#
Obser vethech ang edvehicle heightwit h
add-o nro of equipment . NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin gwit ivin
gwit har h
aroof load, tr oof
load, trailer orfull y ailer
orfull y
laden v laden
vehicle ehicle
When drivin gwit haloaded roof lugg agera ck or
tr ailer aswellas withafull yladen orfull yoccu-
pied vehicle, theve hicle' sdr ivi ng and steer ing
ch aract eristics chang e.
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
(/ page111) .
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
No t No
tes 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-up onthebr 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 (/ page351).
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 Obser vethemaximum permissible ford ing
dep th(/ pag e398).
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 164164
Dr
iving andparking
*
N N
O O
TE TE
Plug-i nhy brid #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
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
Dr
iving and parking
to
tread qualit y,tiretracti onand temp eratur e
ch aract eristics. Thequalit ygr adin gassessmen tis
made bythemanuf acturerfollo wing speci/ cations
fr om theU. S. government. Thequalit ygr ade ofa
tir eis im print ed on theside wallof thetir e.
R R
ecommended tir ecommended
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
there commen ded
tir epr essur eis thetir epr essur especi/ed forth e
tir es mount edtotheve hicle atthefa ct or y.
The tireand informa tion table cont ains there com-
mende dtir epr essur esforcold tires, themaxi-
mum permissible loadandthemaximum permissi-
ble vehicle speed.
The tirepr essur eta ble cont ains there commen -
ded tirepr essur esforcold tires under various
oper ating condition s,i.e. loading and/or speedof
th eve hicle.
Incr Incr
eased v eased
vehicle w ehicle
weig htdue t eig
htdue to op o
op tion aleq tion
aleq uip- uip-
men t: men
t:thecombined weight ofall standar dand
op tional equipment availabl efo rth eve hicle,
re ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actuall yinst alled onthe
ve hicle ornot.
Rim : Rim
:th epar tof thewheel onwhic hth etir eis
inst alled. G G
A A
WR (Gr WR
(Gross Axle W oss
Axle Weight R eight
Rating): ating):
theGA WR is
th emaximum permissible axleload. Theactual
load onanaxle must neverex ceed thegr oss axle
we ight rating. Thegross axle weight rating canbe
fo und ontheve hicle identi/cation plateon the
B‑pi llaron thedr iver's side.
Speed r Speed
rating: ating:
thespeed rating ispar tof thetir e
ident i/cation.Itspeci/es thespeed rang efo r
whic hatir eis appr oved.
G G
VW (Gr VW
(Gross V oss
Vehicle W ehicle
Weight): eight):
thegr oss vehicle
we ight comprises thewe ight oftheve hicle includ-
ing fuel, tools, thespar ewheel, accessories inst al-
led, occupants, luggageand thetrailer draw bar
nose weight, ifapplica ble.Thegross vehicle weight
must notex ceed thegr oss vehicle weight rating
GV WR asspeci/ed ontheve hicle identi/cation
plat eon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's side.
G G
VWR (Gr VWR
(Gross V oss
Vehicle W ehicle
Weight R eight
Rating): ating):
theGV WR is
th emaximum permitt edgross weight ofthefull y
laden vehicle (weig htoftheve hicle includin gall
accessor ies,occupan ts,fuel, luggage and the
tr aile rdr aw bar nose weight ifapplica ble).The
gr oss vehicle weight rating isspec i/edon the
ve hicle identi/cation plateon theB‑pillar onthe
dr iver's side. Maximum
w Maximum
weight oft eight
ofthe laden v he
laden vehicle: ehicle:
themaxi-
mum weight isthesum ofthecurb weight ofthe
ve hicle, thewe ight oftheaccess ories, themaxi-
mum loadandthewe ight ofoptional equipment
inst alled atthefa ct or y.
Kilo pascal (kP Kilo
pascal (kPa) : a)
:me tric unit fortir epr essur e.
6.9 kPacor respond sto 1psi. Another unit fortir e
pr essur eis bar .100 kilopasc al(kP a)equals 1bar .
Load inde Load
index: x:
in addition totheload-bear inginde x,
th eload indexma yalso beimprint ed on theside
wa llof thetir e. This speci/es theload-bear ing
capac ityofthetir emor epr ecisel y.
Curb w Curb
weight: eight:
thewe ight ofave hicle withstandar d
eq uipme ntincl udin gth emaximum capacityof
fuel, oiland coolant. Italso includes theair condi-
tioning system and optional equipment ifth ese
ar einst alled ontheve hicle, butdoes notincl ude
passen gers or lugg age.
Maximum tir Maximum
tireload: e
load: themaximum tireload isthe
maximum permissible weight inkilog rams orlbs
fo rwhic hatir eis appr oved.
Maximum per Maximum
permissible tir missible
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
maximum
per missible tirepr essur efo rone tire. Wheels
andtires
369 369
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
TT
r r
ailer hitch ailer
hitch Gene
r Gene
ral no t al
no tes on t es
on the tr he
trailer hitch ailer
hitch Modi/cations
totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle model .
The retro/tti ngofatrai le rhi tc his on lyper missi-
ble ifato wing capacity isspeci/ed inyour vehicle
docume nts.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop. TT
o o
wing capacit y wing
capacit y Missi
ngvalues werenotav ailabl eat thetime of
going topress.
The tongue weight isno tincluded intheto wing
capacity .
T T
o o
wing capacity wing
capacity ,br ,
br ak ak
ed ed
Mode
lT oMode
lT owing capacity , wing
capacity ,
br br
ak ak
ed ed
All model s Maximu
mt Maximu
mtong uew ong
ueweig htand load capacity eig
htand load capacity *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bythetrailer com-
ing loose If
th eto ngue weight used istoolow, thetrailer
ma ycome loose. #
The tongue weight must notbe belo w
110.2 lbs(50 kg). #
Use ato ngue weight that isas close as
possibl eto themaximum permissible
to ngue weight. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bythebicy clerack
coming loose When
usingabicy clerack ,bo th themaxima l
to ngue weight andthemaxima lload capac ity
should beobser ved. #
Donotex ceed theper missible load
capac ity. Missing
values werenotav ailabl eat thetime of
going topress. T T
ongue w ongue
weight eight
ModelModel
Maximumt Maximum
tongue ongue
w w
eight eight
All models Load
capacity Load
capacity All
models All
models Maximumload Maximum
load
When attaching the
bicy clerack totheball
head 165.3
lbs(75 kg)
When attaching the
bicy clerack totheball
head andadditionall y
to theguide pin 220.5
lbs(100 kg) PP
er er
missible r missible
rear axle load (tr ear
axle load (trailer oper ailer
operation) ation)
Missing
values werenotav ailabl eat thetime of
going topress. 400400
Te
ch nica ldat a
Sy
st Sy
stem se em
settings tti
ngs
Ov ervie wof thesy stem setting smenu ....278
Re setfu nct ion (MB UXmult imedi asy s-
te m).... ................................................... 282
Sy st Sy
stem se em
settin gs ttin
gs
see Langu age TT
T T
ailg ailg
ate at
e
Closing ...... ..............................................7 6
HAND S-FREE ACCESS........... .................. 78
Limiting theopening angle........ ............... 80
Opening...... ............................................. 75
Opening dimensions..... ......................... 397
Unloc king(mec hanical key)...................... 80
T T
ailp ipes(car ailp
ipes(car e) e)
.............................................3 26
T T
ank cont ank
cont ent ent
Fu el..... .................................................. 392
Re ser ve(fuel).... .....................................3 92
T T
ec ec
hnical data hnical
data
Axle load(trailer operation) .................... 400
Com ponen t-speci/ cinf ormation........ ....387
Inf ormation........ ....................................385
No tes(tr ailer hitch)... ........................... .. 400 Re
gula tory radio identi/ cation (Indo-
nesia). .................... ............................... 387
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation of
small component s.<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F> 387
Re gula tory radio information .................. 387
To ngue weight...... .................................. 400
To wing capacity (trailer operation ).......... 400
T T
eleph one eleph
one
Connecti ngamobi lepho ne(Pass key).... 295
Con necti ng amobi lephon e(Se cure
Si mp lePa iring)...... .................................295
Fu nctio nsinthete lephone menu...... ......295
No tes... .................. ................................ 292
No teson wireless chargin g(mobil e
phon e)... ................................................ 128
Oper atingmodes ................................... 294
Te lephone menuoverview... ...... .............2 94
Wi reless chargin g(mobil ephon e)... ........ 129
T T
elep hon elep
honyoper y
oper atingmodes atin
gmodes
Blu etoo th®
telephon y......... ....................294
T T
em em
per per
atur e atur
e
Se tting theve hicle interior temp era-
tur e..... .................... .............................. 148
T T
em em
per per
atur atur
egr e
gr ade ade
.............................. ......... 363 Them
es Them
es
Fa steni ng. ............... ...............................2 77
Thir Thir
dro d
ro w of seats w
of seats
Fo lding backth ebac krest ontheth ird
ro w of seats ...........................................1 18
Fo lding thebac krest ontheth ird ro w
of seats forw ards ................................... 117
Thir Thir
dro d
ro w of seats w
of seats
see Seat
Thr Thr
ough- loadin gf ough-
loadin gfeatur e eatur
e
see Seats
see Thirdro w of seats
TIN (T TIN
(Tir ir
e e
Identi/cation Identi/cation
Number) Number
)... ................. 364
T T
ir ir
e and Loadin gInf e
and Loadin gInf or or
matio nplacar d matio
nplacar d... ......... 359
T T
ir ir
e c e
char har
act act
er er
is is
tics tics
......... .............................. 366
T T
ir ir
e e
in0ation in0ation
com com
pr pr
essor essor
see TIREFIT kit
T T
ir ir
e inf e
inf or or
matio nt matio
ntable able.
..................................3 59
T T
ir ir
e labeling e
labeling
Char acteristics .......................................366
DO T,Tire Identi/cation Number(TIN) .....3 64
Load index......... ....................................366
Load-bear ingcapa city....... ..................... 366 500500
Inde
x
Sele
ction... ............................................ 370
Sno wch ains .......................................... 352
Sp eed rating......... <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F> 366
St oring.... ............................................... 374
Te mp eratur egr ade .............................. ... 363
Ti re and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d..... 359
Ti re pressur e(no tes)... ........................... 352
Ti re pressur eloss warning system
(function)...... ......................................... 357
Ti re pressur emonit oring system
(function )............................................... 355
Ti re pressur eta ble ................................ .3 54
Ti re Quality Grading ...............................3 63
Ti re size desig nation.............................. 366
TIR EFIT kit.............................................. 334
Tr actio ngr ade ........................................3 63
Tr ead weargrade ...... ........................... .. 363
Un familiar handling ................................ 351
T T
oll syst oll
system em
Wi ndsh ield....... ...................................... 147
T T
ongue w ongue
weigh t eigh
t......... .....................................400
T T
ool ool
see Vehicle tool kit
T T
op Tet op
Tether her.
...... ............................................... 60 T T
ouc ouc
hCon tr h
Con trol ol
On- boar dcom puter................................ 264
Oper ating.... ............ .............................. 271
T T
ouc ouc
hpad hpad
Oper ating.... .......................................... 271
T T
ouc ouc
hscr hscr
een een
Oper ating.... .......................................... 271
To w To
w-a wa -a
wa yalar m y
alar m
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000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 91
Fu nctio n.......... ........................................ 90
To w To
w-bar syst -bar
system em
<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> ..261
To w To
w-st -st
ar ar
ting ting<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F>
............347
To To
wing away wing
away<000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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000F> 344
To To
wing eye wing
eye
Ins talling... .............................................347
St orag elocation.. ................................... 346
To To
wing met wing
methods hods
.............................. .............3 43
Tr Tr
actio ngr actio
ngr ade ade
..............................................3 63
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
inf inf
or or
matio n matio
n
Swi tching onthedispla y........ .................289
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
light dat lig
ht dat aser a
ser vice vice
Displ ayintheInstr ument Display........... 220 Tu
rning thedispla yon/ o...... .................222
T T
r r
a1c a1c
Sign Assist Sign
Assist
Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 218
Se tting.... ............................................... 219
Sy stem limits... ...... ................................ 218
Tr Tr
ailer hitch ailer
hitch
At tach ing theball neck....... ................... 259
Car e..... ................................................. 326
Coupling up/uncoupling atrailer...... ......2 60
Gener alno tes... .....................................4 00
No tes... .................. ................................ 257
Tr Tr
ailer oper ailer
operation atio
n
Ac tiveBlind SpotAssi <00540055000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 224
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist.. ................... 225
At tach ing theball neck....... ................... 259
Coupling up/uncoupling atrailer...... ......2 60
No tes... .................................................. 257
Tr Tr
ailer st ailer
stabili zation abili
zation
Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 194
Tr Tr
ailer to ailer
tow hitc h w
hitc h
Axle load............... ................................. 400
To ngue weight...... .................................. 400
To wing capacity ...... ...............................4 00 502502
Inde
x