2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS air suspension

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pair scar ried out ataqu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tor injurydue
to incor rect modi/cations onelect ronic
com pone ntpar ts
Mo di/cation ofelec tronic compone nts,their
soTw areor wir ing could impair their function
and/or thefunction ofother networke dcom-
ponent partsor saf ety-re leva nt systems .
This canenda nger theoper ating safetyof the
ve hicle. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing and elec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. #
Youshould have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Obser
vethe"On-boar delectr onics" section in
"T ec hnical data". &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial son hotpar tsof theex haus tsy s-
te m
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite if th ey come intocont actwith
ho tpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
When drivi ng on unpa vedro ads oro.-
ro ad, regula rly ch eckth eve hicle under-
side. #
Remo vetrapp edplants orother 0amma-
ble mat erial, inpar ticu lar. #
Ifth er eis damag e,consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetodriv-
ing toofast anddu eto impacts tothe
ve hicle underbod yor suspen sioncompo-
nen ts In
thefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle become sgr ounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofast ove ran
obst acle, e.g.acurb, speed bumpor pot-
hole
R Ahea vyobject strikes theunderbody or
suspension components
In situations suchas these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension component s,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo-
nent sdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpect edly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan accident, mayno lon-
ge rabsorb there sult ing forc eas intended.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,0am-
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass ortwig s
can colle ctbetween theunderbody andthe 2626
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alno tes

R
Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tireis
de tected and displa yed.
If yo udeactiv ateth eAc tiveLane Keeping Assist
wa rning and thelane markings canno tbe clear ly
de tected, itis possible that no lane -correctin g
br ak eapplicat iontake splace (/page246) .
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfu nct ion
par ticu larlyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetoinsu1c ient
illumination oftheroad, highlyva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c, the
sun orre0ectio ns.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifun c-
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fogg ed
up, dam aged orcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane markings, orseveral
unclear lanemarkings arepr esent forone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane markings arewo rn,dar kor cov-
er ed. R
Ifth edist ance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane markings canno tbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane markings chang equ ickl y, e.g. lanes
br anc ho., cross oneanother or mer ge.
R Ifth eroad isvery nar row and wind ing.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
if
th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty
or coveredin sno wand anobst acle isde tec-
te din your lane, nolane-cor rectin gbr ak e
applicat iontake splace.
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ctiv ctiv
atin g/deacti v atin
g/deacti vatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keepi ng eepi
ng
Assis t Assis
t
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Qui ckAccess
5 Active LaneKeeping Assi st #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction . Se Se
tting A tting
Activ ctiv
eLane K e
Lane Keeping Assist eeping
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneKeeping Assist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingt ating
the hap he
hap ticw tic
war ar
ning ning
#
Select Warning.
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth efunction . AIRMAAIRMA
TIC TIC
FF
unction ofAIRMA unction
ofAIRMA TIC TIC
* NO NO
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. AIRM
ATIC isan air suspe nsion system withan all-
ro und leve lcontr olsystem, whic halso ensur es
th ebest possible suspension andconst antground
clear ance, even withaladen vehicle. When drivi ng
at speed, theve hicle islowe redaut omaticall yto
im prove driving safetyand toreduce fuelcon- 246246
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iving andparking

sum
ption. Youalso have theop tion ofmanuall y
adjusti ngtheve hicle leve l.
AIRMA TICiscom prised ofthefo llo wing functions
and com ponents:
R All-r ound airsuspension
R Speed-dependent lowe ring
R Manua lly sel ect ablehigh leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance whichcan beadjus-
te dusing aleve lbutt on
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withADS PL h
ADS PLUS: US:
also AdaptiveDam p-
ing System withcons tant adju stment ofdam p-
ing charact eristics forim prove ddr iving com-
fo rt
Sus pensi on se Sus
pensi on setting and v tti
ng and veh icle lev eh
icle level pe rdr el
pe rdr iv iv
e pr e
pro- o-
gr gr
am am
Dr ive pr og ram A and;:
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again. Dr
ive pr og ram £ (Mercedes-Ma ybachve hicles
onl y):
R The suspen sionsetting isvery comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again.
