2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS Owners Manual

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Engi neoilleve l:/ll engine oiltothemaximum
le ve lto ensur efull gradeabi lity(/ page337)
R Tire -cha ngeto ol kit and sparewheel
R Tire sand wheels
% Further informatio nabout special all-terrain
tir es forre tro/tti ngcan beobtained from a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
dr dr
ivi ng ivi
ng
Re ad this section beforedr iving your vehicle o.-
ro ad. Practice bydriving overmor ege ntle o.-road
te rrain /rst.
R Obser vetheno teson thecr oss-countr yABS
(/ page211).
R Ifnecessar y,select theF orG drive
pr og ram (vehicles withO.-r oadpackage )
bef oredr iving o.-road (/ page190).
R Beforedr ivi ng o.-r oad, shiTthetransf ercase
to theL L
O O
W RAN W
RAN GE GE
o.-road gear (vehicle swit h
O.-r oadpackage )(/ page198 ).
R Select ave hicle leve lsuit able foro.- road ter-
ra in (/ page249). Toavo iddamaging the ve
hicle, makesur eth er eis alw ayssu1cie nt
gr ound clearance.
R Alwayske ep theengine running andingear
when drivi ng on downhil lgr adien tsand
emban kments.Obser vetheno teson drivi ng in
moun tainous terrain.
R Donotdr ive on unkn ownte rrain that isno t
easil yvisi ble and stay on mar kedro utes.
R Alwayske ep thedoor sand windo wsclosed
while theve hicle isin mo tion .
R Deact ivat eAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
and cruise control.
R Adaptyo ur driving styleto thete rrain.
R Donotuse theHOLD function onsteep down-
hill oruphill gradien tswit hslipp eryor loose
sur faces.
Dr Dr
iving on sand ivi
ng on sand
When drivi ng on sand, alsoobser vethefo llo wing
inst ruction s:
R Select theF drive pr og ram.
R Sele ctahigher vehicle leve l.
R ShiT toalowe rge ar. R
Drive qu ickl yto ove rcome thero lling resis t-
ance; theve hicle mayot her wise digitselfin.
R Drive in thetrac ks ofother vehicles ifpossi-
ble. Makesur eth at thefo llo wing prereq uisit es
ar eme t:
- The tireru ts areno tto odeep
- The sand is/rm enough
- The ground clearance issu1cient
F F
or or
ding ding
Also obser vethefo llo wing information whenford -
ing:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR BOD h
AIR BOD YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
select the
highe stpossibl eve hicle leve l(/ page249).
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withE- A h
E- ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
select thehighest possible vehicle leve l
( / pag e257).
R Drive no faster than 6mp h(1 0km /h).
R Observeth emaximum permissible ford ing
dep th(/ pag e418).
R Switc ho. automatic climatecontr ol
(/ page166). Dr
iving andparking
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Ensur eth at abo wwa ve does notfo rm asyou
dr ive.
R Donotst op inthewa terand donotswitc ho.
th eengine. Ensureth eEC Ostar t/s topfun c-
tion isswitc hedo.(/ page186).
Dr Dr
iving inmount iving
inmount ainous t ainous
ter r er
rain ain
Also obser vethefo llo wing information whendriv-
ing inmount ainous terrain:
R Obser vetheva lues oftheappr oach/depar -
tur eangle andofthemaximum gradien t
(/ page418) .
R Avoid high engin espeeds.
R Use thebr aking powe rof theengine when
dr iving downhill.
R ShiT toalowe rge ar on uphil lgr adien tsand on
lon g,steep downhil lgr adien ts.
R ActivateDSR beforedr iving downhi ll,ifneces -
sar y(/ page227) .
Chec Chec
klis klist t
aTe r aTe
rdr dr
iving iving
o.-r o.-
road oad
Dr iving o.-road places great erdemands onyour
ve hicle than drivi ng on nor mal roads.Ch eckth e
entir eve hicle fordamag eand fore ign bodies eve
rytime aTerdr iving o.-road. Foreign bodies in
th ewheels ordrivet ra in can lead toimbalances
and ther efor evibr ations.
R Ifth eF orG drive pr og ram isselect ed:
select another drive pr og ram.
R ShiT thetransf ercase totheon-r oad position
HIGH RAN HIGH
RANGE GE.
