2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS center console

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Impai rment oftheoper ating e1-
ciency ofthere str aint system sfrom
inst alling acce ssorypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Airbags
andEmer gency Tensio ning Device s,
as wellas contr olunits andsensor sfo rth e
re str aint system s,ma ybe inst alle d in thefo l-
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Door sills
R Seats
R Coc kpit
R Instrumen tclus ter
R Cent erconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacces sorypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have accessor ypar tsretro/tt edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Yo
ucould jeopar dizetheoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tires and wheels aswell
as acces sories releva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
bee napp rove dby Mer cedes-Be nz.Safety-re leva nt
sy stems ,e.g. thebr ak esy stem, maymalfunction.
Onl yuse genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsor par tsof
eq ual qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels andacces-
sor ypar tsthat have been speci/call yappr oved
fo ryo ur vehicle model .
Genu ineMer cedes- Benzpar tsaresubj ectto
str ictqu alit yinsp ections. Eachpar thas been spe-
ciall yde veloped, manufacturedorselect edfor
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles andadap tedto them.
Ther efor e, onl yge nuine Mercedes-Be nzpar ts
sh ould beuse d.
Mor eth an 300,0 00di.er entgenuine Mercedes-
Benz partsareav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Benz mod-
els.
All aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Centersmaint aina
suppl yof genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsforneces-
sar yser vice andrepair work.In add ition, strategi-
cal lylocat edpar tsdeliv erycent erspr ov ide for
qu ick and reliable partsser vice. Alw
aysspecif yth eve hicle identi/cation number
(VIN) (/page407) when order ing genuine
Mer cedes-Be nzpar ts. Ope
r Ope
rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l
This Operator's Manual andtheDigit alOper ator's
Manual intheve hicle descr ibethefo llo wing mod-
els and thestandar dand special equipment for
yo ur vehicle:
R The model sand thestandar dand special
eq uipment availabl eat thetime ofthis Oper a-
to r's Manual goingtopress.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment onlyav ailabl ein cer tain countr ies.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment, whichwill onlybe availabl eat a
lat er dat e.
No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe equipp edwith
all featur esdescr ibed.This isalso thecase for
sy stems releva nt tosaf ety. Theref ore, theeq uip-
ment onyour vehicle maydi.er from that inthe
descr iptions andillustrations. Gener
alno tes
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If
yo uno long errequ ire th eseat backrest tobe
fo lded down forloading orforget ting inand out,
fo ld itbac kint oplace. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped ifth e
seat isno teng aged
The seat does noteng agewhen folded for-
wa rds. The seat canfold bac kwards une xpect-
edl y,e.g. when acceler ating,braking orinthe
eve ntofan abr uptch ang eof dir ecti onoran
acciden t.
Pe ople intheseat's sweep canbecome trap-
ped. #
Ifaseat isfolded forw ards, alwaysfo ld it
bac kbef oredr iving o.. #
Mak esur eth at theseat iseng aged. If
aseat onthesecond row of seats isno t
eng aged, this will besho wnonthemultifun ction
displa yon theinst rument cluster.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The area intowhic hth ere ar seat isfolded is
clear . R
The rear seat hasbeen folded up.
R Vehicles withcomf ortseati ng:th ecent erarm-
re st isfolded up.
R Vehicles withan extended centercons ole:the
st ow agecom partmen tin thecent erconsole is
closed.
R Vehicles withafo lding rear armr est:there ar
ar mr esthas been folded up.
R Vehicles withcent erseat backres ts: thecen-
te rseat backrest has been folded up.
F F
olding t olding
the r he
rear seat int ear
seat intot o
the fr he
front position ont
position
Yo ucan fold theseats onthesecond row of seats
fo rw ards forth efo llo wing situations:
R Foreasier accessto thecar gocom partment
R Vehicles withath ird ro w of seats: forget ting
in or out
Ve hicles withacent erseat backres t:thecent er
re ar seat folds forw ards and backwards toge ther
wit hth eleT rear seat. Depe
nding on theve hicle equipmen t,yo ucan fold
th ere ar seats forw ards asfollo ws :
R Six-sea ter: on theright-h andsideof theve hi-
cle only
R Seven-sea terwit hcent erseat backrest: both
sides
% Toincr ease thesize ofthecar gocom part-
ment, youcan movetheseat backrests into
th ecar gocom partment 0oorposition
(/ page129). Seats
andstow ing
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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 &
W W
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. *
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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. #
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o f o
fold in: old
in:fold theta ble panels toget her and
swing inthefo lding table. Seats
andstow ing
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#
T T
o open orclose cent o
open orclose centerair v er
air vent ent: :
tur ncontr ol-
ler 2 upordown asfaras itwill go. #
T T
o open orclose sideairv o
open orclose sideairvents: ents:
turncontr ol-
ler 2 totheleT orright asfaras itwill go. #
T T
o adjus o
adjust t t
the air dir he
air direction: ection:
holdairvent 1 in
th ecent erand moveitup ordown ortothe
leT orright. A A
djus djusting
t ting
the r he
rear airv ear
airvents ents
Air
vents inthecent erconsole Air
vents intheB-pillar 170170
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