2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLB Owners Manual

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Engi neoilleve l:/ll engine oiltothemaximum
le ve lto ensur efull gradeabi lity(/ page278)
R Tire -cha ngeto ol kit and sparewheel
R Tire sand wheels
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
dr dr
ivi ng ivi
ng
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
(/ page174).
R Ifnecessar y,select theF (/page155)
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 e139).
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.(/ page153).
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
(/ page354) .
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(/ page188) . Dr
iving andparking
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dr dr
iving iving
o.-r o.-
road oad
Dr iving o.-road places great erdemands onyour
ve hicle than drivi ng on nor mal roads. Chec kth e
entir eve hicle fordamag eand fore ign bodies
ev erytime aTer driving o.-road. Foreign bodies in
th ewheels ordrivet ra in can lead toimbalances
and ther efor evibr ations.
R Ifth eF drive pr og ram isselect ed:select
ano ther drive pr og ram.
R Deactiv ateDSR .
R Appl yth ebr ak es todryth em aTer ford ing.
R Chec kth at theser vice brak eis wo rking nor-
mall yaTer along downhill stretch .
R Clean thefo llo wing components everytime
aTer driving o.-road:
- Lice nse platenum ber
- Head lampsand taillam ps
- Tire s, wheels andwheel arch es
- Underbody
R ATer driving thro ugh sand, mud,wateror
gr av el, have thefo llo wing components
ch eckedand cleaned: -
Brak ediscs andbrak epads
- Tire sand wheels
- Axle joints ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/ st t/
stop funct ion op
funct ion ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/ st t/
stop funct ion op
funct ion
% The ECOstar t/ stop funct ion isno tav ailabl e
in all drive pr og rams, dependi ngon the
engine. Observethestatus displa yin the
inst rument displa yfo rth is.
If all vehicle- relat ed conditions foran aut omatic
engine stop areme t,theengine isswitc hedo.
aut omaticall y:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
You
br ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin transmi s-
sion posit ion005Bor005C.
R Youactiv ateth eHOLD function oreng age
tr ansmission position005D.
% Ifth esy stem detects anintellig entstop inhib i-
to r,fo rex am ple, astop sign ,th eengine will
no tst op. If
yo uactiv ateth eHOLD function oreng age
th epar kposition 005D,theengine canbe
switc hedo.inspit eof an intellig entstop
inhibit or.
% Intransmission position005E,theengine isno t
switc hedo.automaticall yeve nwh en the
HOLD functionissw itchedon.
The engine restar ts automaticall yin thefo llo wing
cases :
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:You
shiT intotransmissi onposit ion005Bor005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal.
R Anautomatic vehicle enginestar tis requ ired.
St atus displayintheinst rument displa y:
R The 00D6 symbo l(g re en) appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till: The enginewas
switc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
R The 00D5 symbol (yello w)appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till: No tall vehicle condi-
tion sfo ran engine stop have been met.
R Neither the00D6 nor00D5 symbol appears
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iving and parking

ge
nt stop inhi bitor wa sde tected, e.g.a stop
sign .
R The s symbol appears:The ECOstar t/
st op fun ction isdeactiv ated orther eis amal-
function .
If th eengine wasswitc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/
st op function andyoulea vetheve hicle, awa rning
to ne sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted. In
addition, theVehicle ReadytoDrive Switch the
Ignition OffBefore Exiting displaymessag e
appear sin theinst rument displa y.Ifyo udo not
switc ho. theve hicle, itis aut omati callyswitc hed
o. aTer thre eminut es. Deactiv Deactiv
atingoractiv ating
oractiv ating t ating
the EC he
ECOst O
star ar
t/s t t/s
top op
function function
#
Press button1.
A displa yappear sin theinst rument cluster
when switchingtheEC Ostar t/s topfun ction
o./on .
% Acontinu ouss displayappear sin the
inst rument clusterwhile theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis de activated . ECEC
Odis pla O
dis pla yfunc tion y
func tion The
ECOdis pla ysu mm arize syo ur driving charac-
te risti cs from thestar tof thejour neyto its com-
ple tion andassists youin achie ving themost eco-
nomical driving style.
Yo ucan in0uence consum ption bydoing thefo l-
lo wing:
R Driving withpar ticular care.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmiss ion: ansmiss
ion:Driving
in drive pr og ram ;.
R Following thege arshiT recommen dations. Dr
iving and parking
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The
letter ing inthesegment willlight upbrightl y,
th eout eredg ewill light upand thesegment will
/ll up when thefo llo wing driving styleisadop ted:
R 1 Steady speed
R 2 Gentle deceler ationandrolling
R 3 Moder ateacceler ation
The letter ing inthesegment willbegray ,th eout er
edg ewill bedar kand thesegment willempty
when thefo llo wing driving styleisadop ted:
R 1 Fluctuation sin speed
R 2 Hea vybraking
R 3 Spor tyacceler ation
The ECOdispla ywill showyo uwhen youha ve
dr iven economicall y:
R The thre esegments will/llup com pletely at
th esame time
R The edgesaround allthre esegments willlight
up
The additional rang eac hie vedas are sult ofyour
dr iving stylein com parison withadr iver wit ha
ve ry spor tydrivi ng style will besho wnonthecen- te
rof displa y4. Therang edis pla yeddoes not
indicat ea/x ed reduction inconsum ption. DD
YN YNAM
ICSELECT switch AMIC
SELECT switch FF
unction oft unction
ofthe D he
DYNAMIC SELECTswitch YNAMIC
SELECTswitch *
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TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. %
Depen dingontheengine andequipment, the
ve hicle hasdi.er entdrive pr og rams.
Use theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itchto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin theins tru-
ment displa y.
= Individu al
R Individual setting s
C Sport
R Continu estoo.er stability butwithaspor ty
se tup R
Allo wsthespor tydriver amor eactiv edr iving
sty le
R Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
roa dsur face and aclear stretch ofroad
A Comfor t
R Comf ortable and economical driving
R Balance between traction andstability
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
; Eco
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withaut omati c
tr ansmi ssion
R Particular lyeconomical driving
R Balance between traction andstability
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
F Offroad
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withO.-roadpack-
ag e
R Interve nes later ifth er eis ove rste er ing or
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iving andparking

