2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS light

per
mit anyre liable conclusion aboutthetir epr es-
sur e.
Onl ycor rect tirepr essur ewhen thetir es arecold.
Conditions forcold tires:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hth etir es out
of dir ect sunlight forat least thre ehour s.
R The vehicle hastrav eled lessthan 1mile
(1.6 km).
The vehicle' stir es heat upwhen drivi ng .As the
te mp eratur eof thetir es incr eases, sotoodoes
th etir epr essur e.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing syst ing
system: em:
Yo ucan also checkth etir epr essur eusing theon-
boar dcom puter.
The tirepr essur ere commen dedforincr eased
load/speed inthetir epr essur eta ble can a.ect
th eride comf ort. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetounsuit a-
ble acces sories ontireva lves
If yo umount unsuitableacces sories ontotir e
va lves, thetir eva lves ma ybe overloaded and malfunction,
whichcan cause tirepr essur e
loss. #
Onlyscr ew stan da rd valve caps orvalve
caps speci/call yappr ovedby Mer cedes-
Benz foryo ur vehicle ontoth etir eva lve. NNo o
t t
es on tr es
on trailer oper ailer
operation ation
Alw aysin0at eth ere ar axle tires tothere commen -
ded tirepr essur eon thetir epr essur eta ble for
incr eased load. TT
ir ir
e pr e
pr essur essur
et e
table able
The
tirepr essur eta ble ison theinside ofthefuel
/ller 0ap.
% The datasho wnintheimag esisex am ple
dat a. The
tirepr essur eta ble showsthere commen ded
tir epr essur efo rall tires appr ovedfo rth is vehicle.
The recommen dedtirepr essur esappl yfo rcold
tir es under various oper ating condition s,i.e. load-
ing and/or speedoftheve hicle.
If one ormor etir esize spr ecede atir epr essur e,
th efo llo wing tirepr essur einf ormation isonl yva lid
fo rth ose tiresizes andtheir respect ive load con-
diti on.
The load cond itions "partiallyladen" and"fully
laden" arede/n edintheta ble fordi.er entnum-
ber sof passeng ersand amounts oflugg age. The
actual number ofseats maydi.er from this. Wheels
andtires
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FF
ir s ir
st le t
le tt tt
er(s) er(s)
1 1: :
R Without: passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto
Eur opean manufacturingstandar ds.
R "P": passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto US
manu factur ingstandar ds.
R "LT": light truc ktir es accor dingtoUS manu -
fa ctur ingstandar ds.
R "T": com pact emer gency sparewheels with
high tirepr essur eth at areonl ydesig nedfor
te mp oraryuse inan emer gency .
Aspe ctr Aspe
ctratio atio
3 3: :
Ra tio between tireheigh tand tirewidt hin per cent
(tir eheigh tdivide dby tirewidt h).
T T
ir ir
e cod e e
cod e4 4
(tir (tir
etype ): e
type ):
R "R"radial tire
R "D": bias plytir e
R "B": bias beltedtires
R "ZR": radial tirewit hamaximum speedabove
149 mph(2 40 km/h)(o pt ional) Rim
diame t Rim
diame ter er
5 5: :
The diame terof thebead seat(notth ediame ter
of therim 0ang e).The rim diame teris speci/ edin
inc hes (in).
Load-bear Load-bear
inginde ing
inde x x
6 6: :
Numer icalcode that speci/es themaximum load-
bear ingcapac ityofatir e(e.g. "91"correspond s
to 1356 lbs(615 kg)).
The load-bear ingcapa cityofthetir emust beat
least halfthegr oss axle weight rating ofyour vehi-
cle. Donotove rload thetir es by exceedin gth e
speci/ed loadlimit.
Se ealso:
R Maximu mper missibl eload ontheTire and
Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d(/ page376)
R Maxim umtireload (/page383)
R Load index
Spe edr Spe
edrat ing at
ing 7 7: :
Sp eci/es theappr ovedmaximum speedofthe
tir e. %
Anelec tronic speedlimit erprev ents your
ve hicle from exceedin gaspeed of130 mph
(210 km/h ).
