2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS ignition

R
O.-r oadleve l+3: thre eindicat orlam ps2
light upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle has
/nished rising .
Yo ur selection issaved. The o.-road leve lse t
re mains stor ed eve naT er theignition hasbeen
switc hedo..
The vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R O.- road leve l+3: when driving faster than
12 mph(20 km/h) .
The vehicle islowe redto o.-r oad leve l+2.
R O.- road leve l+2:
- When driving faster than 50 mph
(80 km/h ).
- When driving brie0y between 40mph
(65 km/h )and 50mph(8 0km /h).
Th eve hicle islowe redto o.-r oad leve l+1.
R O.- road leve l+1:
- When driving faster than 71 mph
(115 km/h ). -
When driving brie0y between 62mph
(100 km/h )and 71mph(1 15 km/h).
Th eve hicle islowe redto thenor mal leve l.
R ATer selecting adi.er entdrive pr og ram using
th eDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch.
Th eve hicle 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 Uptoappr ox.12 mph(2 0km /h):o. -road lev-
els +1, +2and +3can beselect ed,rega rdless
of drive pr og ram.
R Uptoappr ox.19 mph(3 0km /h):o. -road lev-
els +1and +2can beselect ed,rega rdless of
dr ive pr og ram.
R From appr ox.19 mph(3 0km /h):th eve hicle
is adju sted tonor malle ve l,re ga rdless ofdrive
prog ram. Lo
w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehicle (v ehicle
(vehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
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Pullro ck er switc h1.
R O.- road leve l+3: theve hicle islowe redto
o.-r oad leve l+2. Twoindicat orlam ps2
light upcontin uouslywhen theve hicle has
/nished lowe ring.
R O.-road leve l+2: theve hicle islowe redto
o.-r oad leve l+1. One indicat orlam p2
lights upcontinuousl ywhen theve hicle
has /nished lowe ring.
R O.-road leve l+1: theve hicle islowe redto
th enor mal leve l.No indicat orlam p2
lights upwhen theve hicle has/nished
lo we ring.
Yo ur selection issaved. The o.-road leve lse t
re mains stor ed even aTer theignition hasbeen
switc hedo..
Se Se
tting tting
O.-r O.-
road oad
Assist Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R theve hicle isstation ary.
R theve hicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l1 or 2 260260
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iving andparking

R
theO.- road orO.-r oadPlus(onl yve hicles
wit hO.-r oadpackage )dr ive pr og ram has
been select ed
R theignition isswitc hedon
R alldoor sand thehood areclosed
R thetransmission isno teng aged inposition 005D
R ther eis no trailer coupled
R theve hicle isoutd oors
R thede tected lateral incl inat ionoftheve hicle
mus tno tex ceed approx.15°
R thesy stem iswit hin itsoper ating temp eratur e
R theon-boar dvo ltag eis su1cien tly high
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Offroad Assistant
R R
eco v eco
ver er
ymode y
mode
Re covery mode assists thedr iver when pulling
awa yon rough terrain, suchas sand orsno w. #
Sele ctRec overyMod e. #
Sele ctStart.
Re covery mode isactiv ated. #
Sele ctStop tostop reco very mode.
Re covery mode isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situations:
R youar eactuall ytrave ling faster than 9mp h
(15 km/h )
R aTer aru nning timeof30 sec onds
R itis de tected that an obj ect has hittheunder -
body oftheve hicle hard
R notall cond itions areme t
% Further informatio non reco very mode
(/ page256).
Indivi dualwheel contr Indivi
dualwheel control ol
Indivi dualwheel controlenables theve hicle leve l
to be setsepar atelyfo reac hwheel. #
Select Individu alWheel Ctrl.. #
Setth eve hicle leve lfo rth edesir edwheel.
% Youcan also usetheto uc hscr een tosetth e
le ve lfo rtw oor mor ewheels atthesame
time. #
Select Resettosetall wheels tothedef ault
se tting . Individual
wheelcontrolisaut omaticall ydeactiv a-
te din thefo llo wing situations:
R youar etrav eling faster than 9mp h(1 5km /h)
R itis de tected that an obj ect has hittheunder -
body oftheve hicle hard
R notall cond itions areme t
% Further informatio non individual wheel con-
tr ol (/ page257). RR
ear vie ear
viewcamer a w
camer a FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe r he
rear vie ear
viewcamer a w
camer a
When youeng agere ve rsege ar,th eimag efrom
th ere ar vie wcamer ais sho wninthemedia dis-
pla y.Dynamic guidelinesshowthepat hth eve hi-
cle will take withth ecur rent steer ing angle .This
hel psyouto orient yourself and toavo idobst acles
when backing up.
