2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS manual transmission

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T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the pow he
power suppl y er
suppl y: :
pr ess button
1 once.
Yo ucan, forex am ple, activ ateth ewindshield
wiper s.
The powe rsuppl yis switc hedo.again ifth efo l-
lo wing conditions areme t:
R Youopen thedr iver's door .
R Youpr ess button1 twice more. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon t h
on the v he
vehicle: ehicle:
press button1
twice.
Indicat orand warning lampsgo on inthe
inst rument cluster.
The vehicle isswitc hedo.again ifone ofthefo l-
lo wing conditions isme t:
R Youdo notst ar tth eve hicle within 15min utes
and thetransmission isin position 005Dorthe
electr icpar king brak eis applied.
R Youpr ess button1 once. SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle ehicle
SS
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
witht h
the st he
star ar
t/s t t/s
top butt op
butt on on
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AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk of/redue to0amma ble
mat erial intheengine compartment orthe
ex haus tsy stem
Flammab lemat erials mayign ite. #
Ther efor e, checkre gula rly th at ther ear e
no 0amma blemat erials intheengine
com partment oron theex haus tsy stem. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpress button1
once. #
Ifth eve hicle does notst ar t:switc ho. non -
essen tialconsu mersand press button1
once . #
Ifth eve hicle still does notst ar tand thedis-
pla ymessag ePlace theKey inthe Marked
Space SeeOperator's Manualappear sin the
inst rument displa y:sta rttheve hicle withth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (emergency
ope ration mode )(/ page175).
% Youcan switc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng .To
do this, press button1 forabout thre esec-
onds orby pressing button1 thre etimes
wit hin thre eseconds. Besureto obser vethe
saf etyno tesund er"Dr iving tips"
(/ page178). 174174
Dr
iving and parking

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Obser vethech ang edvehicle heightwit h
add-o nro of equipment . NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin gwit ivin
gwit har h
aroof load, tr oof
load, trailer orfull y ailer
orfull y
laden v laden
vehicle ehicle
When drivin gwit haloaded roof lugg agera ck or
tr ailer aswellas withafull yladen orfull yoccu-
pied vehicle, theve hicle' sdr ivi ng and steer ing
ch aract eristics chang e.
Yo ushould bearthefo llo wing inmind:
R Donotex ceed theper missible roof load and
to wing capacity .Also obser vethete ch nica l
dat ain thepr int ed Oper ator's Manual.
R Evenl ydistr ibuteth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle
(/ page124) .
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
No t No
tes on dr es
on driving onsalt-tr iving
onsalt-tr eat eat
edr ed
roads oads
The braking e.ect islimit edon salt-tr eatedroads. Ther
efor e, obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-up onthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distance canincrease
consider ablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Main tain amuc hgr eat ersaf edist ance tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up :
R Brak eoccasion allywhile paying attent ion to
th etra1c conditions
R Carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star ting thene xt jour -
ne y
N No o
t t
es on h es
on hydr ydr
oplaning oplaning
Hydr oplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumula tedon thero ad
sur face.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecipi -
ta tion orincondi tions inwhi chhydroplaning may
occur :
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tireru ts R
Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page370).
N No o
t t
es on dr es
on driving t iving
thr hr
ough w ough
wat at
er on t er
on the r he
road sur- oad
sur-
f f
ace ace
Wa terwhic hhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission.
Wa tercan also entertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust drive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R Obser vethemaximum permissible ford ing
dep th(/ pag e418).
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(10 km/h );wa tercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior oreng inecom partmen t.
R Vehicles trave ling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximum permissible depthofthewa ter.
The brak ing e.ect ofthebr ak es isreduced aTer
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention to Dr
iving andparking
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The electric par king brak eis no taut oma tically
app lied ifth eve hicle isswitc hedo.bythe
EC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(r e
(releasing eleasing
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
The electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis r e
is released whent eleased
whenthe he
f f
ollo ollo
wing condition sar wing
condition sar e e
ful/lled: ful/lled:
R The driver's door isclosed.
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The transmission isin position 005Bor005E and
yo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal oryoushiT
fr om transmiss ionposition 005Dto005B or005E
when onleve lgr ound.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,theta il-
ga te must beclosed.
