2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS lights

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unction ofB unction
ofBAS AS
&
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GRisk ofan accident causedbya
malfun ctioninBAS (BrakeAssi stSystem)
If BAS ismalfunctioning, thebr aking distance
in an emer gency brak ing situatio nis
incr eased. #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc ein
emer gency brak ing situatio ns.ABS pre-
ve nts thewheels from locking. The
Brak eAssist System (BAS)suppor tsyour
emer gency brak ing situatio nwit hadd itional brak e
fo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BAS is
activ ated:
R BAS automati callyboos tsthebr ak epr essur e.
R BAS canshor tenth ebr aking distance.
R ABS prev ents thewheels from locking.
The brak es will function asusual onceyoure lease
th ebr ak epedal. BASisdeactiv ated. FF
unctions ofESP unctions
ofESP ® ®
&
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GRisk ofskidding ifESP ®
is
deactiv ated
If yo udeactiv ateESP ®
,ESP ®
canno tcar ryout
ve hicle stabili zation . #
ESP ®
should onlybe deact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situations. *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
Electr onicStabili tyProg ram (ESP ®
)can moni-
to rand improv edr iving stability andtraction in
th efo llo wing situations within physical limits:
R When pulling awayon wetor slip peryro ad.
R When braking . If
th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ection desired
by thedr iver ,ESP ®
can stabilize theve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engineoutput isadap tedaccor dingtothe
situ ation .
ESP ®
is deacti vatedifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er:
R Drivin gst ability willnolong erbe improve d.
R The drive wheels couldspin.
R ETS/4 ETStraction controlissti llactiv e.
% When ESP®
is deactiv ated, youar estill assis -
te dby ESP ®
when braking.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamp0as hes inthe
inst rument cluster,one orseveralwheels has
re ac hed itsgrip limit:
R Adaptyo ur driving styleto suit thecur rent
ro ad and weather cond itions.
R Donotdeact ivat eESP ®
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Onlydepr esstheacceler ator pedal asfaras is
necessar ywhen pulling away.
It can beadv antageous todeactiv ateESP ®
in the
fo llo wing situations toimprov etraction:
R When usingsnowch ains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthewheels result sin acutt ing
action ,whic henhan cestraction .
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lamplights upcontinu-
ousl y,ESP ®
is no tav ailabl edue toamalf unct ion.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Indicat orand warning lamps(/ page479)
R Displa ymessa ges(/ page423)
ET ET
S/ 4ET S/
4ET S(Elect r S
(Elect roni cTr onic
Tractio nSy st actio
nSy stem) em)
ET S/ 4ET Stractio ncont rolis par tof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull awayand accel erateon a
slip peryro ad.
If yo uselect theF orG drive pr og ram, a
special ETSsy stem speci/call ysuit edtoo.-r oad
te rrain isaut omati callyactiv ated. ET
S/ 4ET Scan improve theve hicle' stractio nby
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R The drive wh eels arebrak ed indivi dually if th ey
spin .
R Mor edr ive to rq ue istransf erredto thewheel
or wheels withtraction.
In0 uence In0
uence ofdr of
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
rams onESP ams
onESP ® ®
The drive pr og rams enable ESP®
to adap tto dif-
fe re nt we ather and roadcondi tionsas wellas the
dr iver's prefer reddr iving style. Dependin gon the
select eddrive pr og ram, theappr opriateESP ®
mode willbeactiv ated. Youcan select thedr ive
pr og rams using theDY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch
(/ page 190). FF
unction ofESP unction
ofESP ® ®
Cr Cr
ossw indAssist ossw
indAssist ESP
®
Cr ossw indAssist detects sudden gustsof
side wind andhelps thedr iver tokeep theve hicle
in thelane:
R ESP ®
Cr osswind Assistisactiv eat vehicle
speeds between appr ox.47 mph (75km/h)
and 125 mph(2 00 km/h)wh en drivi ng
str aigh tah eador cornering slightl y. R
The vehicle isstabili zed bymeans ofindiv idual
br ak eapplication onone side. FF
uncti onofESP uncti
onofESP ® ®
tr tr
ailer st ailer
stabilizat ion abilizat
ion &
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GRisk ofaccident inpoor road
and weather cond itions
In poor road and weather cond itions, the
tr aile rst abil izatio ncanno tpr ev ent lurching of
th eve hicle/ trailer combin ation.Tr ailer swit ha
high centerofgrav ity ma ytip over bef ore
ESP ®
de tects this. #
Alwaysadap tyo ur driving styleto suit
th ecur rent road and weather cond itions. When
drivi ng withatrailer ,ESP ®
can stabili ze
yo ur vehicle ifth etrailer begins tosw erve from
si de toside:
R ESP ®
trailer stabili zation isactiv eabo ve
speeds of40 mph(6 5km /h).