Mak esur eth at your tires have there qu ired speed
ra ting. Youcan obtain information onthere qu ired
speed rating from anaut hor ized Mercede s-Benz
Cent er.
Summer tir Summer
tires es
Inde
x Inde
x Speedr Speed
rating ating
Qu pto 100 mph(1 60 km/h)
Ru pto 106 mph(1 70 km/h)
Su pto 112 mph(1 80 km/h)
Tu pto 118 mph(1 90 km/h)
Hu pto 130 mph(2 10 km/h)
Vu pto 149 mph(2 40 km/h)
Wu pto 168 mph(2 70 km/h)
Yu pto 186 mph(3 00 km/h) Wh
eelsan dtire s
385 385

Inde
x Inde
x Speed r Sp
eed ratin g atin
g
ZR ...Y 1
upto186 mph(3 00 km/h)
ZR. ..(..Y )1
over186 mph(3 00 km/h)
ZR 1
over149 mph(2 40 km/h) R
Spe cify ing thespeed rating asthe"ZR" index
in tirecode 4isop tional fortir es up to
186 mph(3 00 km/h).
R Ifyo ur tirecode 4includes "ZR"andther eis
no speed rating 7,/ndout wha tth emaxi-
mum speed isfrom thetir emanuf acturer.
R Ifload-bear inginde x6 and speed rating 7
ar ein brac kets, themaximum speedrating of
yo ur tireis abo ve186 mph(3 00 km/h).To
/nd outthemaximum speed,askthetir eman-
uf actur er. All-w All-w
eat eat
her tir her
tires and wint es
and wintertir er
tires es
Inde
x Inde
x Speedr Speed
rating ating
Q M+S 2
upto100 mph(1 60 km/h)
T M+S 2
upto118 mph(1 90 km/h)
H M+S 2
upto130 mph(2 10 km/h)
V M+S 2
upto149 mph(240 km/h) Wi
nter tires bea rth e004D snow0ak esymbol and
ful/ll there qu irements oftheRu bber Manuf actur-
er sAssociation (RMA)andtheRu bber Association
of Canada (RAC)rega rding thetir etraction on
sno w.
Load inde Load
index x
8 8: :
R Nospec i/cation given: standar dload (SL)tire
R "XL" or"Ex tra Load" :ex tra load tireor rein-
fo rc ed tire
R "Light Load": lightloadtire R
"C", "D", "E":aload rang eth at depen dson the
maximum loadthat thetir ecan carryatacer -
ta in pressur e De/n
ition De/n
itionoft of
ter er
ms f ms
for tir or
tires and loading es
and loading
T T
ir ir
e s e
str tr
uctur uctur
eand c e
and char har
act act
er er
is istics: tics:
descr ibesthe
numb eroflaye rs or thenumber ofrubber -coat ed
belts inthetir econt actsurface and thetir ewa ll.
These aremade ofsteel, nylon, polyester and
ot her materials.
Bar : Bar
:me tric uni tfo rtir epr essur e.14.5038 pounds
per squar einc h(psi) and100 kilopasc al(kP a)is
th eeq uiv alent ofone bar.
DO DO
T(Depar T
(Depar tmentofTr tment
ofTranspo rt anspo
rtatio n): atio
n):DOT-mar ked
tir es ful/ llth ere qu irements ofthe
US Depar tmentof Transpo rtatio n.
Av Av
er er
ag ag
ew e
weight oft eight
ofthe v he
vehicle occupants: ehicle
occupants: the
numb erofvehicle occupan tsforwhic hth eve hicle
is desig ned,mult iplied by150 lb(68 kg).
U Unif nif
or or
m T m
Tir ir
e Quality Gr e
Quality Grading St adin
gSt andar andar
ds: ds:
auni form
st an da rd tograde thequ alit yof tires withre ga rd
1 "ZR" stat ed inthetir ecode.
