2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE Owners Manual

select
thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeContro lof
Vehicle display mess ageappe ars. Fu rther mane u-
ve ring maystill benece ssary. #
ATe rcomple tion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal
conditions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thesy stem can chang eth etransmission
position again orcancel thepar king proce-
dur e. Exiting
apar Exiting
apar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: inarea 2, select
dir ection oftrav el 3 Left orRigh t.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path. #
Con/r mdir ecti onofexit3 todrive out ofthe
par king space.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonauto-
maticall ywhen theex iting procedur ebegins. Dr
iving andparking
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Yo
uar ere sponsi bleforselecting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etra1c condi-
tions. Ifnecessar y,select thetur nsignal indicat or
accor dingly. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tovehicle
swing ingout while parking orpull ing out
of apar king space
While parking orexiting apar king space ,th e
ve hicle swing sout and candrive ont oar eas of
th eoncoming lane.
This could cause youto collid ewit hobje ctsor
ot her road user s. #
Payatt entio nto objects andother road
user s. #
Wher enece ssary,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlea seEngage Forward
Gea rmessag eappear sin themedia display: select
thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space.
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.auto-
maticall y.
ATe rth epar king space hasbeen exited, awa rn-
ing tone and theØ Parking AssistFinished,
Take Control ofVehicle messagepr om ptyouto
ta ke cont rolof theve hicle.
The vehicle isno taut omati callybr ak ed and can
ro llawa y.Yo uha ve toacceler ate, brak e, steer and
ch ang ege ar yourself again. ManeuvManeuv
er er
ing assist ing
assist ance ance
FF
unction ofDr unction
ofDriv iv
e Aw a e
Aw ayAssi st y
Assi st
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanre duce these verity of an
im pac twhe npulling away.Ifan obs tacle isde tec-
te din thedir ection oftrav el, theve hicle' sspeed
is brie0y reduced toappr ox.1 mp h(2 km /h).Ifa
cr itica lsi tua tionis de tected, theÉ symbol
appear sin themedia display. Dr
ive Aw ayAss istcanbe dea ctivated oractivated
in theManeuve ringAssistance menu
(/ page257).
% Youcan cancel aninterve ntion byDrive Aw ay
Ass istatanytime bydeactiv atingParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page251). &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent cause dby limi-
te dde tection perform ance ofDrive Aw ay
Ass ist
Dr ive Aw ayAss istcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andtra1c situations. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Drive Aw ay
Ass istalone. #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve as nec-
essar y,prov ided thetra1c situation per-
mits andthat itis saf eto take evasiv e
actio n. Dr
ive Aw ayAss istisonl yan aid.It is no ta sub sti-
tut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings. The
re sponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and parking
re mains withyo u. Mak esur eth at no per sons, ani- 256256
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mals
orobject set c. arein themaneuv ering
ra ng e.
A risk ofcolli sion mayoccur inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ifth eacceler ator and brak epedals areint er-
ch ang ed.
R Ifan inco rrect transmission positionis
eng aged.
Dr ive Aw ayAss istisac tiveunde rth efo llo wing
conditions:
R IfPa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisac tivated.
R Ifyo ushiT thetransmission positionto005E or
005B when theve hicle isstation ary.
R Ifth ede tected obs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 T(1.0 m)awa y.
R Ifth emaneuv ering assist ancefunction isacti-
va tedin themultimedia system.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The perform ance ofDrive Aw ayAss istislim ited
on incl ines .
Whe ndr iving withatrail er,Dr ive Aw ayAss istis
no tav ailabl e. %
Also obser vethesy stem limits ofParking
Assist PARK TRON IC(/ page247).
F F
uncti onofCr uncti
onofCross oss
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Alert Aler
t
% Cross Tra1c Alertisonl yav ailabl efo rve hicles
wit hBli nd Spo tAssis tor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertcan warndriver sof anycr oss-
ing tra1c when backing upand maneuv ering out
of apar king space. Theradar sensor sin the
bum peralso monit orthear ea adjacent tothe
ve hicle. Ifacr itical situ ation isde tected, theL
symbol appearsin themedia displayand theve hi-
cle can bebrak ed aut omati cally.
If th era dar sensor sar eobstr uctedbyvehicles or
ot her objects, detection isno tpossible .
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisactiv eunder thefo llo wing
conditions:
R Ifth eve hicle isbac king upatawa lking pace.
R Maneuv ering assist anceisactiv ated
(/ page257).
% Also obser vetheinst ruction son Blind Spo t
Assis tand ActiveBlind SpotAssi st
(/ page222) . Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl eon incl ines.
