2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA air condition

underbody
paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwithho tpar ts
of theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr ivi ng safetyis im pair edwhil econ -
tin uin gyo ur jour ney,pull overand stop
th eve hicle immed iately, while paying
att ent ion toroad and tra1c cond itions,
and cont actaqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. DeclarDeclar
ationofconf ation
ofconf or or
mity f mity
for wir or
wir eless v eless
vehicle ehicle
com com
pone nts pone
nts US
A:"Radio based device sof this vehicle comply
wit hPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Oper ation issub-
ject tothefo llo wing twoconditions: 1)These devi- ces
mayno tcause harmful interfere nce, and2)
Thes ede vice smust accep tan yint erfere nce
re ceiv ed,includin gint erfere nce that ma ycause
und esiredoper ation.Chang esormodi/cations not
ex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsi blefor
com plian cecould void theuser ’saut hor ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment."
Canada: "Thisvehicle contains licen ce-exemp t
tr ansm itter( s)/r ecei ver(s) that com plywit hInn o-
va tion, Science andEconomic Development Can-
ada ’slicence-e xemp tRSS(s). Operation issubjec t
to thefo llo wing twoconditions: (1)These devices
ma yno tcause interfere nce. (2)Thes ede vice s
must accep tan yint erfere nce, including interfer-
ence that ma ycause undesiredoper ationof the
de vices." "Lesémetteur s/r écep teur sdans cette
vé hicule sontconforme aux CNR d’Innovatio n,
Sci ence set Dé veloppement économiqueCanada
applica blesauxappar eilsradio exem ptsde
licen ce.L’ex ploit ation estautorisée auxdeux con-
ditions suivantes:1) Ces appar eilsnedoiv entpas
pr oduir ede brouillag e;2) Ces appar eilsdoiv ent
accep terto ut brouillag era dioélectr ique subi,
même sile brouillag eest suscep tibled’en com-
pr ome ttrele fonctio nneme nt." Dia
gnos Dia
gnostic sconne ction tics
conne ction
The diagnostic sconne ctionis ate ch nica lint er-
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, inthe
cont extof repair andmaint enance workor for
re adin gout vehicle datain aspecial istwo rkshop.
Diag nosticdevice sshould ther efor eonl ybe con-
nect edinaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tocon-
nect ingdevices tothediagnost icscon-
nection
If yo uconnect devices tothediagnost icscon-
nection oftheve hicle, thefunction ofvehicle
sy stems andoper atingsaf etyma ybe
im pair ed. #
Forsaf etyre asons, werecommen dth at
yo uonl yuse and connect products
appr ovedby your aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Center. Gener
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PP
er er
sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni que vehicle
identi/cation number.Depen dingon thecountr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation numbercan beused by,
fo rex am ple, government alaut hor ities todeter-
mine theidentity oftheow ner .Ther ear eot her
possibi lities touse datacollect edfrom theve hicle
to identify theow ner ordriver ,suc has thelicense
plat enumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssed bycont rol
units maybe attr ibut able toaper son or,und er
cer tain conditions, becomeattribut able toaper -
son. Depe nding on whic hve hicle dataar eav aila-
ble, itma ybe possibl eto mak einf erences about,
fo rex am ple, your driving behavior,yo ur location,
yo ur routeor your use patterns.
Leg Leg
alr al
req eq
uir uir
ements r ements
reg eg
ar ar
ding t ding
the disclos ur he
disclos ureof e
of
dat a dat
a
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
indivi dualcases, legallyoblig edtoprov ide govern-
ment alenti ties, upon requ est and totheex tent
re qu ired, datastor ed bythemanuf acturer.Fo r
ex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during theinve sti -
ga tion ofacr imina lo.e nse. Go
vernment alenti ties areth emsel ves, in ind ivid-
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe-
wo rk,aut hor izedto read out datafrom theve hi-
cle. Inthecase ofan accident, information that
can help withan inve sti gation can, ther efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag controlunit, forex am ple.
Oper Oper
ationaldat atio
naldatain t a
in the v he
vehicle ehicle
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hicle,
whic hha ve been processed bycont rolunits.
This includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informatio nsuc has thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral acceler ation,
number ofwheel revo lutions orthefa stene d
se at belts di sp lay
R Ambient cond itio ns ,su ch astemp eratur e,rain
sensor ordist ance sensor
Gener ally,theuse ofthese datais temp orary;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod ofoper -
ation andwillonlybe processed within theve hicle
itse lf. Con trol uni tsoTen containdatamemor ies
fo rve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Theiruse permits
th ete mp oraryor per manent document ationof
te ch nica linf orma tion abouttheve hicle' soper at- ing
stat e, com pone ntloads, maintenanc ere qu ire-
ments andtech nica leve nts orma lfunct ions.
Dep ending ontheve hicle equipmen t,thefo llo w-
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponents, such
as /ll leve ls, tirepr essur eor batt eryst atus
R Malfunctions orfaults inimpor tant system
com pone nts,suchas ligh tsor brak es
R System reactio nsinspecial drivi ng situ atio ns,
suc has airbag deployment ortheint erve ntion
of stabi lity cont rolsy stems
R Information onevents leading tovehicle dam-
ag e
In cer tain cases ,it ma ybe requ ired tostor eda ta
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte mp o-
ra rily .This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amalfu nction, forex am ple.
If yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enance work,st or ed oper ation aldat aas
we llas theve hicle identi/cation numbercan be
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manu factur ersor third par ties, suchas break - 3232
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MBUX
multime diasyst MBUX
multime diasystem/Me r em/Me
rced esme conne ct ced
esme conne ct If
th eve hicle iseq uipp edwithth eMBUX multime-
dia system orMer cedes meconnect, additional
dat aabout theve hicle' soper ation ,th euse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situations, andthelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piledby theMBUX multi-
media system orMer cedes meconnect.
Fo radditional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmultim ediasystem" section and/orth e
Mer cedesme conne ctTerm sand Conditions. EvEv
ent dat ent
datar a
recor ecor
ders der
s USUS
Aonl y A
onl y: :
This vehicle iseq uipp edwithan eve ntdat a
re cor der (EDR). Themain purpose ofan EDR isto
re cor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esitua-
tions, suchas an airbag deployment orhitting a
ro ad obs tacle, datath at will assis tin und erstand-
ing howave hicle' ssy stems perform ed. The EDR
is designed torecor ddat are lat ed tovehicle
dynami csand safetysy stem sfo ra shor tper iod of
time, typicall y30 seconds orless. The
EDR inthis vehicle isdesig nedtorecor dsuc h
dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front passeng er
seat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all) thedr iver wa sdepr essin gth e
acceler ator and/ orbrak epedal and
R Howfast theve hicle wastrav eling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under standing
of thecir cumst ances inwhic haccidents andinju-
ri es occur .NO TE: EDR datais recor ded byyour
ve hicle onlyif anon -trivial cras hsitu atio nocc urs;
no dat ais recor ded bytheEDR under normal driv-
ing conditions andnoper sonal data(e.g. name,
ge nder ,ag eand accid ent locatio n)isrecor ded.
Ho wev er,ot her parties,suc has law enf orcemen t,
could combin eEDR datawit hth etype ofper son-
all yidentif yingdataro utinel yacq uired dur ing a
cr ash inve sti gation.
To read dat are cor ded byan EDR, special equip-
men tis requ ired, and acces sto theve hicle orthe
EDR isneeded .In addition totheve hicle manu -
fa ctur er,ot her partiesth at have thespecial equip- ment,
suchas law enf orcement, canread the
inf ormation byaccessin gth eve hicle ortheEDR.
EDR datama ybe used incivil andcriminal mat-
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructio n,acciden t
claims andvehicle safety. Sinc eth eCr ash Data
Re trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract data
fr om theEDR iscommer ciallyav ailabl e,
Mer cedes- BenzUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormation byunaut horized
Mer cedes-Benz personnel.
MBUS Awill notshar eEDR datawit hot her swit h-
out theconsent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased ,wit hout theconsent oftheles-
see. Excep tions tothis repr esent ation include
re sponse sto subpoe nasbylaw enf orcement ;by
fe der al,stat eor local government ;in connect ion
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lving MBUS Aor
its subsidia ries and a1liat es;or,as requ ired by
la w.
