2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA Owners Manual

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o call up: o
call up:press and brie0y hold oneofprese t
position buttons 0037, TorU.
ATer releasing thebutt on,allsystems are
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GER GER
Riskofpoisoning from exhaus t
ga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth eta il-
ga te isopen when theve hicle isrunning,
esp eciallyif th eve hicle isin mo tion . #
Alwaysswitc ho. theve hicle before
open ingtheta ilg ate. #
Neverdr ive wit hth eta ilg ateopen. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom unsecur ed
it ems intheve hicle
If obj ects, luggage orloads areno tsecur edor
no tsecur edsu1cient ly,th ey could slip,tip
ov er or be thro wn aroun dand ther eb yhit vehi-
cle occupan ts.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobj ects, lug-
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stor ag espaces andmobil e
phone recep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within. Ther
eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orabr uptch ang esin
dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst or eobj ects suchth at they can-
no tbe thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces before
st ar ting ajour ney. #
Stow and secur eobj ects that arehea vy,
har d,poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile ortoo
lar ge inthecar gocom partment. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from objects in
th edr iver's foot we lland front-passeng er
fo ot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we lland front-
pass engerfoot we llma yim pede pedal trav el or
bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. Se
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Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we llor front-passeng erfoot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntclear ance for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
la y multiple 0oormats ontopof one
ano ther. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o.: o.:
Objects trapped underthefront
passeng erseat mayint erfere wit hth efunction of
th eaut omatic front passeng erairbag shuto.or
damag eth esy stem. Please observetheno teson
th efunction oftheaut omatic front passeng erair-
bag shuto.(/ page46). &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk ofaccident orinjur y
when usingthecup holder whiletheve hi-
cle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainers
while theve hicle ismo ving. If
yo uuse acup holder whiletheve hicle is
mo ving,thecont ainer maybe 0un gar ound
and liquids maybe spilled. Thevehicle occu-
pant sma ycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,they could bescalded. You
could bedistract ed from tra1c condi tionsand
yo uma ylose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hicle
is station ary. #
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer sof
th eright size. #
Clos eth econt ainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen the
cup holder isclosed. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto there ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr est can be
damag edbybody weight. #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthere ar
seat armr est. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toan open
car gocom partmen t0oor
If yo udr ive wit hth ecar gocom partment 0oor
open, objects couldbe0un gar ound andhit
ve hicle occupan tsas are sult .Ther eis arisk
of injury, par ticular lyin theev ent ofsudden
br aking orasudden chang ein dir ecti on. #
Alwaysclose thecar gocom partment
0oor beforeajour ney. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NG‑Risk of/reand injur yfrom hot
cig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig arette
light er. 104104
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In
addit ion,0ammable materials mayign ite if:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
objects, forex am ple #
Alwayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom theta ilpipe
and tailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
become very hot.Ifyo ucome intocont act
wit hth ese partsof theve hicle, youcould burn
yo urself. #
Alwaysbe par ticu larlycar efular ound the
ta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and super -
vise childr enespecia lly closel yin this
ar ea. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hing them. The
driving charact eristics ofyour vehicle are
depen denton thedistr ibution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Youshould bearthefo llo wing inmind
when loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(incl udin goccupan ts).The values arespeci/ ed
on theve hicle identi/cation plateon theve hi-
cle's B-pill ar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backrests.
R Alwaysuse thepar titionin gne twhen trans-
por ting objects inthecar gocom partment.
R Alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
distr ibuteth eload evenly. No
teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle.
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page150 ).
% Formor einf ormation onstow agecom part-
men tsand stow agear eas, please referto the
Digit alOper ator's Manual. Seats
andstow ing
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ag ag
espaces int e
spaces inthe v he
vehicle int ehicle
inter er
ior ior
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er er
vie vie
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of the fr he
front stow ont
stow ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tmen ts tmen
ts 1
Stow agespaces inthedoor s
2 Stow agecom partmen tin thear mr est witha
multimedia andUSB connection
3 Stow agecom partmen tin thefront cent er
console withaUSB port
4 Glovebox ThrThr
ough-loading f ough-loading
featur eatur
ein t e
in the r he
rear benc ear
benc hseat h
seat
(EAS Y (EAS
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AC KQui c K
Qui ckf kf
old ) old
) FF
old ing t old
ing the r he
rea rse at bac ea
rse at backr kr
es est
f t
for w or
war ar
ds ds
&
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp edwhen
adju sting theseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro- te
ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th eseat backrests areno teng aged and locked
in place, theloc kve ri/catio nindic ator willbe red.
Alw aysensu rethat all vehicle occupan tshave
th eir seat belts fastene dco rrectl yand aresitting
pr oper ly.Pa rticular attention mustbepaid tochil-
dr en.
If yo uno long errequ ire th efo lded-do wnseat
bac krest asaloading area, fold thebac krest back
int oplace.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The area intowhic hth eseat backrest isfolded
is clear .
R Tofold thecent erseat backrest forw ards: the
cent erseat backres thas been unlocked. 106106
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The armr est onthesecond row of seats isfol-
ded backand thecup holder sar eem pty.