The rear vie wcamer ais onl yan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att ention tothesur roundings.
The responsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and park-
ing remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther ear eno
per sons, animals orobjects etc., inthemaneuv er-
ing area while maneuv ering and parking. Dr
iving andparking
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st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The surround viewcamer awill notfun ction orwill
onl ypar tiall yfun ction inthefo llo wing situations:
R The door sar eopen.
R The outside mirrors arefo lded in.
R The tailg ateis open.
R Ther eis hea vyrain, sno wor fog.
R The amb ient lightcond itions arepoo r,e.g. at
night.
R Camer as,orvehicle compone ntsin whic hth e
camer asareins talled, aredamag ed,dirtyor
co vered. Obser vetheinf ormation onvehicle
senso rsand camer as(/ page209) .
% Donotuse thesur round viewcamer aunder
suc hcir cumst ances. Youcould other wise
inj ureot her sor colli dewithobj ects when
par king theve hicle.
Fo rte ch nica lre asons, thestandar dheight ofthe
ve hicle maybe altered ifth eve hicle iscar rying a
hea vyload andcanresult ininaccu racies inthe
guide linesandinthedispla yof thege ner ated
ima ges. %
The cont rast of thedispla yma ybe impair ed
by abr upt,dir ect sunl ight orby other light
sour ces, e.g.when drivi ng out ofaga rage .In
th is case, paypar ticular attention.
% Have thedispla yre pair edorreplaced if,for
ex am ple, pixelerro rs consid erabl yre str ictits
us e.
See theno teson clean ingthesur round viewcam-
er a(/ page346).
Calling upt Calling
upthe vie he
viewof t w
of the sur r he
sur round vie ound
viewcamer a w
camer a
using rev using
rever er
se g se
gear ear
#
Eng agere ve rsege ar. #
Select thedesir edviewin themultimedia sys-
te m (/ page264). #
If,aTer shiTing toreve rsege ar,th eimag eof
th ere ar vie wcamer ais no tsho wn: switc ho.
th eve hicle, press and hold thec button,
switc hon theve hicle andengagere ve rsege ar
ag ain. Open
ingt Open
ingthe camer he
camer aco v a
co ver oft er
ofthe r he
rear vie ear
viewcam- w
cam-
er a er
a
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Camera &Pa rking #
Select OpenCa mera Cover.
% The camer aco vercloses automaticall yaTer
some timeoraTer anignition cycle. PP
ar ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
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unction ofP unction
ofPar ar
king Assis king
Assist P t
PARK ARK
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisan elec tronic park-
ing assist ancesystem withultr asound. Itmonit ors
th ear ea around your vehicle usingmult iplesen-
sor son thefront bum perand onthere ar bum per.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICshow syo uth edis-
ta nce between your vehicle andade tected obs ta-
cle visual lyand audib ly.
Pa rking Assist PARK TRON ICisonl yan aid.It is
no ta sub stitut efo ryo ur att ention tothesur round-
ings. Theresponsi bilityforsaf emaneuv ering and
par king remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjects inthemaneu- Dr
iving andparking
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5
ß Press brie0 y:calls upfavo rite s
Pr ess and hold: adds afa vo rite or theme #
Alternativ ely, tap© ontheto uc hscr een. #
Call uptheapplication (/page290). FF
unctions oft unctions
ofthe V he
Voice Contr oice
Contr olSy st ol
Sy stem em
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofdistr action from infor-
mation systems andcommunications
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormation systems andcom-
munication devices integratedin theve hicle
when drivi ng ,yo ucould bedistr acted from the
tr a1 csitu ation. This couldals oca use youto
lose contr olof theve 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. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,alw aysobser vethefo llo wing
points whenoperating mobile communications
eq uipment andespecia lly yo ur voice contr olsys-
te m:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth ecoun-
tr y in whic hyo uar edr iving.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice contr olsystem inan emer -
ge ncy your voice can chang eand your tele-
phone call,e.g.anemer gency call,ca n
th er eb ybe unnecessar ily dela yed.
R Familiar izeyourself withth evo ice contr olsys-
te m fun ctions beforestar ting thejour ney.
