R
Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Use onlycar washes that cor respond tothe
lat est engineer ingstandar ds.
R Donotuse anycar wash prog ram wit ha/nal
ho twa xtreatme nt.
R Donotuse pain tclean ers, bu1ng orpoli shing
pr oduct sor glo sspreser vers,e.g .wa x.
In theev ent ofpaintw orkdamag e:
R Alwaysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
R Mak esur eth era dar sensor sfun ction
(/ page162). NNo o
t t
es on cleaning decor es
on cleaning decorativ ativ
ef e
foils oils
Obser
vetheno teson matt e/nish carein the
"No teson pain twork/mat te/nish paintwo rkcar e"
ch ap ter(/ page280 ).The yalso applyto matt e
decor ativefo ils.
Obser vetheno teson clean ingdecor ativefo ils to
avo iddamag e. Cleaning Cleaning
R Forcleaning, useplenty ofwa terand amild
cleaning agent without additiv esorabr asiv e
subst ances (e.g.acar sham pooappr ovedfo r
Mer cedes-Be nz).
R Remo vedirtas soon aspossible. Avoid rub-
bing toohar din order tonotirre par ablydam-
ag eth edecor ativefo il.
R Ifth er eis dir ton the/n ish orifth edecor ative
fo ilis dull: UsethePa int Cleaner recommen -
ded andappr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Insect remains: Soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:Soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Topreve ntwa terst ains, drya fo il-wr apped
ve hicle withasoT, absorbe ntclo thaTer every
car wash.
Av Av
oiding damag oiding
damag et e
to t o
the decor he
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil oil
R The service life and color ofdecor ativefo ils
ar eim pair edby:
- Sunl ight
- Temp eratur e(e.g. hotair blower) -
Weather cond itions
- Stone chippings anddirt
- Chemica lcleaning agents
- Oilypr oducts
R Donotuse polish onmatt edecor ativefo il.
Po lishing willhave thee.ect ofshining the
fo il-wr apped surface.
R Donottr eat matt eor stru ctur eddecor ative
fo ils wit hwa x.Pe rm anen tst ains mayoccur .
Scr atches, corrosiv edeposi ts,areas a.ect edby
cor rosion anddamag ecaused byincor rect car e
canno talw aysbe com pletely repair ed.Inthis
case, contactaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Yo ucan obtain mor einf ormation oncar eand
cleaning agents from themanuf acturer.
In thecase offoil-wr apped surfaces, optical di.er -
ences mayoccur between thesur faces that we re
no tpr otect edbyadecor ativefo ilaTer remo vinga
decor ativefo il.
% Have workor repair sto decor ativefo ils car -
ri ed out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
(e.g .in an aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzSe rvice
Cent er). Maint
enance andcare
281 281
#
Mak esur eth at thePOSITIVE term inal of
a connect edbatt erydoes notcome into
cont actwithve hicle parts. #
Neverplace metalobjects ortools ona
batt ery. #
When connecting anddisconnecting the
batt ery, alw aysobser vetheseq uence of
batt eryte rm inals descr ibed. #
Duringstar ting assist ance, alwaysta ke
car eto conn ectonlybatt eryte rm inals of
identical polarity. #
Duringstar ting assist ance, observethe
seq uen cedescr ibedforconnecting and
disconnecting thejum per cables. #
Donotconnect ordisconnect thebat-
te ry term inals withth eengine running. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion duetoamix-
tur eof explosiv ega ses
A mixtu reofexplosiv ega ses can escape from
th ebatt erydur ing chargin gand jump star tin g. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tve ntila -
tion. #
Donotst and overth ebatt ery. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofexplosion from afrozen
batt ery
A disc hargedbatt eryma yfreeze attemp era-
tur es slightl yabo veorbelo wfreezin gpoint.
Dur ingstar ting assist anceorbatt erych argin g,
batt eryga scan bereleased. #
Alwaysallo wabatt eryto thaw before
ch argin git or per form ing star ting assis -
ta nce. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clust erdo notlight upatlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas frozen.
