2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS ECO mode

The
origina lpurc hase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof theeq uipment inyour vehicle at
th etime ofdeliv ery.
Sho uldyouha ve anyqu estion sconcer ningequip-
ment andoper ation, please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center.
The Oper ator's Manual, Supplement, further sup-
plement arydocuments andMaint enance Booklet
ar eim por tant doc ume ntsand should bekept in
th eve hicle. MerMer
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about the on- deman df he
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demand featur e)subsequentl yvia Mer cedes me
aTer purchasing your vehicle.
Inf ormatio nis availabl eat anyaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. AA
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The vehicle islin kedto theMer cedes meuser
account.
Or Or
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ing and activ ing
and activ ating on-demand f ating
on-demand featur e eatur
e #
Addth edesir edon-demand featur efo rth e
ve hicle totheshopping basketinthe
Mer cedesme Store. #
Com pletetheor der .
The on-demand featur eis activ ated when
oper atingth eve hicle.
Spe edin gup activ Spe
edin gup activ ation ation
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Switchth eve hicle o.and lockit. #
ATer about 2min utes, unlockth eve hicle and
switc hon theve hicle.
The on-deman dfeatur ehas been activated.
Fo rsome featur es,ano ti/cation alsoappear s
in theve hicle' smult imedi asy stem.
If th eactiv ation wasno tsuccessf ul,repeat the
pr ocess. SerSer
vice andv vice
andvehicle oper ehicle
operation ation
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operation outside t ation
outside the US he
USAor Canada A
or Canada When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R Service points orreplacement partsma yno t
be availabl eimmed iately.
R Unle aded fue lma yno tbe availabl efo rve hi-
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R The fuel mayha ve an extremel ylo w oct ane
number .Unsuit ablefuelcancauseengine
dam age.
Some Mercede s-Benz modelsareav ailabl ein
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anaut hor -
ized Mercedes‑Benz service center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
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the US he
USA: A:
Mer cedes-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opean DeliveryDepar tment
One Mercedes -Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328 2424
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Fa
ult memor iesintheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outletor atyour requ est aspar tof repair
or maint enance work.
Con v Con
venience andinfot enience
andinfotainm entfunct ions ainm
entfunct ions
Yo ucan stor econ venienc ese ttings andindivi dual
se ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese tth em
at anytime.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing settings, forex am ple:
R Seatand steer ing wheel positions
R Suspen sionandclimat econt rolsetting s
R Indi vidual setting s,suc has interior lightin g
Depen dingon theselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle infotainm entfunct ions
yo urself.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mul time diadata,suc has music, /lmsorpho-
to sfo rpla ybac kin an integratedmultimedia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integratedhands-fr eesystem oran integra-
te dna vig ation system
R Entered navig ation destinations
R Dataabout theuse ofInterne tser vices
These datafo rcon venienc eand infotainm ent
fu nct ionsma ybe savedlocall yin theve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
conn ectedtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphon e,
USB 0ash drive or MP 3pla yer.Ifyo uha ve ent ered
th ese datayo urself, youcan deletethem atany
time.
This datais transmitt edfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est. This applies, inpar -
ticular ,when youuse online services inaccor d-
ance withth ese tting sth at youha ve select ed.
Smar Smar
tphon eint tphon
eint egr eg
ration (e.g.An dr ation
(e.g.An droid A oid
Aut ut
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or
Appl eCarP lay Appl
eCarP lay® ®
) )
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipp ed,youcan
connect your smar tphone orano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then contr olthem
by means ofthecontr olelements integratedin
th eve hicle. Imagesand audio from thesmar t- phone
canbeoutput viathemultimedia system.
Cer tain inf ormation issimult aneousl ytransf erred
to your smar tphone. Depending onthetype and
int egration, this includes positiondata,day/night
mode andother gener alvehicle statuse s.Fo r
mor einf ormation pleaseconsult theOper ator's
Manual oftheve hicle/ infotainm entsystem.