R
Suit ableforeasil ynego tiable o.-road terrain,
suc has dirttr ac ks,gr av el or sandy surfaces
R Notsuit able foruse onpublic roads
% The ESP®
se tting sin thedr ive pr og rams ;
and A aredesign edforst ability .Ther efor e,
ch oose oneofthese driving prog rams, espe-
ciall ywhen transpor tingroof loads, intrailer
oper ation andwhen theve hicle isfully loaded
or fully occupi ed.
Depen dingon thedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristics:
R Drive
- eng ineand transmi ssionmanag ement
- ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithada p h
ada ptiv tiv
edam e
dam ping adjus ping
adjustment tment
: :
sus pensi on
R Elec tric po we rst eer ing NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the r he
roof load displa y oof
load displa y Cer
tain drive pr og rams and ESP®
se ttin gsare
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
If one ofthese drive pr og rams isse tor select ed,
th eW symbol issho wnasawa rning. When
th is symbo lis sho wn, theselect eddrive pr og ram
is no tsuit able fortr anspor tingaload onthero of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams area.ect ed:
R Spor t Spor
tdr ive pr og ram
R Indi vidual Indi
vidual drive pr og ram wit hth eSpor tESP ®
se tting
% The symbol isalso showninthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R Within theth emes ifacor respond ingdrive
pr og ram issaved
Fo rmor einf ormation onthemes see.
R Within there se tdispla yif th epr ev iousl y
activ edr ive pr og ram isunsuit ableforth e
tr ansp ortof aroof load
Fo rfur ther information onthere se tdis-
pla y,see (/ page156). Se
lect ingt Se
lect ingthe dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am
%
Depen dingon theeq uipment, theve hicle is
eq uipp edwitheit her aswitc hor abut ton. #
Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin the
inst rument displa y. 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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YN YNA
MIC SELEC T(multimedia sy AMIC
SELEC T(multimedia sys- s-
t t
em) em)
Mult
imedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehi cle
5 DYNAMIC SELECT
Se Se
ttin gdr ttin
gdr iv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram I am
I #
Sele ctIndivi dualConfi guration. #
Sele ctand seta cat egor y.
Swi tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
rest est
or or
ation disp la at
ion disp lay on or y
on oro. o.
#
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. 156156
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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
&
W W
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. &
W W
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
iving andparking
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Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
% ToshiT intoneu tral 005C withth eve hicle
switc hedon,push theselect orleve rup or
do wn forse veralseconds tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y.
Pr Pr
oce edasf oce
edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
#
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. %
Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, theaut omatic transmission
re mains inneut ral005C.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page164). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but-
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplaysho ws
005D ,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno trans-
mission position display005D appear s,secur e
th eve hicle toprev ent itfrom rolling away.
% Depending onthesituation, itma yta ke a
shor ttime until005D iseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ent ion tothetransmission posi-
tion displa y.
Pa rk position
005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth estationar yve hicle o.intrans-
mission position005Bor005E. 158158
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iving and parking