In this case youma yneit her jump-st artth eve hi-
cle nor charge thebatt ery.
The service life of abat tery that has been thawe d
ma ybe dramaticall yshor tened. Thestar ting char- act
eristics maybe impair ed,especi allyat low
te mp eratur es.
It is recommen dedthat youha ve ath awe dbatt ery
ch eckedat aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
All v All
vehicle s ehicle
s
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag ecaused bynume rous or
ex tended attem ptsto star tth eengine Numer
ousorextended attem ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-c ombusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extended attem pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing points during star ting assis -
ta nce and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cable/c harging
cables withasu1cient cross-section and
insulat edterm inal clam ps.
R Non-in sulatedpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
must notcome intocont actwithot her metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable Br
eakdo wnassist ance
295 295
NN
o o
t t
es on sno es
on sno wc w
chains hains
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ctl yins talled snowch ains
If yo uha ve inst alled snowch ains onthefront
wheels, they ma ydr ag agains tth eve hicle
body orchassis components. #
Neverinst allsno wch ains onthefront
wheels. #
Onlyinst allsno wch ains onthere ar
wheels inpair s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto com pone ntsoftheve hi-
cle body orchassis duetomount edsno w
ch ains If
yo umount snowch ains tothefront wheels
of 4MA TICvehicles, youma ydamag ecom po-
nents oftheve hicle body orchassis. #
Onlymoun tsno wch ains tothere ar
wheels of4MA TICvehicles. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteswhen usingsno w
ch ains:
R Snow chains areonl yper missib leforcer tain
wheel/tir ecombinations. Youcan obtain infor-
mation aboutthis from aaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Service Cent er.
R Forsaf etyre asons, onlyuse snowch ains that
ha ve been speci/call yappr ovedfo ryo ur vehi-
cle byMer cedes-Be nz,orsno wch ains with
th esame qualit yst andar d.
R Com plywit hth einst allation instruction sof the
sno wch ain manu factur er.
R Ifsno wch ains areins talled, themaximum per-
missible speedis30 mph(5 0km /h).
R V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th A h
Act iv ct
ive P e
Par ar
king Assist ki
ng Assist : :
do notus e
Ac tivePa rking Assist whensnowch ains are
ins talled.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withlev h
level contr el
contr ol: ol:
ifsno wch ains are
ins talled, onlydr ive at raised vehicle leve l
( / pag e197).
% Youcan deactiv ateESP ®
to pull away
( / pag e166). Thisallowsthewheels tospin ,
ac hie vingan incr eased drivi ng forc e. TT
ir ir
e pr e
pr essur e essur
e NNo o
t t
es on tir es
on tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoinsu1-
cient orexcessiv etir epr essur e
Un der in0a tedor ove rin0at edtire spose inpar -
ticu larthefo llo wing risk s:
R The tires can burst.
R The tires can wearexcessiv elyand/ or
une venly.
R The driving charact eristics aswellas the
st ee ring and brak ing charact eristics may
be greatl yim pair ed. #
Com plywit hth ere commen dedtirepr es-
sur esand checkth etir epr essur eof all
tir es, including thespar ewheel, regu-
lar ly:
R Mont hly
R Whe nth eload chang es
R Beforeembar kingonalon gerjour ney Wheels
andtires
307 307
th
elow tirepr essur ete lltale illuminat es,you
should stop and checkyo ur tires assoon as
possible, andin0ateth em tothepr oper pres-
sur e.Driving onasign i/can tlyu nde r-in0 ated
tir ecauses thetir eto overheat andcanlead
to tirefa ilur e.Under -in0at ion also reduces fuel
e1ciency andtiretread life, and maya.ect
th eve hicle ’shandl ingand stoppin gabili ty.
