2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS Owners Manual

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The trans missionis in pos ition005B.
R The driver's dooris clo sed .
R Che ckofthera dar sensor system has been
successfull ycom pleted.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisno tbeing used
to par kth eve hicle ortoexitfrom apar king
space.
R DSR isdeactiv ated.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.- r O.-
road oad
pack pac
kag ag
e: e:
theG
dr ive pr og ram isdeactiv ated. #
T T
o oper o
oper at at
eA e
Activ ctiv
eDis t e
Dis tance Assis ance
Assist t
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONIC: ONIC:
press thero ck er switc hesonthe
st ee ring wheel cont rolunit upordown tothe
desir edposition.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/ deactiv ating/
deactiv atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist t
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
#
Press theH button.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating A ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
ewit e
wit hout ast hout
astor or
ed speed: ed
speed: press
ro ck er switc h1 upM ordown N, or
select Jwithth eleT rock er switc h.
or #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
ewit e
wit hast h
astor or
ed speed: ed
speed: selectJ
wit hth eleT rock er switc h. #
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal.
The current spe edisstor ed and maintaine dby
th eve hicle.
A A
dop dop
tingade t tin
gade tect ect
edspeed limit ed
speed limit #
ActivateAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C. #
Ifatra1c signhasbeen detected and isdis-
pla yedin theinst rument cluster: select J
wit hth eleT rock er switc h.
The maximum permissible speedonthetra1c
sign isadop tedas thestor ed speed. Thevehi-
cle adap tsits speed tothat of theve hicle in
fr ont ,but onlyup tothestor ed speed.
Pulling awa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hA h
Acti v cti
ve Dist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist t
DIS DIS
TR TR
ONIC ONIC
#
ActivateAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
and remo veyour foot from thebr ak epedal. Dr
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#
Sele ctJ with theleT rock er switc h.
or #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal brie0y and
/r ml y.
The functi onsofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Ccontinue tobe car ried out.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
Assist DIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident dueto
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cbeing
acti vewhen youlea vethedr iver's seat
If yo ulea vethedr iver's seat while theve hicle
is bein gbr ak ed byActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Conl y,theve hicle canrollaw ay. #
Alwaysdeacti vate Ac tiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cand secureth eve hicle to
pr ev ent itfrom rolling awaybef oreyo u
lea vethedr iver's seat. #
Select Owithth eleT rock er switc h.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deactiv ateESP ®
or ifESP ®
int er-
ve nes, ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis
deac tivated. Incr Incr
easing ordecr eas
ing ordecr easing t eas
ing the spee d he
spee d #
1mp h(1 km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N tothepr essur epoint.
or #
5mp h(1 0km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N beyond thepr essur e
point.
or #
Acceler ateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed
and press rock er switc h1 upM.
Changing t Changing
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance t ance
to t o
the v he
vehicle in ehicle
in
fr fr
ont ont
#
T T
o r o
reduce t educe
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance: ance:
press the
ri ght rock er switc hup (Ñ). #
T T
o incr o
incr ease t ease
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance: ance:
press the
ri ght rock er switc hdo wn (Ò).
F F
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSpeed LimitAssist e
Speed LimitAssist
If ach ang ein thespeed limitof12 mph
(20 km/h )or mor eis de tected and automatic
adop tionofspeed limitsis activ ated, thene w
speed limitisaut omaticall yadop tedas thestor ed
speed (/page239). The
driven speed isadjust edwhen theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etra1c signatthelat est. Inthecase
of signs indicating entryint oan urban area, the
speed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed permit-
te dwit hin theurban area. The speed limitdispla y
in theInstr ument Displayis alw aysupdat edwhen
th eve hicle isleve lwit hth etra1c sign.
If th er eis no speed restr iction onanunlimited
str etch ofroad (e.g .on afree wa y), there com-
mende dspeed isaut omatical lyadop tedas the
st or ed spee d. Thesy stem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstretch ofroad asthere commen -
ded speed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed speed on
an unlimit edstretch ofroad, there commen ded
speed is80 mph(1 30 km/h).
If Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Chas been put
int opas sivemode bypressing theacceler ator
pedal, onlyspeed limitswhichar ehigher than the
se tspeed areadop ted.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) . 224224
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stem limits em
limits
The system limits ofTra1c Sign Assis tappl yto
th ede tection oftra1c signs(/ page238) .
Spe edlimit sbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)ar eno t
au tomaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthestor ed
speed. Temp oraryspeed restr iction s(e .g. fora
cer tain time ordue towe ather cond itions) cannot
be proper lyde tected bythesy stem. Themaxi-
mum permissible speedapplying toave hicle with
a trailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad just thespeed inthese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoActive
Speed LimitAssistada pting theve hicle' s
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpeed Limit
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidu alcases, suchas:
R atspeed limitsbelo w12 mph(20 km/h)
R inwe tcondi tions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htra1c regula tions . #
Adjust thedr iving speed tosuit current
tr a1c andweather cond itions. FF
unct ionofr unct
ionofrout out
e-based speed adapt e-b
ased speed adaptatio n atio
n
When ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor dingly
to thero uteev ents ahead. Depending onthedr ive
pr og ram select ed,theve hicle negotiat es aro ute
ev ent ahead inan economical, comfortable or
dynamic manner.When thero uteev ent has been
passed, theve hicle acceler ates again tothe
st or ed spee d. These tdi st an ce totheve hicle in
fr ont ,ve hicles detected ahead andspeed restr ic-
ti on sah eadar eta ke nint oac cou nt.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv atero ute-based
speed adaptation inthemultimedia system
(/ page226).
The follo wing routeeve nts are take nint oac cou nt:
R Cur ves
R T-int ersections, roundabouts andtollplazas
R Turnsand exits R
Tra1c jams ahead (onlywit hLiv eTra1c Infor-
matio n)
% When theto llst ation isreac hed, ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON ICado ptsth espeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi-
cat ortochang elane sis switc hedonand one of
th efo llo wing situations isde tected:
R Turning o.atintersections
R Driving onslowing-do wnlanes
R Driving onlanes adjacent toslo wing -down
lane s
The driver isresponsi bleforch oosing theright
spe edand observing other road user s.This
appli esinpar ticu lartointersections, roundabouts
and tra1c lights, asroute-based speedadaptation
does notbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands till.
When routeguidance isactiv e,the/r st speed
adjustmen tis car ried out automaticall y.Ifth etur n
signal indicat orisswitc hedon,theselect edrout e
is con/ rmed and further speed adjustmen tis acti-
va ted. Dr
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Spe
edadaptation iscanc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedo.
bef oreth ero uteev ent.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ro ute-based speedadaptation does notta ke right
of wa yre gula tions intoac cou nt.The driver is
re sponsi bleforcom plying withro ad tra1c regula -
tions anddriving atasuitable speed.
The speedada ptatio nmade bythesy stem may
no talw aysbe suit able, particu larlyin thefo llo wing
situations:
R The road's coursenotclear lyvisi ble
R Road nar rowing
R Varying maximum permissible speedsinindi-
vidual lanes, forex am ple attollplazas
R Wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice
R When towing atrailer
In these situations thedr iver must interve ne
ac cor dingl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadaptation
Ro ute-based speedadaptation canmalfunc-
tion orbe temp orarily una vailable inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalculat ed
ro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup-t o-dat eor availabl e
R Intheev ent ofroadw orks
R Inbad weather orroad cond itions
R Ifth eacceler ator pedal isdepr essed
R Intheev ent ofelectr onicall ydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adaptth espeed tothetra1c situation. SeSe
tting r tting
rout out
e-based speedadapt e-based
speedadaptation ation
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
R ECOAssist isactiv e. Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Rou te-based Speed #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
When thefunction isactiv e,theve hicle speed
is adju sted depen dingon thero uteev ents
ahead.
% Further informatio non therout e-based speed
adap tation (/page225) .
F F
unctio nof A unctio
nof Activ ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis thelps youwhen intra1c
jams onmulti-lane roads withsepar atero adw ays
by aut omati callypull ing awa ywit hin 60secon ds
and withmode rate stee ring maneuv ers. Itor ients
itse lfusi ng theve hicle infront and lane marking s.
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis taut omati callymain tains a
saf edist ance from theve hicle infront and vehi-
cles cuttingin.
