2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS wheel

The
guidelines inthemedia displaysho wthe
dist ances toyour vehicle. Thedistances apply
to road leve l.
In trailer mode, theguide linesaresho wnat
th eleve lof thetrailer hitch.
T T
r r
ailer vie ailer
view(v w
(vehicles wit ehicles
withatr h
atrailer hitc ailer
hitch) h)
If yo uselect trailer viewand notrailer iscoupled
to theve hicle, thefo llo wing displa yappear s: 1
Yellowguide line,locating aid
2 Redguide lineatadist ance ofappr oximat ely
1.0 T(0.3 m)from theball head ofthetrailer
hitc h
3 Ball head ofthetrailer hitch When
theelectr icalconnection isest ablished
be tween theve hicle andthetrailer ,th edispla y
ch ang estotheside camer avie w.
This viewsup portsma neuv ering proce dureswith
a trail er.
Side vie Side
viewof t w
of the mir r he
mir ror camer or
camer as as
The sides oftheve hicle canbeseen inthis vie w. 1
Guide lineofextern al vehicle dimen sionswit h
outs idemirrors folded out
2 Markerof thewheel contactpoints
Sy st Sy
stem f em
failur e ailur
e
If th esy stem isno tre ady foroper ation, thefo l-
lo wing messa geappear sin themedia display: 266266
Dr
iving andparking

select
thecor respond ingtransmissi onposi-
tion .
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
% Duringthepar king procedur ewit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist, thelane markings aredis-
pla yedin gre eninthecamer aimag e.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Ø Parking AssistFinished, TakeContro lof
Vehicle display mess ageappe ars. Fu rther mane u-
ve ring maystill benece ssary. #
ATe rcomple tion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ irements orlocal
conditions: turnth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ansm ission position during thepar king pro-
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.Ifno newvehicle pathis availa-
ble, thesy stem can chang eth etransmission
position again orcancel thepar king proce-
dur e. Exiting
apar Exiting
apar king space wit king
space withA h
Activ ctiv
eP e
Par ar
king Assist king
Assist
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tivePa rk-
ing Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsi bleforth eve hi-
cle and surroundings during theentir epar king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press button1.
The med iadis pla ysh ow sth evie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedper pendicular
to thedir ection oftrav el: inarea 2, select
dir ection oftrav el 3 Left orRigh t.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydi.er from theactual vehicle path. #
Con/r mdir ecti onofexit3 todrive out ofthe
par king space.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonauto-
maticall ywhen theex iting procedur ebegins. Dr
iving andparking
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#
Positi on thetrailer onaleve lsur face behin d
th eve hicle andcoupl eit up totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnection between
th eve hicle andthetrailer .
% Accessor iescan beconn ectedtotheper ma-
nent powe rsuppl yup to180 Wand tothe
po we rsuppl yth at isswitc hedonvia theigni-
tion lock.
U U
ncou pling atr ncou
pling atrail er ail
er &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbeing crush edand
bec omi ngtrapp edwhen unco uplinga
tr ail er
Whe nunco uplingatrail er wit han eng aged
iner tia-a ctivated brak e, your hand may
become trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr aile rdr aw bar . #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han eng aged
ove rrun brak e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ewhen uncoupling inast at e
of ove rrun Uncoupling
inast at eof ove rrun can damag e
th eve hicle. #
Donotunco upletrailer swit han eng aged
ove rrun brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped when
disconnecting thetrailer cable
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withlev h
level contr el
contr olsyst ol
system: em:
Thevehicle
ma ylo we rwhen thetrailer cable isdisconnec-
te d.
This could result inyouor other peopl e
becomi ngtrapped ifyo ur or their limbs are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody isund erneat hth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when youdisconnect the
tr aile rcab le. #
Disc onnect theelectr icalconnection between
th eve hicle andthetrailer . #
Uncouple thetrailer . #
Place theco veron theball neckmount. VV
ehicle to ehicle
towing ins wing
instr tr
ucti ons ucti
ons
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused for0at towing ordin ghy
to wing ,fo rex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canresult indamag eto theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withtow bar sys-
te ms, safedr ivin gch aract eristics cann otbe guar -
ant eed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we dve hicle.
