2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV airbag

Fr
ont airbag (driver, front passenger)........ 48
Installation locations................................ 48
Knee airbag............................................. 48
Overview.................................................. 48
PA SSENGER AIR BAG indicator la mps...... 53
Pr otection................................................ 49
Re duced pr otection.................................. 50
Side airbag.............................................. 48
Wi ndow airbag......................................... 48
Air0 ow
Air0ow
Setting................................................... 178
AIRMA AIRMA TIC
TIC
Setting................................................... 269
Suspension............................................ 267
Alar
Alar m syst m syst em
em
see ATA (anti-theT alarm system)
All-wheel dr
All-wheel dr ive
ive
see 4M ATIC
Ambient lighting
Ambient lighting Setting (MBUX multimedia system)........ .167
Andr
Andr oid A
oid A uto
uto
see Smartphone integ ration
Animals
Animals Pets in theve hicle.................................... 80 Anti-loc
Anti-loc k br
k braking syst
aking syst em
em
see ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
Anti-skid c
Anti-skid c hains
hains
see Sn owchains
Anti-t
Anti-theT heTprot
pr otection
ection
Ad ditional door loc k................................. 84
Immobiliser............................................ 105
Anti-t
Anti-theT heTprot
pr otection
ection
see ATA (anti-theT alarm system)
Anticipat
Anticipat or
ory occupant pr ot
y occupant pr otection
ection
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipatory occu-
pant pr otection)
see PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
Apple CarPlay
Apple CarPlay ®
®
see Smartphone integ ration
Assist
Assist ance syst
ance syst ems
ems
see Driving saf ety sy stem
ASS YS
ASS YST PL
T PL US
US
Battery disconnection period s................ 365
Displaying the service due dat e.............. 364
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 364
Re gular maintenance work..................... 364 Special service
requ irements................. 364
A
A T
TA
A (anti-t
(anti-theT heTalar
alarm syst
m syst em)
em)
Deactivating the alarm........................... 106
Fu nction................................................ 105
Interior pr otection function.....................1 07
Priming/deactivating interior pr otec-
tion........................................................ 107
Priming/deactivating tow- awa y pro-
te ction................................................... 107
To w- awa y protection function................. 106
A
A TTENTION ASSIST TTENTION ASSIST
Function................................................ 237
Setting.................................................. .238
System limitations.................................. 237
A
A tt
tt ention assist
ention assist ant
ant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
A
A ut
ut hor
hor ised w
ised w ork
orkshop
shop
see Quali/ed specialist workshop
A
A ut
ut omatic car w
omatic car w ash mode
ash mode
Ac tivating............................................... 373
A
A ut
ut omatic co-dr
omatic co-dr iv
iver airbag
er airbag shut
shuto.
o.
Fu nction of co-driver airbag shuto........... 51
A
A ut
ut omatic dist
omatic dist ance contr
ance control
ol
see Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC Index
521
521

A
A
ut
ut omatic dr
omatic dr iving lights
iving lights................................ 161
A
A ut
ut omatic engine st
omatic engine st art
art
see ECO start/s top function
A
A ut
ut omatic engine st
omatic engine st op
op
see ECO start/s top function
A
A ut
ut omatic fr
omatic fr ont passeng
ont passeng er airbag
er airbagshut
shuto.
o.
