2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE service

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Edi tion B2022 GLE
Ope
rator's Manual
Merc edes-BenzMercedes-Benz GLE

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wind shield ................................................... 147
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 147 ClimatClimat
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cont rol ol
...........................................1 48 148
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 148
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 149 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 156 156
Dr iving ........................................................1 56
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 71
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 74
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 79
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 79
Pa rking ...... .................................................1 82
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ............ 190
Tr ailer hitch... ....................................... .......2 57
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 261 InsIns
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tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 262 262
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 262
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 263
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................... ...................................... 264
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 64
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ..................................................... 266
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 266 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 69 269
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................269
Sy stem settings .......................................... 278
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................282
Te lephone ................................................... 292
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 296
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 303
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................3 06
Sound settings ............................................313 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 314 314
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 314 Engine
compartment ................................... 315
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 321 BrBr
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wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................330 330
Emer gency .......... ........................................ 330
Fla ttir e.......... .......... ...................................332
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................338
To w star tin gor towing away........................ 343
Elec trical fuses ............................................ 348 Whee
lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
.........................................3 51 351
No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ............ ....................................... 351
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ...................... ...................................... 351
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 352
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 352
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 59
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 363
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......368
Changing awheel ........................................ 370
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 80
Collapsib lespar ewheel ...............................382 Cont
ents
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The
origina lpurc hase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof theeq uipment inyour vehicle at
th etime ofdeliv ery.
Sho uldyouha ve anyqu estion sconcer ningequip-
ment andoper ation, please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center.
The Oper ator's Manual, Supplement, further sup-
plement arydocuments andMaint enance Booklet
ar eim por tant doc ume ntsand should bekept in
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about the on- deman df he
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demand featur e)subsequentl yvia Mer cedes me
aTer purchasing your vehicle.
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on-demand featur e eatur
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ve hicle totheshopping basketinthe
Mer cedesme Store. #
Com pletetheor der .
The on-demand featur eis activ ated when
oper atingth eve hicle.
Spe edin gup activ Spe
edin gup activ ation ation
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Switchth eve hicle o.and lockit. #
ATer about 2min utes, unlockth eve hicle and
switc hon theve hicle.
The on-deman dfeatur ehas been activated.
Fo rsome featur es,ano ti/cation alsoappear s
in theve hicle' smult imedi asy stem.
If th eactiv ation wasno tsuccessf ul,repeat the
pr ocess. SerSer
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operation outside t ation
outside the US he
USAor Canada A
or Canada When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R Service points orreplacement partsma yno t
be availabl eimmed iately.
R Unle aded fue lma yno tbe availabl efo rve hi-
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R The fuel mayha ve an extremel ylo w oct ane
number .Unsuit ablefuelcancauseengine
dam age.
Some Mercede s-Benz modelsareav ailabl ein
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anaut hor -
ized Mercedes‑Benz service center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
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USA: A:
Mer cedes-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opean DeliveryDepar tment
One Mercedes -Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328 2424
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Mer cedes -Benz Canada, Inc.
Eur opean Delivery Depar tment
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Mercedes-Benz Roadside Assistance Prog ram
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Yo ur calls totheto ll-fr eeRoadside Assistance
Ho tline areans weredby our agents 24hour sa
da y,365 days aye ar.
1-8 00-FOR-MER Cede s(1- 800-3 67-6372)(USA )
1-800-387-0100 (Canada)
Yo ucan /ndfur ther information intheMer cedes-
Benz Roadside Assistance Prog ram broc hur e
(US A)orthe"R oadside Assistance" section inthe Ser
viceand Warrant ybookle t(Canad a).Youwill
/n dbo th intheve hicle docume ntwa llet. ChangChang
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theev ent ofach ang eof addr ess, please send
us the"No ti/cat ion ofaddr esschang e"inthe
Ser viceand Guarant eebookletor simp lycall the
Mer cedes-Be nzCust omerAss istanc eCent er
(U SA )on theho tline number
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-6372) orCus-
to mer Service (Canada) on1-800 -387-0100. We
can then reac hyo uin atimel yfa shion ,if nece s-
sar y.
If yo usell your Mer cedes, pleaseleaveall liter a-
tur ein theve hicle sothat itis availabl eto thene xt
ow ner .If yo uha ve pur chased aused vehicle,
please sendusthe"No tice ofPur chase ofUsed
Car" intheSer vice andGuar anteebookle tor sim-
pl ycall theMer cedes-Benz Customer Assist ance
Cent er(US A)attheho tline number
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-6372) orCus-
to mer Service (Canada) at1-800 -387-0100. PP
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To avo idmalfunctions orsystem failur es: #
Alwaysha ve thepr escr ibed service and
maint enance workas wellan yre qu ired Gener
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Ifth ech arge leve lis low, charge thebat-
te ry,e.g .by driving aconsider abledis-
ta nce. Plea
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batt eryand shor t-distance trips inthe"Dr iving
and Parking" chap ter(/ page161). Connecting
andusing another device withth e
diagnos ticsconnection canhave thefo llo wing
e.ect s:
R Malfunctions intheve hicle system
R Perm anen tdamag eto vehicle compone nts
Ple ase referto thewa rrant yte rm sand cond itions
fo rth is matt er.
Mor eover,conn ectingeq uipmen tto thediagnos-
tics connection canlead toemissions monitoring
inf ormation beingrese t,forex am ple. This may
lead totheve hicle failing tomee tth ere qu ire-
ments ofthene xt emissions inspection during the
main inspecti on. Quali/edQuali/ed
specialis specialis
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w or k or
kshop shop
An author ized Mercedes-Be nzCent erisaqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. Ithas thenecessar y
special skills,tools and quali/cations tocor rectl y
car ryout thewo rkrequ ired on your vehicle. This
par ticu larlyappli estosaf ety-re leva nt wo rks. Fo
rth efo llo wing, alwaysha ve your vehicle
ch eckedat an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center:
R Safety-re leva nt wo rks
R Serviceand maintena nce work
R Repair work
R Mod i/catio nsaswellas inst allations andcon-
ve rsions
R Workon electr oniccomponent s
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with48 Von-boar h
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ser vice center. Cor
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rect use oft ect
use ofthe v he
vehicle ehicle
If yo ure mo veanywa rning stickers,yo uor other s
could failto recogn izecertain dang ers. Lea ve
wa rning stickers inposition. Gener
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Engl ish:https:/ /www.tc.gc.ca/r ecalls
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Damag eto theve hicle arisin gfrom
vio lati on ofthese oper ating instruction s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from violati on
of these oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Be nzimplie dwa rrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheinst ruction sin these oper at-
ing inst ruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi-
cle damag e. QR
code f QR
code for r or
rescue card escue
card
QR codes areatt ached inthefuel /ller 0apand on
th eopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theev ent of
an accident, rescue service scan usetheQR code
to quickl y/n dth eappr opriatere scue cardfo r yo
ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcont ains the
most impor tant informa tion aboutyour vehicle in
a com pact form ,e.g .th ero uting oftheelectr ic
lines.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat http s://
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uni ts
Elect ronic cont rolunits areinst alled inyour vehi-
cle. Control uni tsprocess datawhic h,forex am-
ple, they receiv efrom vehicle senso rs,ge ner ate
th emsel vesor exch ang ebe tween themsel ves.
Som econt rolunits arere qu ired forth esaf eoper -
ation ofyour vehicle, some assistyo uwhen driv-
ing, suchas driver assist ancesystems, while oth-
er senab lecon venienc eor infotainm entfunct ions.
The follo wing prov ides youwit hge ner alinf orma -
tion rega rding datapr ocess ingintheve hicle.
Ad ditional information rega rding exactl ywhic h
dat ain your vehicle arecolle cted, savedand
tr ansmitt edtothird par ties, andforwhat purpose, can
befound intheinf ormation directl yre lat ed to
th efunction alch aract eristics inqu estion intheir
re specti veOper ator's Manual. Thisinformation is
also availabl eonl ine and, depen dingon theve hi-
cle equipme nt,dig itall y.
