2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS sensor

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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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LegLeg
alr al
req eq
uir uir
ements r ements
reg eg
ar ar
ding t ding
the disc losur he
disc losur eof e
of
dat a dat
a
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
indivi dualcases, legallyoblig edtoprov ide govern-
ment alenti ties, upon requ est and totheex tent
re qu ired, datastor ed bythemanuf acturer.Fo r
ex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during theinve sti -
ga tion ofacr imina lo.e nse.
Go vernment alenti ties areth emsel ves, in ind ivid-
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe-
wo rk,aut hor izedto read out datafrom theve hi-
cle. Inthecase ofan accident, information that
can help withan inve sti gation can, ther efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag controlunit, forex am ple.
Oper Oper
ationaldat atio
naldatain t a
in the v he
vehicle ehicle
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hicle,
whic hha ve been processed bycont rolunits.
This includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informatio nsuc has thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral acceler ation,
number ofwheel revo lutions orthefa stene d
se at belts di sp lay
R Ambient cond itio ns ,su ch astemp eratur e,rain
sensor ordist ance sensor Gener
ally,theuse ofthese datais temp orary;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod ofoper -
ation andwillonlybe processed within theve hicle
itse lf. Con trol uni tsoTen containdatamemor ies
fo rve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Theiruse permits
th ete mp oraryor per manent document ationof
te ch nica linf orma tion abouttheve hicle' soper at-
ing stat e, com pone ntloads, maintenanc ere qu ire-
ments andtech nica leve nts orma lfunct ions.
Dep ending ontheve hicle equipmen t,thefo llo w-
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponents, such
as /ll leve ls, tirepr essur eor batt eryst atus
R Malfunctions orfaults inimpor tant system
com pone nts,suchas ligh tsor brak es
R System reactio nsinspecial drivi ng situ atio ns,
suc has airbag deployment ortheint erve ntion
of stabi lity cont rolsy stems
R Information onevents leading tovehicle dam-
ag e
In cer tain cases ,it ma ybe requ ired tostor eda ta
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte mp o-
ra rily .This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amalfu nction, forex am ple. If
yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enance work,st or ed oper ation aldat aas
we llas theve hicle identi/cation numbercan be
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manu factur ersor third par ties, suchas break -
do wn services. Thesame istrue inthecase of
wa rrant yclaims andqualit yassur ance measur es.
In gener al,there adout isper form ed via theleg ally
pr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnost icsconnection in
th eve hicle. Theoper ation aldat ath at arere ad out
docume nttech nica lst at es oftheve hicle orof
ind ividual compone ntsand assis tin thediagnosis
of malfunctions, compliance withwa rrant yobli ga-
tions andqualit yim prov ement. Tothat end ,th ese
dat a,in par ticular information aboutcomponent
loads, tech nica leve nts, malfunct ionsandother
fa ults maybe transmitt edalong withth eve hicle
identi/cation numbertothemanuf acturer.Fu r-
th er mor e,themanuf acturerissubject toproduct
liability .Fo rth is reason themanuf actureralso
uses operational datafrom theve hicle, forex am-
ple, forre calls. These datacan also beused to
ex amin eth ecust omer's warrant yand guar antee
claims. Gene
ralno tes
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RR
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system function ality em
function ality When
theve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
fo rm ed, during whic hth e0075 restr aint system
wa rning lamplights up.Itgoes outnolater than a
few secon dsaTer theve hicle isstar ted. The com-
ponent sof there str aint system areth en func-
tional. Malfunction
ingr Malfunction
ingres estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
A
malfunction hasoccur redin there str aint sys-
te m if:
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lampdoes
no tlight upwhen theve hicle isswitc hedon
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lamplights
up continuousl yor repeat edlydur ing ajour ney &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfun c-
tions inthere str aint system
Co mp onent sin there str aint system maybe
acti vatedunint ention allyor notdeplo yas plan-
ned inan accident. #
Have there str aint system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu ali/ed spe-
ciali stwo rkshop. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe r he
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system inan acciden t em
inan acciden t Ho
wthere str aint system worksdepen dson the
se verity of theim pact detected and theappar ent
type ofaccident :
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activati on thre sholds forth ecom ponents of
th ere str aint system arede term ined based onthe
ev aluat ionofthesensor values measured atvari-
ous points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-e mp -
tiv ein natur e.The trigg ering/deplo ymentofthe
com pone ntsofthere str aint system musttake
place ingood timeatthestar tof thecollision.
Fa ctor swhic hcan onlybe seen andmeasur ed
aTer acollisi onhas occur redcanno tpla ya deci- siv
ero le in airbag deployment. Nordothey pro-
vide anindication ofairbag deployment.
The vehicle maybe def ormed signi/cantl ywit hout
an airbag beingdeplo yed. This isthecase ifonl y
par tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed are
a.ec tedand thera te of vehicle decel eration is
no thigh. Conversely, an airbag maybe depl oyed
ev en though theve hicle su.er sonl ymin ordef or-
matio n.Ifve ry rigid vehicle partssuc has lon gitu-
din almembe rsarehit, this ma yre sult insu1-
cientl yhigh leve ls of vehicle decel eration .