2 Or "M+S004D" forwint ertires. 386386
Wheels
andtires

Max
imumloa don one tir Max
imumloa don one tire: e:
ma xim um loadon one
tir e. This isca lcu lated bydividin gth emaximum
axle load ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persq PSI
(pounds persquar uar
einc e
inc h): h)
:st anda rdunit of
measur ementfortir epr essur e.
Aspect r Aspect
ratio: atio:
ratio between tireheigh tand tire
widt hin per cent.
T T
ir ir
e pr e
pr ess ur ess
ure: e:
press ureinsid eth etir eappl ying an
outw ardfo rc eto everysq uar einc hof thetir e. The
tir epr essur eis speci/ed inpounds persquar e
inc h(psi), inkilopasc als(kPa)or inbar .The tire
pr essur eshould onlybe cor rected when thetir es
ar ecold.
Cold tir Cold
tirepr e
pr essur essur
e: e:
thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat least 3hour swit h-
out direct sunlight onthetir es ortheve hicle has
been driven forless than 1mile (1.6km).
T T
ir ir
e cont e
cont actsurf act
surface: ace:
thepar tof thetir eth at
comes intocont actwithth ero ad.
T T
ir ir
e bead: e
bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel rim.
Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead to
pr ev ent thetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim. Side
w Side
wall: all:
thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
W W
eight ofop eight
ofoptional eq tional
equipment: uipment:
thecombined
we ight oftheop tional equipment weighing more
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3 kg).This optio nal equipme nt,suc has
high- perform ance brak es, leve lcontrol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form ance batteries,
is no tincl uded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccess ories.
TIN (T TIN
(Tir ir
e e
Ident i/cation Ident
i/cationNumber): Number):
auniq ueident i/-
cat ion number whichcan beused byatir emanu -
fa ctur ertoidentify tires, forex am ple, inapr oduct
re call, andthus identify thepur chaser s.The TINis
made upofthemanuf acturer'sidentity code,tire
size, tiretype code andthemanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear Load-bear
inginde ing
inde x: x:
theload-bear inginde xis a
code that cont ains themaximum load-bearing
capac ityofatir e.
Tr Tr
actio n: actio
n:tractio nis thegr ip result ing from fricti on
be tween thetir es and thero ad sur face.
W W
ear indicat ear
indicator: or
:nar row bar s(tr ead wearbar s)that
ar edis tribut edove rth etir econt actsurface. Ifth e tir
etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe arlimi tof
1/1 6in (1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis Dis
tr tr
ibut ionofv ibut
ionofvehicle occupan ts: ehicle
occupan ts:distribut ionof
ve hicle occupan tsover designat edseat positions
in ave hicle.
Maxim umper Maxim
umpermissib lepa y missib
lepa yload w load
weig ht: eig
ht: nomi nal
load andluggage load plus150lb(68 kg)multi-
plied bythenumber ofseats intheve hicle. Chang
ingawheel Chang
ingawheel NNo o
t t
es on select ing,ins t es
on select ing,ins tallin gand r allin
gand replaci ngtir eplaci
ngtires es
*
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue toincor -
re ct wheel andtiredimen sions
If wheels andtires ofthewr ong size areinst al-
led, theser vice brak es orcom ponents inthe 388388
Wheels
andtires

#
Pull conn ector4 and thehose outofthe
housin g. #
Unscr ew thecap from theva lve on thecol-
lapsible sparewheel. #
Screw union nut1ofthehose ontoth e
va lve. #
Mak esur eon and o.switc h3 ofthetir e
in0 ation compressor isse tto 0 0
. #
Inser tconn ector4 intoth ecig arette light er
soc ketor intoa12 Vsoc ket(/ page140) in
yo ur vehicle. #
Switchon thepo we rsuppl y(/ page173). #
Press onand o.switc h3 onthetir ein0 ation
com pressor toI I
.
The tirein0a tio nco mpr esso ris swi tche don .
The tireis in0a ted. The tirepr essur eis sho wn
on manome ter2. #
Pum pth etir eto thespeci/ed tirepr essur e.