R Deactiv ateDSR.
R Lowe rth eve hicle leve lag ain toaleve lsuit able
to thero ad cond itions, e.g.to thenor mal
le ve l.
R Appl yth ebr ak es todryth em aTer ford ing.
R Chec kth at theser vice brak eis wo rking nor-
mall yaTer along downhill stretch .
R Clean thefo llo wing components everytime
aTer driving o.-road:
- Lice nse platenum ber
- Head lampsand taillam ps
- Tire s, wheels andwheel arch es
- Underbody R
ATer driving thro ugh sand, mud,wateror
gr ave l,ha ve thefo llo wing components
ch eckedand cleaned:
- Brak ediscs andbrak epads
- Tire sand wheels
- Axle joints ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/ st t/
stop funct ion op
funct ion ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/ st t/
stop funct ion op
funct ion
% Depen dingon theengine, theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis no tav ailabl ein all drive pr og rams.
Obser vethestatus displa yin theinst rument
displa yfo rth is.
Mer Mer
cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
hv h
vehicles: ehicles:
theGlide mode
function isno tav ailabl e.
The engineisswitc hedo.automati callyin thefo l-
lo wing situations ifall vehicle conditions foran
aut omatic enginestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans-
missio nposit ion005Bor005C. 184184
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iving and parking

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ehicles wit ehicles
witha48 Von-boar h
a48 Von-boar delectr d
electr icalsy ical
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
youdepr essthebr ak epedal whentrav el-
ing atalow speed.
If th esy stem has detected one ofthefo llo wing
situations, theengine willnotst op:
R Youstop atastop sign andther eis no vehicle
in front ofyou.
R The vehicle that stopped infront ofyoustar ts
up again.
R Youmaneuv er,tur nth esteer ing wheel sharply
or eng agere ve rsege ar.
% Ifth esy stem detects anintellig entstop inhib i-
to r,fo rex am ple, astop sign ,th eengine will
no tst op.
If yo uactiv ateth eHOLD function oreng age
th epar kposition 005D,theengine canbe
switc hedo.inspit eof an intellig entstop
inhibit or.
The engine restar ts automaticall yin thefo llo wing
cases :
R Youeng agetransmiss ionposition 005Bor005E.
R Youdepr esstheacceler ator pedal. R
The vehicle requ ires an aut omatic engine
st ar t.
R Youre lease thebr ak epedal.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
witha48 Von-boar h
a48 Von-boar delectr d
electr icalsy ical
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
- Youre lease thebr ak epedal onado wnhill
gr adien tand theve hicle does notro ll.
- The vehicle rolls on ado wnhill gradien tand
does notaut omati callyent erglide mode at
15 mph(20 km/h) .
EC Ostar t/ stop funct ion symbols intheins tru-
ment displa y:
R The 00D6 symbo l(g re en) appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till: th eengine was
switc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
R The 00D5 symbol (yello w)appear swhen the
ve hicle isat ast ands till: no tall vehicle condi-
tion sfo ran engine stop have been met.
R Neither the00D6 nor00D5 symbol appears
when theve hicle isat ast ands till: an intelli -
ge nt stop inhi bitor wa sde tected, e.g.a stop
sign . R
The s symbol appears:theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis de activated orther eis amalfunc-
tion.
If th eengine wasswitc hedo.bytheEC Ostar t/
st op function andyoulea vetheve hicle, awa rning
to ne sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted. In
addition, thefo llo wing displa ymessa geappear sin
th einst rument displa y:
Vehicle ReadytoDrive Switch theIgnition Off
Before Exiting
If yo udo notswitc ho. theve hicle, itis aut omati -
call yswitc hedo.aTer thre eminut es. Dr
iving andparking
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DeactivDeactiv
atingoractiv ating
oractiv ating t ating
the EC he
ECOst O
star ar
t/s t t/s
top op
funct ion funct
ion #
Press button1.
A displa yappear sin theinst rument cluster
when switchingtheEC Ostar t/s topfun ction
o./on .
% Acontinu ouss displayappear sin the
inst rument clusterwhile theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis de activated . ECEC
Odis pla O
dis pla yfunc tion y
func tion The
ECOdis pla ysu mm arize syo ur driving charac-
te risti cs from thestar tof thejour neyto its com-
ple tion andassists youin achie ving themost eco-
nomical driving style.
Yo ucan in0uence consum ption bydoing thefo l-
lo wing:
R Driving withpar ticular care.
R Driving indrive pr og ram ;
R Following thege arshiT recommen dations. The
letter ing inthesegment willlight upbrightl y,
th eout eredg ewill light upand thesegment will
/ll up when thefo llo wing driving styleisadop ted:
R 1 Steady speed
R 2 Gentle deceler ationandrolling
R 3 Moder ateacceler ation
The letter ing inthesegment willbegray ,th eout er
edg ewill bedar kand thesegment willempty
when thefo llo wing driving styleisadop ted:
R 1 Fluctuation sin speed
R 2 Hea vybraking
R 3 Spor tyacceler ation
The ECOdispla ywill showyo uwhen youha ve
dr iven economicall y:
R The thre esegments will/llup com pletely at
th esame time
R The edgesaround allthre esegments willlight
up
The additional rang eac hie vedas are sult ofyour
dr iving stylein com parison withadr iver wit ha
ve ry spor tydrivi ng style will besho wnonthecen- 186186
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iving andparking

te
rof displa y4. Therang edis pla yeddoes not
indicat ea/x ed reduction inconsum ption. ECEC
OAssis O
Assist function (v t
function (vehicles wit ehicles
with48 Von-boar d h
48 Von-boar d
electr electr
icalsyst ical
system) em)
EC
OAssist analyzes datafo rth eve hicle' sex pec-
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimall y
adjus tth edr iving styleforth ero uteahead ,sa ve
fuel and recuper ate.
EC OAssis tis displa yedon theAssistance
menu(/ page284). 1
Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfo rth eev ent ahead
3 "Foo to. theacceler ator" prom pt Displa
yable routeev ents 1 The
segments ofdist ance displa y2 showthe
dist ance totheev ent ahead asfollo ws :
R Afew segme ntslig ht up: theev ent ahead is
near .
R Man ysegments lightup:theev ent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAss istwill
ca lcu lateth eop timal speed formaximum fuel
econom yand recuper ativeener gybased onthe
dist ance, speed andgradien t.The Foot offthe
Accel eratormessag e3 appear sin theinst ru-
ment displa y.The /rst segm entsinfront ofthe
ve hicle willturngr een. Theremainin gsegment s
will initiallyst ay whit e.Ifyo uta ke your foot o. the
acceler ator pedal ingood time,th ere mainin gseg-
ments onthedispla ywill success ivel ytur ngr een
until theev ent shownisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in
will besetfo rmaximum fueleconom y.Re cuper a-
tion willcharge thebatt ery. Re cuper ationwillbe
adap tedto theselect eddrive pr og ram.
The event willbesho wnfora shor ttime aTer it
has been passed .If th er eis no response tothe
Foot offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegments
will remain white. Dr
ivin gand parking
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If
th eev ent invo lves ave hicle infront ,all seg-
men tswill immed iatelytur ngr een once ther eis a
re sponse totheFoot offthe Accelerator prom pt.
Fo ractiv eEC OAssist indrive pr og ram ;,
symbol 3will appear ontheinst rument displa y
and onthehead-up displaybeside transmission
position 005B.Symbol 3will also appear whenthe
assis tant dis pla yis no tsel ect ed.
If th esy stem does notint erve ne dur ing theev ent
ahead, nothing will bedispla yed. The system will
be passiv e.
EC OAssist isactiv eonl yin drive pr og rams ;
and A.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
EC OAssis tcan function even mor epr ecisel yif
th ero uteis adher edtowhen routeguidance is
activ e.The basic function isalso availabl ewithout
activ ero uteguidance. Notall information and
tr a1c situations canbefore seen .The qualit y
depen dson themap data.
EC OAssist isonl yan aid. Thedriver isresponsi ble
fo rke eping asaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed andforbr aking ingood
time. Thedriver must beready tobrak eat all times
irre specti veofwhe ther thesy stem inter-
ve nes.
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifvisibility ispoor ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ientillu-
mination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c,
dir ect sunlight orre0ectio ns.
R Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthear ea of
th emultifun ctioncamer aor thecamer ais fog-
ge dup, damag edorobscur ed.
R Ifro ad sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g.due to
dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or because
th ey areobscur ed.
R Ifth einf ormation onthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out ofdat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g.ro ad sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s. DD
YN YN
AM ICSEL ECT switc h AM
ICSEL ECT switc h FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe D he
DYN YN
AM ICSEL ECT switc h AM
ICSEL ECT switc h *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. %
Depen dingontheengine andequipment, the
ve hicle hasdi.er entdrive pr og rams.
Use theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itchto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr og rams.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin theinst ru-
ment displa y.
= Individu al
R Individual setting s
B Sport+
R Particular lyspor tydrivi ng
R Emphasiz estheve hicle' sow nov ersteer ing
and under steer ing charact eristics fora mor e
activ edr iving style 188188
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R
Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
ro ad sur face and aclear stre tchof road
C Sport
R Con tinues too.er stability butwithaspor ty
se tup
R Allo wsthespor tydriver amor eactiv edr iving
sty le
R Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
ro ad sur face and aclear stre tchof road
A Comfor t
R Comf ortable and economical driving
R Balance between traction andstability
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
£ Maybach
R Onlyav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Ma ybachve hicles
R Highes tdr ivi ng comf ortfo rcomf ortable and
luxur ioustrav el
; Eco
R Particular lyeconomical driving
R Balance between traction andstability R
Recommen dedforall road cond itions
N Curve
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withE‑ AC TIV E
BOD YCON TROL
R Com fortable drivi ng withcur vetilting function
R Balanc ebe tween tracti onand stabil ity
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
F Offroad
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withO.-roadpack-
ag e
R Interve nes later ifth er eis ove rste er ing or
under steer ing, thus improv ing traction
R Suit able foreasil ynego tiable o.-road terrain,
suc has dirttr ac ks,gr av el or sandy surfaces
R Notsuit able foruse onpublic roads
G Offroad+
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withO.-r oadpack-
ag e
R Interve nes later ifth er eis ove rste er ing or
under steer ing, thus improv ing traction R
Suit able forro ugh terrain, suchas steep
and/ orune vente rrain orfordr iving onrock y
te rrain
R Notsuit able foruse onpublic roads
% Mer Mer
cedes- Ma cedes-
Maybac ybac
hv h
vehicle s: ehicle
s:in thedr ive pr o-
gr ams F andG, theex tendib lerunning
boa rdsre main retract ed orretract ifth ey have
alr eady been extended .
% Dep ending onthesituation, thecy linder can
be brie0y deactiv ated inthedr ive pr o-
gr ams ; andA, dependingon the
engine.
% The ESP®
se tting sin thedr ive pr og rams ;
and A aredesign edforst ability .Ther efor e,
ch oose oneofthese driving prog rams, espe-
ciall ywhen transpor tingroof loads, intrailer
oper ation andwhen theve hicle isfully loaded
or fully occupi ed.
Depen dingon thedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristics:
R Drive
- eng ineand transmi ssionmanag ement
- ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C Dr
iving andparking
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R
ESP ®
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIRM A h
AIRM ATIC orE‑A TIC
orE‑ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODY Y
C C
ONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
- Suspen siontuning
- Vehicle leve l
R Electr icpo we rst eer ing NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the r he
roof load displa y oof
load displa y Cer
tain drive pr og rams and ESP®
se ttin gsare
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
If one ofthese drive pr og rams isse tor select ed,
th eW symbol issho wnasawa rning. When
th is symbo lis sho wn, theselect eddrive pr og ram
is no tsuit able fortr anspor tingaload onthero of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams area.ect ed:
R Spor t Spor
tdr ive pr og ram
R Spo r Spo
rt + t
+ dr ive prog ram
R Indi vidual Indi
vidual drive pr og ram wit hth eESP ®
se tting
Spor tor Spor t+ %
The symbol isalso showninthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R Within theth emes ifacor respond ingdrive
pr og ram issaved
Fo rmor einf ormation onthemes see.
R Within there se tdispla yif th epr ev iousl y
activ edr ive pr og ram isunsuit ableforth e
tr ansp ortof aroof load
Fo rfur ther information onthere se tdis-
pla y,see (/ page191). Se
lect ingt Se
lect ingthe dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am
#
Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin the
inst rument displa y. 190190
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iving andparking