The vehicle- trailer combin ationmaysw erve from
si de toside.
Obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Perm itted towing methods (/page362)
R The noteson towing theve hicle withbo th
axles onthegr ound (/page363) Dr
ivin gand parking
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7
Coolant temp eratur edispla y
Dur ingnormal oper ation, thecoolant temp er-
atur edispla yis per mitt edtorise to248°F
(120°C).
Ve hicles with48 Von- boar delect rical system:
PO WER andCHAR GEdispla y(electr icaldrive
suppor tand recuper ationpowe rof theelec-
tr ic mo tor)
8 Select eddrive pr og ram
9 Sele cted trans mission po sitio n
A Center disp lay ar ea oftheinst rument displa y
(e xa mp le:standar ddispla yfo rtr ip): Assis-
ta nce/T elephone /Navigation/T rip/Media/
Ra dio/S tyles and displa ys/Ser vice/Powe r
me ter(eq <0056004A0051004E0046004F0055000E0045004600510046004F00450046004F
0055> )
B Fuelleve l,fuel /ller 0aplocation indicator,
ra ng e OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the butt he
butt ons ont ons
onthe st he
steer eer
ing wheel ing
wheel 1
P Back/Hom ebutt on,on-bo ardcom puter
Pr ess and hold:show sst andar ddispla y
2 Touc hContr ol,on-boar dcom puter
3 Contr olpanel forcr uise contr olor ActiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON IC
4 Control panelfo rMBUX multimedia system:
£ Voice Contr olSy stem ß
Displa ysfavo rite s
VO L:contr olknob, adjusts thevo lume or
switc hesthesound o.0063 (press)
0061 Makes/accep tsacall
0076 Rejec ts/e ndsaca ll
5 00E2 Calls up thehome screen
6 Touc hContr olmultimedia system
7 G Backbutt on
8 Brightness controlto adju stthelighting inthe
Ins trumen tDispl ayand inthecontr olele-
ments oftheve hicle interior OperOper
atingt atin
gthe on- boar he
on- boar dcom d
com put put
er er
Obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth ecountr yin
whic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when ope rating
th eon-boar dcom puter. 284284
Instr
ument displayand on-boar dcom puter

The
driver's seatis eq uipp edwithan acces spr e-
ve nter.
If th edr iver's door isopen, thedr iver's seat will
no t no
tbe setaTer calling upthedr iver's pro/le.
Pr o/les stor eyo ur vehicle setting sand setting s
fo rth emultimedia system. Ifth eve hicle isused
by severaldr iver s, thedr iver can select their own
pr o/le without chang ingthestor ed pro/le setting s
of other driver s.
% Informatio non pro/les from Mer cedes me
conn ectcan befound intheDigit alOper a-
to r's Manual.
Ve hicle setting sar e, forex am ple, driver's seat,
st eer ing wheel andmirrorse ttings, climatecontr ol
and ambient lighting.Forth ese tting sof themulti-
media system, youcan select, forex am ple, radio
st ations, prev ious destinations aswellas themes,
sugg estion sand favo rite s.
Fo rre cur ring driving situatio ns,suchas long
dr ives on thefree wa y,yo ucan save your prefer red
se tting sin ath eme intheve hicle. Inath eme you
can save thedispla yof thedigit almap, your pre-
fe rred radio station andprefer reddr ive pr og ram,
fo rex am ple. The
vehicle canlearnth ehabits ofthedr iver .It
th en o.er ssugg estion sfo rth emost probable
na vig ation destin ations, mediasources, radio sta-
tions orcont acts. Therequ irements forth at are
th eselection ofapr o/le, your consent tothe
re cor ding ofdat aand su1cient collecteddat a.