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis tre qu ires you, as the
dr iver ,to keep your hands onthesteer ing wheel
at all times sothat youar eable tointerve ne at
an ytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hicle and
ke ep itin lane. Obser vetheno teson drivi ng sys- 226226
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te
ms and your responsi bility;yo uma yot her wise
fa ilto recogn izedang ers(/ page209).
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis tactiv ates aut omati callyas
soon asallofthere qu irements areme t:The ¬
st atus displa yappear sin theinst rument cluster
when thefunction isactiv e.
Re quirements:
R Youar ein atra1c jamonafree wa yor hig h-
spee dma jorro ad.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti vated
and activ e(/ page222) .
R ActiveBr ak eAssi stisavailabl e(/ page233) .
R ActiveSt eer ing Assist isactiv ated and activ e
(/ page231).
R ActiveTra1c JamAssis tis activ ated
(/ page227).
R Youar etrav eling nofaster than 35 mph
(60 km/h ).
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limit ations ofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cand ActiveSt eer ing Assist applyto
Ac tiveTra1c JamAssis t. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess #
Select ¬. DS
R(Do DS
R(Do wnhil lSp eed R wnhil
lSp eed Regu lation) egu
lation) FF
unct ionofDS R(Do unct
ionofDS R(Do wnhil lSp eed R wnhil
lSp eed Regu lation) egu
lation)
DS Ris an aid toassis tyo uwhen driving downhill.
It ke eps thespeed oftrav el at theselect edtarg et
speed. Thesteeper thedo wnhill gradien t,the
gr eat ertheDSR braking e.ect ontheve hicle. On
0at stre tches ofroad and uphil lgr adien ts,the
DSR brak es theve hicle minimall yor notat all.
When DSRis activ ated and thetransmission isin
position 005B,005Eor005C, DSR contr olsthedr iving
speed. Thetarg et speed canbesetto ava lue
be tween 1mp h(2 km /h)an d11 mph(1 8km /h).
By brak ing oracce lera ting, youcan drive at a
higher orlowe rspeed than theta rg et speed at
an ytime .
DSR isdeacti vatedaut omaticall yif yo udr ive at
speeds great erthan 28 mph (45km/h) orselect
dr ive pr og ram C orB. Theî Offmes- sag
eth en appear sin themultifun ctiondispla y.
The status indicator inthemultifun ctiondispla y
disappear s.Youalso hear awa rning tone.
Mer Mer
cedes-Ma ced
es-Ma ybac yb
ac hv h
vehi cles: ehi
cles:in drive pr og ram
£ ,th eDSR function islikew ise notav ailabl e.
No t No
tes on DSR es
on DSR &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskiddi ngand acciden t
when DSRis activ ated on slipp eryro ad
sur faces
If th edr iven speed andtheta rg et speed di.er,
th ewheels maylose traction. #
Take intoaccount thero ad sur face and
th edi.er ence between thedr iving speed
and targ et speed beforeactiv atingDS R. Obser
vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) .
Yo uar ealw aysre sponsi bleforke eping controlof
th eve hicle andforasses singwhether thedo wnhill
gr adien tcan beneg otiat ed. Depending onroad
sur face and tires, DSR mayno talw aysbe able to
ke ep totheta rg et speed. Select ata rg et speed Dr
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suit
able forth een vironment alconditions andalso
appl yth ebr ak es yourself ifre qu ired.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingDSR(v ating
DSR(vehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.- O.-
r r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
eor E-A e
or E-Activ ctiv
eBody Contr e
Body Contr ol) ol)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Youar edr iving at24 mph(40 km/h) or
slo wer.
If th ecur rent vehicle speed istoohigh, the
Max. Speed 24mph mess ageappea rsinthe
multif unctiondispla y.
R Youha ve notsel ect eddrive pr og ram C or
B.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis deac tiva-
te d. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
pull rock er switc h1.
Indicat orlam p2 lights up.
The î symbol appearsin themultifun ction
displa y. #
T T
o deactiv o
deactiv at at
e: e:
pull rock er switc h1.
