2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE air suspension

re
pair scar ried out ataqu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tor injurydue
to incor rect modi/cations onelect ronic
com pone ntpar ts
Mo di/cation ofelec tronic compone nts,their
soTw areor wir ing could impair their function
and/or thefunction ofother networke dcom-
ponent partsor saf ety-re leva nt systems .
This canenda nger theoper ating safetyof the
ve hicle. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing and elec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. #
Youshould have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Obser
vethe"On-boar delectr onics" section in
"T ec hnical data". &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial son hotpar tsof theex haus tsy s-
te m
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite if th ey come intocont actwith
ho tpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
When drivi ng on unpa vedro ads oro.-
ro ad, regula rly ch eckth eve hicle under-
side. #
Remo vetrapp edplants orother 0amma-
ble mat erial, inpar ticu lar. #
Ifth er eis damag e,consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetodriv-
ing toofast anddu eto impacts tothe
ve hicle underbod yor suspen sioncompo-
nen ts In
thefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle become sgr ounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofast ove ran
obst acle, e.g.acurb, speed bumpor pot-
hole
R Ahea vyobject strikes theunderbody or
suspension components
In situations suchas these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension component s,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo-
nent sdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpect edly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan accident, mayno lon-
ge rabsorb there sult ing forc eas intended.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,0am-
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass ortwig s
can colle ctbetween theunderbody andthe 2626
Gener
alno tes

R
Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane markings chang equ ickl y, e.g. lanes
br anc ho., cross one another or mer ge.
R Ifth ero ad isvery nar row and wind ing.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
if
th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty
or coveredin sno wand anobst acle isde tec-
te din your lane, nolane-cor rectin gbr ak e
applicat iontake splace.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deacti v atin
g/deacti vatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keepi ng eepi
ng
Assis t Assis
t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
5 Active LaneKeeping Assi st #
Activateor deac tivateth efunction . Se Se
tting A tting
Activ ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneKeeping Assist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingt ating
the hap he
hap ticw tic
war ar
ning ning
#
Select Warning.
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth efunction . AIRMAAIRMA
TIC TIC
FF
unction ofAIRMA unction
ofAIRMA TIC TIC
* NO NO
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. AIRM
ATIC isan air suspe nsion system withva ria-
ble dam pingfo rim prov ed driving comfortand
ve hicle dynami cs.The all-round leve lcontrol sys-
te m ensur esthebest possible suspension and
const antground clearance, even withaladen
ve hicle. When drivi ng atspeed, theve hicle islow-
er ed aut omaticall yto improve driving safetyand to
reduce fuelconsum ption. Youalso have the
op tion ofmanuall yadjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
AIRMA TICiscom prised ofthefo llo wing functions
and components:
R Airsuspension withaut omatic leve lcontr ol
R Speed-dependent lowe ring
R Manua lly sel ect ablehigh leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance whichcan beadjus-
te dusing aleve lbutt on
R ADS PLUS (Adap tiveDam ping System with
const antadjustment ofdam ping charact eris-
tics)
Su spen sionse Su
spen sionsetting and v tti
ng and vehicle lev ehicle
level per dr el
per driv iv
e pr e
pr o- o-
gr gr
am am
Dr ive pr og ram A and;:
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again. Dr
iving andparking
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E-
A E-
ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL OL
FF
uncti onofE-A uncti
onofE-ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL OL
E- AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OLisan electrohydr auli c
suspe nsion system withva riable dampingfo r
im prove ddr iving comfort.The all-round leve lcon-
tr ol system ensur esthebest possible suspension
and const antground clearance, even withaladen
ve hicle. When drivi ng atspeed, theve hicle islow-
er ed aut omaticall yto improve driving safetyand
to reduce fuelconsum ption. Thesuspension set-
ting isadjust eddepending onthero ad sur face,
ve hicle loadandthedr ive pr og ram select ed.
The ROAD SURF ACESC AN function detects areas
of une venness inthero ad bef oreyo udr ive ove r
th em bymeans ofamultif unctioncamer a.This
re duces chassis movements.