Depen dingon thede tected deplo yment situation,
th ecom ponents ofthere str aint system canbe
ac tiva tedor deplo yedindepende ntlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont alim pac t,
re ar impact, sideimpact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: front al
im pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact, rollo ver,
fr ont alim pa ct Oc
cupa nt safety
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Ther ear eno hea vy,sh arp-ed gedor fragile
objects inthepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobjects inasuit able place. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by airbags y
airbags &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofinjur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions totheco verof an airbag
If yo umodify theco verof an airbag ora1x
objects suchas stic kers to it,theairbag may
no long erfunction correctl y. #
Nevermodify theco verof an airbag and
do nota1x objects toit. The
installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page44) .
Obj ects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag may
pr ev ent theairbag from function ingcorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yfrom objec tsin
th edeplo yment area ofan airbag
Objects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag
can hinder orpreve ntthecor rect deplo yment
of theairbag.
The airbag mayth en deplo yin an uncontr olled
manner andmayev en cause additional inju-
ri es totheve hicle occupan tsby deplo ying.
This maybe thecase inpar ticular ifth eairbag
is int egratedint oth eseat. #
Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects cor-
re ctl y. #
Beforeco mm encingyour jour ney,mak e
sur eth at no objects arestowe din the
deplo yment area ofan airbag. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Due tounsuit ableseat covers,th eairbags
canno tpr otect vehicle occupan tsas intend ed.
In addit ion,th eoper ation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erairbag shuto.could be
re str icte d. #
Youshould onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond -
ing seats byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue tomalfun c-
tioni ngsensor sin thedoor
The function oftheairbags canbeimpair ed
due tomodi/cation sor incor rect wo rkper -
fo rm ed on thedoor sor door trim, orifth e
door sar edamag ed. #
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. #
Alwaysha ve workon thedoor sor door
tr im car ried out ataqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue todeplo yed
airbag
A depl oyedairbag nolong ero.er san ypr otec-
tion. Occupant
safety
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#
Mak esur eth at theSmar tKey isat amin-
imum distance of10 T(3 m) away from
th eve hicle. Obser
vetheno tes:
R Onwashing theve hicle inacar wash
(/ page341)
R Onusin gahigh pressur eclean er
(/ page343) #
T T
o unl oc o
unl ockt k
the v he
vehicle : ehicle
:to uc hth einner surface
of thedoor handle. #
T T
o loc o
loc kt k
the v he
vehicle: ehicle:
touc hsensor surface 1
or 2. #
Con v Con
venie nce closin g: enie
nce closin g:touc hre cessed sensor
sur face 2 untilth eclosing process hasbeen
com pleted.
% Further informatio non con venienc eclo sing
(/ page87) .
If yo uopen theta ilg atefrom outside, itis aut o-
maticall yunloc ked. PrPr
oblems wit oblems
withKEYLES S-GO,tr h
KEYLES S-GO,troubleshoo oubleshoo
ting ting
YY
ou can nolong ou
can nolong erloc er
loc kor unloc k
or unloc kt k
the v he
vehicle using ehicle
using
KEYLES S-GO KEYLES
S-GO
Po ssible causes:
R The funct ion oftheSmar tKey has been deact i-
va ted.
R The Smar tKey batt eryis we ak ordisc harged. #
Activateth efunction oftheSmar tKey
( / pag e71). #
Chec kth ebatt eryusing theindicat orlam p
(/ page70). #
Replace theSmar tKey batt ery, ifnecessar y
(/ page72). #
Use there placement SmartKey . #
Use theemer gency keyto loc kor unloc k
(/ page76). #
Have theve hicle andSmar tKey checkedat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Ther Ther
eis int e
is int erf er
fer er
ence fr ence
from apo w om
apo wer er
fulr fu
lradio signal adio
signal
sour sour
ce ce
Po ssible causes ifth efunction ofKEYLESS -GOis
im pair ed:
R High voltag epo we rlines
R Mobile phones
R Electr onicdevices (notebook s,table ts)
R Shieldin gdue tome talobjects orinduction
loops forelectr icalgate systems oraut omati c
bar rier s #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tdist ance
be tween theSmar tKey and thepo tential
sou rceof interfere nce. Ope
ning andclosing
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HAND
S-FREE A HAND
S-FREE ACCE SSfunct ion CCE
SSfunct ion Wi
th HAND S-FREE ACCESS youcan open, close
or stop theclosing process oftheta ilg ateby per -
fo rm ing akic king movement under there ar
bum per.
The kicking movement trigg ersth eopening or
closing process alternat ely. Obser
vetheno teswhen opening(/ page78)
and closin g(/ page79) theta ilg ate.