This integration allowstheuse ofselect edsmar t-
phone apps,suchas navig ation ormusic player
apps. Thereis no further interactio nbe tween the
smar tphon eand theve hicle; inpar ticu lar,ve hicle
dat ais no tdir ectl yaccessibl e.The type ofaddi-
tion aldat apr ocessin gis de term ined bythepro-
vider oftheapp being used.Whichse tting syo u
can make,ifan y,depends onthespeci/c appand
th eoper ating system ofyour smar tphone. Online
ser Online
services vices
WW
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eless ne eless
netw tw
or or
kconnection k
connection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ection,
it enab lesdatato be exch ang edbetween your
ve hicle andaddit ionalsystems. Thewireless net-
wo rkconn ectionis made possible bytheve hicle' s
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Remo vetheemer gency key(/ page72) . #
Inse rttheemer gency keyas faras itwill go
int oopening 1intheco ver. #
Pull and holdthedoor handle. #
Pull theco veron theemer gency keyas
str aigh tas possible awa yfrom theve hicle until
it re leases. #
Release thedoor handle. #
T T
o unloc o
unloc k: k:
tur nth eemer gency keycoun ter-
cloc kwise toposition 0047. #
T T
o loc o
loc k: k:
tur nth eemer gency keycloc kwise to
position 0047. #
Carefull ypr ess theco veront oth eloc kcy lin-
der until iteng ages and isseat ed/rml y. RR
unning boar unning
boards ds
OperOper
ation oft ation
ofthe r he
running boar unning
boards ds
MerMer
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vehicles: ehicles:
theve hicle iseq uip-
ped withelect ricall yex tendab lerunning boards. If
yo uha ve select edtheaut omatic modeinthemul-
timedia system, (/page78) theru nning board
will extend automa tically on there specti veside
when adoor isopen ed.When theru nning boards
ar eex tended ,ch eckth eex cess widthof theve hi-
cle.
Yo ucan extend orretract theru nning boards
manuall yfo rcleaning (/page78).
% The running boardswill extend and retract
onl yif th eve hicle isstation ary.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eru nning boardswill
re tract automa tically:
R Ifyo uselect ano.- road drive pr og ram
( / pag e188).
R Ifyo uactiv atecar wash mode (/page343) .
R Ifth eoutside mirrors fold inaut omaticall y
(/ page163). Opening
andclosing
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Ifyo uar edr iving ataspeed great erthan
2.5 mph(4 km/h) .
If yo uha ve select edtheaut omatic modeinthe
multimed iasystem and youmanuall yex tend the
ru nning boardswhen thedoor sar eclosed, the
ru nning boardswill remain extended .Ev en ifyo u
open adoor andthen close itag ain, theru nning
boa rdswill remain extended .Au tomatic mode will
be reactiv ated onlywhen youar edr iving ata
speed great erthan 2.5 mph(4 km/h) . &
W W
AR NING AR
NING Riskofinjurywhen extending
or retracti ngtheru nning boards
The running boardsex tend attheside during
ex tensio n.Dur ingretracti on, theru nning
boa rdsar eint egratedin theside skirt.Pa rts of
th ebody could become trapped. Therema y
be people inthera ng eof mo vement. Thereis
a risk ofinjury. #
Alwaysensu rethat ther ear eno people
wit hin thera ng eof mo vement oftheru n-
ning boards. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theru nning boardsdur -
ing extensio nor retracti on The
running boardsex tend attheside during
ex tensio n.Dur ingretracti on, theru nning
boa rdsar eint egratedin theside skirt. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tspace
dur ing extensio nand retracti on. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle body or
und erbod ydue tolow ground clearance The
running boardsar eatt ached totheve hicle
body viatheunderbody .This limits thegr ound
clear ance. #
Drive ove robst acles, suchas curbs, par-
ticular lycar efully and slowly. Obser
vethecor respond ingdispla ymessag esin
th einst rument cluster(/ page423). ExtExt
endin gand re ending
andretr tr
acti ngt acti
ngthe r he
running boar unning
boards via ds
via
t t
he multim ediasyst he
multim ediasystem em
Multime
diasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Vehicle
5 SID ERUNNING BOARD #
Select Exten dor Retract.
