2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS tow

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Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
la y multiple 0oormats ontopof one
ano ther. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o.: o.:
Objects trapped underthefront
passeng erseat mayint erfere wit hth efunction of
th eaut omatic front passeng erairbag shuto.or
damag eth esy stem. Please observetheno teson
th efunction oftheaut omatic front passeng erair-
bag shuto.(/ page48). &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk ofaccident orinjur y
when usingthecup holder whiletheve hi-
cle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainers
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup holder whiletheve hicle is
mo ving,thecont ainer maybe 0un gar ound
and liquids maybe spilled. Thevehicle occu-
pant sma ycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,they could bescalded. You
could bedistract ed from tra1c condi tionsand
yo uma ylose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hicle
is station ary. #
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer sof
th eright size. #
Clos eth econt ainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen the
cup holder isclosed. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto there ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr est can be
damag edbybody weight. #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthere ar
seat armr est. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toan open
car gocom partmen t0oor
If yo udr ive wit hth ecar gocom partment 0oor
open, objects couldbe0un gar ound andhit
ve hicle occupan tsas are sult .Ther eis arisk
of injury, par ticular lyin theev ent ofsudden
br aking orasudden chang ein dir ecti on. #
Alwaysclose thecar gocom partment
0oor beforeajour ney. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NG‑Risk of/reand injur yfrom hot
cig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig arette
light er.
In addition, 0ammablematerials mayignit eif:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
objects, forex am ple #
Alwayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . Se
ats and stow ing
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Alwaysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom theta ilpipe
and tailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
become very hot.Ifyo ucome intocont act
wit hth ese partsof theve hicle, youcould burn
yo urself. #
Alwaysbe par ticu larlycar efular ound the
ta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and super -
vise childr enespecia lly closel yin this
ar ea. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hing them. The
driving charact eristics ofyour vehicle are
depen denton thedistr ibution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Youshould bearthefo llo wing inmind
when loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(incl udin goccupan ts).The values arespeci/ ed
on theve hicle identi/cation plateon theve hi-
cle's B-pill ar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backrests.
R Allvehicles excep tMer cedes-M aybac hve hi-
cles: alwaysuse thepar titionin gne twhen
tr anspor tingobjects inthecar gocom part-
ment.
R Alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
distr ibuteth eload evenl y.
No teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle. R
Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page188) .
% Formor einf ormation onstow agecom part-
men tsand stow agear eas, please referto the
Digit alOper ator's Manual. 126126
Seats
andstow ing

SS
t t
o o
w w
ag ag
espaces int e
spaces inthe v he
vehicle int ehicle
inter er
ior ior
OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the fr he
front stow ont
stow ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tmen ts tmen
ts 1
Stow agespaces inthedoor s
2 Stow agecom partmen tin thear mr est with
USB ports(depending onvehicle equipme nt)
3 Stow age/t elep hone compartmen twit hcup
holder inthefront cent erconsole 3
Mercedes-Ma ybachve hicles: stow age/t ele-
phon ecom partmen twit hte mp eratur e-con-
tr olled cupholder ,USB ports(depending on
th eve hicle equipme nt)and chargin gmodul e
fo rwir eless chargin gof mobil ephon es
(depen dingon theve hicle equipme nt)in the
fr ont center conso le
4 Glove box
F F
olding t olding
the f he
folding t olding
table outorin able
outorin &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju ryfrom anopen
fo lding table
Ve hicle occupan tsma ybum pint oth efo lding
ta ble and injurethemsel ves. #
Close thefo lding table beforeeac hjour -
ne y. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thefo lding tables when
mo ving theseats back Open
folding tables maybe damag edwhen
th eseats aremo vedbac k. #
Mak esur eth at thefo lding tables arefo l-
ded inwhen moving thefront seats
bac k. FF
olding out olding
out
This equipment isavailabl eonl yfo rMer cedes-
Ma ybac hve hicles. #
Open rear armr est1. #
Pullth efo lding table forw ards and upwards by
re cess 2or3 and swing outwards. #
Foldtheta ble panels apart. #
T T
o f o
fold in: old
in:fold theta ble panels toget her and
swing inthefo lding table. Seats
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Openin
gt Openin
gthe stow he
stow ag ag
ebo e
bo xin t x
in the bac he
bac kr kr
es es
tin t t
in the he
r r
ear com ear
com par par
tmen t tmen
t
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eto there ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr est can be
damag edbybody weight. #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthere ar
seat armr est. This
equipme ntisavailabl eonl yfo rMer cedes-
Ma ybac hve hicles. Ve
hicles withind ividual seats (exa mp le) #
Vehicles with5-se ater variant: fold do wn the
re ar armr est. #
Pullhandl e1 and fold do wn cover2. R R
emo emo
ving t ving
the handse he
handse tfr t
fr om t om
the st he
stor or
ag ag
ecom e
com par par
t- t-
ment int ment
inthe r he
rear passeng ear
passeng ercom er
com par par
tment tment
Opening t Opening
the draw he
drawer er
This equipment isavailabl eonl yfo rMer cedes-
Ma ybac hve hicles withind ividual rear seats. Ve
hicles withind ividual rear seats #
Press button1. 128128
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Remo vethehandse t.