Ple ase note that theTPMS isno ta substitut e
fo rpr oper tiremaint enance, anditis thedr iv-
er ’s responsi bilityto maint aincorrect tire
pr essur e,even ifunder -in0at ion has not
re ac hed theleve lto trigg erillum inatio nof the
TPMS low tirepr ess urete lltale.
Yo ur vehicle hasalso been equipp edwith a
TP MS malf unct ionindicat ortoindicat ewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunction indicatoris combined with
th elow tirepr essur ete lltale. When thesy stem
de tects amalfu nction, thete lltale will 0ashfo r
appr oximat elyone minut eand then remain
contin uouslyillumin ated. This sequence will
contin ueupon subseq uentvehicle star t-ups as
lon gas themalfunction exists. When
themalfunction indicatorisilluminat ed,
th esy stem mayno tbe able todetect or sign al
lo w tirepr essur eas intende d.TPMS malfu nc-
tion sma yoccur fora va riet yof reasons,
incl udin gth einst allation ofreplacement or
alt ernat etir es orwheels ontheve hicle that
pr eve nttheTPMS from function ingproper ly. The
system checks thetir epr essur eand thetir e
te mp eratur eof thetir es /ttedto theve hicle by
means ofatir epr essur esensor .
The tirepr essur eand thetir ete mp eratur eappear
on theon-boar dcom puter(/ page311).
If th er eis asubst antial pressur eloss orifth etir e
te mp eratur eis excessiv e,youwill bewarned with
displa ymessag es(/ page395) orthe0077
wa rning lampin theinst rument cluster
(/ page415).
The tirepr essur emonit oring system isonl yan aid.
It is thedr iver's responsi bilityto setth etir epr es-
sur eto there commen dedcold tirepr essur esuit a-
ble forth eoper ating situation.
In most cases ,th etir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m will automaticall yupdat eth ene wrefere nce va
lues aTer youha ve chang edthetir epr essur e.
Yo ucan, howev er,also updat eth ere fere nce val-
ues byrestar ting thetir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m manuall y(/ page312).
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfun ction
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R incor rect refere nce values weretaught in
R sudden pressur eloss caused byafo re ign
object penetrating thetir e, forex am ple
R ther eis amalfunction causedbyano ther radio
signal source
Chec Chec
kingt king
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
ewit e
wit ht h
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e
monit monit
or or
ing syst ing
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service5
Tires
One ofthefo llo wing displa ysappear s:
R Current tirepr ess ureand tirete mp eratur eof
th eindividual wheels: Wheels
andtires
311 311
R
Tire pressure willbedisplay edafter driving a
few minutes
R Tire Pressure MonitorActive: thete ac h-in
pr ocess ofthesy stem isno tyet com plete.The
tir epr ess ures arealr eady being monitored. #
Com pareth etir epr essur ewit hth ere com-
mende dtir epr essur efo rth ecur rent ope rating
condi tion(/page309) .Ad ditionall y,obser ve
th eno teson cold tires (/ page307).
% The values displa yedin theon-boar dcom-
put erma yde viat efrom those ofthetir epr es-
sur ega ge asthey referto sea leve l.At high
ele vations, thetir epr essur eva lue indicat ed
by apr essur ega ge ishigher than that sho wn by
theon-boar dcom puter.Do notre duce the
tir epr ess urein this case.
R R
est est
ar ar
ting t ting
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing syst ing
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The recommen dedtirepr essur eis cor rectl y
se tfo rth ere specti veoper ating status onallof
th ewheels (/page307).
Re star tth etir epr essur emonit oring system inthe
fo llo wing situations:
R The tirepr essur ehas chang ed.
R The wheels ortires have been chang edor
ne wly installed.
On-boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires #
Swipe down wardson Touc hContr olon the
leT-h andside ofthesteer ing wheel.