% The speci/ed tirepr essur eis print ed on the
ye llo wlabel ofthecollapsible sparewheel. #
When thespeci/ed tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed, press onand o.switc h3 onthe
tir ein0 ation com press orto0 0
. #
Ifth etir epr essur eis higher than thespeci/ed
pr essur e,press pressur ere lease valve butt on
5 until thecor rect tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed. Wheel
sand tires
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Pr
opo rtion ofantifr eeze concentr atein theengine
cooling system:
R Aminimum of50% (antifr eezeprotection down
to about -35°F(-37 °C))
R Amaximum of55% (antifre eze protection
do wn to-49°F (-45°C))
Cool antcapacity Cool
antcapacity
Engine coolant Engine
coolant ModelModel
Capacity Cap
acity
GL S450 4MATIC 20.0USqt
(18.9 liter s)
GL S580 4MATIC 16.6USqt
(15.7 liter s) Engine
coolant (Mer Engine
coolant (Mercedes-Ma cede
s-Ma ybac yba
ch) h)
ModelModel
Capacity Cap
acity
Mer cede s-Ma ybach
GL S600 4MATIC 16.6
USqt
(15.7 liter s) NNo o
t t
es on windshield w es
on windshield washer asher
0uid 0uid
Obser
vetheno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page408). &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN G‑Risk of/reand injuryfrom
wind shield washer conce ntrate
Wi ndsh ieldwasher conce ntrate ishighl y0am-
mable. Itcould igniteif it comes intocont act
wit hho tengine component partsor the
ex haus tsy stem. #
Mak esur eth at no wind shield washer
conce ntrate spill sout next to the/ller
opening. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theex terior lightin gdue
to unsuit ablewindshield washer 0uid Un
suit able windshield washer 0uidmaydam-
ag eth eplastic surface oftheex terior lightin g. #
Onlyuse windshield washer 0uidwhichis
also suitable foruse onplastic surfaces,
e.g .MB Sum merF itor MB WinterF it. *
N NO O
TE TE
Bloc kedspr aynozzles cause dby
mixing windshield washer 0uids #
Donotmix MBSummerF itand MBWin-
te rF itwit hot her wind shield washer 0u-
ids. Do
notuse distilled orde-i onized water. Ot her -
wise, the/ll leve lsensor maybe trigg ered erro ne-
ous ly.
Re commen dedwindshi eldwasher 0uid:
R Above freez ing point :e.g. MBSum merFit
R Below freez ing point :e.g. MBWinterF it
Fo rth ecor rect mixin gra tio, referto theinf orma-
tion ontheantifr eeze container .
Mix washer 0uidwithwind shield washer 0uidall
ye ar round. RR
efr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
NNo o
t t
es on r es
on refr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page408) . 414414
Te
ch nica ldat a

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
Pla cethe Key inthe
Marked SpaceSeeOpera -
tor's Manua l *S
mar tKey detection ismalfu nctionin g. #
Chang eth elocation oftheSmar tKey intheve hicle. #
Place theSmar tKey inthemar kedspace forst ar ting theengine withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e175). LightsLights
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Solut ions Solut
ions
:
Check LeftLow
Beam (exa mp le) *T
hecor respond inglight sour ceisdef ecti ve. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Visit aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop immed iately.
% LED light sources: thedispla ymessag efo rth ecor respond inglight appear sonl ywhen allthelight-emittin gdiodes
in thelight arefa ulty .
: Malfu nction See Opera-
tor’s Manual *T
heexterior lightin gis malfunct ioning. #
Consult aquali/ edspecialist workshop. Displ
aymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
429 429

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
:
Automatic HeadlampMode
Inoperative *T
helight senso rfo raut omatic driving lights ismalfunctioning . #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
:
Active Headlamp sInop era-
tive *T
heactiv eheadlamps aremalf unct ioning. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop.
:
Swi tch OnHea dlamp s *Y
ouaredr ivin gwit hout low- beam headlam ps. #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 or0058 position.
:
Switch OffLights *Y
ouarelea ving theve hicle andthelights arestill switc hedon. #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position. 430430
Displa
ymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps