2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS light

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Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth etra1c signs arehar dto detect, e.g.due
to dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or
because they areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out- of-dat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtra1c signs
outside thecamer a's/eld ofvision.
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Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmust beacti vatedfo rth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. Multimedia
system:
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Settings 5
Assistance
5 Traffic SignAssist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingaut ating
automatic adop omatic
adoptionof tion
of
speed limits(onl speed
limits(onlyv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
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Assist ance ance
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Select LimitAdoption. #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
The speed limitsdetected byTra1c Sign
Assis tar eaut omati callyadop tedby Active
Dist ance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected speed canbemanuall yadop ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise control
R Variable limiter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page222) . Disp
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laying det ying
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a1c a1c
signs int signs
inthe medi adis- he
medi adis-
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Select Display inCentr alDisplay . #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
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the type ofw he
type ofwar ar
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Select Visual& Audibl e, Visua lor Off.
Se Se
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the w he
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eshold eshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic hawa rn-
ing isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. TT
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a1c a1c
Light Inf Light
Infor or
mation ser mation
service vice
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident orinjur y
due todist raction ,incor rect or missin g
dat a
The tra1c lightinformation displayis an aid
and canno tre place theobser vation ofthe
actual drivi ng situ atio n. Dr
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Keep theactual tra1c situation con-
st antl yin vie wwhen approaching atraf-
fi c light andwhen chang inglane s. #
Avoid looking attheInstr ument Display
and Head-up Displayfo ra long time. The
Instr ument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailabl e)sho wthetra1c lighticonandremainin g
time 1unti lth ene xt green phase asacountdo wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheInstr ument Display
The displa yis hidden about/veseconds before
th etra1c lights chang eto green. %
The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turning o.beforeth eint ersection
int oacr oss orside street
R When turning beforeth eint ersection
% The direction arro ws aredispl ayeddepending
on thefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsignal isse t
R Alane isrecommen dedduring activ e
rou teguida nce
If neit her functio nis ac tive, there mainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase forth elane
str aight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetra1c lightinformation service
re qu ires there gula rtr ans missionof vehicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons toMer cedes-
Benz. Thedatais imm ediately anon ymizedby
Mer cedes-Be nzand forw arded tothepr ov ider
of thetra1c lightinformation service. The
ve hicle positionsand drivi ng directi ons are
dele tedaTer ave ry shor ttime (afew sec-
onds) andareno tper manen tly sa ved. If
yo udo notwa nttotransm itth eve hicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons, youha ve the
fo llo wing options:
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedesme portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center.
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice intheAssis-
tance menuinthemultimedia system
(/ page241).
% This tra1c lightinformation service isonl y
av ailabl ein cer tain cities andregions .
The functio nis sup portedunder thefo llo wing con-
ditions:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithamult imedi asy s-
te m featur ingnavig atio nand acommun ication
modul ewit han activ ated, integratedSIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes me
Po rtal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth euser
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The navig ation ser vice sop tion isavailabl e,
subscr ibedtoand activ ated intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The tra1c light dat aser vice belon gstothe
scope ofthena vig ation services.
The current vehicle positionand thedir ection of
tr av el aretransmitt edvia thecommunication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetra1c
light dataser vice prov ider .The prov ider gather s
dat afrom tra1c lights whichtransmit their chang -
ing phases. Whentheve hicle approaches aninter-
secti onwithne tworke dtra1c lights, datais trans-
mitt edtotheve hicle.
A se ttur nsign alleT orright and lane recommen -
dation sdur ing activ ero uteguidance areta ke n
int oaccount forth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand is
no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle funct ions,systems
or com pone nts. Ple ase note that thedispla yed
dat ais no tav ailabl ein all tra1c areas and maybe
inco rrect.
Cer tain light signal systems automaticall yadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent tra1c situa- tion.
Thiscanlea dto asudde nch ang ein the
count down displa y.
The informa tion intheInstr ument Displayis
sho wnaTer selecting thedispla ycont ents inthe
Assi stance men u.Ifano ther menu isselect ed,the
tr a1 cligh tco un tdow nis no tdis pla yed.
