2023 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE 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 Air
bags 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 sill
R seats
R coc kpit
R instrumen tdispl ay
R cent erconsole
R lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacces sorypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have accessor iesretro/tt edataqu 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 Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts or 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 .
Mer cedes- BenzGenu ineParts ar esubj ecttostr ict
qu alit yinsp ections. Eachpar thas been special ly
de veloped, manufacturedorselect edfor
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles andadap tedto them.
Ther efor e, onl yMer cedes-Benz GenuineParts
should beused.
Mor eth an 300,0 00di.er entMer cedes- BenzGen-
uin eParts areav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Benz mod-
els.
All aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Service Cent ers
maint ainasuppl yof Mer cedes-Benz GenuineParts
fo rnecessar yser vice andrepair work.In add ition,
str ategica lly loca tedpar tsdeliv erycent erspr o-
vide forqu ick and reliable partsser vice. Alw
aysspecif yth eve hicle identi/cation number
(VIN) (/page341) when order ing Mer cedes-
Ben zGenu ineParts. OperOper
at at
or's manu al or's
manu al
This Oper ator's Manualand theDigit 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 installed with
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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sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni que vehicle
identi/cation number.Depen dingon thecountr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation numbercan beused by,
fo rex am ple, government alaut hor ities todeter-
mine theidentity oftheow ner .Ther ear eot her
possibi lities touse datacollect edfrom theve hicle
to identify theow ner ordriver ,suc has thelicense
plat enumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssed bycont rol
units maybe attr ibut able toaper son or,und er
cer tain conditions, becomeattribut able toaper -
son. Depe nding on whic hve hicle dataar eav aila-
ble, itma ybe possibl eto mak einf erences about,
fo rex am ple, your driving behavior,yo ur location,
yo ur routeor your use patterns.
Leg Leg
alr al
req eq
uir uir
ements r ements
reg eg
ar ar
ding t ding
the disclos ur he
disclos ureof 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 theair bag contr olunit, 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 air bag 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 - 3030
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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 &
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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 sth at can beseen andmeasur edonlyaTer
a colli sion hasoccur redcanno tpla ya decisiv e ro
le in air bag deplo yment, nordothey prov ide an
indication ofair bag deplo yment.
The vehicle maybe def ormed signi/cantl ywit hout
an air bag beingdepl oyed.This isthecase ifonl y
par tsthat arere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed area.ec -
te dand thera te of vehicle decel eration isno t
high. Conversely, an air bag 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 Front Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont al
im pac t,re ar impact, sideimpact, rollo ver
R Rear Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont al
im pac t,re ar impact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: front al
im pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact 3636
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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. &
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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. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue todeplo yed
airbag
A depl oyedairbag nolong ero.er san ypr otec-
tion. #
Have theve hicle towe dto aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. SS
t t
atus oft atus
ofthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger fr er
front airbag ont
airbag FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe aut he
aut omati cfr omati
cfront passen g ont
passen ger air bag er
air bag
deact iv deact
ivatio nsy st atio
nsy stem em
The automati cfront passen gerair bag deactiv a-
tion system isable todetect whe ther thefront
passeng erseat isoccupied byaper son orach ild
re str aint system .Th efron tpa sseng erairba gwi ll
be activa tedor deactiv ated accor dingly. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
objects undertheco-dr iver seat
Objects trapped undertheco-dr iver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunction oftheaut omatic
co-dr iver airbag shuto.ordamag eth esy stem. #
Donotst or ean yobjects undertheco-
dr iver seat. 4444
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Vehicle damag edue tounint en-
tional opening oftheta ilg ate R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur eclean er #
Deact ivat eth efunction 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. Obser
vetheno tes:
R onwashing theve hicle inacar wash
(/ page278)
R onusin gahigh- pressur eclean er
(/ page279) #
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
(/ page78) .