PA SSENGER AIR BAG indicator la mps...... 53
A
A ut
ut omatic measur
omatic measur es
esaTer
aTer an accident
an accident ............ 57
A
A ut
ut omatic mirr
omatic mirr or f
or folding function
olding function
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 176
A
A ut
ut omatic seat adjus
omatic seat adjustment tment
Setting................................................... 123
A
A ut
ut omatic tr
omatic tr ansmission
ansmission
DIRECT SELECT le ver............................. 209
Drive prog rams...................................... 205
DY NAMIC SELECT switch....................... 205
Engaging drive position.......................... 211
Engaging reve rsege ar............................ 210
Kickdown............................................... 212
Manual gear changing........................... .211
Selecting park position........................... 210
St eering wheel gearshiT paddles............ 211
Tr ansmission position displ ay................. 209
Tr ansmission position s........................... 209 Axle load Axle load
Perm issible............................................ 423
Tr ailer operatio n.................................... .441 B
B
Bag hook
Bag hook..................................................... 148
Ball neck
Ball neck Extending/r etra cting............................. .299
Extending/r etra cting (MBUX multime-
dia system)............................................ 301
B
B AS (Br
AS (Br ak
ake Assis
e Assis t Syst
t System)
em)........................... 231
Batt
Batt er
ery (ke
y (ke y)
y)
Re placing................................................. 83
Batt
Batt er
ery (v
y (v ehicle)
ehicle)
Charging (Remo teOnline)..................... .192
No tes..................................................... 387
No tes (starting assis tance and charg-
ing)........................................................ 389
Belt
Belt see Seat belt
Bicy
Bicy cle r
cle r ack
ack
Load capacit y........................................ 440
Tr ailer operatio n.................................... .304 Blind Spo
Blind Spo t Assist
t Assist
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 264
Fu nction................................................ 261
System limi tations.................................. 261
Blow
Blow er
er
see Clima tecont rol
BlueTEC BlueTEC see AdBlue ®
Bonnet Bonnet Opening/closing.................................... 365
Boo
Boo t lid
t lid
see Tailgate
Br
Br ak
ak e Assis
e Assist Syst t System
em
see BAS (Brake Assist System)
Br
Br ak
ak e
e0uid
0uid
No tes..................................................... 432
Br
Br ak
ak e f
e f or
orce disce distr tribution
ibution
EBD (Elect ronic Brake forc e Distribu-
tion)....................................................... 235
Br
Br ak
ak es
es
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System).............. 231
Ac tive Brake Assist................................. 253
Ad aptive brake lights.............................. 236 522 522
Index

Char
Char
ging
ging
No tes on wireless chargin g.................... 155
On-boa rdelectrical system battery
(12 V).................................................... 391
USB port................................................ 154
Child safe
Child safe ty lock
ty lock
Re ar door................................................ .78
Re ar side wind ows................................... 80
Child seat
Child seat
Appr oval catego ries.................................62
At tach ing (no tes)..................................... .62
Basic instructions.................................... 57
Fr ont passenger seat (no tes).................... 76
Fr ont passenger seat (without auto-
matic airbag shuto.)............................... .76
ISOFIX/i-Size (/tting).............................. .66
No tes on risks and danger s...................... 58
Re commendations forch ild restraint
systems................................................... 61
Seats suitable for belt-secured child
re straint systems..................................... 72
Seats suitable for i‑Size child restraint
systems................................................... 66
Seats suitable for ISOFIX child
re straint systems..................................... 64 Securing on
the co-driver seat..................77
Securing on there ar seat......................... 74
To pTe ther................................................ 70
Childr
Childr en en
Av oiding dangers in theve hicle............... .58
Basic instructions.................................... 57
Chock
Chock
Storage location..................................... 408
Chock
Chock see Chock
Cleaning
Cleaning see Care
Cleaning
Cleaning 0uid
0uid
see windscreen washer 0uid
Climat
Climat e contr
e contr ol
ol
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 179
Ac tivating/deactivating (rear operat-
ing unit)................................................. 179
Ac tivating/deactivating the A/C func-
tion (control panel)................................. 179
Ac tivating/deactivating the A/C func-
tion (MBUX multimedia system).............. 180
Ac tivating/deactivating the synchro-
nisation function (control panel).............1 81Ac
tivating/deactivating the synchro-
nisation function (MBUX multimedia
system).................................................. 181
Air-recirculation mode (with /ne parti-
cle pre/lter)...........................................1 81
Au tomatic control................................. .180
Au tomatically controlling (rear operat-
ing unit )................................................. 180
Calling up the air conditioning menu....... 179
Demisting the windscreen...................... 178
Demisting windo ws................................ 181
Fr ont air vents........................................ 186
Glo vebox air vent.................................. 188
Information on the windscreen heater.... 183
Inserting/re movingthe 0acon (fra-
gr ance system)...................................... 182
Ionisatio n.............................................. .182
No te...................................................... 178
Re ar air vents......................................... 187
Re ar operating uni t................................ 179
Re sidual heat......................................... 181
Re sidual heat (rear operating unit)......... .181
Setting (MBUX multimedia system)......... 179
Setting the air distribution...................... 178
Setting the air0ow.................................. 178
Setting the frag rance system.................. 182 524 524
Ind
ex

Setting
theve hicle interior temp era-
ture....................................................... 178
St ationary heater/ ventilation................. 183
Switching there ar wind owheater
on/o.................................................... 178
THERM ATIC cont rol panel...................... 178
THERMOTRONIC control panel............... 178
Ve ntilating theve hicle (con venience
opening).................................................. 98
Co-dr
Co-dr iv iver airbag
er airbag shut
shuto.
o.
see Automatic co-driver airbag shuto.