Wa rning: TheEDR isacom ponent oftheRe str aint
Sy stem Module.Ta mp ering with,altering, modify -
ing orremo vingth eEDR component mayre sult in
a malf unct ionoftheRe str aint System Modulean d
ot her systems. Gene
ralno tes
35 35

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof climat w
of climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
systems ems
NNo o
t t
es on climat es
on climat econtr e
contr ol ol
In
order forth eair conditioning system, monit or-
ing ofthepollution leve land air/ltratio nto func -
tio nco rrectl y,an interior air/lter mus talw aysbe
used. Makesur eth at the/lt er isinst alled cor-
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo r3-zone automatic climatecontr ol
1 007C Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 008F Setstheair distr ibution
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page135)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron/o.
7 0072 Switches air-recir culat ionmode on/o.
(/ page136)
8 0056 Switches theA/C function on/o.
(/ page134) Switc
hesresidual heaton/o. (/page136)
9 0 Activates/de activatessync hroni za-
tion (/ page135)
A 007C Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside OperOper
ating t ating
the climat he
climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
system em
SwitcSwitc
hingclimat hing
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
on/ o. on/
o. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: setth eair0o wto leve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
setth eair0o wto leve l0 using
th eH button.
If climat econtr olisswitc hedo.,thewindo ws
ma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchclim ateco ntrol
o. onlybr ie0 y. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the A/C function he
A/C functionon /o. on/o.
using t usi
ng the air he
air
con dition ing con tr con
dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Th
eA/ Cfunc tionhe ats, co olsand dehumidi/e s
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Press the005A/0056 button. 134134
Climat
econtr ol

Swi
tcho. theA/C function onlybr ie0y ;ot her -
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Condensation maydr ip from theunder sideofthe
ve hicle when coolingmode isactiv e.This isno t
ind icati veofamalfunct ion. Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu he
air condition ingmenu Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu usingt he
air condition ingmenu usingthe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
#
Select oneofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe A/Cfun ction viat he
A/Cfun ction viathe he
mult imedia syst mult
imedia system em
Mul
timed iasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
First Rowof Sea ts
The A/Cfun ction heats, coolsanddehumid i/es
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Select A/C. SeSe
tting climat tti
ng climat econt r e
cont rol t ol
to aut o
aut omati cmode omati
cmode In
aut omati cmode, these tte mp eratur eis con-
tr olled andmaint ained ataconst antleve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the0058 button. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to manual mode: o
manual mode:press the008F or
0058 button.
In aut omatic mode,youcan choose between /ve
di.er entairquant ities usin gth eH button.
Au tomatic mode isretained. SeSe
tting t tting
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibution ibution
Multimedia
system:
4 Climate Menu #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page135). #
Select aro w of seats. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibut ion: ibut
ion:select 0061,009C
or 009B. #
Setth eair0o w. %
Severalair distr ibution options canbeselec-
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 clima tecont rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth e/r st seat row. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the sync he
sync hr hroniza
tionfunc tion oni
zation func tionon /o. on/o.
via vi
a
t t
he air con dition ing con tr he
air con dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Cl
im atecon trol can besetcen trall yusi ng thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting sfo rth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rth efront passeng er
side. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat ezon esare
ch ang ed. Clim
atecont rol
135 135

Yo
ushould bearthefo llo wing inmind:
R Donotex ceed theper missible roof load and
to wing capacity .Also obser vethete ch nica l
dat ain thepr int ed Oper ator's Manual.
R Evenl ydistr ibuteth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle
(/ page103) .
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving onsalt-tr iving
onsalt-tr eat eat
edr ed
roads oads
The braking e.ect islimit edon salt-tr eatedroads.
Ther efor e, obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-upon thebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distance canincrease
consider ablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Main tain amuc hgr eat ersaf edist ance tothe
ve hicle infront To
remo vesalt build-up :
R Brak eoccasion allywhile paying attent ion to
th etra1c conditions
R Carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star ting thene xt jour -
ne y
N No o
t t
es on h es
on hydr ydr
oplaning oplaning
Hydr oplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumula tedon thero ad
sur face.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecipi -
ta tion orincondi tions inwhi chhydroplaning may
occur :
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tireru ts
R Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page306). N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving t iving
thr hr
ough w ough
wat at
er on t er
on the r he
road sur- oad
sur-
f f
ace ace
Wa terwhic hhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission.