R The seat belttongue isinse rted intoth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongue isno tinse rted intoth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, oneofthe
fo llo wing conditions mustbeful/lled :
- YoushiT from transmiss ionposition 005D.
or -
Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds
gre ater than 2mp h(3 km /h).
Wh entheelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theinst rument clustergoes out.
Appl Appl
ying/ r ying/
releasing t eleasing
the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e
manuall y manuall
y
Appl Appl
ying ying #
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam plights upintheinst rument cluster.
% The electric par king brak eis onl ysec urely
app lied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can-
ada) indicat orlam pis lit continu ously.
R R
eleasing eleasing
#
Switc hon theve hicle. #
Pullhandl e1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam pin theinst rument clustergoes out.
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking
#
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdrivi ng ,th ePlea se
Rel ease Parking Brakemessag eis displa yed
and there d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada)
indicat orlam p0ash es.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toast and-
st ill, theelectr icpar king brak eis applied. The
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicator
lam plights upintheinst rument cluster. Dr
iving andparking
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MerMer
cedes-Be nzeme rg cedes-B
enzemer gency callsyst ency
callsystem em
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or or
mation ont mation
onthe Mer he
Mer cedes-B enzemer g cedes-B
enzemer gency ency
call syst call
system em
Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipp edwithth eMer cedes-Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCa ll"). This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan accident. eCall
in no wayre places assistanceprov ided from dial-
ing 911.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonlyfunctions inareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailabl efrom
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins u1cient net-
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov ider s
ma yre sult inan emer gency callno tbeing trans -
mitt ed.
eCa llis ast anda rdfeatur ein your Mer cedes-Benz
ve hicle. Inorder tofunc tionas intend ed,th esy s-
te m relies onthetransmission ofdat ade tailed in
th e"Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem data
tr ans mission"sec tion that follo ws (/ pag e325).
To disable eCall,acust omer mustvisitanaut hor -
ized Mercedes-Benz Service depar tment todeac-
tiv ateth eve hicle' scommun icationmodul e. Deact
iv Deact
ivation oft ation
ofthis modul epr ev his
modul epr ev ents t ents
the activ he
activ a- a-
tion ofan tion
ofanyand allMer y
and allMer cedes meconnect serv- cedes
meconn ectserv-
ices. ices.
ATer ATer
t t
he deactiv he
deactiv ationofeCall, aut ation
ofeCall, automatic omatic
emer g emer
gency calland manual emerg ency
calland manual emergency callwill ency
callwill
no no
tbe av t
be availabl e. ailabl
e.
The vehicle mustbe switc hedonbeforean aut o-
matic emergency callca nbe made.
% eCallis ac tivated atthefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes- Benzdeale r.Plea senote that inthe
ev ent owner ship of theve hicle istransf erred
to ano ther ow ner inits dea ctivated stat e,
eCa llwil lre main deactiv ated unless thene w
ow ner visitsan aut hor ized Mercedes-Be nz
dea lership to reactiv ateth esy stem. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the Mer he
Mer cedes-Benz emerg cedes-Benz
emergency call ency
call
sy st sy
stem em
eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
accident andthear riva lof emer gency service sat
th esit eof theaccident. Ithelps locatean acci-
dent sitein places that aredi1cu ltto access.
Ho wev er,ev en ifave hicle iseq uipp edwitheCall ,
th is does notmean thesy stem isON .As suc h, eCall
doesnotre place dialing 911intheev ent of
an accident.
An emer gency callca nbe made aut oma tically or
ma nual ly.
Onl ymak eemer gency calls ifyo uor other sar ein
nee dof rescue. Donotmak ean emer gency callin
th eev ent ofabr eakdo wnorasimilar situation.
Messag Messag
eson t es
on the displa y he
displa y
SOS NOTREAD Y:theve hicle isno ton oreCall not
av ailabl e.
Dur inganactiv eemer gency call, app ears
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan /ndmor einf ormation onthere giona l
av ailabi lityof eCall at:http s://www .mercedes-
ben z-mobil e.com/e xtra/ecal l/
% Ifth er eis amalfunction intheMer cedes-Benz
emer gency callsy stem (e.g.ama lfunct ion
wit hth espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS
butt on), acor respond ingmessag eappear son
th edispla yin theinst rument cluster. MBUX
multimed iasystem
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The vehicle ison solid ,non -slipper yand leve l
gr ound.