Fa vorite spr ov ide quick acces sto appli catio ns
th at areused oTen. Youcan select favo rite sfrom
cat egor iesoradd them directl yto an appli catio n. Con/gurCon/gur
ing ing
pr pr
o/les, o/les,
t t
hemes andsugg hemes
andsugg es es
tio ns tio
ns Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
f Profiles
Cr Cr
eati ngane eati
ngane w w
pr pr
o/le o/le
#
Select 0081 Create Profile . #
Select anavatar. #
Enterthename andcon/ rmwith0076. #
Select Continu e0048 . #
Select Current Setting s. #
Select Save . #
ActivateBlue toot h®
and select Connect
Pho ne,toconn ectamobile phonewithth e
user pro/le . #
Select Finish.
Selecting Selecting
pr pr
o/le o/le
op op
tions tions
#
Select 0062fora pr o/le.
The follo wing functions areav ailabl e:
R Edit ing,re se tting ordele tingapr o/le
R Resetting themes orfavo rite s
R Con/ guring sugg estions
Con/ gur Con/
guring ing
sugg sugg
es estion
s tions
#
Select 0062fora pr o/le. #
Select Suggestion Settings. #
Switc hAllow Destination Suggestions ,Allow
Music Suggestions andAllow Contact Sug-
gestions onoro.. #
T T
o deactiv o
deactiv at at
et e
the lear he
lear ning function f ning
function for one or
one
da y da
y: :
activ ateDeact. Learning for24h.
Fo r24 hour sno newactions willbetrained
and nodat are cor ded forth eactiv epr o/le.
Sugg estion swill continue tobe sho wn. MBUX
multimedia system
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If
no conn ectioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice seit her ,a cor respond ingmessag eappear s
in themedia display. #
Dial thelocal emergency numb eron your
mobile phone.
Ending anunint Ending
anunint entionall entionall
ytr y
trigg igg
er er
ed manual ed
manual
Mer Mer
cedes-Benz emerg cedes-Benz
emergency call ency
call #
Using t Using
the multifunction st he
multifunction steer eer
ing wheel: ing
wheel: select
0076. Depressthebutt onforse veralseconds. DatDat
atr a
transf ansf
eroft er
ofthe Mer he
Mer cedes-Benz emerg cedes-Benz
emergency ency
call syst call
system em
In
theev ent ofan aut omatic ormanual emergency
ca llth efo llo wing datais transmitt ed,forex am ple:
R Vehicle' sGPS positiondata
R GPS positiondataon thero ute(a few hund red
me ters bef oreth eincident) ()
R Direction oftrav el
R Vehicle identi/cation number
R Vehicle drive type
R Number ofpeopl ede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle R
Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailabl eor
no t
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sini tiat ed
manu allyor aut omati cally
R Time oftheaccident
R Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atransmitt edisvehicle informatio n.Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollection, useand sharingof
th eeCall system data,please contactMBUS A's
Cust omer Assist anceCenterat800-FOR -MERC.
Fo rCanada, pleasecontactMBC's Customer
Assist anceCenterat1-800-387-010 0.
Cust omer requ ests forco veredinf ormation should
be submitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccident clari/cat ionpurposes, thefo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour aTer the
emer gency callha sbee ninitia ted:
R The current vehicle positioncan bedeter-
mined.
R Avo ice connection totheve hicle occupan ts
can beestablished. MBUX
multimedia system
325 325

ASS
YS ASS
YSTPL T
PL US ser US
service int vice
interv er
val dis pla y al
dis pla y FF
uncti onoft uncti
onofthe ASS YS he
ASSYST PL T
PL US ser US
service int vice
interv er
val dis - al
dis -
pla y pla
y The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yon the
inst rument displa yinf orms youof thetime ordis-
ta nce remainin gbef oreth ene xt ser vice duedate.
Yo ucan hide this ser vice displa yusing theG
bac kbutt onon theleT-h andside ofthesteer ing
wheel.