The dam ping isadjus tedindivi duallyto eac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R Driving style, e.g. spor ty
R Road cond ition, e.g.bum ps
R Drive pr og ram E-
AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OLiscom prised ofthefo l-
lo wing functions andcomponents:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
RO AD SURF ACESC AN
R Cur veinclination functionCURVE
R Recovery mode
R Indivi dualwheel control
R Airsuspension withaut omatic leve lcontr ol
R Speed-dependent lowe ring toreduce fuelcon-
sum ption
R Manual leve ladjustment
R ADS PLUS: AdaptiveDam pingSy stem with
cons tant adju stment ofdam ping charact eris-
tics
R DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itchan dleve lbutt on
Suspension se Suspension
setting andv tting
andvehicle lev ehicle
level per dr el
per driv iv
e pr e
pr o- o-
gr gr
am am
Dr ive pr og ram C
R The suspension settin gis /rmer .
R The vehicle isse tto Spo rtleve l.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isdeactiv ated. R
The curveinclination functionisdeactiv ated.
Dr ive pr og ram B
R The suspension settin gis even /rmer .
R The vehicle isse tto Spo rt+leve l.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isdeactiv ated.
R The curveinclination functionisactiv e.
Dr ive pr og ram A
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isactiv e.
R The curveinclination functionisdeactiv ated.
Dr ive pr og ram N
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(140 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red. 234234
Dr
iving andparking

*
N N
O O
TE TE
Risk ofdam agedue totheve hicle
mo vingup and down When
free drivi ng mode isactiv ated, theve hi-
cle movesup and down. Vehicle partsma ybe
damag edifth eunderbody bottoms out. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tgr ound
clear ance when rock ing free mode is
activ ated. Re
covery mode isafun ction ofthesuspension
whic hcan assist thedr iver on loose surfaces (e.g.
sand, snow)when freein gave hicle whichhas
become stuc k.
The vehicle body rock sin slo w,vertical motions
when reco very mode hasbeen activated. This
te mp orarily puts thewheels undergreat erload,
whic hmeans they have incr eased traction andthe
ve hicle isfreed.
Yo ucan activ atefree driving mode viaO.- road
Assis t(/ page240) . F F
unct ionofind ividual wheel contr unct
ionofind ividual wheel control ol
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbecomi ngtrapped due
to theve hicle lowe ring
The vehicle canbelowe redwhen theindivid-
ual wheel controlfunction hasbeen activated.
Body partscould become trapped ifth ey are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody isund ertheve hi-
cle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when individual wheelcon-
tr ol isactiv ated. *
N NO O
TE TE
Risk ofdamag edue totheve hicle
mo vingup and down The
vehicle canbelowe redor raised onone
or mor ewheels whentheindividual wheel
contr olfunction hasbeen activated. Vehicle
par tscould bedamag eddue tocont actwith
obje cts. #
Mak esur eth at theve hicle hassu1cie nt
ro om tomo vewhen theindividual wheel
contr olfunction hasbeen activated. Individual
wheelcontrolisafunction ofthesus-
pension, whichcan beused tosetth eve hicle
le ve lfo reac hwheel individuall y.This canhel pto
im prove alignme ntofthebody when driving o.-
ro ad.
Yo ucan activ ateindividual wheelcontrolvia O.-
ro ad Assis t(/ page240) .
A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe v he
vehicle lev ehicle
level (v el
(vehicle swit ehicle
swit hE- A h
E- ACTIVE CTIVE
BOD BOD
YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL) OL)
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tbecause vehi-
cle leve lis toohigh
Dr ivin gch aract eristics maybe impair ed.