Cr oss Tra1c Alertisno tav ailabl ewhen drivi ng
wit hatrailer .
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gt atin
gthe mane uv he
mane uver er
ing assis t ing
assis tant ant
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
SwitchMa neu veringAssi stance onoro..
% The mane uvering assis tant must beactivefo r
th efunction ofDrive Aw ayAss ist
(/ page256) andCros sTr a1c Alert
( / pag e257). TT
r r
ailer hitch ailer
hitch NNo o
t t
es on tr es
on trailer oper ailer
operation ation
*
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Dr
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N N
O O
TE TE
Plug-i nhy brid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tounsuit a-
ble ball neck
If yo uinst allan unsuit ableballneck,thetrailer
hitc hand there ar axle maybe overloaded.
This cansigni/can tly im pair thedr iving char-
act eristics and thetrailer maybecome loose.
Ther eis arisk offata linjur y. #
Onlyins talla ball neckth at com plies
wit hth eper missible dimensions andis
designed forth ere qu irements oftrailer
oper ation. #
Donotmodify theball neckor thetrailer
hitc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheident i/cationplat esand inthe"Tec h-
nical data"section under"Tra iler hitc h"forth e
to wing vehicle (/page400) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GSw ervin gof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationduetoincr eased speed
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ation.
The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmayev en tip
ov er. #
Under nocircumst ances should youtry
to str aigh tenth eve hicle/ trailer combi-
nat ion byincr easing thespeed. #
Reduce your speed anddonotcount er-
st eer . #
Ifnecessar y,appl yth ebr ak es. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theengine asare sult of
ove rheating #
Ifyo ure tro/t atrai le rhi tc h, mo di/ca -
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle
model .
When retro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa steni ng point son thech assis. Re
tro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
tr ailer loadisspeci/ edinyour vehicle docume nts.
If th is isno tth ecase, theve hicle isno tappr oved
fo rtr ailer operation.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
Fo ra de tach able trailer coupl ing,it is essen tialto
com plywit hth eoper ating instruction sof the
tr aile rcoup lingmanuf acturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notconnect thetrailer totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngue weight:
R Donotuse ato ngue weight that exceeds or
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongue weight
R Use ato ngue weight asclose aspossible to
th emaximum tongue weight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible towing capacity
R Perm issible rear axle load oftheto wing vehi-
cle
R Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle 258258
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R
Perm issible gross weight ofthetrailer
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforestar ting ajour ney:
R The tirepr ess ureon there ar axle oftheto w-
ing vehicle isse tfo ra maximum load
R The lighting oftheconnect edtrailer isoper a-
tional
In theev ent ofincr eased rear axle load, theve hi-
cle/ trailer combin ationmustno tex ceed amaxi-
mum speed of62 mph (100 km/h) forre asons
conce rning theoper ating permit. This also applies
in countr iesinwhic hth eper missible maximum
speed forve hicle/ trailer combin ationsis abo ve
62 mph(100 km/h) .
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swith AIRMA h
AIR MATIC orE-A TIC
orE-ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CON- ON-
TR TR
OL: OL:
ifth esoc ketof thetrailer hitchis occupied,
e.g. byatrailer orrear-mou nted bicy clerack ,th e
ve hicle isse tto thenor mal leve lat speeds great er
th an 19 mph(3 0km /h).Th isis do ne rega rdless
of whic hdr ive pr og ram has been select ed. AA
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the ball neck he
ball neck &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to incor rectl yins talled ballneck
If th eball neckis no tcor rectl yins talled and
secur ed,itma ybecome looseduring ajour -
ne yand endang erother road user s.Ther eis a
ri sk offata linjur ies. #
Inst alland secur eth eball neckas
descr ibedintheball neckmanuf actur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifaball neckis ins talled, ensur esur e
th at itis proper lysecur edbef oreev ery
jour ney. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toaball
nec kth at isno tcor rectl yins talled or
secur ed
If th eball neckis no tcor rectl yins talled and
secur ed,thetrailer maycome loose. #
Inst alland secur eth eball neckas
descr ibedintheball neckmanuf actur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifaball neckis ins talled, ensur esur e
th at itis proper lysecur edbef oreev ery
jour ney. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
A A
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the ball neck he
ball neck #
Remo vecover1 from theball neckmount in
th edir ection ofthear ro w. #
Storeco ver1 suchth at itcann otmo ve
ar oun d. #
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
inst ruction s. Dr
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Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. Coup
lingup/ unco uplingatr Coup
lingup/ unco uplingatrailer ailer
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom theve hicle
le ve lbeing chang ed
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hlev h
level cont r el
cont rol syst ol
system: em:
theve hicle
le ve lma ybe chang edunintent ionally,e.g. by
ot her persons. Youma ybecome trapped ifyo u
couple uporuncou pleatrailer while theve hi-
cle leve lis ch ang ing.In addit ion,ot her peopl e
could become trapped ifth eir limbs are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle.