Also obser vethefo llo wing information:
R select aspeed adaptedto thetra1c, sur-
ro undings andweather cond itions
R obser veactual tra1c signs
R obser veappli cable tra1c rules and regula -
tions
Pleas eobs erve theno teson drivi ng systems and
yo ur responsi bility.Yo ucould other wise failto rec-
ogn izedang ers.
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
The displa ydoes notappear inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ther eis no tra1c light dat aav ailabl e.
R The time remainin gunti lth ene xt green phase
is less than tensec onds . R
Eme rgency vehicles orlocal publictranspor t
ar elocat edinthevicinity oftheint ersection.
R The datatransmission from theve hicle has
been interrupted.
R The tra1c lightsystems arelocat edinacon-
str uction sitear ea orareunder going mainte-
nance.
R The light signal system ismalfunctionin g.
R The subscr iption totheser vice hasexpir ed. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the he
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a1c a1c
lightinf light
infor or
mation displa mation
displayon y
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or or
o. o.
Multimedi
asy stem:
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Settings 5
Assistance #
Switc hTraffi cLight Information onD or
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Blind
Spo Blind
SpotAss is t
Ass istand A t
and Acti v cti
ve Blind Spo e
Blind SpotAss is t
Ass istwith t
wit h
e e
xit w xit
war ar
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unction ofBlind Spo unction
ofBlind SpotAssi s t
Assi stand A t
and Activ ctiv
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Blind
Spo Spo
tAssi s t
Assi stwit t
wit he h
exit w xit
war ar
ning ning
Blind SpotAssi stand ActiveBlind SpotAssi stuse
tw olat eral, rear-facing radar sensor sto monit or
th ear ea up to130 T(40 m)behind and10T
(3 m) next to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspeeds aboveappr ox-
imat ely8 mp h(1 2km /h)an dth is vehicle subse-
qu entl yent ersth emonit oring rang edir ectl yne xt
to your vehicle, thewa rning lampin theoutside
mir rorlights upred.
Pe rm anen tst atus displayintheinst rument clus-
te r:
R ¸ (gra y): system isac tiva tedbut inoper a-
tiv e
R ¸ (gre en): system isactiv ated and oper a-
tional
If ave hicle isde tected close toyour vehicle and
yo uswitc hon thetur nsignal indicat orinthecor -
re spond ingdirecti on, adoubl ewa rning tone
sou nds and there dwa rning lampin theoutside mir
ror0as hes. Ifth etur nsignal indicat orremains
switc hedon,allother detected vehicles areind i-
cat ed onlyby the0ash ingofthere dwa rning
lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident despiteBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind SpotAssist doesnotre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertaking youat agr eatl y
di.er entspeed.
Blind SpotAssist cannotwa rndriver sin this
situation. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation andmaint ainasaf edist ance at
th eside oftheve hicle. Obser
vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) .
Exit w Exit
war ar
nin g nin
g
The exitwa rning isan additional functionofBlind
Spo tAssist andcanwarnvehicle occupan tsabout appr
oaching vehicles whenleavingth eve hicle
when station ary. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent despiteex it
wa rning
The exitwa rning neit her reacts tostat iona ry
objects nortoper sons orroad user s
appr oaching youat agr eatl ydi.er ingspeed.
The exitwa rning canno twa rndriver sin these
situations. #
Alwayspa ypar ticu larattent ion tothe
tr a1 csitu ation whe nop ening th edoor s
and makesur eth er eis su1cien tclear -
ance. If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this is
indicat edintheoutside mirror.Ifave hicle occu-
pant opensth edoor ontheside withth ewa rning,
a wa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning lampin
th eoutside mirrorst ar ts to 0ash.