Dr ive pr og ram C:
R The suspension settin gis /rmer .
R The vehicle islowe redto spor tle ve l.
Dr ive prog ram B:
R The suspension settin gis even /rmer .
R The vehicle islowe redto Spo rt+leve l.
Dr ive pr og ram F (vehicles without O.-road
pac kage ):
R The suspe nsion settin g is suit able foreasil y
nego tiable o.-road terrain.
R The vehicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l+1. R
When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
50 mph(8 0km /h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(45 km/h) ,th eve hicle israised.
Dr ive pr og ram F (vehicles withO.-r oadpack-
ag e):
R The suspen sionsetting issuit able foreasil y
nego tiable o.-road terrain.
R The vehicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l+1.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
71 mph(115 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
47 mph(7 5km /h),th eve hicle israised.
Dr ive prog ram G (vehicles withO.-r oadpack-
ag e):
R The suspen sionsetting issuit able fordi1cult
o.- road terrain.
R The vehicle isse tto o.-r oad leve l+1.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
50 mph(8 0km /h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(45 km/h) ,th eve hicle israised. Dr
iving andparking
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AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OLiscom prised ofthefo l-
lo wing functions andcomponents:
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
RO AD SURF ACESC AN
R Cur veinclination functionCURVE
R Recovery mode
R Indivi dualwheel control
R Airsuspension withaut omatic leve lcontr ol
R Speed-dependent lowe ring toreduce fuelcon-
sum ption
R Manual leve ladjustment
R ADS PLUS: AdaptiveDam pingSy stem with
cons tant adju stment ofdam ping charact eris-
tics
R DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itchan dleve lbutt on
Suspension se Suspension
setting andv tting
andvehicle lev ehicle
level per dr el
per driv iv
e pr e
pr o- o-
gr gr
am am
Dr ive pr og ram C
R The suspension settin gis /rmer .
R The vehicle isse tto Spo rtleve l.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isdeactiv ated. R
The curveinclination functionisdeactiv ated.
Dr ive pr og ram B
R The suspension settin gis even /rmer .
R The vehicle isse tto Spo rt+leve l.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isdeactiv ated.
R The curveinclination functionisactiv e.
Dr ive pr og ram A
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(140 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isactiv e.
R The curveinclination functionisdeactiv ated.
Dr ive pr og ram £
R The suspension settin gis very comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red. R
When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isactiv e.
R The curveinclination functionisactiv e.
Dr ive pr og ram N
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(140 km/h) ,th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again.
R ROAD SURF ACESC AN isactiv e.
R The curveinclination functionisactiv e.
Dr ive pr og ram ;
R The suspension settin gis comf ortable.
R The vehicle isse tto thenor mal leve l.
R When driving atspeeds aboveappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h),th eve hicle islowe red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(4 0km /h),th eve hicle israised again. 254254
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iving andparking

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N N
O O
TE TE
Risk ofdam agedue totheve hicle
mo vingup and down When
free drivi ng mode isactiv ated, theve hi-
cle movesup and down. Vehicle partsma ybe
damag edifth eunderbody bottoms out. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tgr ound
clear ance when rock ing free mode is
activ ated. Re
covery mode isafun ction ofthesuspension
whic hcan assist thedr iver on loose surfaces (e.g.
sand, snow)when freein gave hicle whichhas
become stuc k.
The vehicle body rock sin slo w,vertical motions
when reco very mode hasbeen activated. This
te mp orarily puts thewheels undergreat erload,
whic hmeans they have incr eased traction andthe
ve hicle isfreed.
Yo ucan activ atefree driving mode viaO.- road
Assis t(/ page260) . F F
unct ionofind ividual wheel contr unct
ionofind ividual wheel control ol
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbecomi ngtrapped due
to theve hicle lowe ring
The vehicle canbelowe redwhen theindivid-
ual wheel controlfunction hasbeen activated.