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 e65). #
Chec kth ebatt eryusing theindicat orlam p
(/ page64). #
Replace theSmar tKey batt ery, ifnecessar y
(/ page66). #
Use there placement SmartKey . #
Use theemer gency keyto loc kor unloc k
(/ page70). Opening
andclosing
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Obser
vetheno teswhen opening(/ page71)
and closin g(/ page72) 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. *
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TE TE
Vehicle damag edue tounint en-
tional opening oftheta ilg ate R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur eclean er #
Deact ivat eth efunction 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. on ice.
Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R The keyis behi ndtheve 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. 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. due toroa dsalt or
sno w.
R The kicking movement ismade usingapr os-
th etic leg. Opening
andclosing
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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. thehose ofafuel dispenser ,a ch arg-
ing cable orlug gage
R Clam pingstraps, tarp orother coverings are
pull edove rth ebum per.
R Apro tectiv emat withaleng threac 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.
Deact ivat eth efunction oftheke y(/ page65) or
do notcar rytheke yabou tyo ur per son insuc h
situations. Limiting
t Limiting
the t he
tailg ailg
at at
eopening angle e
opening angle AA
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
Yo ucan limit theta ilg ateopening angleintheto p
half ofits open ingrang eup toapoin tshor tly
bef oreth eend position. #
Stop theopening procedur eof theta ilg ateat
th edesir edposition. #
Press and hold theclosing buttonon theta 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 theto ppar tof the
Mer cedesstar on theta ilg ateag ain aTer ithas
st opped automaticall y.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
#
Press and hold theclosing buttonon theta il-
ga te until twoshor tacoustic signalssound. UUnloc nloc
king t king
the t he
tailg ailg
at at
ewit e
wit ht h
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R The rear seat backres thas been folded
fo rw ard.
R The cargocom partmen tco verhas been
re mo ved. #
Remo vetheemer gency key(/ page66) . 7676
Open
ing and closi ng

R
aTer theve hicle isunl ockedusing KEYLES S-
GO
R when HANDS -FREEACCESS isin use
Inf ormation oncollision detection when ave hicle
is par ked(/ page161). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/ deactiv ating/
deactiv atingt ating
the tow he
tow-a wa -a
wa yalar m y
alar m Mu
ltimedi asy stem :
4 © 5
Setting s5
Quick Acces s #
Activateor deac tivateTow-away Protection.
The tow- awa yalar misacti vatedag ain inthefo l-
lo wing cases :
R The vehicle isunl ockedag ain.
R Adoor isopened.
R The vehicle isloc kedag ain.
% Ifqu ick acces sis una vailable, select theVehi-
cle submenu intheSettings mainmenu to
activ ateor deact ivat eth eto w- awa yalar m. FF
un cti on ofint un
cti on ofinter er
ior prot ior
protection ection
%
This function mayno tbe availabl ein all coun -
tr ies.
When interior protection isactiv ated, avisual and
audible alarmistrigg ered ifmo vement isde tected
in theve hicle interior .
Int erior protection isactiv ated aut omaticall yaTer
appr oximat elyte nsec onds :
R aTer loc king theve hicle withth eke y
R aTer locking theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO
Int erior protection isactiv ated onlywhen thefo l-
lo wing components areclosed:
R Door s
R Tailg ate
Int erior protection isaut omaticall ydeactiv ated:
R aTer pressing theÜ or008B buttononthe
ke y
R aTer pressin gth estar t/s topbutt onwithth e
ke yin thestow agecom partmen t
(/ page137)
R aTer unlocking theve hicle usingKEY LESS-GO R
when usingHA NDS- FREE ACCESS
The follo wing situations canlead toafa lse alar m:
R when ther ear emo ving objects suchasmas-
co ts intheve hicle interior
R when aside windowisopen
R when asliding sunroofisopen AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingint ating
inter er
ior prot ior
protection ection
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick Access #
Activateor dea ctivateInt erior Motion Sensor.
Int erior protection isactiv ated again inthefo llo w-
ing cases :
R The vehicle isunl ockedag ain.
R Adoor isopened.
R The vehicle isloc kedag ain.
% Ifqu ick acces sis una vailable, select theVehi-
cle menu under Settings toactiv ateor deact i-
va te interior protection. Opening
andclosing
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