Coat hook
Coat hook ................................................... .148
Coc
Coc kpit
kpit
Overview.................................................... 6
Co.ee
Co.ee cup symbol
cup symbol
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Collapsible spar
Collapsible spar e wheel
e wheel
In0a ting................................................ .418
No tes..................................................... 416
Re moving............................................... 418
Collision det
Collision det ection (park
ection (parked v
ed vehicle)
ehicle)
Information........................................... .228
Combination switch
Combination switch ..................................... 162 Com
Com
ponent-speci/c
ponent-speci/c inf
infor
ormation
mation................... 422
Com
Com put
puter
er
see On-board computer
Conv
Conv enience closing
enience closing...................................... 98
Conv
Conv enience opening
enience opening..................................... 98
Coolant (engine)
Coolant (engine) Levelch eck............................................ 369
No tes..................................................... 432
Cooling
Cooling see Climate control
Cop
Cop yr
yright
ight....................................................... 41
Cor
Cor ner
nering light
ing light............................................. 163
Cov
Cov er
er
see Roller sunblind
Cr
Cr oss
oss tr
tra1c
a1c (w
(war
ar ning)
ning)
see Manoeuvring assistance
Cr
Cr oss
oss Tr
Tra1c
a1c Alert
Alert........................................ 296
Cr
Cr osswind Assist
osswind Assist
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 233
Cr
Cr uise contr
uise contr ol
ol
Ac tivating............................................... 239
Buttons.................................................. 239 Calling up a speed................................. 239
Deactivating........................................... 239
Fu
nction................................................ 238
Re quirements:....................................... 239
Selecting............................................... 239
Setting a speed...................................... 239
St oring a speed...................................... 239
System limitations.................................. 238
Cup holder
Cup holder
Switching the cooling/heating func-
tion on/o.............................................. 150
Cushionbag Cushionbag.................................................... 48 D
D
Dashboa rd
Dashboard
see Cockpit
Dashcam
Dashcam Notes..................................................... 335
Selecting a USB device......................... .336
St arting/stopping a video recording...... .336
Dat
Dat a acq
a acq uisition
uisition
Ve hicle..................................................... 38
Dat
Dat a pr ot
a pr otection r
ection r ights
ights
Data storag e............................................ 41 Index
525
525

Ac
tive Brake Assist Functions limi ted
See Owner's Manual.............................. 491
Ac tive Distance Assist available again ..... 474
Ac tive Distance Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 473
Ac tive Distance Assist inoperative.......... 474
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 480
Ac tive Lane Keeping Assist inoperative... 480
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable due tomultiple emer-
ge ncy stops........................................... 476
Ac tive Steering Assist cur rently
una vailable See Owner's Manual ............ 476
Ac tive Steering Assist inoperative...........4 76
Ac tive Stop-and-Go Assist cur rently
una vailable see Owner's Manual .............477
Ac tive Stop-and-Go Assist inoperative
See Owner's Manual.............................. 477 Ad
aptive Highbeam Assist Plus cur-
re ntly una vailable See Owner's Manual ... 450
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plus inop-
erative.................................................. .450
Anti-theT alarm system Malfunction ....... 460
Apply brake todeselect Park (P) posi-
tion....................................................... .464
Apply brake toselect D or R ...................464
Apply brake toselect R .......................... 464
Au xiliary battery malfunction (red dis-
play message) ....................................... .466
Au xiliary battery malfunction (white
displ aymessage) .................................... 466
Beginning emer gency stop..................... 477
Blind Spot Assist cur rently una vailable
See Owner's Manual.............................. 478
Blind Spot Assist inoperative.................. 479
Blind Spot Assist not available when
to wing a trailer See Owner's Manual ...... 479Cann
otstart engine See Owner's
Manual.......................................... 461, 495
Check brake pads See Owner's Man-
ual......................................................... 470
Cruise control and Limi ter inoperative.... 472
Cruise control inoperative......................4 72
Cruise control o.................................... 472
Device de tected at diagnostics con-
nection See Owner's Manual................. .492
Drive system Malfunction Stop Switch
engine o............................................... 463
