2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS tow

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bols.... ...................................................... 5 5
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Co ckpit ........ ................................................... 6
Indicat orand warning lamps...... ............ ........10
Ov erhead controlpanel .................................12
Door operating unitandseat adjustment .......14
Contr olsettings inthere ar passen ger
com partmen t... ... .......................................... 16
Emer gencie sand break downs .......... .............18 DigitDigit
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Cal ling uptheDigit alOper ator's Manual ........ 20 GenerGener
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no tes es
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Pr otection oftheen vironment ....................... 22
Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts..... .................. 22
Oper ator's Manual .......... .............................. 23
Mer cedes meapp ................................... ......2 4
Ser viceand vehicle operation ............... ......... 24
Oper atingsaf ety................................ ............ 25
Decl arati on ofcon form ity forwir eless
ve hicle compone nts... ...... ............................. 27 Diag
nostics conn ection................................. 28
Quali /edspecial istwo rkshop ........................ 29
Cor rect use oftheve hicle ............................. 29
Spo rtUtil ityVehicle ....................................... 30
No tesfo rper sons withelectr onicmedical
aids ..............................................................30
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............................3 1
Re por ting safetydef ect s................................ 31
Lim ited Warrant y... ........................................3 2
QR code forre scue card... ............................3 2
Dat astor ag e.... ........ .....................................3 2
Cop yright .................. .................................... 36 Occupant
safe Occupant
safety ty
...... ......................................38 38
Re str aint system ...........................................3 8
Sea tbe lts ............ .........................................4 0
Airba gs......... ......... .......................................44
PRE-S AFE®
sy stem ......... ...............................52
Au tomatic measur esaTer anaccident ......... .. 53
Saf elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hicle ...... 53
No teson pets intheve hicle .......................... 69 Open
ingand closin g Open
ingand closin g... ........................... ........ 70 70
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Ru nning boards... ... ....................................... 77
Car gocom partmen t... ................................... 78
Si de wind ows... ...... ....................................... 85
Sl idin gsunr oof...... ........................................8 8
Ro ller sun blinds ............................................93
An ti-theT protection ...................................... 93 Seats
andsto Seats
andstowing wing
.......... ...............................9 7 97
No teson thecor rect driver's seat positi on....9 7
Sea ts.... ........................................................ 97
St eer ing wheel ............................................ 116
Easy entryand exitfeatur e... ....................... 118
Mem oryfu nct ion ......................................... 119
Mem oryfu nct ion inthere ar passen ger
com partmen t... ...... .....................................1 20
St owa geareas ...... ...................................... 124
Cup holde r... ............................................... 139
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Re frig er ator box.... ...................................... 143
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connection withth eex terior ant enna ....144
Inst alling/ remo vingth e0oor mats ............... 147 22
Cont
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Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ............... .........................148 148
Ext erior lighting ............... ............... ............. 148
Int erior lighting ............... ............... .............. 153
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 155
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Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ...... ............................................. 163
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 163 ClimatClimat
econt r e
cont rol ol
...... .....................................1 64 164
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 164
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 165 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 173 173
Dr iving ........................................................1 73
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 88
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 92
Tr ansf ercase ..............................................1 97
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 98
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 99
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................2 01
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 209
Tr ailer hitch... ... ...........................................2 77 Ve
hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 281 InsIns
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tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
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put put
er er
........................................................... 282 282
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter...... .................................... 282
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 283
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................... ...................................... 284
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 84
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ..................................................... 286
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 286 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 89 289
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................289
Sy stem settings .......................................... 298
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................302
Te lephone ................................................... 312
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 316
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 323
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................3 26
Sound settings ............................................333 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... .......................... 334 334
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 334
Engine compartment ................................... 335
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 341 BrBr
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assist ance ance
.................................350 350
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 350
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................351
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................357
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 370
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 370
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 371
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 371
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 76
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 381
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......386
Changing awheel ........................................ 388
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 99 Cont
ents
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Steer ing wheel paddle shiTers →
195
2 Combination switch →
149
3 Instr ument display →
283
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
192
5 Media display →
289
6 Climat econtr olsystems →
165
7 002F Hazardwa rning light system →
150
8 PASSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s →
49
9 Glovebox →
127
A Stow agespace →
127
B 0063 Controlle rfo rvo lume andswitc hing
sound on/o. →
289
00D0 SwitchestheMBUX multimedia system
on/ o. →
289
C z Callsupnavig ation →
291
D | Callsupradio ormedia →
291
E 002B Callsupthete lephone →
291 F
Switc hpanel for:
ä Individual wheel control(v ehicles without
o.- road pac kage )or →
257
002E Transf ercase (vehicle swit ho.-r oad
pac kage ) →
197
0063 Manual gearshiTing →
195
¿ AIRMATIC or →
246
¿ E-AC TIV EBOD YCO NTR OL →
253
00BB Activates/de activatesESP ®
→
212
î Downhil lSpe edRegula tion →
227
G ß Callsup favo rite s →
291
H y Callsupvehicle funct ions →
291
I c ActivePa rking Assist →
274
J DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch →
190
K Touc hpad →
291
L Start/ stop but ton →
174
00D6 ECOstar t/s topfun ction →
186 At
aglan ce–Coc kpit
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1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
32
2 Safetyve sts →
350
3 ; mebutton →
316
0053 SOSbutton →
316
4 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
150
5 Chec kingandre/ll ing ope rating 0uids →
408
St artin gassis tance →
360
6 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
363 7
Flat tire →
351
8 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
363
9 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
199
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
373
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
32
A Warning triangle →
350
B TIREFIT kit →
353
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
351 At
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cer tain everyda ysituations withyo ur vehicle.
