2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA Engine info

R
Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofcrushing orentr apment
due tounint entional star ting oftheengine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint ention allydur ing service
or maint enance work. #
Alwayssecur eth eengine against unin-
te ntiona lst ar ting beforeca rryin gout
main tenanc eor repair work. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti-theT alarmsystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
o..
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked. R
The windo wsand slidingsunr oofareclosed . #
Startth eve hicle usingth esmar tphone.
ATer everyengine star t,theengine runs for
te nminut es.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsecutiv e
st ar ting attem pts. Youmust star tth eengine with
th eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar tth eve hicle
ag ain withth esmar tphone.
Yo ucan switc ho. theve hicle atanytime asfol-
lo ws :
R Viath esmar tphone app
R Bypressing theÜ orß buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
% Further informatio ncan befound inthe
smar tphon eapp.
Se cur Se
cur ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ag ehicle
agains ains
tst t
st ar ar
tin gbef tin
gbef or or
ecar ry- e
car ry-
ing out maint ing
out maint enance orr enance
orrepair w epair
wor or
k: k:
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Switc hon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. BrBr
eaking-in not eaking-in
notes es
To
preser vetheengine during the/r st
1,000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drive at varying road speeds andengine
speeds .
R Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 85 mph
(140 km/h ).
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr og ram A
or ;.
R ShiT tothene xt highest gear attheve ry latest
when theneedle reac hes thelast third bef ore
th ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R DonotshiT down manuall yin order tobrak e.
R Avoid overstraining theve hicle, e.g.dr ivi ng at
fu llth ro ttle.
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: Donot
depr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond the
pr essur epoint (kickdo wn). Dr
iving andparking
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Engi neoilleve l:/ll engine oiltothemaximum
le ve lto ensur efull gradeabi lity(/ page274)
R Tire -cha ngeto ol kit and sparewheel
R Tire sand wheels
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Re ad this section beforedr iving your vehicle o.-
ro ad. Practice bydriving overmor ege ntle o.-road
te rrain /rst.
R Obser vetheno teson thecr oss-countr yABS
(/ page170).
R Ifnecessar y,select theF (/page151)
dr ive pr og ram bef oredr ivin go.-r oad.
R Alwayske ep theengine running andingear
when drivi ng on downhil lgr adien tsand
emban kments.Obser vetheno teson drivi ng in
moun tainous terrain.
R Donotdr ive on unkn ownte rrain that isno t
easil yvisi ble and stay on mar kedro utes.
R Alwayske ep thedoor sand windo wsclosed
while theve hicle isin mo tion .
R Deact ivat eAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
and cruise control. R
Adaptyo ur driving styleto thete rrain.
R Donotuse theHOLD function onsteep down-
hill oruphill gradien tswit hslipp eryor loose
sur faces.
Dr Dr
iving on sand ivi
ng on sand
When drivi ng on sand, alsoobser vethefo llo wing
inst ruction s:
R Select theF drive pr og ram.
R ShiT toalowe rge ar.
R Drive qu ickl yto ove rcome thero lling resis t-
ance; theve hicle mayot her wise digitselfin.
R Drive in thetrac ks ofother vehicles ifpossi-
ble. Makesur eth at thefo llo wing prereq uisit es
ar eme t:
- The tireru ts areno tto odeep
- The sand is/rm enough
- The ground clearance issu1cient
F F
or or
ding ding
Also obser vethefo llo wing information whenford -
ing:
R Drive no faster than 6mp h(1 0km /h). R
Thewa ter,when calm, mayonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Switcho. automati cclimat econt rol
( / pag e135).
R Ensur eth at abo wwa ve does notfo rm asyou
dr ive.
R Donotst op inthewa terand donotswitc ho.
th eengine. Ensureth eEC Ostar t/s topfun c-
tion isswitc hedo.(/ page149).
Dr Dr
iving inmount iving
inmount ainous t ainous
ter r er
rain ain
Also obser vethefo llo wing information whendriv-
ing inmount ainous terrain:
R Obser vetheva lues oftheappr oach/depar -
tur eangle andofthemaximum gradien t
(/ page349) .
R Avoid high engin espeeds.
R Use thebr aking powe rof theengine when
dr iving downhill.
R ShiT toalowe rge ar on uphil lgr adien tsand on
lon g,steep downhil lgr adien ts.
R ActivateDSR beforedr iving downhi ll,ifneces -
sar y(/ page184) . Dr
iving andparking
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Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTbu tton 2.
Th eDY NAMI CSEL ECTme nu appe arsin the
inst rument displa y. #
Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTbu tton 2 again.
Th ech osen drive pr og ram appear s. Con/g
ur Con/g
uring ing
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MIC SELEC T(multimedia sy AMIC
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Mult
imedia system:
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Settings 5
Vehi cle
5 DYNAMIC SELECT
Se Se
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pr og r og
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Sele ctIndivi dualConfi guration. #
Sele ctand seta cat egor y.
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ion disp lay on or y
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Activateor dea ctivateRequest atStart.