Drive system Malfunction Visit work-
shop ...................................................... 463
Fr ont-passenger airbag disabled See
Owner's Manual .................................... .444
Fr ont-passenger airbag enabled See
Owner's Manual .................................... .444
Gearbox pr otection Limit 30 km/h
Switch o. LOW RANGE.......................... 459
Hazard warning lamps malfunctioning .... 450 Index
529 529

F
F
og light (enhanced)
og light (enhanced) .................................... .164
F
F oil cov
oil cov er
ering
ing
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensor s................. 229
F
F olding t
olding t able
able................................................ 138
Fr
Fr agr
agr ance
ance
see Frag rance system
Fr
Fr agr
agr ance syst
ance syst em
em
Inserting/ removing the 0acon................1 82
Setting................................................... 182
Fr
Fr ee dr
ee dr iving mode
iving mode
St arting................................................ .280
Fr
Fr ee
ee soTw
soTw are
are................................................. 41
Fr
Fr eq
eq uencies
uencies
Mobile phone......................................... 421
Tw o-w ayradio........................................ 421
Fr
Fr ont airbag (dr
ont airbag (dr iv
iver
er , fr
, fr ont passeng
ont passeng er)
er).............. 48
Fr
Fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat
Ad justing from the driver's seat.............. 111
Ad justing from there ar.......................... 112
Fr
Fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat
see Seat F
F
uel
uel
Additives................................................ 427
Diesel.................................................... 427
E10........................................................ 426
Fu elreser ve........................................... 429
Low outside temp eratures...................... 427
Pe trol..................................................... 426
Quality (diesel )....................................... 427
Quality (petrol)....................................... 426
Re fuellin g.............................................. .216
Sulphur content..................................... 426
Ta nk content.......................................... 429
F F uel consump
uel consump tion indicat
tion indicator
or
Calling up.............................................. 208
F
F unction seat
unction seat
see Door cont rol panel
F
F unction seat (r
unction seat (r ear)
ear)
see Seat (rear)
F
F uses
uses
Before replacing a fuse.......................... 397
Fu se assignment diag ram. ...................... 397
Fu se box in the engine compartment......3 98
Fu se box in the front passenger foot-
we ll........................................................ 399 Fu
se box in the load compartment......... 399
Fu se box on the dashboar d.................... 399
No tes..................................................... 397 G
G
Gar
Gar ag
age door opener
e door opener
Clea ring the memory.............................. 225
Gar
Gar ag
age door openers
e door openers
Opening/closing the door......................2 25
Prog ramming buttons............................. 223
Re solving problems................................ 225
Syn chronising thero lling code................ 224
Gear
Gear shiT
shiT r
recommendation
ecommendation........................... 212
Genuine par
Genuine par ts
ts................................................ 23
Glide mode
Glide mode.................................................. 212
Glov
Glov e box
e box
Air vent.................................................. 188
Gr
Gr oss mass
oss mass.................................................. 423 H
H
Handbr
Handbr ake
ake
see Electric parking brake
Handling c
Handling c har
haract
acter
eris
istics (unusual)tics (unusual) ................ 400 534
534
Ind
ex

Selecting............................................... 207
Inspection
Inspection see ASS YST PLUS
Ins
Instr trument clust
ument clust er
er
Fu nction/no tes.............................. 308, 309
Ins
Ins tr
trument display
ument display
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 309
Instrument clus ter.................................... 10
Overview of displa ys............................... 312
Wa rning/indicator lamps........................ 504
Ins
Instr trument displa
ument displa y and on-boar
y and on-boar d com-
d com-
put
put er
er
Fu nction/no tes...................................... 308
Int
Int ellig
ellig ent Light Syst
ent Light Syst em
em
Ac tivating/deactivating.......................... 165
Ac tive headlamps................................... 163
Ad aptive Highbeam Assist Plu s............... 165
Cornering light....................................... 163
Fo g light (enhanced).............................. 164
Mo torw ay mode.................................... .164
Overview................................................ 163
Int
Int er
erior lighting
ior lighting
Ad justing............................................... 167
Ambient lighting.................................... .167 Re
ading lamp......................................... 167