Body partscould become trapped ifth ey are
be tween theve hicle body andthetir es or
under neathth eve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody isund ertheve hi-
cle orintheimmediat evicinity ofthe
wheel arch es when individual wheelcon-
tr ol isactiv ated. *
N NO O
TE TE
Risk ofdamag edue totheve hicle
mo vingup and down The
vehicle canbelowe redor raised onone
or mor ewheels whentheindividual wheel
contr olfunction hasbeen activated. Vehicle
par tscould bedamag eddue tocont actwith
obje cts. #
Mak esur eth at theve hicle hassu1cie nt
ro om tomo vewhen theindividual wheel
contr olfunction hasbeen activated. Individual
wheelcontrolisafunction ofthesus-
pension, whichcan beused tosetth eve hicle
le ve lfo reac hwheel individuall y.This canhel pto
im prove alignme ntofthebody when driving o.-
ro ad.
Yo ucan activ ateindividual wheelcontrolvia O.-
ro ad Assis t(/ page260) .
A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe v he
vehicle lev ehicle
level (v el
(vehicle swit ehicle
swit hE- A h
E- ACTIVE CTIVE
BOD BOD
YC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL) OL)
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tbecause vehi-
cle leve lis toohigh
Dr ivin gch aract eristics maybe impair ed.
The vehicle candriT outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit edto
th edr iving styleand thero ad sur face
condi tions. Dr
iving and parking
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illing capac ityf illing
capac ityfor r or
refr efr
ig ig
er er
ant and PA ant
and PAGoil G
oil
R R
efr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
/lling /lling
capacity capacity
ModelModel
All models 34.6±0.4 oz
(980 ±10 g) RR
efr efr
ig ig
er er
ant ant
/lling /lling
capacity (Mer capacity
(Mercedes-M a cedes-M
aybac ybac
h) h)
ModelModel
Mer cedes-M aybac h
GL S600 4MATIC 34.6
±0.4 oz
(980 ±10 g) FF
illing capacity f illing
capacity for PA or
PAGoil G
oil ModelModel
GL S450 4MATIC 5.0±0.4 oz
(140 ±10 g)
GL S580 4MATIC 5.0±0.4 oz
(140 ±10 g) FF
illin gcapacity f illin
gcapacity for PA or
PAGoil (Mer G
oil (Mer cedes-M a cedes-M
aybac ybac
h) h)
ModelModel
Mer cedes-M aybac h
GL S600 4MATIC 2.9
±0.4 oz
(80 ±10 g) VV
ehicle data ehicle
data VV
ehicle dimensions ehicle
dimensions The
heights speci/ed mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load
R Condition ofthesuspension
R Optional equipment Height
whenopened andheadr Height
whenopened andheadr oom oom
ModelModel
1 1
Height Height
when when
opened* opened*
2 2
Head- Head-
r r
oom* oom*
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIR - h
AIR -
MA MA
TIC TIC
84.4
in
(2144 mm)
- 87.9 in
(2234 mm) 75.9
in
(1929 mm)
- 79.4 in
(2019 mm)
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.- O.-
r r
oad oad
pack pac
kag ag
e e
84.4
in
(2144 mm)
- 89.5 in
(2274 mm) 75.9
in
(1929 mm)
- 81.0 in
(2059 mm) 416416
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 229
Sy stem limits............. ............................ 229
A A
ctiv ctiv
e e
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
JamAssis t Jam
Assis t
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 226
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
ecr e
cr uis econt r uis
econt rol ol
see ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
A A
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbea mAssi st e
Highbea mAssi st
Ac tivating/dea ctivating <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Fu nctio n........... ..................................... 151
A A
ddi tiona lcus hion ddi
tiona lcus hion
Leg rest.. ............................................... 104
Re ar passen gercom partment head
re str aint... ............................................. .1 11
A A
dditiv dditiv
es es
Engine oil............................................... 411
Fu el..... .................................................. 411
A A
dditiv dditiv
es(engine oil) es
(engine oil)
see Additiv es
A A
dditiv dditiv
es(fuel) es
(fuel)
see Fuel ADS
PL ADS
PLUS dam US
dam ping syst ping
system em
see AIRMA TIC
ATer ATer
-sales -sa
les ser ser
vice vice
see ASSYSTPL US
Air bag Air
bag
Re duced protection .................................. 47
Air conditioning menu Air
conditioning menu
Calling up............... ...............................1 65
Air dis Air
distr tr
ibution ibution
Se <00550055004A004F0048000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Se tting (MBUX multimedia system)..... ....166
Air fr Air
freshener syst eshener
system em
see Frag rance system
Air inle t Air
inle t
see Air-water duc t
Air pr Air
press ure ess