Thi saddi tion alfunc tion ison lyavailabl ewhen
Bli nd SpotAss istisac tive. Whe nth eex itwa rning
is activ ated, itcan warnvehicle occupan tsforup
to thre eminut esaTer switchingtheve hicle o.. 242242
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If
acour se-correctin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur s,
th ere dwa rning lamp0as hes intheoutside mirror
and awa rning tone sou nds. Inadd ition,dis pla y
1 indic ating thedang erofaside collision
appear sin theInstr ument Display.
In rare cases, thesy stem maymak ean inappr o-
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interru pted atanytime ifyo usteer slightl y
in theopposit edir ection oracceler ate.
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stem limits em
limits
No tethesy stem limit ations ofActiveBlind Spot
Assi st;yo uma yot her wise notre cogn izethedan-
ge rs (/ pag e242). Eit
her acour se-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ion
appr opriateto thedr iving situation, ornone atall,
ma yoccur inthefo llo wing situations:
R Vehicles orobs tacles, e.g.cr ash barrier s, are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches tooclosel yon theside.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds.
R Youbr ak eor acceler atesign i/ca ntly.
R Adr iving safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP®
or ActiveBr ak eAssi st.
R ESP ®
is dea ctivated.
R Aloss oftirepr ess ureor amal functioning tire
is de tected.
R Youar edr iving withatrailer andtheelectr ical
connection tothetrailer hitchhas been cor-
re ctl yes tablished.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/ deactiv ating/
deactiv atingBlindSpo ating
BlindSpo tAssis t
Assist or t
or
A A
ctiv ctiv
eBlin dSpo e
Blin dSpo tAssist t
Assist
Multimedi asy stem:
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Assistance #
Activateor dea ctivateBlind SpotAssist. or #
Activateor dea ctivateAct .Blind SpotAssist . AA
ctiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist FF
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist monitorsth ear ea in
fr ont ofyour vehicle bymeans ofthemultifun ction
camer a(/ page209). Itser vesto protect you
ag ains tuni ntent ionallylea vingyo ur lane. Youwill
be warned byvibr atio npuls esinthesteer ing
wheel andguided byacour se-co rrecting brak e
application backint oyo ur lane.
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist isavailabl ein the
speed rang ebe tween 37mph(60 km/h) and
124 mph(2 00 km/h).
Ac tiveLane Keeping Assist canneither reduce the
ri sk ofan acciden tif yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving
sty lenor override thelaws ofphysics. Itcanno t
ta ke intoaccount road, weather ortra1c cond i-
tio ns. ActiveLane Keeping Assist isonl yan aid.
Yo uar ere sponsi bleformaint aining asaf edis-
ta nce totheve hicle infront ,fo rve hicle speed, for
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The
statu sof ActiveLane Keeping Assist isdis-
pla yedin theon-boar dcom puter:
R 00B0 (gre en): ActiveLane Keeping Assist is
activ eand oper ating.
R 00B0 (gra y): ActiveLane Keeping Assist is
activ ebut notoper ating.
R ·: ActiveLane Keeping Assist isdeactiv a-
te dor ther eis amalfunction. If
alane-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur s,dis-
pla y1 appear sin theInstr ument Display.
The system doesno tapp lythebr ak eif yo uacti-
va te thetur nsignal indicat or. V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
ifth e
sy stem detects anobs tacle, suchas ano ther vehi-
cle intheadjacent lane,itwill appl yth ebr ak e
re ga rdless ofthetur nsignal indicat or.
Yo uar ewa rned byvibr atio nsinthesteer ing wheel
in thefo llo wing circumst ances:
R ActiveLane Keeping Assist detects alane
mar king .
R Afront wheel drives ove rth is lane marking.
Conditions f Conditions
for acour or
acour se-cor r se-cor
recting br ecting
brak ak
eapplica - e
applica -
tion (v tion
(vehicles wit ehicles
without Dr hout
Driving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
Lane markings weredetected on both sides ofthe
lane. Thefront wheel drives ove ra continuous
lane marking.
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interrupted atany
time ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit edir ec-
tion.
Conditions f Conditions
for acour or
acour se-cor r se-cor
recting br ecting
brak ak
eapplica- e
applica-
tion (v tion
(vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
R Acontinuous lanemarking wasde tected and
dr iven over wit hth efront wheel.