The Use Curre ntPressure sas New Refer-
ence Values?messag eis sho wninthemulti-
function display. #
Torestar t,pr es sTo uc hContr olon theleT-
han dside ofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Press. Monitor Restarted messageis
sho wninthemultifun ctiondispla y.
Cur rent wa rning messa gesar edele tedand
th eye llo w0077 warning lampgoes out.
ATer youha ve been driving fora few minut es,
th esy stem checks whe ther thecur rent tire
pr ess ures arewit hin thespeci/ed rang e. The
cur rent tirepr ess ures areth en accep tedas
re fere nce values andmonit ored.
Be sureto also payatt ent ion tothefo llo wing rela-
te dto pic:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page307) TT
ir ir
e pr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin gsy st nin
gsy stem em
FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin gsy st nin
gsy stem em
The tirepr essur eloss warning system warnsth e
dr iver by means ofdispla ymessag eswhen ther e
is ase vere tirepr ess ureloss . 312312
Whee
lsand tires
Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impa ired orma yno tfunc tion
pa rticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R incor rect refere nce values weretaught in
R sudden pressur eloss caused byafo re ign
object penetrating thetir e, forex am ple
R aneven pressur eloss onmor eth an one tire
occur s
The system has are str icte dor dela yedfun ction
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situations:
R poor ground condition s,e.g. snowor grav el
R driving withsno wch ains
R when adoptingave ry spor tydrivi ng style wit h
high corner ing speeds orsudden acceleration
R driving withave ry hea vyorlarge traile r
R driving withahigh load
The tirepr ess ureloss warning system isonl yan
aid. Itis thedr iver's responsi bilityto setth etir e
pr essur eto there commen dedcold tirepr essur e
suit able forth eoper ating situation andtocheck
it. Be
sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page307)
R Displ aymessag esabout thetir es
(/ page395)
R R
est est
ar ar
ting t ting
the tir he
tirepr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
ning syst ning
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R The recommen dedtirepr essur eis cor rectl y
se tfo rth ere specti veoper ating condition in
eac hof thefo ur wheels (/page307).
Re star tth etir epr essur eloss warning system in
th efo llo wing situations:
R The tirepr essur ehas chang ed.
R The wheels ortires have been chang edor
ne wly installed.
On-boar dcom puter:
4 Service 5
Tires #
Swipe down wardson theTo uc hContr olon the
leT-h andside ofthesteer ing wheel. The
Run FlatIndicator ActiveRestart: Press
Touch Control messagewill besho wnonthemul-
tifun ction displa y #
Toinitiat eare star t,pr es sth eTo uc hContr ol
on theleT-h andside ofthesteer ing wheel.
The Tire Pressure NowOK?messag ewill be
sho wnonthemultifun ctiondispla y. #
Sele ctYes . #
Tocon/r mthere star t,pr es sth eTo uc hCon-
tr ol on theleT-h andside ofthesteer ing
wheel.
The Run FlatIndicator Restarted messagewill
be sho wnonthemultifun ctiondispla y.
Be sure toalso obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page307) Wheel
sand tires
313 313
we
llon thego vernment courseasatir egr aded
100.
The relativ eper form ance oftires depen dsupon
th eactual conditions oftheir use, howev er,and
ma ydepar tsign i/can tly from thenor mdue tovar-
iations indriving habits, service practices anddif-
fe re nces inroad charact eristics and climat e.
T T
r r
actio ngr actio
ngr ade ade
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofacciden tdue toinade-
qu atetractio n
The tractio ngr ade assign edtothis tireis
based onstraight-ahead braking traction
te sts . #
Alwaysadap tyo ur driving styleand drive
at aspeed tosuit thepr ev ailin gtra1c
and weather cond itions. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thedr ivet ra in from
wheelsp in #
Avoid wheelspin. The
traction grades, from highe stto lowe st, are
AA ,A, B,and C.Tho segrades repr esent thetir e's
ability tostop onwetpa vement asmeasur ed
under controlled conditi onsonspeci/ed govern-
ment test surfaces ofasphalt andconcr ete. Atir e
mar kedC ma yha ve poor traction perform ance.
