2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS tow

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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&
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due 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 (/page420) . &
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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 is no 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
R Perm issible gross weight ofthetrailer
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer 278278
Dr
iving andparking

#
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 &
W W
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 (/page362)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page363) Dr
ivin gand parking
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The
MBUX Int The
MBUX Inter er
ior Ass ist ior
Ass istant suppor ant
supportst ts
the f he
follo ollo
wing int wing
inter er
ac tions : ac
tions : IntInt
er er
ac tion ar ac
tion area ea
Int Int
er er
ac tion ac
tion Descr Des
crip ip
tion tion
In front ofthemedia displayor
abo vetheto uc hpad Pr
ox imity tothecontr olelement TheInterior Assist antrecogn izesth eappr oachof thehand towa rdsa cont rol
element.
Depending ontheactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill beadjust edinthemedia
displa y.Som efunc tions di.e rentiat ebe twee ndr iver andfront passeng er.
No spec i/c ha nd positio nis requ ired.
Ab ove thecent erconsole De/nedpose Afavo rite iscalled upwithade/n edpose.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside rear vie wmir ror
th ere adin glig ht forth edr iver or thefront passeng erisswitc hedonand o..
Ab ove thefront passeng erseat Stretching outahand abovethefront
passeng erseat By
stretch ing out ahand abovethefront passeng erseat thesear chlight is
switc hedon.Ifyo uwit hdr aw ahand from this area, thesear chlight is
switc hedo.again. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the r he
reading lightandsearc eading
lightandsearch light and h
light and
on or on
oro. o.
RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R F F
or t or
the r he
reading light eading
light: :
- The function isavailabl ewhen itis dar k. -
The hand movement take splace inthe
int eraction area belo wtheinside rear vie w
mir ror.
R F F
or t or
the sear c he
sear ch light h
light: :
- The function isavailabl ewhen itis dar k. -
The hand movement take splace inthe
int eraction area abo vethefront passeng er
seat.
- The seat beltonthefront passeng erseat
must no no
t t
be inser tedin theseat belt
buc kle. MBUX
multimedia system
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A
repor tma yappear inthefo llo wing cases :
R Forth eIndividu alRecordi ngrecor ding mode:
th ememor yis full orther ear eonl ya few
minut esrecor ding time availabl e.The video
re cor ding stops orwill bestopped imminently.
Chang eth eUSB device ordele teavid eo /le.
R Ifavid eo recor ding hasstar tedand anational
bor der isde tected, theNational Border
Crossed .Plea seobserve thecountry-spe-
cific regul ations onvideo recording. message
appear s.
This function isno tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
R The camer ais no tfu nct ional,theCame ra
Unavail ablemessag eappear s.
Ha ve thecamer ach eckedin an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. TT
elephone elephone
TT
elephon y elephon
y NNo o
t t
es on t es
on telephon y elephon
y &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofdist raction from oper at-
ing integratedcommunication equipment
while theve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atecommunica tionequipment inte-
gr ated intheve hicle when drivi ng ,yo ucould
be distr acted from thetra1c situation. This
could alsocause youto lose contr olof the
ve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofan accid ent from oper-
atin gmobil ecommun icationequipme nt
while theve hicle isin mo tion
Mobi lecommun ications device sdis tract the
dr iver from thetra1c situation. Thiscould also
cause thedr iver tolose contr olof theve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com-
munications devices when theve hicle is
st ation ary. #
Asave hicle occupan t,onl yuse mobil e
commun ications device sin thear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthere ar
passen gercom partment. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating mobi lecom munic ationequipme ntin
th eve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d 312312
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UX mult imedi asy stem

