2023 MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE tires

ClimatClimat
econtr e
contr ol ol
...... ...... ...............................1 29 129
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 129
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 130 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 135 135
Dr iving ........................................................1 35
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 45
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 48
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 52
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 52
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................1 54
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 162
Tr ailer hitch... ... ...........................................2 16
Ve hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 220 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 221 221
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter.......................................... 221
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ......... ........ 222
Ov ervie wof butt ons onthesteer ing wheel ...223
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ..... ......2 23
Ov ervie wof displa yson theinst rument
displa y... ... .................................................. 224 Head-u
pDispla y... ....................................... 224 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 27 227
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................227
Sy stem settings .......................................... 235
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................239
Te lephone ............ ....................................... 249
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 253
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 259
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................2 63
Sound settings ............................................270 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... ..................... ..... 271 271
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 271
Engine compartment ................................... 272
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 278 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................286 286
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 286
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................287
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................293
To w star tin gor towing away <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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Elec trica lfuses <000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F000F
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lsand tir Whee
lsand tires es
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 306
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 306
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 307
Ti re pressur e.... ........................................... 307
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 14
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 318
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......323
Changing awheel ........................................ 325
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 35 TT
ec ec
hnical dat hnical
data a
....... ......................................338 338
No teson tech nica ldat a.......... .................... 338
Ve hicle electronics .......... ............................ 338
Re gula tory radio identi/ cation andnotes... .. 340
Ve hicle identi/cation plate,VIN and
eng inenum beroverview ...... ........................ 341
Oper ating 0uids ...........................................342
Ve hicle data... ......... .................................... 349
Tr ailer hitch... ...... ........................................3 50 Cont
ents
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N N
O O
TE TE
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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ri
ed out, this could result inmalf unct ionsor
sy stem failur es. #
Alwaysha ve thepr escr ibed service and
maint enance workas wellan yre qu ired
re pair scar ried out ataqu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tor injurydue
to incor rect modi/cations onelect ronic
com pone ntpar ts
Mo di/cation ofelec tronic compone nts,their
soTw areor wir ing could impair their function
and/or thefunction ofother networke dcom-
ponent partsor saf ety-re leva nt systems .
This canenda nger theoper ating safetyof the
ve hicle. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing and elec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. #
Youshould have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Obser
vethe"On-boar delectr onics" section in
"T ec hnical data". &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/recaused by0amma -
ble mat erial on hotex haus tsy stem com-
pone nts
Flammab lemat erial suc has lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite if th ey come intocont actwith
ho tpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. #
When drivi ng on anunpa vedro ad oro.-
ro ad, checkth eve hicle underside regu-
lar ly. #
Inpar ticu lar,re mo vetrapp edplant parts
or other 0ammable material. #
Ifth er eis damag e,consult aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop immed iately. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theve hicle duetodriv-
ing toofast anddu eto impacts tothe
ve hicle underbod yor suspen sioncompo-
nen ts In
thefo llo wing situations, inpar ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle become sgr ounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofast ove ran
obst acle, e.g.acurb, speed bumpor pot-
hole
R Ahea vyobject strikes theunderbody or
suspension components
In situations suchas these, damag eto the
body ,underbody ,suspension component s,
wheels ortires ma yno tbe visible. Compo-
nent sdamag edinthis wa ycan unexpect edly
fa ilor ,in thecase ofan accident, mayno lon-
ge rabsorb there sult ing forc eas intended.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,0am-
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass ortwig s
can colle ctbetween theunderbody andthe 2424
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alno tes