T T
em em
per per
atur atur
egr e
gr ade ade
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tfr om tireove r-
heati ngand tirefa ilur e
Ex cessiv espeed, underin0ation, orexcessiv e
loadin g,eit her separ atelyor incombin ation,
can cause excessiv eheat build-upand possi-
ble tirefa ilur e. #
Obser vethere commen dedtirepr essur e. #
Regula rly ch eckth epr essur eof all the
tir es. #
Adjust thetir epr essur e,ifnecessar y. The
temp eratur egr ades areA (the highe st), B,
and C,repr esentin gth etir e's resis tance tothe
ge ner atio nof hea tand itsability todissipat eheat
when tested und ercontroll edcond itio ns on a
sp ec i/ed indoorla bo ratory test wh eel.Sust ained hi
gh temp eratur ecan cause themat erial ofthe
tir eto deg ener ateand reduce tirelife, and exces-
siv ete mp eratur ecan lead tosudden tirefa ilur e.
The grade Ccor respond sto aleve lof per form -
ance whichall passen gercar tires must meet
under theFe der alMo torSaf etySt andar dNo .
109. Grades Band Arepr esent higher leve ls of
per form ance onthelabor ator yte st wh eelth an
th eminimum requ ired bylaw. DO
T DO
T, T ,
Tir ir
e e
Ident i/cation Ident
i/cationNumber (TIN) Number
(TIN) US
tirere gula tions stipula tethat everytir emanu-
fa ctur eror retread ermus tim print aTIN inor on
th eside wallof eac htir epr oduced. Wheels
andtires
319 319
#
Only/ll thefuel tank tohalf fullwit h
unl eaded regula rga solin eand re/ll as
soon asposs iblewit hun lea ded premi um
gr ade gasolin e. #
Donotdr ive at themaximum design
speed. #
Avoid sudden accelerationandengin e
speeds over3000 rpm. Fu
rther informatio non fuel isavailabl eat thefo l-
lo wing locations:
R Ataga sst ation
R Ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
R Onthehttps://www .mbusa.com(USAonl y)
Inf Inf
or or
mation onadditiv mation
onadditiv esing es
ingasoline (v asoline
(vehicles with ehicles
with
g g
asoline engine) asoline
engine)
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page342).
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag efrom use ofunsu itable
addit ives Ev
en small amoun tsof thewrong additivema y
lead tomalfun ctionsoccurring. #
Onlyadd cleaning additives recommen -
ded byMer cedes-Be nztothefuel. Mer
cedes-Benz recommen dsthat youuse brand-
name fuelswithadditiv es.
In some countr ies,thefuel availabl ema yno tha ve
su1cie ntaddit ives. Deposi tscould buildup inthe
fuel injection system asare sult .In this case, in
consult ationwithaMer cedes-Benz Service Cen-
te r,mix thefuel withth ecleaning additivere com-
mende dby Mer cedes-Be nz.Obs erve theno tes
and mixin gra tios indica tedon theta nk .
T T
ank cont ank
cont entand fuelr ent
and fuelrese rve eser
ve
To t To
tal fuel t al
fuel tank capacit y ank
capacit y Mod
el Mod
el
GL C300 4MATIC 17.4ga l(66.0 liter s) RR
eser v eser
ve fuel t e
fuel tank ank
ModelModel
GL C300 4MATIC 1.9gal(7.0 liter s) Engine
oil Engine
oil NNo o
t t
es on engine oil es
on engine oil
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page342). *
N NO O
TE TE
Eng inedamag ecaused byan inco r-
re ct oil /lter,incor rect oil oradditi ves #
Donotuse engin eoils oroil /ltersot her
th an those whic hmee tth especi/c ations
necessar yfo rth epr escr ibed service
int erva ls. Te
ch nica ldat a
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