R Slightsw ervin gis reduced bymeans ofata r-
get ed, individual brak eapplication onone
side. Dr
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Intheev ent ofsevere sw ervin g,theengine
output isalso reduced andallwheels are
br ak ed.
ESP ®
trailer stabilization maybe impa ired orma y
no tfun ction if:
R The trailer isno tconnect edcor rectl yor isno t
de tected proper lyby theve hicle. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gESP atin
gESP ® ®
(Elect r (Elect
roni cSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) (v am)
(vehicle swit ehicle
swithout hout
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
e) e)
Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
% ESP®
can onlybe activ ated/ deact ivat ed usin g
qu ick acces swhen atleast oneother funct ion
is availabl ein qu ick acces s.ESP ®
can other -
wise befound intheAssistance menu.
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
Select ESP. #
Select Onor00BB Off.
ESP ®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa geswhic hma ybe sho wninthe
inst rument cluster. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating /deactiv ating
/deactiv atingESP ating
ESP® ®
(Electr (Electr
onicSt onic
Stabili ty abili
ty
Pr Pr
og r og
ram) (v am)
(vehicle swit ehicle
swit h h
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
eor E- e
or E-
A A
ctiv ctiv
eBod yCon tr e
Bod yCon trol) ol)
*
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
Pullro ck er switc h1.
ESP ®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn-
ing lamplights upcontinuousl yin theinst rument
clust er.
Obser vetheinf ormation onwarning lampsand
displa ymessa geswhic hma ybe sho wninthe
inst rument cluster. 214214
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Sy
st Sy
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. &
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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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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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NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyst ops function ing
If th esy stem limits ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
ar ere ac hed ther eis no guar anteethat the
sy stem will remain activeor will keep theve hi-
cle inlane . #
Alwayske ep your hands onthesteer ing
wheel andobser vethetra1c carefull y. #
Alwaysst eer theve hicle paying attent ion
to tra1 cco nd itio ns . &
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NGRisk ofaccid ent ifAc tiveSt eer -
ing Assist unexpect edlyint erve nes
The detection oflane marking sand obje cts
ma ymalfu nctionand cause unexpect edsteer -
ing interve ntions . #
Steer accor dingtotra1 cco nd itio ns . AA
ct iv ct
ivat ing/ deact iv at
ing/ deact ivat ing A at
ing Act iv ct
ive St e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but isno tint erve ning. R
ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick Access #
Select 004FSteering Assist. FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eEmer g e
Emer gency St ency
Stop Assist op
Assist 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 sin theInstr ument Dis-
pla y.Ifth edr iver still does notst eer theve hicle,
or giv es no con/r mation tothesy stem, awa rning to
ne sou nds inadd itionto thevisual warning mes-
sag e.
If th edr iver still does notre spond tothewa rning,
th eBeginning Emergency Stopmessag eappear s
in theInstr ument Display.Ifth edr iver still does
no tre spond ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
re duces thespeed. Thevehicle isdecel erated in
st ag es toast ands till.
Depe nding on thecountr y,at speeds below
40 mph(6 0km /h)th ehazar dwa rning lights
switc hon automaticall y.
When theve hicle isstation ary, thefo llo wing
actions arecar ried out:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k-
ing brak e.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis ended.
