2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS transmission

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
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
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
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................350 350
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 350
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................351
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................357
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lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
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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
3 3

Obser
v Obser
ve when st e
when stopping orpar opping
orpar king king
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk offata linjur ydue toexpo-
sur eto extreme heator cold intheve hicle
If per sons, particu larlych ildr en, aresubject ed
to prolong edexposur eto intense heatorcold,
th er eis arisk ofsevere injur yor even deat h. #
Neverlea veper sons, particular lych il-
dr en, unatt ended intheve hicle. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof suit w
of suit able seats int able
seats inthe v he
vehicle f ehicle
for ins t or
ins tal- al-
lin gac lin
gachild r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system em
LeT/rLeT/r
ight ight
r r
ear seat ear
seat
Se cond row of seats (leTandright seat)–pr efer -
re dsecur ingsystem:
® LATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child seat secur ing
sy stem
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page62). Thir
dro w of seats –pr efer redsecur ingsystem:
® LATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child seat secur ing
sy stem
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page62).
LeT/ right rear seat (secon dand third seat row) –
alt ernat ive secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page62).
F F
r r
ont passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
Secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
Be sureto obser ve:
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
ensur e,bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,
th at thestatus ofthefront passeng erairbag is
cor rect forth ecur rent situ atio n(/ page49).
R Noteson automati cfront passen gerairbag
shut o.(/ page48). Occupant
safety
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#
Setth efront passeng erseat asfarbac kas
possible andmovetheseat intoth ehighest
position ifpossible. #
Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjust-
ment. #
Adjust theseat cushion inclination sothat the
fr ont edge oftheseat cushion isin thehighest
position andthere ar edg eof theseat cushion
is in thelowe stpo sition . #
Setth eseat backrest tothemost vertical
position possible. #
Inst allthech ild restr aint system .
Th eent ire ba se ofthech ild restr aint system
mu stalwa ys rest on thesitting surface ofthe
fr ont passeng erseat. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at theshoulder beltstrap
is cor rectl yro uted from theseat beltoutle tof
th eve hicle totheshoulder beltguide onthe
ch ild restr aint system .
Th esh ou lder beltstr ap mu stbe routed for-
wa rdsand down wardsfrom theseat beltout-
le t. #
Ifnecessar y,adju sttheseat beltoutle tand
th efront passeng erseat accor dingly. Child-prChild-pr
ooflocks oof
locks AA
ctiv ctiv
atin gor deactiv atin
gor deactiv atingt atin
gthe c he
child safe hild
safety loc ty
loc kf k
for or
t t
he r he
rear door s ear
door s &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk offata linjur ydue toexpo-
sur eto extreme heator cold intheve hicle
If per sons, particu larlych ildr en, aresubject ed
to prolong edexposur eto intense heatorcold,
th er eis arisk ofsevere injur yor even deat h. #
Neverlea veper sons, particular lych il-
dr en, unatt ended intheve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, they
could, inpar ticul ar:
R Open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncoming tra1c.
R Oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple. Occupan
tsaf ety
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Sma
r Sma
rtK ey tK
ey OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof Smar w
of Smar tKe tK
ey fun ctions y
fun ctions &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theSmar tKey caused by
magne tic/elds #
Keep theSmar tKey awa yfrom strong
ma gne tic /eld s. Ve
hicle keywit hpan icalar m
1 Locks
2 Indicatorlam p 3
Unloc ks
4 Opens/clo sestheta ilg ate
5 Panic alarm
% Ifind icat orlam p2 does notlig ht up aTer
pr essin gth eÜ orß button,thebatt ery
is we ak orpossibl ydisc harged. Re place the
batt eryas soon aspossible.
Re place theke ybatt ery(/ page72).
The keyloc ksand unlocks thefo llo wing compo-
nents:
R Door s
R Fuel/ller 0ap
R Tailg ate
If th eve hicle isno topen edwithin appr oximat ely
40 seconds aTerunloc king,itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eT protection isactiv ated again.
Do notke ep theke yto get her with elect ronic devi-
ces orme talobjects. Thiscana.ec tth eke y's
fu nct ionality.
Do notke ep theke yin thete mp eratur e-contr olled
cup holder .Ot her wise, theke ywill notbe reliabl y
de tected. 7070
Openi
ngand closin g

R
Immedi atelych ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas been contaminat edwith
electr olyte.
R Ifan aller gicreactio noccur s,seek
medic alatt ent ion immed iately. The
insiderear vie wmir rorand theoutside mirror
on thedr iver's side willautomaticall ygo intoanti-
glar emode iflight from aheadlam phits thesen-
sor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system willno tgo intoant i-glaremo deif:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
R The interior lightin gis switc hedon. FF
r r
ont -passe ng ont
-passe nger out side mirr er
out side mirror par or
par king posit ion king
posit ion
fu nct ion fu
nct ion %
The parking posit ionisavailabl eonl yin vehi-
cles withamemor yfu nct ion.
The parking posit ionmak espar king easier . In
thefo llo wing situations, thefront-passeng er
outside mirrorwill swiv eldo wn wardsin thedir ec-
tion ofthere ar wheel onthefront passeng er's
side:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page162)
R The front-passeng ermir roris select ed
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
The front -passe nger out side mirrorwill movebac k
to its original position inthefo llo wing situations:
R YoushiT thetransmission toano ther transmis-
sion position
R Youar etrave ling atspeeds greater than
9 mp h(15 km/h)
R Youpr ess thebutt onforth eoutside mirroron
th edr iver's side SS
t t
or or
ing and calling upt ing
and calling upthe par he
par king position oft king
position ofthe he
fr fr
ont-passeng ont-passeng
eroutside mirr er
outside mirror or
SS
t t
or or
ing ing
#
Select thefront-passeng eroutside mirror
using button1. #
Eng agere ve rsege ar. #
Movethefront-passeng eroutside mirrorint o
th edesir edpar king position usingbutton2. 162162
Light
andvisibility

DrDr
iving iving
NNo o
t t
es on Mer es
on Mer cedes- cedes-
AMGv AMG
vehicles ehicles
Obser
vetheno teson thefo llo wing topics inthe
Sup plem ent ,ot her wise youma yfa ilto recogn ize
dang ers.
% The availabi lityof cer tain functions depends
on theeq uipment andmodel oftheve hicle.
R Emo tion Start
R AMGper form ance exhaus tsy stem
R AMGcer amic high-perform ance composit e
br ak esy stem
R AMGadap tivespor tsuspen sionsystem +
R AMGactiv eadap tivespor tsuspen sionsystem
R AMGsteer ing-whee lbut tons SwitcSwitc
hingont hing
onthe pow he
power sup pl er
sup plyor t y
or the v he
vehi cle ehi
cle &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The Smar tKey isin theve hicle andisrecog-
niz ed.
R The brak epedal isno tdepr essed. Dr
iving and parking
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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
&
D D
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

#
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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