F F
olding t olding
the he
leT leT
and r and
right seat bac ight
seat backr kr
es est
sf ts
for w or
war ar
ds ds
Yo ucan fold thecent erand outerseat backrests
fo rw ards. #
Ifnece ssary,full yins ertth eseat backrest
head restr aints (/ page 96). #
Pull release leve r1. F F
olding t olding
the cent he
cent erseat bac er
seat backr kr
es est
f t
for w or
war ar
ds ds
#
Pull release catch3 forseat backrest 2for-
wa rds. #
Foldthecor respond ingseat backres tfo r-
wa rds. F F
oldin gbac oldin
gbac kt k
the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
es t es
t &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbecomi ngtrapped when
adju sting theseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat back-
re st Th
ese at beltco uld be come trap pe dan dth us
damag edwhen theseat backrest isfolded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttr ap-
ped when folding backth eseat backrest. #
Movethedr iver's orfront passeng erseat for-
wa rds, ifnece ssary. Sea
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Foldthecor respond ingseat backres t1 back
unt ilit eng ages.
LeT LeT
andr and
right seat bac ight
seat backr kr
es es
ts: ts:
ifth eseat back-
re st isno teng aged andlock ed inplace, the
re dloc kve ri/catio nindic ator 2 willbe visi-
ble .
Cen t Cen
ter seat bac er
seat backr kr
es t es
t: :
if th eseat backrest is
no teng aged and lockedin place, there dloc k
ve ri/catio nindic ator 3 willbe visib le. Loc Loc
kingt kin
gthe r he
rele ase catc ele
ase catch of t h
of the cen t he
cen ter r er
rear seat ear
seat
bac bac
kr kr
es t es
t
R R
eq equir ui
reme nts: eme
nts:
R The leTand centerseat backrests are
eng aged and joined toget her .
Yo ucan lockth ecent erseat backrest. Thecent er
seat backrest can then be folded forw ards onl y
to get her withth eleT seat backrest. #
Foldthecent erand leTseat backrests for-
wa rds. #
T T
o loc o
loc kor unl oc k
or unl ock: k:
slide catch1 upw ards or
do wn wards.
A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe ang leof t he
ang leof the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
es es
ts ts
&
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tif th ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. 108108
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Fo
rve hicles withlon gitudin allyadju stable rear
seats, youcan also adjust theangle ofthere ar
seat backres ts. Ther ear ese veralpossible detent
pos itions.
* N NO O
TE TE
Dam ageto there lease loops dueto
th eatt achment ofobjects The
release loops oftheseat backrests inthe
re ar passen gercom partment maybe dam-
ag ed due totheatt achment ofobjects. #
Onlyatt achobjects tothetie-do wneyes. #
Pull theright orleT release loop2forw ards
in thedir ection ofthear ro w.
The correspond ingseat backres t1 will be
unl ocked. #
Moveseat backres t1 tothedesir edangle. #
Letgo ofthere lease loop2. #
Ensur eth at theseat backrest iseng aged. CarCar
gocom go
com par par
tment cov tment
cover er
InstInst
alling andr alling
andremo emo
ving t ving
the car he
car gocom go
com par par
tment tment
co v co
ver er
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
poor lysecur edobj ects
The cargocom partmen tco veralone canno t
secur eor restr ain he avyobj ect s,items oflug -
ga ge orhea vyloads.
Yo ucould behit byan unse curedload, partic-
ular lyin theev ent ofabr uptch ang esindir ec-
tio n,sudde nbr aking oran acciden t. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Secur eobj ects, luggage orloads agains t
slipping ortipping over,e.g. byusing tie
do wns, even ifyo uar eusing thecar go
com partment cover. Re
quirements:
R Donotload thecar gocom partment cover
wit hmor eth an 5.5 lb(2.5 kg). Se
ats and stow ing
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Plea senote that thecar gocom partment
co vermust notbe pushed further upw ards
when theta ilg ateis open. #
T T
o r o
remo v emo
ve: e:
pull hang er3 ontheta ilg ate
upw ards out ofeyele t1 and unhook it. #
Swiv elthecar gocom partment coverdo wn-
wa rdsand pullitev enl yout oftheguide rails on
theright and leTinthedir ection ofarro w
4 . #
T T
o ins t o
ins tall: all:
place thecar gocom partment cover
ont oth eguide rails on theleT and right. #
Slide thecar gocom partment coverfo rw ards
ev enl yin theguide rails on theright and leT
wit hbo th hands untilit eng ages. #
Swivelth ecar gocom partment coverupw ards
and hook hanger3 throu gheyele t2. #
Pull hang er3 down wardsint oey ele t1 until
it eng ages.
% Please ensureth at thecar gocom partment
co veris lying 0at ontheguide rails on the
ri ght and leTwhen theta ilg ateis closed. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the tie-do he
tie-do wney wn
eyes es
Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle
(/ page103). 1
Tie-do wneyes (vehicles withth ro ugh-loading
fe atur ein there ar ben chseat) 110110
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ats and stow ing