F F
unctio non: unctio
non: thene xt time theve hicle isstar teda
pr om ptappear sasking whether thelast activ e
dr ive pr og ram should berestor ed .If th eEC O
st ar t/s topfun ction wasdeacti vated, an additional
pr om ptappear sasking ifth efunction should
re main deactiv ated.
% The prom ptappear sonl yif th epr ev iousl y
activ ese ttings deviat efrom thestandar dse t-
tings.
F F
unction unction
o.: o.:
thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
th eA drive pr og ram isse taut omaticall y.The EC
Ostar t/st opfuncti onisac tivated aut oma ti-
ca lly.
% This functi onmust beactivated foreac huser
pr o/le separ ately. Onl ywhen this function is
activ ated will thedr ive pr og ram and ECO
st ar t/s topse ttin gfo rth epr ev ious journeybe
sa vedfo rth ere specti veuser pro/le. DisplaDispla
yingv ying
vehicle data ehicle
data Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displ ayed. DisplaDispla
yingengin edat a ying
engin edat a Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Engine.
The engin edat ais displa yed. 152152
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The actua l(m aximu m)values that can beach-
ie ve dfo rengine outputandengine torq ue
ma yde viat efrom thecer ti/ed values within
th ecount ry-sp eci/c guidelin es forper missible
to ler ances (basis:UN-ECE No.85orcount ry-
speci/c guideli nes).
In0uencing variables that can in0uence this
ar e, forex am ple:
R Sealeve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outsi detemp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a-
tion. Thevalues forengine outputandengine
to rq ue sho wnonthemedia displayma yde vi-
at efrom theactual values. Calling
upt Calling
upthe fuel consum p he
fuel consum ption indicat tion
indicat or or
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Consumption.
The current and averag efuel consum ption is
displa yed. AA
ut ut
omatic tr omatic
transmission ansmission
DIRECT
SELECT lev DIRECT
SELECT lever er
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe DIRECT SELECT lev he
DIRECT SELECT lever er
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct gearshiTing
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyoueng ageth etransmission posi-
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo ueng ageth etransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat ast and-
st ill, alw aysdepr essthebr ak epedal
/r ml yand donotacceler ateat thesame
time. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur ydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Dr
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The electric par king brak eis onl ysec urely
app lied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can-
ada) indicat orlam pis lit continu ously.
R R
eleasing eleasing
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Switc hon theve hicle. #
Pullhandl e1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam pin theinst rument clustergoes out.
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking
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Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdrivi ng ,th ePlea se
Rel ease Parking Brakemessag eis displa yed
and there d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada)
indicat orlam p0ash es.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toast and-
st ill, theelectr icpar king brak eis applied. The
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicator
lam plights upintheinst rument cluster. InfInf
or or
mation oncollision det mation
oncollision detection onapar k ection
onapar ked ed
v v
ehicle ehicle
If
acollision isde tected when theto w- awa yalar m
is armed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill receiv ea
no ti/cation inthemultimedia system when you
switc hth eve hicle on.
Yo uwill receiv einf ormation aboutthefo llo wing
points:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situation canlead toinadv ertent
ac tivatio n:
R The parkedve hicle ismo ved, forex am ple, ina
tw o-s tory garage .
% Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar minorder to
pr ev ent inadv ertent activatio n.Ifyo udeacti-
va te theto w- awa yalar m,coll isionde tection
will also bedeactiv ated.
% Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc harged, thefunc-
tion forde tectin gacollisi onon apar kedve hi- cle
isaut omati callydeact ivat ed tofacilit ate
th ene xt engine star t.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, for
ex am ple, ifan out side mirroris torn o. orthe
paint isdamag edbyake y
R Animpac tocc ursat low spe ed
R The electric par king brak eis no tapp lied NNo o
t t
es on par es
on par king t king
the v he
vehi cle f ehi
cle for an e or
an ext xt
ende d ende
d
per per
iod iod
If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysu.er damag eth ro ugh disuse.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam-
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit haut h
aut omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion: ansmi
ssion:Do notdis-
conn ectthe12 Vbatt eryev en ifth eve hicle isleT
idle fora lengt hyper iod.
% Further informatio ncan beobt aine dat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 166166
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service int vice
interv er
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dis pla y FF
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ASSYST PL T
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service int vice
interv er
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pla y pla
y The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yon the
inst rument displa yinf orms youof thetime ordis-
ta nce remainin gbef oreth ene xt ser vice duedate.
Yo ucan hide this ser vice displa yusing theG
bac kbutt onontheleT-h andside ofthesteer ing
wheel.
Depending onhowtheve hicle isused, the
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla yma yshor ten
th eser vice interva l,e.g. inthefo llo wing cases :
R Mainl yshor t-dist ance driving
R When theengine isoTen leTidling forlong
per iods
R Intheev ent offreq uent coldstar tphases
Mer cedes-Benz recommen dsavo iding suchoper -
ating conditions.
Yo ucan obtain information concerningtheser vic-
ing ofyour vehicle from aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop, e.g.an aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen -
te r. DisplaDispla
yingt ying
the ser he
ser vice duedate vice
duedate On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Service 5
ASSYST PLUS
The next ser vice duedateis displa yed. #
T T
o e o
exit t xit
the displa y he
displa y: :
pr ess theG backbut-
to non theleT-h andside ofthesteer ing wheel.
Bear inmind thefo llo wing relat ed topic:
R Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter
(/ page221). InfInf
or or
mation onr mation
onregular maint egular
maintenance w enance
wor k or
k *
N NO O
TE TE
Prematur ewe arthro ugh failur eto
obser veser vice duedates Main
tenanc ewo rkwhic his no tcar ried out at
th eright time orinco mplete ly can lead to
incr eased wearand damag eto theve hicle. #
Adher eto thepr escr ibed service inter-
va ls. #
Alwaysha ve thepr escr ibed maint enance
wo rkcar ried out ataqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop. NNo o
t t
es on special ser es
on special service r vice
req eq
uir uir
emen ts emen
ts The
prescr ibed service interva lis based onnor -
mal oper ation oftheve hicle. Have themaint e-
nance workcar ried out mor eoTen than prescr i-
bed ifoper atingcond itions aredi1cu ltor the
ve hicle issubj ecttoincr eased stress.
The ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yis onl y
an aid. Thedriver oftheve hicle bearsre sponsi bil-
ity asrega rdsto whe ther maint enance work
need sto be per form ed mor eoTen than speci/ed
based ontheactual operating conditions and/or
loads.
Ex am ples ofarduous operating conditions:
R Regula rcity driving withfreq uent intermedi ate
st ops
R Mainl ysh ort-dist ance driving
R Freq uent operation inmount ainous terrain or
on poor road sur faces Main
tenanc eand care
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When theengine isoTen leTidling forlong
per iods
R Oper ation inpar ticular lydust ycondition s
and/or ifair -recir culation modeisfreq uentl y
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions, have the
int erior air/lter,air /lter,engine oiland oil/lter,
fo rex am ple, chang edmor efreq uen tly. The tires
must becheckedmor efreq uentl yif th eve hicle is
oper ated und erincr eased loads. Further informa-
tion canbeobt aine dat aqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. Bat
t Bat
ter er
ydiscon nectionper y
discon nectionperiods iods
The
ASSYST PLUS service interva ldispla ycan cal-
culat eth eser vice duedateonl ywhen thebatt ery
is connect ed. #
Displa yand note down theser vice duedate
on theinst rument displa ybef oredisconne ct-
ing thebatt ery(/ page271). Engine
com Engine
compar par
tment tment
Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the hood he
hood &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetodriving
wit hth ehood unlocked
The hood mayope nand blockyour vie w. #
Neverre lease thehood when driving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at thehood is
loc ked. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjury
when openingand closin gth ehood
The hood maysuddenl ydr op intoth eend
position.
Ther eis arisk ofinjuryfo ran yone inthe
hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Donotopen orclose thehood ifth er eis
a per son inthehood's rang eof mo ve-
ment. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nswhen openin gth e
hood
If yo uopen thehood intheev ent ofan ove r-
heat edeng ineor/rein theengine compart-
ment, thefo llo wing situations mayoccur :
R Youma ycome intocont actwithho tga ses.
R Youma ycome intocont actwithot her
escapin gho toper ating0uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheev ent ofa/r ein theengine com-
par tment, keep thehood closed andcall
th e/r eser vice. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tomo ving
par ts
Com ponen tsintheengine compartment may
continue torunor star tune xpectedl yev en
when thedr ive sy stem isswitc hedo..
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust open the
hood: 272272
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tenanc eand care

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Continue turning cap1count er-cloc kwise
and remo veit.
The coolant leve lis cor rect inthefo llo wing cases :
R Ifth eengine iscold, thecoolant isup to
mar kerbar 2.
R Ifth eengine iswa rm,th ecoolant isup to
0.6 in(1.5 cm)overth emar kerbar 2. #
Ifnecessar y,add coolan tth at has been
appr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
% Further informatio non coolan t(/ page346) RR
e/lli ng e/lli
ngt t
he wind shield w he
wind shield washer syst asher
system em
&
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotcom po-
nen tpar tsintheengine compartment
Cer tain com ponent partsintheengine com-
par tment canbevery hot,e.g .th eengine, the
cooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hcom ponent partsdescr ibedinthe
fo llo wing. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk of/reand injur yfrom
windshield washer conce ntrate
Wi ndsh ieldwasher conce ntrate ishighl y0am-
mable. Itcould igniteif it comes intocont act
wit hho tengine component partsor the
ex haus tsy stem. #
Mak esur eth at no wind shield washer
conce ntrate spill sout next to the/ller
opening. #
Remo vecap 1bytheta b. #
Addwa sher 0uid.
% Further informatio nabout thewindshield
wa sher 0uid(/page347) Main
tenanc eand care
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