A A
ut ut
oma ticall oma
tically e y
ext xt
ending andre ending
andretr tr
acti ngt acti
ngthe r he
run- un-
ning boar ning
boards ds
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Activateor dea ctivateAUTOM ATICEXTEN-
SION .
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Riskofpoison ingfrom exhaus t
ga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth eta il- 7878
Opening
andclosing

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on climat econtr e
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An
interior air/lter incombination withth epr e/l-
te rin theengine compartment mustalwaysbe
used sothat theair conditioning system, pollution
le ve lmonit oring and theair /ltratio nwo rkcor -
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
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vie vie
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of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo r3-zone automatic climatecontr ol
wit hstationar yheat er(exa mp le)
1 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 A Callsuptheair conditioning menu
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page166)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron/o.
7 0072 Switches air-recir culat ionmode on/o.
(/ page167) 8
0056 Switches theA/C function on/o.
(/ page165)
Switc hesresidual heaton/o.
(/ page167)
9 Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hstation-
ar yheat er:003B switchesstationar yheat er
on/ o.
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hout sta-
tionar yheat er:0 switchessync hroniza-
tion on/o.(/ page167)
A 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside
% Dual-zone automatic climatecontr oleq uip-
ment isavailabl efo rall vehicles excep t
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicles. 164164
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rear oper ear
oper ating unit ating
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am ple: USA
1 Setsthete mp eratur e,leT
2 Setstheair distr ibution, leT
3 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page166)
4 Setstheair0o w
5 Switc hesclimat econtr olon/ o.
(/ page165)
Switc hesresidual heaton/o. (/page167)
6 Setstheair distr ibution, right
7 Setsthete mp eratur e,right The
settings forth esecond andthird ro w of seats
(eq uipme nt-dep ende nt)can bemade viathere ar
oper atinguni t,themultimedia system
(/ page166) ortheMBUX rear table tdepending
on theve hicle' seq uipme nt. OperOper
atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syst ol
system em
Swi
tc Swi
tching climat hing
climat econt r e
cont rol ol
on/o. on/o.
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T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: setth eair0o wto leve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
setth eair0o wto leve l0 using
th eH button.
If climat econtr olisswitc hedo.,thewindo ws
ma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchclim ateco ntrol
o. onlybr ie0 y. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the clim at he
clim ateco ntr e
co ntrol int ol
inthe r he
rea r ea
r
pa sseng pa
sseng ercom er
compa r pa
rtme nt tme
nton/o. on/o.
#
Press button 5.
% Whe ncli mat econ trol inthesecond seatrow
is switc hedo.,theindicat orlam pis activ ated
and OFF OFF
issho wnonthere ar displ ay. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the A/C function he
A/C functionon /o. on/o.
using t usi
ng the air he
air
con dition ing con tr con
dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Th
eA/ Cfunc tionhe ats, co olsand dehumidi/e s
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc ho. theA/C function onlybr ie0y ;ot her -
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Condensation maydr ip from theunder sideofthe
ve hicle when coolingmode isactiv e.This isno t
ind icati veofamalfunct ion. Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu he
air condition ingmenu Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu usingt he
air condition ingmenu usingthe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
#
Select oneofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. Climat
econtr ol
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AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe A/Cfun ction viat he
A/Cfun ction viathe he
mult imedia syst mult
imedia system em
Mul
timed iasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
First Rowof Sea ts
The A/Cfun ction heats, coolsanddehumid i/es
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Select A/C. SeSe
tting climat tti
ng climat econt r e
cont rol t ol
to aut o
aut omati cmode omati
cmode In
aut omati cmode, these tte mp eratur eis con-
tr olled andmaint ained ataconst antleve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the0058 button. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to manual mode: o
manual mode:press the 0058
butt on.