Switch-o. delay time.............................. 168
Int
Int er
erior pr ot
ior pr otection
ection
Fu nction................................................ 107
Priming/deactivating............................. 107
Int
Int er
erne
ne t r
t radio
adio
see TuneIn
Ionisation
Ionisation Activating/deactivating (MBUX multi-
media system)....................................... 182
iPhone
iPhone ®
®
see Smartphone integ ration
ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c hild seat anc
hild seat anc hor
hor
Seats suitable for attaching...................... 64
ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c hild seat secur
hild seat secur ing syst
ing syst em
em
Fi tting...................................................... 66 J
J
Jack
Jack Declaration of conformity......................... 34
Storage location.................................... .408
Jum Jum p-st
p-st ar
art connection
t connection
General no tes....................................... .389 K
K
K
K e
ey
y
Ac oustic locking veri/cation signal.......... .82
Battery..................................................... 83
Deacti vating a function............................ 82
Emer gency key......................................... 83
Energy consum ption................................ 82
Fu nction overview.................................... 81
Ke yring attachment................................. 83
Problem................................................... 84
Unlocking setting..................................... 82
KEYLESS-GO
KEYLESS-GO
Deactivating a function............................ 82
Locking/unlocking theve hicle................. 86
Problem................................................... 86
Unlocking setting.................................... .82
Kic Kic kdo kdo wn
wn
Using..................................................... 212
Knee airbag
Knee airbag.................................................... 48 L L
Lamp Lamp see Interior lighting 536
536
Ind
ex

N
N
eutr
eutr al
al
Engaging................................................ 210
N
Noise oise
Wheels and tyres................................... 400
Wheels/tyres......................................... 400 O
O
Occupant safe
Occupant safe ty
ty
see Airbag
see Automatic co-driver airbag shuto.
see Automatic measures aTer an accident
see Child seat
see Pets in theve hicle
see Post-collision brake
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipa tory occu-
pant pr otection)
see PRE-SAFE ®
Impulse Side
see PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant pr otection plus)
see Restraint system
see Seat belt
O. -r
O.-r oad oadAssist
Assist
Setting................................................... 280
O. -r
O.-r oad
oaddr
driving
iving........................................... .198 O.-r
O.-r
oad
oaddr
driving
iving
see O.- road driving
O.-r
O.-r oad
oadESP
ESP®
®
(Electr
(Electr onicSt
onic Stability Pr
ability Pr o-
o-
gr
gr am)
am)
Switching on/o..................................... 234
O.-r
O.-r oad
oad light
light............................................... .164
O.r
O.r oad
oad Score
Score
Displaying.............................................. 208
Oil
Oil see Engine oil
On-boar
On-boar d com
d com put
puter
er
Displaying the service due dat e.............. 364
Head-up display menu............................ 313
Instrument display................................. 312
Menu overview.......................................3 10
Operating.............................................. 310
On-boar
On-boar d diagnos d diagnostics int tics interf
erface
ace
see Diagnostics connection
On-boar On-boar d electr d electrical syst
ical syst em batt
em batter
ery (12 V)
y (12 V)
Charging................................................ 391
Re placing.............................................. .392
St arting assis tance............................... .391 On-boar On-boar
d electr
d electronics
onics
Engine electronics................................. 420
No tes..................................................... 420
Tw o-w ayradios...................................... 420
on-demand f on-demand f eature
eature
Ac tivating................................................. 24
No tes...................................................... .24
Online ser
Online ser vices
vices
Data storag e............................................ 41
Online ser
Online ser vices
vices
see In-Car O1ce
Open-sour
Open-sour ce
cesoTw
soTw are
are.................................... 41
Opening t
Opening t he t
he tailg
ailgat
ate using y
e using y our f
our foot
oot
HANDS-FREE ACCESS............................. 93
Oper
Oper ating
ating 0uids
0uids
Ad Blue ®
................................................ .429
Ad ditives (fuel)....................................... 427
Brake 0uid............................................. 432
Coolant (engine).................................... 432
Engine oil............................................... 430
Fu el (diesel)........................................... 427
Fu el (petrol)........................................... 426
No tes..................................................... 425
windscreen washer 0uid........................ .433 Index
541 541