Wa tercan also entertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust drive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R The water,when calm, mayonl yre ac hth e
lo we redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(10 km/h );wa tercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior oreng inecom partmen t.
R Vehicles trave ling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximum permissible depthofthewa ter.
The brak ing e.ect ofthebr ak es isreduced aTer
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention to
th etra1c conditions untilbraking powe rhas been
full yre stor ed . Dr
iving andpa rking
145 145

R
Inpar kingga rage sor on roads withsteep
uphil lor downhil lgr adien ts.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront ,suc has
bicy cles ormo torc yc les.
In addition, onslipper yro ads, braking oracceler -
atin gcan cause oneorseveralwheels tolose
tr action andtheve hicle could then skid.
Do notuse ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from acceler a-
tion orbraking byActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el-
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsawa yusin gAc tiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON IC.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand iscon-
sider ablyfa ster or slowe rth an thecur -
re ntl ydr iven spe ed. R
IfAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
long erdetects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt obje cts. #
Alwayscar efull yobser vethetra1c con-
ditions andbeready tobrak eat all
times. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoinsu1-
cient deceler ationbyActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cbrak es your
ve hicle withupto50% ofthepossible deceler-
ation. Ifth is deceler ationisno tsu1cien t,
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Caler tsyou
wit havisu aland acous ticwarning. #
Adjust your speed andmaint ainasuit a-
ble distance from theve hicle infront . #
Brak eth eve hicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eactio n. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tif de tection
fun ction ofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis im pair ed
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cdoes not
re act orhas alimi tedre actio n:
R when drivi ng on adi.er entlane orwhen
ch ang inglane s
R topedest rians, anim als,bicycles orsta-
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacles
R tocom plextra1c condi tions
R tooncoming vehicles andcrossin gtra1c
As are sult ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
ma yneit her givewa rnings norinterve ne in
suc hsitu atio ns. #
Alwaysobser vethetra1c conditions
car efull yand react accor dingly. OperOper
ating A ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
AssistDIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ESP ®
is activ ated and isno tint erve ning. 180180
Dr
iving andparking

R
Depending ont Depending
onthe countr y he
countr y: :
th edr iver presses
a steer ing wheel buttonoroper ates Touc h
Contr ol
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist detects that asy stem
limi thas been reac hed, avisu alwa rning isissued
and awa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page167).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist hasalimit edsteer ing tor-
qu efo rlat eral guidance. Insome cases,th esteer -
ing interve ntion isno tsu1 cienttokeep theve hi-
cle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Ther eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambient light
or strong shad owson thero ad.
R Ther eis glar e,e.g .fr om onco mingtra1c,
dir ect sunl ight orre0ectio ns.
R Insu1 cientroad illumin atio n. R
The wind shield isdir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co veredin thevicinity ofthecamer a,e.g. bya
sti cker.
R No, orseveral,unclear lanemarkings arepr es-
ent forone lane, orthemar kings chang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacons tructi onarea or
int ersecti ons.
R The lane marking sar ewo rnawa y,dar kor cov-
er ed up, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R The road isnar row and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacles onthelane orprojecting
out intoth elane, suchas object markers.
The system doesno tpr ov ide assist anceinthefo l-
lo wing conditions:
R Ontight curvesand when turnin g.
R When crossin gint ersecti ons.
R Atroundabouts ortollst ations.
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyst ops function ing
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor will keep theve hi-
cle inlane . #
Alwayske ep your hands onthesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra1c carefull y. #
Alwaysst eer theve hicle paying attent ion
to tra1 cco nd itio ns . &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyint erve nes
The detection oflane marking sand obje cts
ma ymalfu nctionand cause unexpect edsteer -
ing interve ntions . #
Steer accor dingtotra1 cco nd itio ns . AA
ct iv ct
ivat ing/ deact iv at
ing/ deact ivat ing A at
ing Act iv ct
ive St e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but isno tint erve ning. Dr
iving andparking
187 187