When couplinguporunco uplingatrailer ,
mak esur eth at: #
The door sor tailg atear eno topened or
closed. #
Youdo notinitiat eth eleve lcontr olsys-
te m and donotoper ateth eDY NAMI C
SEL ECTsw itch. #
Donotlo ck orunloc kth eve hicle. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
R The transmiss ionisin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectl yde tected bytheve hi-
cle onlyif th efo llo wing conditions areme t:
R The trailer isconnect edcor rectl y.
R The trail er ligh ting system isin wo rking order .
The functions ofthefo llo wing systems willbe
a.ec tedby acor rectl yconn ectedtrailer :
R ESP ®
trailer stabiliz ation
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist
R Parking Assist PARK TRON IC
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blind SpotAssist orActiveBlind SpotAssi st
R Drive Aw ayAss ist
R Cross Tra1c Alert
R Rear vie wcamer a
R Surround viewcamer a
R AIRMA TIC R
E-AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OL
V V
ehicl eswit ehicl
eswithout lev hout
level con tr el
con trol: ol:
theball head height
will chang edepen dingon theve hicle' sload. In
th is case, useatrailer withaheight-adjust able
dr aw bar .
Coupling upatr Coupling
upatrailer ailer
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eto thestar terbatt erydue
to full discharge Char
ging thetrailer batteryusing thepo we r
suppl yof thetrailer candamag eth estar ter
batt ery. #
Donotuse theve hicle' spo we rsuppl yto
ch arge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormati onabout asuit able ballneckfo r
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles canbeobt aine dfrom a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop, e.g.an aut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. #
Remo vetheco vercap from theball neck
mount andstor eit in asaf eplace
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#
Positi on thetrailer onaleve lsur face behin d
th eve hicle andcoupl eit up totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnection between
th eve hicle andthetrailer .
% Accessor iescan beconn ectedtotheper ma-
nent powe rsuppl yup to180 Wand tothe
po we rsuppl yth at isswitc hedonvia theigni-
tion lock.
U U
ncou pling atr ncou
pling atrail er ail
er &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbeing crush edand
bec omi ngtrapp edwhen unco uplinga
tr ail er
Whe nunco uplingatrail er wit han eng aged
iner tia-a ctivated brak e, your hand may
become trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr aile rdr aw bar . #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han eng aged
ove rrun brak e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ewhen uncoupling inast at e
of ove rrun Uncoupling
inast at eof ove rrun can damag e
th eve hicle. #
Donotunco upletrailer swit han eng aged
ove rrun brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped when
disconnecting thetrailer cable
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withlev h
level contr el
contr olsyst ol
system: em:
Thevehicle
ma ylo we rwhen thetrailer cable isdisconnec-
te d.
This could result inyouor other peopl e
becomi ngtrapped ifyo ur or their limbs are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when youdisconnect the
tr aile rcab le. #
Disc onnect theelectr icalconnection between
th eve hicle andthetrailer . #
Uncouple thetrailer . #
Place theco veron theball neckmount. VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page343)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page344) Dr
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o o
t t
es on t es
on the ins he
inst r tr
ument displa ument
displayand on-boar d y
and on-boar d
com com
put put
er er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth einst ru-
ment displa yfa ils
If th einst rument displa yhas failed orismal-
functionin g,function restr iction sin system s
re leva nt tosaf etycann otbe detected.
The oper atingsaf etyof your vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have theve hicle checkedimmediat elyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. If
th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle isim pair ed,
par kth eve hicle immed iatelyand safely. Cont acta
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofdis traction duetoinfor-
mation systems andcommunications
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormation systems andcom-
munications equipment integratedin theve hi- cle
when drivi ng ,yo ucould bedistr acted from
th etra1c situation. Thiscould alsocause you
to lose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle inaccor dance withth etra1c
conditions andoper ateth eeq uipment
wit hth eve hicle station ary. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Mer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating theon-boar dcom puter.
The on-boar dcom putersho wsonlydispla ymes-
sag esand warnings from speci/ csy stems onthe
inst rument displa y.Yo umust ther efor eensur e
th at your vehicle isalw aysre liable. If
th eoper ating safetyof your vehicle isim pair ed,
par kth eve hicle immed iatelyand inaccor dance
wit hth etra1c conditions. Contactaqua li/ed
specialist workshop. 262262
Ins
trumen tdispla yand on-boar dcom puter