and
hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stow agespaces andmobil e
phon ere cep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communications devices correctl y:
R Loading theve hicle (/page124)
Blu et Blue
too th oo
th® ®
conn ection: conn
ection: The
menu viewand theav ailabl efu nct ionsin the
te lephone menuarein par tdependent onthe
Blue toot h®
pro/le oftheconnect edmobile
phone. Fullfunctionality isonl yav ailabl eif th e
mobile phonesuppor tsbo th ofthefo llo wing Blue-
to ot h®
pro/les:
R PBAP (Phone BookAccess Pro/le)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomaticall yon themultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Pro/le)
- The mobile phonemessag efun ction scan
be used onthemultimedia system.
Ir re specti veofthis, Blue toot h®
audio funct ionality
can byused withan ymobile radio unit.
Fo rinf ormation onthera ng eof functi onsofthe
mobile radio unit tobe connect ed,see themanu-
fa ctur er's oper atingins tructio ns.
N N
e e
tw tw
or or
kconn ection: k
conn ection: The
follo wing cases canlead tothecall being dis-
connect edwhile theve hicle isin mo tion :
R Youswitc hint oatransmiss ion/receptionsta-
tion, inwhic hno communica tionchann elis
fr ee.
R The SIM cardused isno tcom patiblewithth e
ne tworkav ailabl e
R Amobil ephon ewit h"Twinc ard" islog gedint o
th ene tworkwit hth esecond SIMcardat the
same time
The mult imedi asy stem suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prov ed speec hqu alit y.Arequ ire-
ment forth is isthat themobile phoneandthe
mobile phonenetworkpr ov ider oftheper son you
ar ecalli ngsuppor tHD Voice ®
.
Depending onthequ alit yof theconnection, the
vo ice qualit yma y0uctuat e.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dfrom an
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen teror at: https://
www .mer<00440046004500460054000E00430046004F005B000F00440050004E00100044
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multimedia system
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#
Remo vecap 1bytheta b. #
Addwa sher 0uid.
% Further informatio nabout thewindshield
wa sher 0uid(/page414) KK
eepi ngt eepi
ngthe air he
air-w -w
at at
er duct fr er
duct free ee
#
Keep thear ea between thehood andthe
wind shield free ofdeposi ts,e.g.ice, snowand
lea ves. Clean
ingand care Clean
ingand care NNo o
t t
es on w es
on washing t ashing
the v he
vehicle inacar w ehicle
inacar wash ash
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue to
re duced braking e.ect aTerwashing the
ve hicle
The braking e.ect isreduced aTerwashing
th eve hicle. #
ATer theve hicle hasbeen washed, brak e
car efull ywhile paying attent ion tothe
tr a1 cco nd itio ns untilth ebr aking e.ect
has been fullyre stor ed . *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gefrom automatic braking If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. Main
tenanc eand care
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To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle, observethefo l-
lo wing when usingapo we rwa sher :
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise,
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y.
R Maint ainadist anceof atlea st11.8 in(30 cm)
to theve hicle.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hdecor h
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil: oil:
Parts of your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecor ativefo il.
Maint ainadist ance ofatleast 27.6in(70 cm)
be tween thefo il-co veredpar tsof theve hicle
and thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher .Mo vethe
po we rwa sher nozzlearoun dwhils tclean ing.
The waterte mp eratur eof thepo we rwa sher
mus tno tex ceed 140°F(60°C) .
R Obser vetheinf ormation onthecor rect dis-
ta nce intheeq uipment manufacturer'soper -
ating instruction s.
R Donotdir ect thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensi tivepar ts,suc has tires, gaps,
electr icalcom ponent s,batt eries, light sources
and ventila tion slits. WW
as hing t as
hing the v he
vehi cle b ehi
cle by ha nd y
ha nd *
N NO O
TE TE
Engine damagedue towa tering ress #
Take car eno tto point thewa terje t
dir ectl yto wa rdsth eair inle tgr ille belo w
th ehood. Obser
vetheleg alrequ irements, e.g.inanumber
of countr ies,washing byhand isonl yper mitt edin
special lydesignat edwash bays. #
Use amild clean ingagent ,e.g .car sham poo. #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewarm wa terusing a
soT carspong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight. #
Carefull yhose theve hicle o.withwa terand
dr yusing ach amois.
% Obser vetheno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page346). NNo o
t t
es on pain tw es
on pain twor or
k/mat t k/mat
te e
/nish /nish
paintw pain
twor or
kcar e k
car e To
avo iddamaging thepaintw orkand interfering
wit hth edr iving assist ancesystems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes: P P
aint aint
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Tree resin, oils, fuels and greases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywit haclo thsoak edinpe tro-
leum ether orlighter 0uid.
R Coolan tand brak e0uid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water.
R Tarst ains: usetarre mo ver.
R Wax:use silicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsti ckers, /lms orsimilar materi-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e.
Mat t Mat
te e
/nish /nish
R Onlyuse carepr oduct sappr oved for
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 344344
Main
tenanc eand care