R Alane marking andanappr oaching vehicle, an
ov ertaking vehicle orvehicles drivi ng par allel to
your vehicle weredetected intheadjacent
lane. Thefront wheel drives ove rth elane
mar king.
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interrupted atany
time ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit edir ec-
tion.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
No lane-cor rectin gbr ak eapplicat ionoccur sin the
fo llo wing situations:
R Youclear lyand activ elyst eer ,br ak eor accel-
er ate.
R Ifadr ivi ng safetysy stem interve nes, suchas
ESP ®
,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stor ActiveBlind Spot
Assi st.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving stylewit h
high corner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler -
ation .
R When ESP®
is deacti vated.
R When driving withatrailer ,th eelectr icalcon-
nection tothetrailer hasbeen correctl yes tab-
lished. Dr
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tting t tti
ng the v he
veh icle lev eh
icle level (v el
(veh icles wit eh
icles with AI RMA h
AI RMA TIC) TI
C) &
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ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof accide nt becauseve hi-
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. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofent rapment from vehi-
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, peoplecould
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween the
ve hicle body andthetir es orunder neathth e
ve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when theve hicle isbein g
lo we red. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped due
to theve hicle lowe ring
V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hAIRMA h
AIRMA TICorlev TIC
orlevel cont r el
cont rol: ol:
when
yo uunload luggageor lea vetheve hicle, the
ve hicle /rst rises slightlyand then retur ns to
th ese tle ve lshor tly aTer wards.
Yo uor anyone elsein thevicinity ofthewheel
ar ch es ortheunderbody couldthus become
tr apped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaTer being
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur eth at
nob ody isin thevicinity ofthewheel
ar ch es ortheunderbody . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tovehicle lowe ring Pa
rts of thebody could bedamag edwhen the
ve hicle islowe red. #
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno obst acles
suc has curbs underneathor inthe
immediat evicinity ofthebody when the
ve hicle isbein glowe red. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without hout
O.-r O.-
road oad
pack pac
kag ag
e: e:
theve hicle
is no tmo vingfa ster than 40 mph(6 5km /h).
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th h
O. -r O.-r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
e: e:
- O.-r oadleve l+1: theve hicle isno tmo ving
fa ster than 62 mph(100 km/h) .
- O.-r oadleve l+2: theve hicle isno tmo ving
fa ster than 40 mph(6 5km /h).
- O.-road leve l+3: theve hicle isno tmo ving
fa ster than 12 mph(2 0km /h)an dth ere ar
fo glam pis no tsw itched on. Dr
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aisin gt aisin
gthe v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicle swit ehicle
swit hout hout
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Push rock er switc h1 forw ards.
Indi catorlam p2 0ashes whiletheve hicle is
bein gra ised andlights upcontinuousl ywhen
it has /nished rising . Yo
ur selection issaved. The o.-road leve lse t
re mains stor ed even aTer theignition hasbeen
switc hedo..
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R When driving faster than 50 mph(8 0km /h).
R Whendrivi ng brie0y between 40mph
(65 km/h )and 50mph(80 km/h) .
R ATer select ingadi.er entdrive pr og ram using
th eDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch.
Th eve hicle isadju sted totheheight oftheactiv e
dr ive pr og ram.
Lo w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicles wit ehicles
without hout
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e) e)
#
Pull rock er switc h1.
The vehicle isadju sted totheheight ofthe
activ edr ive pr og ram.
Oper Oper
ation wit ation
withatr h
atrailer orbicy ailer
orbicy cler cle
rac k ac
k If
th eelectr icalconnection hasbeen correctl y
es tablished tothetrailer orbicy clerack :
R From appr ox.18.7 mph(3 0km /h):o. -road
le ve l+1 can beselect ed,rega rdless ofdrive
pr og ram.
R From appr ox.18.7 mph(3 0km /h):theve hi-
cle isadju sted tonor malle ve l,re ga rdless of
dr ive pr og ram. 250250
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