In aut omatic mode,youcan choose between /ve
di.er entairquant ities usin gth eH button.
Au tomatic mode isretained. AA
ut ut
omaticall omaticall
ycontr y
contr olling t olling
the climat he
climat econtr e
contr olin ol
in
t t
he r he
rear pass eng ear
pass engercom er
com par par
tment tment
In
aut omatic mode,these tte mp eratur eis regula -
te dby thete mp eratur eof thedispensed airand
th eair0o w. #
Press the0058 button(/ page165). SeSe
tting t tting
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibution ibution
Multimedia
system:
4 Climate Menu #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page165). #
Select aro w of seats. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibut ion: ibut
ion:select 0061,009C
or 009B. #
Setth eair0o w.
% Severalair distr ibution options canbeselec-
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 clima tecont rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth e/r st seat row. SeSe
tting clim at tti
ng clim ateco ntr e
co ntrol f ol
for t or
the r he
rea rpa sseng ea
rpa sseng er er
co m co
mpa r pa
rtme nt(multimed iasyst tme
nt(multimed iasystem ) em
) Mul
timediasystem :
4 Clima teMen u5
Second Row ofSeats
Se Se
tting t tti
ng the t he
tem em
per pe
rat ure at
ure #
Sele ctSe cond Row ofSeats orThir dRow of
Se ats .
% Maybac hve hicles areonl yeq uipp edwithone
and tworo ws ofseats. #
Setth ete mp eratur e.
Se Se
tting t tting
the he
air0o w air0o
w #
Select Second RowofSeats orThird Rowof
Seats.
% Maybac hve hicles areonl yeq uipp edwithone
and tworo ws ofseats. #
Setth eair0o w.
Contr Contr
olling t olling
the r he
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr olaut ol
aut omaticall y omaticall
y #
Select REARAUTO.
Re ar climat econt rolis contr olled automati-
call y. 166166
Climat
econtr ol

DeactivDeactiv
atingr ating
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
#
Select REAROFF.
Re ar climat econt rolis deactiv ated. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
onization function onization
functionon/o. on/
o.via via
t t
he air conditioning contr he
air conditioning controlpanel ol
panel Climat
econtr olcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting forth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat econtr ol
zones. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat ezon esare
ch ang ed. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
oni zation funct ion oni
zation funct ion on/o. on/o.
via via
t t
he mult imedi asy st he
mult imedi asy stem em
Mul
time diasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
Firs tRo wof Sea ts
Clim atecont rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The driver's settings for te
mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ionare
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat ezones. #
Select SYNCandswitc hon oro.. RR
emo emo
ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
wind ows WW
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the inside he
inside #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
W W
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the outside he
outside #
Switc hon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. SwitcSwitc
hingair hing
air-r -r
ecir ecir
culation mode culation
modeon/o. on/
o. #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir culat ed.
Air -recir culati onmode automatical lyswitc hesto
fr es hairmo deaTer awh ile. %
Ifair-re cir culati onmode isswitc hedon,the
wind owsma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir culati onmode onlybr ie0y . Swit
c Swit
ching t hing
the r he
residual heatonor esidual
heatonoro. o.
RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidual heat
fr om theengine tocont inueheatin gor ventila ting
th efront com partment oftheve hicle forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es,depending onthete mp era-
tur ese t. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press 0056 button.
Re sidual heatwillbeswitc hedo.automati cally. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
res idua lhe at int es
idua lhe at inthe r he
rea rpa sseng ea
rpa sseng er er
co m co
mpa r pa
rtme nt tme
nton/o. on/o.
RR
eq equir ui
rem ents: em
ents:
R Theve hicle ispar ked.
When there sidual heatoftheengine isactiv ated
in there ar com partmen t,yo ucan heat orventila te Climat
econtr ol
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