The vehicle candriT outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit edto
th edr iving styleand thero ad sur face
condi tions. Dr
iving and parking
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FF
illing capac ityf illing
capac ityfor r or
refr efr
ig ig
er er
ant and PA ant
and PAGoil G
oil
R R
efr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
/lling /lling
capacity capacity
ModelModel
Capacity Capacity
All models 24.0±0.4 oz
(680 ±10 g) FF
illin gcapacity f illin
gcapacity for PA or
PAGoil G
oil ModelModel
Capacity Capacity
GLE 4504MATIC
GLE 5804MATIC 4.9
±0.4 oz
(140 ±10 g)
All other model s4 .6±0.4 oz
(130 ±10 g) VV
ehic ledat a ehic
ledat a VV
ehic ledime nsions ehic
ledime nsions The
heigh tsspec i/edma yva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load R
Condition ofthesuspension
R Optional equipment Height
whenopened Height
whenopened 11
Height Height
when when
opened* opened*
2 2
Head- Head-
r r
oom* oom*
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withst h
steel eel
suspension suspension
87.2
in
(2217 mm)
- 87.4 in
(2219 mm) 78.1
in
(1986 mm)
- 78.3 in
(1988 mm)
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR - h
AIR -
MA MA
TIC TIC
84.8
in
(2153 mm)
- 89.1 in
(2263 mm) 75.6
in
(1922 mm)
- 80.0 in
(2032 mm) *When
there ar-en dlowe ring isac tivated, theva l-
ues arecor respond inglylowe r.
V V
ehicle dimensions ehicle
dimensions All
models All
models
Ve hicle length1 93.9in
(4924 mm)
Ve hicle length, AM GStyling 194.1in
(4930 mm) Te
ch nica ldat a
397 397

All
mod els All
mod els
Ve hicle widthincl udin gouts ide
mir rors 84.9
in
(2157 mm)
Ve hicle height 70.2in
(1782 mm)-
70. 7in
(1795 mm)
Maxim umvehicle height(AIR -
MA TIC) 72.
7in
(1848 mm)
Wheel base 117.9in
(2995 mm)
Maxim umground clearance
(st eel suspension) 7.9
in
(203 mm)
Maximum ground clearance
(AIRMA TIC) 9.2
in
(233 mm)
Mini mum ground clearance
(AIRMA TIC) 5.7
in
(145 mm)
Tu rning radius 39.44T
(12.02 m) WW
eights andloads eights
andloads Please
observethefo llo wing notesfo rth especi-
/ed vehicle data:
R Items ofoption aleq uipme ntincr ease thecurb
we ight andreduce thepa yload. O.-rO.-r
oad oad
dr dr
ivin gv ivin
gvehicle data ehicle
data FF
or or
ding depth ding
depth
* NO NO
TE TE
Dama gecaused bywaterwhen
fo rd ing In
thefo llo wing cases watercan pene trat eint o
th eengine compartment andvehicle interior :
R The maximum permissibl efo rd ing dep this
ex ceeded whendrivi ng throu ghstandi ng
wa ter.
R When driving thro ugh thewa tera bo w
wa ve form s.
R Wateraccumula teswhen drivi ng thro ugh
ru nning water. #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
fo rd ing dep thand drive slo wly thro ugh
th ewa ter. The
speci/ed value indicat esthemaximum per-
missible ford ing dep thforve hicles that arere ady
to drive and forslo wdriving thro ugh standing
wa ter.
Dr iving thro ugh 0owing waterre duces theper mis-
sible ford ing dep thdue totheaccumulation of
wa ter.
Obser vetheno teson o.-r oad drivi ng and ford ing
(/ page165). 398398
Te
ch nica ldat a

FF
or or
ding depth ding
depth Mode
l Mode
l 1 1
F F
or or
ding depth ding
depth
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withst h
steel suspen- eel
suspen-
sion sion
19.7
in(50 cm)
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIRMA h
AIRMA TIC TIC
Ra ised leve l1 9.7in(50 cm) Angle
ofappr Angle
ofappr oac oac
h/depar h/depar
ture tur
e
The speci/ edvalues aremaximum values forve hi-
cles that arere ady todrive.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng inmoun tainous ter-
ra in (/ page165). Angle
ofappr Angle
ofappr oac oac
h/depar h/depar
tur tur
e(v e
(vehicles wit ehicles
without hout
AMG S AMG
Sty ty
ling) ling)
All
models All
models 1 1
Fr Fr
ont ont
2 2
R R
ear ear
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withst h
steel eel
suspension* suspension*
25°
24°-25°
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR - h
AIR -
MA MA
TIC* TIC*
Nor mal leve l2 2°-25° 22°-24°
Ra ised leve l2 8°-30° 26°-28° Angle
ofappr Angle
ofappr oac oac
h/depar h/depar
tur tur
e(v e
(vehicles wit ehicles
withAMG h
AMG
S S
ty ty
ling) ling)
All
models All
models 1 1
Fr Fr
ont ont
2 2
R R
ear ear
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withst h
steel eel
suspension suspension
21°
24°
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR - h
AIR -
MA MA
TIC TIC
Nor mal leve l2 1°24°
Ra ised leve l2 5°27° *Depending
onthetir esize.