Indicat orlam p2 and theî symbol go
out. A A
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingDSR(Do ating
DSR(Downhill Speed wnhill
Speed
R R
egulation) (v egulation)
(vehicles wit ehicles
without hout
O.-r O.-
road oad
pack pac
kag ag
e) e)
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Youar edr iving at24.8 mph(40 km/h) or
slo wer.
If th ecur rent vehicle speed istoohigh, the
Max. Speed 24mph mess ageappea rsinthe
multif unctiondispla y.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis deac tiva-
te d.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings
5 Schnellzug riff(Quic kaccess) #
Select îDSR.
The î DSRsymbol appearsin themulti-
function displaywhen thefunction isactiv a-
te d.
% When youswitc hto theG drive pr og ram,
th efunction isaut omaticall yactiv ated. 228228
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Changing
t Changing
the t he
tar ge ar
get spee d t
spee d #
T T
o incr o
incr ease/r eas
e/r educ et educ
ethe t he
tar ge ar
ge tspee d: t
spee d:press
ro ck er switc h1 upM ordown N to
th epoint ofresis tance.
The select edtarg et speed increases or
decr eases by1mp h(1 km /h)an dap pe ars
al on gwi th theî symbol inthemultifun c-
tion displa y. AA
ctiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist isonl yav ailabl eup toa
speed of130 mph (210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntions .Dep ending on
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assist usesthe
ve hicles ahead andlane marking sas are fere nce.
% Dep ending onthecountr y,in thelowe rspeed
ra ng eAc tiveSt eer ing Assist canusethesur -
ro unding tra1c asare fere nce. Ifnece ssary,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist canthen also prov ide
assist ancewhen driving awayfrom thecent er
of thelane, forex am ple, toform are scue
lane .
If th ede tection oflane marking sand vehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assist switches
to passiv emode. Thesystem prov ides nosuppor t
in this case.
St St
atus displa atus
display of A y
of Activ ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist int t
in the he
Ins Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display
R Ø (gra y): acti vatedand passiv e
R Ø (gre en): activ ated and activ e R
Ø (red): system limits detected
R Ø (white,redhands): "handsonthesteer -
ing wheel" prom pt
% Duringthetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus, theØ symbol issho wnasenlar ged
and 0ashing. Oncethesy stem ispassiv e,the
Ø symbol issho wnasgray intheInstr u-
ment Displa y.
% Depending ontheselect edvehicle setting s,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist maybe una vailable.
S S
t t
eer eer
ing and t ing
and touc ouc
hde t h
de tection ection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st ee ring wheel atall time sand beableto inter-
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hi-
cle and keep itin lane. Thedriver must expect a
ch ang efrom activ eto passiv emode orvice versa
at anytime . Dr
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If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear s.Ifth edr iver still does
no tst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone sou nds in
add itionto thevisual warning messa ge.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableperiod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page231) .
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con/ rmation tothesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle. R
Depen dingon t Depen
dingon the coun try he
coun try: :
th edr iver presses
a steer ing wheel buttonoroper ates Touc h
Contr ol
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist detects that asy stem
limi thas been reac hed, avisu alwa rning isissued
and awa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist hasalimit edsteer ing tor-
qu efo rlat eral guidance. Insome cases,th esteer -
ing interve ntion isno tsu1 cienttokeep theve hi-
cle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Ther eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambient light
or strong shad owson thero ad.
R Ther eis glar e,e.g .fr om onco mingtra1c,
dir ect sunl ight orre0ectio ns.
R Insu1 cientroad illumin atio n. R
The wind shield isdir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co veredin thevicinity ofthecamer a,e.g. bya
sti cker.
R No, orseveral,unclear lanemarkings arepr es-
ent forone lane, orthemar kings chang e
qu ickl y, forex am ple, inacons tructi onarea or
int ersecti ons.
R The lane marking sar ewo rnawa y,dar kor cov-
er ed up, e.g. bydirtor sno w.
R Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R The roadis na rrow and wind ing.
R Ther ear eobs tacles onthelane orprojecting
out intoth elane, suchas object markers.
The system doesno tpr ov ide assist anceinthefo l-
lo wing conditions:
R Ontight curvesand when turnin g.
R When crossin gint ersecti ons.
R Atroundabouts ortollst ations.
R When towing atrailer .
R When thetir epr essur eis toolow. 230230
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