Wi th theVo ice Contr olSy stem, various applica-
tions intheMBUX multimedia system areoper a-
ble using voice input. TheVoice Contr olSy stem is
oper ational approximat elyth irty seconds aTerthe
ignition isswitc hedonand isavailabl efo rth e
dr iver's seat andfront passeng erseat.
The follo wing multimedia system applica tionscan
be oper ated:
R Telephone
R Text messag es
R Navigatio n R
Address book
R Radio
R Media
R Vehicle funct ions SS
t t
ar ar
tin gt tin
gthe V he
Voice Contr oice
Control Sy st ol
Sy stem em
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Press rock er switc h1 up. MBUX
multimedia system
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R
Activation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e
by restar ting thesy stem
% Ifaut omatic soTwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto-
maticall y.
The multime diasystem prov ides amessa gewhen
a sy stem updat eis availabl e.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selection options:
R Accept andInstall
The system updat ewill bedownloaded inthe
bac kgrou nd.
R Information
Inf ormation aboutthepending system updat e
is displa yed.
R Later
The system updat ecan bedownloaded man-
uall yat alat er time.
Deep syst Deep
system updat em
updat es es
Deep system updat esaccess vehicle orsystem
se tting sand canther efor eonl ybe car ried out
when theve hicle isstation aryand theignition is
switc hedo.. If
th edo wnload ofadeep system updat eis com-
ple tedand thedo wnloaded system updat eis
re ady forinst allation, youwill beinformed ofthis
aTer thene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safelyin asuit able locat ion
bef orestar tin gth einst allation.
Re quirements forth einst allation:
R The ignition isswitc hedo..
R Notesand warnings have been read and
accep ted.
R The electr icpar king brak eis applied.
If all requ irements have been ful/lled, thedo wn-
loaded system updat eis inst alled. Themultimedia
sy stem canno tbe oper ated while thedo wnloaded
sy stem updat eis being installed andvehicle func-
tion sar ere str icte d.
If er ror sshould occurduring theinst allation, the
multimed iasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation of the
pr ev ious version isno tpossible, asymbo lappear s
on themedia display.Consult aqu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop toresol vethepr oblem. SeSe
tting upaW tting
upaW i-F i-F
iho i
ho tspo t tspo
t RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R T T
o se o
se tup t t
up the W he
Wi-F i-F
iconnection oft i
connection ofthe multime- he
multime-
dia sy dia
syst st
em wit em
withe h
ext xt
er er
nal ho nal
hotspo tspo
ts: ts:
your vehicle
does notha ve aper mane ntly inst alled com-
munication module.
R The device tobe connect edsuppor tsat least
one ofthetypes ofconnection described.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetooth
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingW ating
Wi-F i i-F
i #
Select Wi-Fi.
Connecting t Connecting
the multimedia syst he
multimedia system wit em
withan e h
an ext xt
er - er
-
nal ho nal
hotspo tspo
tusing W t
using Wi-F i i-F
i
The type ofconnection established mustbeselec-
te don themultimedia system and onthede vice
to be connect ed. MBUX
multimedia system
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#
Switcho. theve hicle. #
Neverto uc hth edang erzones surround-
ing moving components, e.g.thero tation
ar ea ofthefa n. #
Remo vejewe leryand watches . #
Keep items ofclo thing and hair away
fr om moving parts. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom touc hing live
com ponents
The ignition system and thefuel injection sys-
te m oper atewit hahigh voltag e. Youcould
re ceiv ean elect ric shoc k. #
Neverto uc hcom ponents oftheignition
sy stem orfuel injection system when the
ve hicle isswitc hedon. The
livecom pone ntsincl ude thefo llo wing, for
ex am ple:
R Ignition coils
R Fuelinject ors R
Electr iclines totheignition coilsandthefuel
inject ors &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofbur nsfrom hotcom po-
nent partsintheengine compartment
Cer tain com ponent partsintheengine com-
par tment canbevery hot,e.g .th eengine, the
cooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hcom ponent partsdescr ibedinthe
fo llo wing. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom using the
wind shield wiperswhen thehood isopen
If th ewindshield wipersst ar tmo ving when the
hood isopen ,yo ucould betrapped bythe
wiper linkage . #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and theve hicle /rst ifyo uneed toopen
th ehood. Opening
t Opening
the hood he
hood #
Torelease thehood, pullonhandle 1. 336336
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enance andcare

#
Drain o.anyex cess engineoilthat has been
added. Todo so, consult aqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop.
R For Engine OilLeve lSwi tch Ignition On #
Switchon theve hicle tocheckth eengine oil
le ve l.