% Twowa rning tones soundwhen theta ilg ateis
opening orclosing. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nscaused byaho t
ex haus tsy stem
The vehicle exhaus tsy stem can become very
ho t.Ifyo uuse HANDS-FR EEACCESS, you
could burnyo urself bytouc hing theex haus t
sy stem. #
Alwaysensu rethat youonl ymak eakic k-
ing movement within thede tection rang e
of thesensor s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Vehicle damag edue tounint en-
tional opening oftheta ilg ate R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur eclean er #
Deacti vate thefunction oftheSmar tKey
in these situations.
or #
Mak esur eth at theSmar tKey isat amin-
imum distance of10 T(3 m) away from
th eve hicle. When
makingth ekic king movement, makesur e
th at youar estanding /rml yon thegr ound. You
could other wise loseyour balance, e.g.onice.
Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R The Smar tKey isbehind theve hicle.
R Stand atleas t12 in(30 cm) awayfrom the
ve hicle while perform ing thekic king move-
ment.
R Donotcome intocont actwithth ebum per
while making thekic king movement.
R Donotcar ryout thekic king movement too
slo wly .
R The kicking movement mustbetowa rdsth e
ve hicle andbackag ain. 8282
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ingand closin g

1
Detection rang eof thesensor s
If se veralconsecutiv ekic king movements areno t
successful, waitte nsec onds .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction
in thefo llo wing cases :
R The sensor sar edir ty,e.g. duetoroad salt or
sno w.
R The kicking movement ismade usingapr os-
th etic leg. The
tailg atecan open orclose unintentionall yin
th efo llo wing situations:
R Aper son's arms orlegs aremo ving inthesen-
sor detection rang e, e.g. when polishing the
ve hicle orpic king upobj ects.
R Objects aremo vedor placed behind theve hi-
cle, e.g.th ehose ofafuel dispenser ,a ch arg-
ing cable, orlug gage
R Clam pingstraps, tarp sor other coverings are
pull edove rth ebum per.
R Apr otectiv emat withalengt hre ac hing over
th etrunk silldown intoth ede tection rang eof
th esensor sis used.
R The protectiv emat isno tsecur edcor rectl y.
R Workisbeing doneonthetrailer hitch,trailer s
or rear bicy clerack s.
Deacti vate thefunction oftheSmar tKey
( / pag e71) ordo notcar rytheSmar tKey about
yo ur per son insuc hsituations. Limiting
t Limiting
the opening angleoft he
opening angleofthe t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e AA
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
Yo ucan limit theopening angleoftheta ilg atein
th eto phalf ofits opening rang eup toapoin t
shor tly bef oreth eend position. #
Stop theopening procedur eof theta ilg ateat
th edesir edposition. #
Press and hold theclosing buttonontheta il-
ga te until youhear ashor tacoustic signal.
The opening anglelimiterwill beactiv ated. The
ta ilg atewill then stop inthestor ed position
when opened.
To open theta ilg atefull y,pull thehandle onthe
outside oftheta ilg ateag ain aTer ithas stopped
aut omaticall y.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
#
Press and hold theclosing buttonontheta il-
ga te until twoshor tacoustic signalssound. RR
eleasing t eleasing
the t he
tailg ailg
at at
ein an emer g e
in an emer gency ency
RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Onlyfo rMer cedes-Ma ybachve hicles. Open
ingand closin g
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AA
T T
A A
(ant i-t (a
nt i-the T heT
alar ala
rm syst m
system) em)
FF
uncti onoft uncti
onofthe AT he
ATA syst A
sy stem em
If th eATA system isarmed, avisu aland audibl e
alar mistrigg ered inthefo llo wing situations:
R When adoor isopened
R When theta ilg ateis opened
R When thehood isopened
R When theint erior motion sensor istrigg ered
(/ page95)
R When theto w- awa yalar mistrig ge red
( / pag e94)
The ATA system isarmed automati callyaTer
appr oximat elyte nsec onds inthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R ATer locking theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe rlo ck ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO Indi
catorlam p1 0ashes whentheATA system is
ar med.
The ATA system isdeacti vatedaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing situations:
R ATer unlockingtheve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R ATe run lock ing theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO
R ATer pressin gth estar t/s topbutt onwithth e
Sma rtKe yin themar kedspace (/page175) %
When theMer cedes‑Benz emergency callsy s-
te m isactiv eand thealar mstay son formor e
th an 30 secon ds,amessag eis aut omati cally
sent totheCust omer Assist anceCenter
(/ page324).
% Inthecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging ,th e
anti-theT alarmsystem isaut omati callydeac-
tiv ated tofacilit ateth ene xt engine star t.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the ATA he
ATA #
Press theÜ, ßor008B buttononthe
Sma rtKe y.
or #
Press thestar t/s topbutt onwithth eSmar tKey
in thestow agecom partmen t(/ page175)
Deact iv Deact
ivatin gt atin
gthe alar he
alar musin gKEY LESS-GO m
usin gKEY LESS-GO #
Grasp theoutside doorhandle withth eSmar t-
Ke yout side theve hicle. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe tow he
tow-a wa -a
wa yalar m y
alar m %
Thisfu nct ion mayno tbe availabl ein all coun -
tr ies. 9494
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ingand closin g