This
alsoapp lies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor swill adjust automaticall ywhile a
cer tain dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hi-
cle has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu ll
sy stem e.ect ivenes swill notbe reac hed until
th eend ofthis teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak edisk sand tires that are
eit her newor have been replaced willachie ve
th eir optimum braking e.ect andgrip onl y
aTer severalhundr edmiles ofdriving. Com-
pensat efo rth ere duced braking e.ect by
appl ying great erforc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on op es
on optimized acceler timized
acceleration ation
If
all necessar yre qu irements andactiv ation con-
ditions areful/lled ,th ebest possible acceleration
can beachie vedfrom ast andst ill.
Do notuse optimized accelerationonpublic
ro ads. Individual wheels couldspinandyoucould lose
contr olof theve hicle. Thereis an incr eased
ri sk ofskiddin gand/ oracciden t.
Be sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page165) . Pul
lingawa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hop h
op tim ized accel er tim
ized accel erati on ati
on &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskidd ing and having an
accid entfr om wheel sspin ning
When youuse optimized acceleration,individ-
ual wheels couldspinandyoucould losecon-
tr ol of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deact ivat ed, ther eis arisk ofskid-
din gand acciden t. #
Mak esur eth at no per sons orobs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinity ofyour vehicle. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts emen
ts
R theve hicle isrunin (/ page138) .
R theve hicle andtires arein good condition.
R youar eon ahigh-g rip ro adw ay.
R theengine andtransmission areat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e. *
N NO O
TE TE
Incr eased weardue tooptimize d
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,all com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in aresub-
ject edtoave ry high load.
This canlead toincr eased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull awaywit hop tim ized
accel erati on. #
Eng agedr ive posi tion005B (/ page150 ). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page147). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page166) . #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal /rml ywit h
yo ur leT foot . #
With your right foot ,fu lly depr esstheacceler -
at or pedal. Dr
iving andparking
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Ther
efor e, no te thefo llo wing:
R salt build-up onthebr ak edisk sand brak epads
ma yre sult inbraking distances increasing
cons iderably orinbrak ing onlyon one side
R maintain 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
th ejour 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 avoidtireru ts
R avoidsudden steer ing movements R
brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page306).
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 The water,when calm, mustre ac hno highe r
th an thelowe redg eof theve hicle body.
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(10 km/h );wa terma yot her wise enterthe
ve hicle interior oreng inecom partmen t.
R Vehicles trave ling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewav esthat ma yre sult inthe
maximum permissible depthofwa terbeing
ex ceeded.
Br aking perform ance willbereduced aTerford -
ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention tothe tr
a1 cco nd itio ns untilbr aki ng powe rhas been
full yre stor ed . ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/st t/st
opfun ction op
fun ction ECEC
Ost O
star ar
t/st t/st
opfun ction op
fun ction
% Depend ing ontheengine, theEC Ostar t/s top
func tionis no tav ailabl ein all drive pr og rams.
Obser vethestatus displa yin theinst rument
displa yfo rth is.
The engine isswitc hedo.automaticall yin thefo l-
lo wing situations ifall vehicle conditions foran
aut omatic enginestop areme t:
R Youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans-
missio nposit ion005Bor005C.
If th esy stem has detected one ofthefo llo wing
situations, theengine willnotst op:
R Youstop atastop sign andther eis no vehicle
in front ofyou.
R The vehicle that stopped infront ofyoustar ts
up again.
R Youmaneuv er,tur nth esteer ing wheel sharply
or eng agere ve rsege ar. Dr
iving and parking
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R
Youdo notdepr esstheacceler ator orbrak e
pedal (exc ep tfo rlight brak eapplications) .
% Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =.
Glide mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthecon-
ditions isno long erme t.
Glide mode canalso beprev ent edbythefo llo wing
par ame ters:
R Incline
R Downhi llgr adien t
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Tra1c situatio n FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
4MA TICensu resth at all four wheels aredr iven.
To ge ther wit hESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s th
etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcanno tta ke accoun t
of road, weather and tra1c cond itions. 4MATICis
onl yan aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo r
maint ainingasaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo uuse
wint ertires (M+S tires), withsno wch ains if
nece ssary. RR
efueling efueling
RR
efueling t efueling
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/reor explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighl y0amma ble. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Beforere fuel ing, switcho. theve hicle
and, ifins talled, thestationar yheat er,
and leavethem switc hedo.dur ing refu-
eli ng. &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof inju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit come into
cont actwithskin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enawa yfrom fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclosed during
th ere fuel ingproces s.
If yo uor other peopl ecome intocont actwith
fu el, obser vethefo llo wing: #
Immedia tely rinse fuel o.your skin with
soap andwater. 152152
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iving andparking

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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageca use dby aut omati cbr ak -
ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isactiv ated,
th eve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain sit-
uations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing . #
Inacar wash. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The 360° Camer aor there ve rsing camer ais
switc hedo..
R The side windo wsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion andheating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The keyis at amin imumdis tance of10 T
(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise the
ta ilg atecould openunintentionall y.
R Forcar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: -
Neutr al005C iseng aged.
- Ifyo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while
it is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eke yis
locat edintheve hicle. Park position 005Dis
ot her wise automati callyeng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise. InfInf
or or
mation onusing apo w mation
onusing apo wer w er
washer asher
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whenusing
po we rwa sher swit hro und-spr aynozzles
The waterje tcan cause extern all yin visi ble
damag e.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa yma yun ex-
pect edlyfa il. #
Donotuse apo we rwa sher withro und-
spr aynozzles . #
Have damag edtires orchassis parts
re placed immediat ely. Maint
enanc eand care
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To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle, observethefo l-
lo wing when usingapo we rwa sher :
R The keyis at amin imumdis tance of10 T
(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise, the
ta ilg atecould openunintentionall y.
R Maint ainadist anceof atlea st11.8 in(30 cm)
to theve hicle.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hdecor h
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil: oil:
partsof your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecor ativefo il.
Maint ainadist ance ofatleast 27.6in(70 cm)
be tween thefo il-co veredpar tsof theve hicle
and thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher .Mo vethe
po we rwa sher nozzlearoun dwhile cleaning.
The waterte mp eratur eof thepo we rwa sher
mus tno tex ceed 140°F(60 °C).
R Obser vetheinf ormation onthecor rect dis-
ta nce intheeq uipment manufacturer'soper a-
to rmanual.
R Donotdir ect thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensi tivepar tssuc has tires, gaps,
electr icalcom ponent parts,batt eries, illumi-
nants andlouvers. WW
ashing t ashing
the v he
vehicle b ehicle
by hand y
hand *
N NO O
TE TE
Engin edamag edue towa tering ress #
Take car eno tto point thewa terje t
dir ectl yto wa rdsth eair inle tgr ille belo w
th ehood. Obser
vethere leva nt leg alrequ irements (e.g.in
some countr ies,washing byhand isper mitt ed
onl yin special lydesignat edwash bays). #
Use amil dclean ing ag en t(e.g .car sham poo). #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewarm wa terusing a
soT carspong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight. #
Carefull yhose theve hicle o.withwa terand
dr yusing ach amois.
% Obser vetheno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page282). NNo o
t t
es on pain tw es
on pain twor or
k/mat t k/mat
t/nish /nish
paintw pain
twor or
kcar e k
car e To
avo iddamaging thepaintw orkand interfering
wit hth edr iving assist ancesystems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes: P P
aint aint
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 Tree resin, oils, fuels and greases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywit haclo thsoak edinpe tro-
leum ether orlighter 0uid.
R Coolan tand brak e0uid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water.
R Tarst ains: usetarre mo ver.
R Wax:use silicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsti ckers, /lms orsimilar materi-
als. Have /lm attached tothebum peronlyat
a qua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e.
Mat t Mat
t/nish /nish
R Use onlycar epr oduct sappr ovedfo r
Mercede s-Benz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. Have /lm attached tothebum peronlyat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 280280
Main
tenanc eand care