr ica lly)............ ...............94
Ad jus ting are cli ning rear seat ...............9 8
Ad jus ting thefront passeng erseat
fr om there ar passe nger com part‐
men t...................................................... 97
Au tomatic seatadjustment .................. 107
Con figur ing these ttings ......................1 07
Cor rect driver's seatpos ition ................ 94
Fo lding backth ebac kres ton the
th ird row ofseats ................................. 127
Fo lding thebac kres t(r ear passeng er
com partmen t)bac k..................... 100,125
Fo lding thebac kres t(r ear passeng er
com partmen t)forw ards togetin
(t hi rd row ofseats) .............................. 100
Fo lding thebac kres t(r ear) forw ards .... 124
Fo lding thebac kres ton theth ird row
of seats forw ards .................................1 26
Mass agepr ogr am overview .................1 08 498
Index

Mec
hanically unlockingthebac kres t
(r ear passeng ercom partmen t)............ 100
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion ........... 115
Pa nel hea ting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ..............111
Re ar (seat comfort) ...............................9 8
Re settin gth ese ttings .......................... 109
Se tting options <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 14
Se tting thefully recli ned position .......... 99
Wo rkout progr am overview .................. 108
Seat see Front passeng erseat
Seat (rear passeng ercom partment ).......1 6
Se tting options <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 16
Seat belt............ ......................................... 38
Pr otect ion ....................................... .......3 8
Seat beltadjustment
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ..............41
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 41
Seat beltwarning
see Seat belts
Seat belts ...................................................4 1
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating seat belt
ad jus tment ............................................ 41
Ad jus ting theheight ...............................4 1 Car
e................................................ .... 334
Fa stening ............................................... 41
Re duced protect ion ...............................3 9
Re leasing ...............................................4 1
Sea tbel tad jus tment (function) ............. 41
Wa rning lam p.................................. .......4 1
Seat cover(C are) ............ ............. ............ 334
Se at hea ting
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............109
Seat ventilat ion
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... .............111
Seats Rear passe nger com partment
(adj ustin gelec tricall y)...........................9 8
Selec tingage ar
see Changing gears
Select orleve r
see DIRECT SELECTleve r
Self-t est
Au tomatic front pass engerfront air‐
bag shut off..... ....................................... 47
Sensor s(Car e)......................................... 332 Ser
vice center
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Ser vice interva ldisp lay
see ASSYST PLUS
Se tting aspeed
see Cruise control
Se tting thema pscale
see Map
Shif tpa dd les
see Steer ing wheel paddle shifters
Shif ting gears
Gea rshif tre comme ndation <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 188
Side airbag .................................................4 2
Side impact protection ............................ 247
Side windo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 81
Child safetyloc kin there ar
passe nger com partment .......................6 5
Closin g.................................................. 81
Closin gusin gth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 83
Co nvenienc eclosing featur e.................8 3
Con venie nce openi ng <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ....83
Ope ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011>.81
Opening withth eSmar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 83 Inde
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