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
R Ifpossible, anemer gency callis pla ced tothe
Mercede s-Benzemergency callcent er.
The driver can cancel thedeceler ationatanytime
by per form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions:
R Steer ing Dr
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NGRisk ofaccid ent ifLane Change
Ass istune xpectedl yst ops functio ning
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Chang e
Assist have been reac hed, ther eis no guar an-
te eth at thesy stem will remain active.
Lane Chang eAssis tcanno tth en assist youby
appl ying steer ing torq ue . #
Alwa ys monit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your hands onthesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra1c conditions andsteer
and/or brak eif necessar y. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system limitat ions ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
appl yto ActiveLane ChangeAssi st
(/ page229) .
The system mayals obe impair edorma yno tfunc-
tion inthefo llo wing situations:
R The sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty,dam-
ag ed orcoveredby ast icke ror ice and snow,
fo rex am ple.
R The exterior lightin gsho wsamalf unct ion. %
The ActiveLane ChangeAssi stsens orsadjust
aut oma tically whi leacer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stisuna vailable or
onl ypar tiall yav ailabl edur ing this teac h-in
pr ocess; noarro w appear sne xt to theØ
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist symbol whenthetur n
signal indicat orisactiv ated.
Selecting A Selecting
Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane Chang eAssist e
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneChange Assist #
Select thefunction . AA
ctiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcons istsofthefo llo wing func-
tions:
R Dist ance warning function
R Autonomo usbrak ing functi on
R Situa tion-d ependent brak ing assist anc e R
V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assistanc eP anc
ePac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Eva-
siv eSt eer ing Assist andcorner ing function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone sou nds and theL dis-
ta nce warning lamplights upintheinst rument
clust er.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE- S h
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
: :
dependi ngon thecoun-
tr y, an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur sin the
fo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning oftheseat
belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autonomous
br aking canbeinitiat edincritical situations.
In especia lly cr itical situations, ActiveBr ak eAssi st
can initiat eaut onomo usbraki ng directl y.In this
case, thewa rning lampand warning tone occ ur
sim ultaneo uslywit hth ebr aking application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa-
tion orappl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak -
ing, <0054004A0055005600420055004A0050004F000E0045004600510046004F0045
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occur
s.The brak epr essur eincr eases uptomaxi-
mum full-sto pbr aking ifnecessar y.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page209) . If
aut onomo usbraking orsituat ion-depen dent
br aking assistancehasoccur red, displa y1
appear sin theInstr ument Displayand then aut o-
maticall ygoes outaTer ashor ttime.
If th eaut onomous braking function orthesitua-
tion-dependen tbr aking assistanceistrigg ered,
additional prev entiv emeasur esforoccupant pro-
te ction (PRE-SAFE®
)ma yalso beinitiat ed. &
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limit eddetection perform ance ofActive
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andcom plextra1c situations.
In suc hcases ,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien tly saf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,ve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalone . #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. Also
observe thesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. The
individu alsubfunc tionsar The
individu alsubfunc tionsareav e
av ailabl ein v ailabl
ein var ar
i- i-
ous speed r ous
speed rang ang
es: es:
The distance warning function canissue awa rn-
ing inthefo llo wing situations:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km /h),ifyo ur
ve hicle iscriticall yclose toave hicle, cyclis tor
pedes trian, youwill hear anintermitt entwarn-
ing tone and theL distance warning lamp
lights upintheinst rument cluster.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withPRE-S h
PRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
: :
depending onthe
count ry,an addit ionalhap ticwarning occur s
in thefo rm ofslight, repeat edtensio ning of
th eseat belt.
Br ak eimmediat elyor take evasiv eactio n,prov i-
ded itis saf eto do soand thetra1c situation
allo wsthis.
Dist Dist
ance w ance
war ar
ning function (v ning
function (vehicles wit ehicles
without Dr hout
Driv- iv
-
ing Assist ing
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The distance warning function canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situations withan intermitt entwarning
to ne and awa rning lamp:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
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