Depending onhowtheve hicle isused, the
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla yma yshor ten
th eser vice interva l,e.g. inthefo llo wing cases :
R Mainl yshor t-dist ance driving
R When theengine isoTen leTidling forlong
per iods
R Intheev ent offreq uent coldstar tphases
Mer cedes-Benz recommen dsavo iding suchoper -
ating conditions.
Yo ucan obtain information concerningtheser vic-
ing ofyour vehicle from aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop, e.g.an aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen -
te r. DisplaDispla
yingt ying
the ser he
ser vice duedate vice
duedate On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Service 5
ASSYST PLUS
The next ser vice duedateis displa yed. #
T T
o e o
exit t xit
the displa y he
displa y: :
pr ess theG backbut-
to non theleT-h andside ofthesteer ing wheel.
Bear inmind thefo llo wing relat ed topic:
R Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter
(/ page284). InfInf
or or
mation onr mation
onregular maint egular
maintenance w enance
wor k or
k *
N NO O
TE TE
Prematur ewe arthro ugh failur eto
obser veser vice duedates Main
tenanc ewo rkwhic his no tcar ried out at
th eright time orinco mplete ly can lead to
incr eased wearand damag eto theve hicle. #
Adher eto thepr escr ibed service inter-
va ls. #
Alwaysha ve thepr escr ibed maint enance
wo rkcar ried out ataqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop. NNo o
t t
es on special ser es
on special service r vice
req eq
uir uir
emen ts emen
ts The
prescr ibed service interva lis based onnor -
mal oper ation oftheve hicle. Have themaint e-
nance workcar ried out mor eoTen than prescr i-
bed ifoper atingcond itions aredi1cu ltor the
ve hicle issubj ecttoincr eased stress.
The ASSYSTPL US service interva ldispla yis onl y
an aid. Thedriver oftheve hicle bearsre sponsi bil-
ity asrega rdsto whe ther maint enance work
need sto be per form ed mor eoTen than speci/ed
based ontheactual operating conditions and/or
loads.
Ex am ples ofarduous operating conditions:
R Regula rcity driving withfreq uent intermedi ate
st ops
R Mainl ysh ort-dist ance driving
R Freq uent operation inmount ainous terrain or
on poor road sur faces 334334
Main
tenanc eand care

#
Ensur eth er eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis deac tiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion/h eating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y. R
Inaut omati ccar washes withcon veyorsys-
te ms:
- Neut ral005C iseng aged.
- Ifyo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while
it is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eSmar t-
Ke yis locat edintheve hicle. Thepark
posit ion005Disother wise automati cally
eng aged.
% Toprev ent damag eto thetir es and wheels,
dr ive str aight andinto thecent eroftheguide
ra ils ofthecar wash.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise.
A A
ut ut
omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfordr iv-
ing intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash mode
can beactiv ated ataspeed ofup to12 mph
(20 km/h )(/ pag e343).
The follo wing settings aremade whencarwash
mode isactiv ated:
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in. R
Toprev ent thewindshield washer system from
st ar tin gup aut omati cally,thera in sensor is
deactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isdeacti vated.
R Mer Mer
cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
hv h
vehicles: ehicles:
theru nning
boa rdsar ere tract ed.
R The aircondi tioning system isse tto air-recir -
culat ionmode.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewca mer w
ca mer a: a:
thefront
imag eis activ ated aTer approx.eight seconds.
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithAIRMA h
AIRMA TIC: TIC:
theve hicle israised
to themaximum possiblechassis
le ve l(/ page249).
If rising take slon gerth an 25 secon ds,thefo l-
lo wing messa geappear son themultifun ction
displa y:
Preparation forAutom aticCarWash Incom-
plete SeeMedia Display .AT ersome time,the
ve hicle automati callycont inuesrising .
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hE- A h
E- ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
the
ve hicle israised tothemaximum possible
ch assis leve l(/ pag e257). 342342
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enance andcare