R Engine OilLevel System Inoperative: Theoil
le ve lsensor isdef ectiv eor notconnect ed. #
Consult aqua li/ed specia listworkshop.
R Engine OilLeve lSys tem Currentl yUnav ail. #
Close thehood.
R R
e/lling e/lling
engine oil engine
oil &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotcom po-
nent partsintheengine compartment
Cer tain com ponent partsintheengine com-
par tment canbevery hot,e.g .th eengine, the
cooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hcom ponent partsdescr ibedinthe
fo llo wing. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/reand injur yfrom
engine oil
If engine oilcomes intocont actwithho tcom-
ponent partsintheengine compartment, it
ma yignit e. #
Mak esur eth at no eng ineoilisspill ed
ne xt to the/ller opening. #
Allo wtheengine tocool o.and thor -
oughl yclean theengine oilfrom com po-
nent partsbef orestar ting theve hicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Eng inedamag ecaused byan inco r-
re ct oil /lter,incor rect oil oradditi ves #
Donotuse engin eoils oroil /lterswhic h
do notcor respond tothespeci/c ations
ex plicitl ypr escr ibed forth eser vice inter-
va ls. #
Followtheinst ruction son theser vice
int erva ldispla yfo rch ang ingtheengine
oil and obser vethepr escr ibed chang e
int erva ls. #
Donotuse additiv es. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused byre/lli ng too
muc hengi neoil To
omuc hengin eoil can damag eth eengine or
th ecat alytic converter . #
Have excess engineoilremo vedat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. %
Depen dingon drivi ng style, theve hicle con-
sumes upto0.9 USqt(0.8 liter) ofoil per
600 miles (1000 km).Theoilconsum ption
ma ybe higher than this when theve hicle is
ne wor ifyo ufreq uentl ydr ive at high engine
speeds.
% Depending ontheengine, thecap maybe
inst alled intheengine compartment indi.er -
ent locations. 338338
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enance andcare

#
Chang eimmediat elyout ofclo thing that
has come intocont actwithfu el. Fle
xible -fuel vehicles canberefuel edwith thefo l-
lo wing fueltypes:
R Premium grade unleaded gasolin e
R E85 fuel
R Amixtu reofE85 fueland premium grade
unl eaded gasolin e
Fle xible -fuel vehicles canbeidenti/ed bythe
Et Et
hanol upt hanol
upto E85 o
E85 sticke ron theinside ofthefuel
/ller 0ap.
Depending onthecountr y,thefuels youcan use
in your vehicle maydi.er from theinf ormation in
th eOper ator's Manual. Thefuels that have been
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle canbefound onthe
inst ruction labelontheinside ofthefuel /ller 0ap. FF
uel uel
NNo o
t t
es on fuel gr es
on fuel grades f ades
for v or
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hag h
agasolin e asolin
e
eng ine eng
ine
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page408). *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bythewr ong fuel Ev
en small amounts ofthewrong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission controlsystem. #
Onlyre fuel with low- sulf urunl eaded fuel.
This fuel ma ycont ainupto10% ethanol byvol-
ume. Your vehicle issuit able foruse withE10
fuel.
Ne verre fuel with one ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Diesel
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10% ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E85, E100
R Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methanol by
vo lume, e.g.M15, M30,M85,M100
R Gasoline withadditiv escont aining metal
If yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswitc hon theignition . #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. If
th eav ailabl efu el isno tsu1cie ntlylo w in sulf ur,
th is can produce unpleasa ntodor s.
Onl yre fuel with fuel that has atleas tth eoct ane
number speci/ed intheinst ruction labelinthe
fuel /ller 0ap(/ page 199). Thismayre duce
engin eoutput andincrease fuelconsum ption.
If y If
you w ou
want maximum engineoutput ant
maximum engineoutput: :
onl yre fuel
wi th unleaded premium grade gasolin ewit han
oct ane num berofatleas t91 AKI/95 RON.
As ate mp orarymeasur e,ifth ere commen dedfuel
is no tav ailabl e,youma yalso refuel with unleaded
re gula rga solin ewit hat leas t87 AKI/91 RON.
This mayre duce engineoutput andincrease fuel
consum ption.
Ne verre fuel using gasolin ewit han eve nlowe r
RO N.
* NO NO
TE TE
Prema turewe arcaused byunlea-
ded regula rga solin e Un
leade dre gula rga solin ecan cause the
engine towe armor equ ickl yand impair lon-
ge vity and perform ance. 410410
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ch nica ldat a