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er er
sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni queve hicle
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. 3232
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ements r ements
reg eg
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ding t ding
the disc losur he
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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 -
do wn services. Thesame istrue inthecase of
wa rrant yclaims andqualit yassur ance measur es.
In gener al,there adout isper form ed via theleg ally
pr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnost icsconnection in
th eve hicle. Theoper ation aldat ath at arere ad out
docume nttech nica lst at es oftheve hicle orof
ind ividual compone ntsand assis tin thediagnosis
of malfunctions, compliance withwa rrant yobli ga-
tions andqualit yim prov ement. Tothat end ,th ese
dat a,in par ticular information aboutcomponent
loads, tech nica leve nts, malfunct ionsandother
fa ults maybe transmitt edalong withth eve hicle
identi/cation numbertothemanuf acturer.Fu r-
th er mor e,themanuf acturerissubject toproduct
liability .Fo rth is reason themanuf actureralso
uses operational datafrom theve hicle, forex am-
ple, forre calls. These datacan also beused to
ex amin eth ecust omer's warrant yand guar antee
claims. Gene
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Fa
ult memor iesintheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outletor atyour requ est aspar tof repair
or maint enance work.
Con v Con
venience andinfot enience
andinfotainm entfunct ions ainm
entfunct ions
Yo ucan stor econ venienc ese ttings andindivi dual
se ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese tth em
at anytime.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing settings, forex am ple:
R Seatand steer ing wheel positions
R Suspen sionandclimat econt rolsetting s
R Indi vidual setting s,suc has interior lightin g
Depen dingon theselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle infotainm entfunct ions
yo urself.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mul time diadata,suc has music, /lmsorpho-
to sfo rpla ybac kin an integratedmultimedia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integratedhands-fr eesystem oran integra-
te dna vig ation system
R Entered navig ation destinations
R Dataabout theuse ofInterne tser vices
These datafo rcon venienc eand infotainm ent
fu nct ionsma ybe savedlocall yin theve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
conn ectedtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphon e,
USB 0ash drive or MP 3pla yer.Ifyo uha ve ent ered
th ese datayo urself, youcan deletethem atany
time.
This datais transmitt edfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est. This applies, inpar -
ticular ,when youuse online services inaccor d-
ance withth ese tting sth at youha ve select ed.
Smar Smar
tphon eint tphon
eint egr eg
ration (e.g.An dr ation
(e.g.An droid A oid
Aut ut
oor o
or
Appl eCarP lay Appl
eCarP lay® ®
) )
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipp ed,youcan
connect your smar tphone orano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then contr olthem
by means ofthecontr olelements integratedin
th eve hicle. Imagesand audio from thesmar t- phone
canbeoutput viathemultimedia system.
Cer tain inf ormation issimult aneousl ytransf erred
to your smar tphone. Depending onthetype and
int egration, this includes positiondata,day/night
mode andother gener alvehicle statuse s.Fo r
mor einf ormation pleaseconsult theOper ator's
Manual oftheve hicle/ infotainm entsystem.
This integration allowstheuse ofselect edsmar t-
phone apps,suchas navig ation ormusic player
apps. Thereis no further interactio nbe tween the
smar tphon eand theve hicle; inpar ticu lar,ve hicle
dat ais no tdir ectl yaccessibl e.The type ofaddi-
tion aldat apr ocessin gis de term ined bythepro-
vider oftheapp being used.Whichse tting syo u
can make,ifan y,depends onthespeci/c appand
th eoper ating system ofyour smar tphone. Online
ser Online
services vices
WW
ir ir
eless ne eless
netw tw
or or
kconnection k
connection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ection,
it enab lesdatato be exch ang edbetween your
ve hicle andaddit ionalsystems. Thewireless net-
wo rkconn ectionis made possible bytheve hicle' s
ow ntrans mitt erand receiv eror by amobil eend 3434
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