ure
see Tire pressur e
Air suspension Air
suspension
see AIRMA TIC
Air v Air
vents ents
Ad justing (front).....................................169
Ad justing (rea r)..... ................................. 170
Glo vebox...... .........................................1 71 Air
v Air
vents ents
see Airvents
Air Air
-co nditi oning syst -co
nditi oning system em
see Clim atecont rol
Air Air
-r -r
eci r eci
rcul atio nmod e(w it cul
atio nmod e(w ith h
/n e /n
e
par par
ticle ticl
epr pr
e/ lt e/
lter) er)
......... ......... ........................ 167
Air Air
-w -w
at at
er duc t er
duc t
Ke eping free......... ................................. 341
Airbag Airbag
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Fr ont airbag (driver ,fr ont passeng er)........ 44
Inst allation locations ................................ 44
Knee airbag... ........ .................................. 44
Ov ervie w.... .............................................. 44
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s...... 49
Pr otection.... ............................................ 45
Side airbag....... ....................................... 44
Wi ndo wcur tain airbag .............................. 44
Air0 ow Air
0ow
Se tting .... ............................................... 164
AI RMA AI
RMA TIC TI
C
Se tting .... ............................................... 249
Sus pensi on. ........................................... 246 496496
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SS
t t
eer eer
ing wheel heat ing
wheel heater er
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St St
eer eer
ing wheel paddle ing
wheel paddle shiTers shiTer
s......................1 95
St St
ep ep
see Running boards
St St
or or
ag ag
ear e
ar eas eas
see Storag espace
St St
or or
ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tment s tment
s
see Storag espace
St St
or or
ag ag
espace e
space
Ar mr est .................................................1 27
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Door......... .............................................127
Glo vebox...... .........................................1 27
St ow St
ow ag ag
ear e
ar eas eas
see Loadi ng
St ow St
ow ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tmen t tmen
t
Fo lding table.... ...................................... 127
Handse t(r ear passeng ercom part-
ment)... .................................................. 128
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St ow St
ow ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tmen ts tmen
ts
see Loadi ng S S
tr tr
ee ee
tname sand house numbers t
name sand house numbers
Displ aying ...... ........................................ 307
Sugg Sugg
es estions tions
Con/ guring........ .................................... 297
Sulfur cont Sulfur
content ent.........
.....................................4 10
Sur r Sur
round lighting ound
lighting
Switc hingon/o........ .............................153
Sur r Sur
round V ound
Vie w ie
w
see 360° Camer a
Sur r Sur
round vie ound
viewcamer a w
camer a
Car e....... ..................... .......................... 346
Opening thecamer aco ver(r ev ersing
camer a)................................................. 267
Selecting avie w...... ...............................2 67
Suspension Suspension
Individual wheelcontrol(E- AC TIV E
BOD YCO NTR OL). .................................. 257
Ro cking free mode (E-AC TIV EBOD Y
CO NTR OL). ............................................ 256
Se ttin g th esuspension leve l(AIR -
MA TIC)......... ............ .............................. 249
Se tting thesuspension leve l(E-
AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OL).......................2 57 Suspension Suspension
see AIRMA TIC
see E-AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OL
Su spen sionlev Su
spen sionlevel (AIR MA el
(AIR MATIC ) TIC
)
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000F000F000F000F000F000F> 155
Switc Switc
hingont hing
onthe ignition he
ignition
see Vehicle
Syn c Syn
chr hr
oni zation funct ion oni
zation funct ion
Ac tivating/dea ctivating (contr olpanel )...167
Ac tivating/dea ctivating (MBUX multi-
medi asy st<0046004E000A000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F> 167
Sy st Sy
stem se em
settings ttings
Ov ervie wof thesy stem setting smenu ....298
Re setfu nct ion (MB UXmult imedi asy s-
te m).... ................................................... 302
Sy st Sy
stem se em
settin gs ttin
gs
see Langu age 522522
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