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com plian cecould void theuser ’saut hor ityto
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tr ansm itter(s )/recei ver(s) that com plywit hInn o-
va tion, Science andEconomic Development Can-
ada ’slicence-e xemp tRSS(s). Operation issubjec t
to thefo llo wing twoconditions: (1)These devices
ma yno tcause interfere nce. (2)Thes ede vice s
must accep tan yint erfere nce, including interfer-
ence that ma ycause undesiredoper ationof the
de vices." "Lesémetteur s/r écep teur sdans cette
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The diagnostic sconne ctionis ate ch nica lint er-
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, inthe
cont extof repair andmaint enance workor for
re adin gout vehicle datain aspecial istwo rkshop.
Diag nosticdevice sshould ther efor eonl ybe con-
nect edinaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
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NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tocon-
nect ingdevices tothediagnost icscon-
nection
If yo uconnect devices tothediagnost icscon-
nection oftheve hicle, thefunction ofvehicle
sy stems andoper atingsaf etyma ybe
im pair ed. #
Forsaf etyre asons, werecommen dth at
yo uonl yuse and connect products
appr ovedby your aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Center. &
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GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. *
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ces connect edtothediagnost icsconnec-
tion Using
devices atthediagnost icsconnection
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The
restr aint system include sth efo llo wing com-
ponents:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restr aint system
R Child se at secu ring systems
The restr aint system canhe lppreve nttheve hicle
occupan tsfrom comin gint ocont actwith partsof
th eve hicle interior intheev ent ofan accident. In
th eev ent ofan accident, there str aint system can
al so reduce thefo rc es towhic hth eve hicle occu-
pant sar esubj ected.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof pro-
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
de tected acciden tsituat ion,Emer gency Tensio n-
ing Device sand/o rair bag ssup plem entthepr o-
te ction o.eredbyacor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensio ning Device sand/o rair bag s
ar eno tdep loye din everyaccident. In
order forth ere str aint system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle occu-
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.
R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl eto da ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjur iesand fata lities inevery
accident situation. Inpar ticular ,th eseat beltand
airbag gener allydo notpr otect against objects
pene trating theve hicle from theoutside. Itis also
no tpossible tocom pletely rule out therisk of
inj urycaused bytheairbag deploying. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
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modi/cation sto there str aint system
Ve hicle occupan tsma yno longerbe protect ed
as intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re str aint system . #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there str aint sys-
te m. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing oranyelec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. If
it is nec essar yto modify theve hicle toaccom-
modat eaper son withdisabi lities, cont actan
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen terfo rde tails.
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in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
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occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the
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com pone nts
The airbag partsareho taTer anair bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adepl oyedair bag replaced ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop assoon as
possibl e. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.Ta ke this int oaccount, particu-
lar lyifan Emer gency Tensio ning Device istrig-
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an airbag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang, and
a small amount ofpowder mayalso bereleased:
R The bang willnotge ner allya. ect your hear ing.
R Ingener al,thepo wder released isno thazar d-
ous tohealt hbut maycause short-te rm
br eat hing di1culties toper sons su.er ingfrom
ast hma orother pulmo narycond itions.
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immed iatelyor open thewindo win order to
pr ev ent breat hing di1culties .
Airbags andpyrotech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning
De vice scont ainperc hlorate mat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire specia lhandling orenvironment alprotec-
tion measur es.National guidelinesrega rding
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incor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectl y,itcanno t
per form itsintended protectiv efun ction .
In additi on,anincor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
ca nalso causeinj uries, forex am ple, inthe
eve ntofan accid ent orwh en brak ing or
ch ang ingdirecti onsudde nly. #
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ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
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