R The requ ired tire-c hang eto ol kit isavailabl e.
% Ifyo ur vehicle isno teq uipp edwithth etir e-
ch ang eto ol kit, consult aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop to/nd outabou tsui table tools. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak emanuall y. #
Movethefront wheels tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005D. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withlev h
level contr el
contr olsyst ol
system: em:
Setth e
nor malve hicle leve l(/ page249). #
Switc ho. theve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at theve hicle cannotbe star ted. #
Place choc ks orother suitable items underthe
fr ont and rear ofthewheel that isdiag onal ly
opposit eth ewheel youwish tochang e. #
Raise theve hicle (/page394).
A A
ddit ionally ddit
ionally, f ,
for Mer or
Mer cedes- Ma cedes-
Maybac ybac
hv h
vehicle s: ehicle
s: #
Retract theru nning boards(/ page78) #
Toremo veston ech ipping protectiv eco vers
2 : #
Loosen expansion rive t1 and pullitout. #
Folddo wn and remo veston ech ipping protec-
tiv eco vers 2 . RR
emo emo
ving andinst ving
andinstalling t alling
the wheel tr he
wheel trim/hub caps im/hub
caps RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isprepar edfora wheel chang e
(/ page392) .
Plas Plas
tichub cap tic
hub cap #
T T
o r o
remo v emo
ve: e:
tur nth ecent ercoverof thehub
cap count er-cloc kwise andremo vethehub
cap. #
T T
o inst o
inst all: all:
mak esur eth at thecent ercoverof
th ehub capistur ned count er-cloc kwise. #
Positi on thehub capand turnth ecent ercover
cloc kwise untilth ehub capengages physicall y
and audibl y. Wheels
andtires
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The
follo wing canbeused intheve hicle without
re str iction s:
R Two-w ayradios withamaximum transmission
output ofup to100 mW
R RFtransmitt erswit htransmitt erfreq uencies in
th e380 -410 MHz freq uency bandanda
maximum transmission outputofup to2W
(TETRA)
R Mobile phones (2G/3G/4G)
Ther ear eno restr iction swh en position ing the
ant enn aon theoutside oftheve hicle forth efo l-
lo wing freq uency bands:
R Terrestr ialTrunk edRadio (TETRA )
R 70cm freq uency band
R 2G/3G/4G RR
egulat egulat
or or
yr y
radio adio
identi/ cation identi/
cation andnot and
notes es
RR
egulat egulat
or or
yr y
radio adio
identi/ cation identi/
cation ofsmall com of
small compo- po-
nent s nent
s Manuf
acturerinformation aboutradio-based vehi-
cle com pone ntscan befound using theke y
phr ase "Regulat oryra dio identi/ cation"in theDig- it
al Oper ator's Manual intheve hicle, ontheInt er-
ne tand intheapp. RR
egulat egulat
or or
yr y
radio adio
ident i/cation ident
i/cation–Indonesia –
Indonesia Manuf
acturerinformation aboutradio-based vehi-
cle com pone ntscan befound using theke y
phr ase "Regulat oryra dio identi/ cation –Indone-
sia" intheDigit alOper ator's Manual intheve hi-
cle, ontheInt erne tand intheapp.
% These areno tsmall components. Information
about smallcomponents canbefound using
th eke yphr ase "Reg ulat oryra dio identi/ cation
of small component s". InfInf
or or
mation oninst mation
oninstallation clear allation
clearances ances
Inf
ormation oninstallation clearances ofwir eless
ve hicle compone ntscan befound using theke y
phr ase "Inst allation clearances" intheDigit al
Oper ator's Manual intheve hicle, ontheInt erne t,
and intheapp. FF
ur t ur
ther her
com com
ponen t-speci/c ponen
t-speci/c inf inf
or or
mation mation
Fu
rther com ponent-speci/c informatio ncan be
fo und using theke yphr ase "fur ther com ponen t-
speci/c information" intheDigit alOper ator's
Manual intheve hicle, ontheInt erne tand inthe
app. 406406
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ch nica ldat a