Closing t Closing
the draw he
drawer er
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Place thehandse tin thedr awe r. #
Press thehandse tdr awe rbac kuntil it
eng ages. ThrThr
ough-loading f ough-loading
facility t acility
to car o
car gocom go
com par par
tment tment
FF
olding t olding
the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
es est
f t
for w or
war ar
ds ds
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped when
adjustin gth eseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth eseat and
seat backrest areno teng aged
The seat andseat backrest can fold forw ards. Ther
eis arisk ofthefo llo wing, inpar ticular :
R The vehicle occupan tma ybe pressed
ag ains tth eseat belt. Theseat beltcanno t
pr otect asintended andcould cause addi-
tional injury.
R Ach ild restr aint system willno long er be
prope rly supp ortedor positioned andwill
no long erful/ll itsfun ction asintended.
R The seat backrest will notbe able restr ain
ob jec tsor good sin thecar gocom part-
ment.
Alw aysensu rethat theseat andseat backrest
ar eeng aged, inpar ticular :
R Beforeper sons trav el in theve hicle while
sitt ing onaseat withth eeasy entryand
ex itfeatur e
R ATer theseat hasbeen adjust ed.
R ATer theeasy entryand exitfeatur ehas
been used
R ATer thecar gocom partment enlargement
has been folded forw ards Alw
aysensu rethat all vehicle occupan tshave
th eir seat belts fastened correctl yand aresitt ing
pr oper ly.Pa rticular attention mustbepaid tochil-
dr en.
If yo uno long errequ ire th efo lded-do wnrear seat
bac kres tas aload area, fold thebac krest back
int oplace.
Mak esur eth at there dmar king oftheloc kve ri/-
catio nindic ator isno longervisible. Other wise,
th eseat backrest will notbe locked.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Vehicles withacent erseat backres t:thecen-
te rseat backrest isno tin thetrunk 0oor posi-
tion.
R Vehicles withafo lding rear armr est:there ar
ar mr esthas been folded up. Seats
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Se
ven-sea ter(e xa mp le) #
T T
o f o
fold t old
the he
leT leT
orr or
right seat bac ight
seat backr kr
es est
f t
for - or
-
w w
ar ar
ds: ds:
brie0y press one ofbutt ons 1.
The head restr aint on theseat backrest will
mo veintoasuit able position. Therear seat
will fold forw ards.
Ve hicles withacent erseat backres t:thecen-
te rseat backrest will fold forw ards toget her
wit hth eleT seat backrest. If
aseat inthesecond row of seats isno teng aged
and locked, this will besho wnonthemultifun c-
tion displa yon theinst rument cluster.
% Seven-sea ters:all sea tbac krests canbefol-
ded forw ards toget her usin gth eALL ALL
button.
F F
olding t olding
the r he
rear cent ear
cent erseat bac er
seat backr kr
es est
f t
for w or
war ar
ds ds
separ separ
at at
el el
y(se v y
(se ven-seat en-seat
er er
s) s)
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Foldthere ar seat armr estbac kif nece ssary. #
Press release catch3. #
Foldseat backrest 2forw ards.
F F
oldi ngbac oldi
ngbac kt k
the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
es t es
t
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat back-
re st Th
ese at beltco uld be come trap pe dan dth us
damag edwhen theseat backrest isfolded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttr ap-
ped when folding backth eseat backrest. 130130
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Se
ven-sea ter(e xa mp le) #
T T
o f o
fold bac old
backt k
the seat bac he
seat backr kr
est est: :
br ie0y pullone
of butt ons 1.
The rear seat willfold bac k.
Ve hicles withacent erseat backres t:thecen-
te rseat backrest will fold bac kto get her with
th eleT seat backrest. If
aseat backrest isno teng aged and locked,
th is will besho wnonthemultifun ctiondispla y
on theinst rument cluster.
% Seven-sea ters:all sea tbac krests canbefol-
ded backto get her usin gth eALL ALL
button.
F F
olding bac olding
backt k
the cent he
cent erseat bac er
seat backr kr
es est
separ t
separ at at
ely el
y
(se v (se
ven-seat en-seat
er er
s) s)
#
Swing theseat backrest backuntil itaudibl y
eng ages. F F
olding t olding
the seat bac he
seat backr kr
es est
ont t
on the t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of w
of
seats f seats
for w or
war ar
ds ds
LeT-hand-dr
ive ve hicle (exa mp le) #
Inthere ar passen gercom partment (seven-
sea ter): brie0y pullone ofbutt ons 1. Seats
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Inthecar gocom partment: brie0y press one of
butt ons 1. F F
olding bac olding
backt k
the seat bac he
seat backr kr
es est
ont t
on the t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of w
of
seats seats
LeT-hand-dr
ive ve hicle (exa mpl e) #
Inthere ar passen gercom partment: brie0y
pr ess one ofbutt ons 1.
If aseat backrest isno teng aged and locked,
th is will besho wnonthemultifun ctiondispla y
on theinst rument cluster. #
Inthecar gocom partment: brie0y pullone of
butt ons 1.
If aseat backrest isno teng aged and locked,
th is will besho wnonthemultifun ctiondispla y
on theinst rument cluster. 132132
Seats
andstow ing