Maximum gr Max
imumgradien tclimb ingabili ty adien
tclimb ingabili ty
The vehicle' sgr adien tclimb ingabili tydepen dson
th ewe ight distr ibution intheve hicle, thete rrain
cond itions and thero ad sur face condi tions.
The speci/ed value applies inthefo llo wing cases :
R The vehicle isready todrive
R The road sur face condi tionsand thus traction
ar egood
A gradien tclimb ingabili tyof 100% correspond sto
an incl ine of45°.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng inmoun tainous ter-
ra in (/ page165).
Gr Gr
adient climbing ability adient
climbing ability ModelModel
Maximumgr Max
imum gradi- adi-
ent climb ingabil- ent
climb ingabil-
ity ity
All model s8 0% Te
ch nica ldat a
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 210
Sy stem limits............. ............................ 210
A A
ctiv ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 207
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
ecr e
cr uis econt r uis
econt rol ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbea mAssi st e
Highbea mAssi st
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 136
Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 135
A A
ddi tiv ddi
tives es
Engine oil........... ....................................392
Fu el..... .................................................. 392
A A
dditiv dditiv
es(engine oil) es
(engine oil)
see Additiv es
A A
dditiv dditiv
es(fuel) es
(fuel)
see Fuel
ADS PL ADS
PLUS dam US
dam ping syst ping
system em
see AIRMA TIC
ATer ATer
-sales -sa
les ser ser
vice vice
see ASSYSTPL US Air
bag Air
bag
Re duced protection .................................. 46
Air conditioning menu Air
conditioning menu
Calling up..............................................1 49
Air dis Air
distr tr
ibution ibution
Se <00550055004A004F0048000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F> .......................................148
Se tting (MBUX multimedia system)..... ....150
Air fr Air
freshener syst eshener
system em
see Frag rance system
Air inle t Air
inle t
see Air-water duc t
Air pr Air
press ure ess
ure
see Tire pressur e
Air suspension Air
suspension
see AIRMA TIC
Air v Air
vents ents
Ad justing (front).....................................153
Ad justing (rea r)..... ................................. 154
Glo vebox...... .........................................1 54
Air v Air
vents ents
see Airvents
Air Air
-co nditi oning syst -co
nditi oning system em
see Clim atecont rol Air Air
-r -r
eci r eci
rcul atio nmod e(w it cul
atio nmod e(w ith h
/n e /n
e
par par
ticle ticl
epr pr
e/ lt e/
lter) er)
......... ......... ........................ 151
Air Air
-w -w
at at
er duc t er
duc t
Ke eping free......... ................................. 321
Airbag Airbag
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Fr ont airbag (driver ,fr ont passeng er)........ 44
Inst allation locations ................................ 44
Knee airbag... ........ .................................. 44
Ov ervie w.... .............................................. 44
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s...... 49
Pr otection.... ............................................ 45
Side airbag....... ....................................... 44
Wi ndo wcur tain airbag .............................. 44
Air0 ow Air
0ow
Se tting .... ............................................... 148
AI RMA AI
RMA TIC TI
C
Se tting .... ............................................... 229
Sus pensi on. ........................................... 227
Ala rm Alar
m
see Panic alarm
Alar Alar
msyst m
system em
see ATA (anti-theT alarmsystem) 474474
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