MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 2020 Owners Manual

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ingamob ilephone
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nectas
New MainPho ne New
MainPho ne.
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nectas
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itionalPho newhen amobi lephon eis
already connected.
X Aut
horization usingSecur eSim plePair -
ing:
A cod eis displayed inthemult imedi asys-
tem andonthemobi lephon e.
X Conf irmcodeon themobi lephon e.Dep end-
ing onthemobi lephon eused, confirm the
con nectionto themult imedi asyst emand
for thePBA Pand MAPBluet ooth®
prof iles.
The prom pttocon firm may takeup totwo
min utes tobe displayed (seetheman ufac-
tur er'soper atingins truct ions).
X Ifth ecod esare differen t:selec tNo No
on the
mult imedi asyst em.
The proc essiscan cele d.
Repeat authorizatio n.
or X Aut
horization byente ringapa sskey
(pa sscod e):enterany one-to six tee n-digit
num bersequen cewhic hyou have chosen
yourse lfint oth epassk eyinput menu.
X Pres s0054 tocon firm.
X En ter and confirm thepassk eyon the
mobi lephon e.Dep endingonthemobi le
phon eused, confirm thecon nectionto the
mult imedi asyst emand forthePBA Pand
MA PBluet ooth®
prof iles. Theprom ptto
con firm may takeup totwo minutes tobe
displayed (seetheman ufacturer'soper ating
ins truct ions).
Sym bols inthedev icemanager The
symbo lsare shown incolo rdepen dingon
th eir use. Sym
bol Expl
anation Mobile
phonecon nected tothe
mult imedi asyst em Main
telephon ewith fullrangeof
fun ction s Add
itional telephon efor incom-
ing calls intwo telephon emode Med
iamod e
Gener alnotes If
you wish toplay extern almedia sources,th e
appro priatemedia modemustalready be
tur ned on.Further inform ationon media mode
(see theDig ital Oper ator'sMan ual).
The follo wing extern almedia sourcescan be
used:
R App le®
devic es(e.g.iPhon e®
)
R US Bdevic es(e.g.US Bstick ,MP3 player)
(Y page 250)
R CD
R DV D(COMA ND)
R SD cards
R Via devic escon nected byBluet ooth®
i In
for mat iononsingle CD/ DVDdriv eor
DV Dchan ger(see theDig ital Oper ator's
Man ual).
Select ingusin gth edev icelist Mult
imedi asyst em:
X Sele ctMed ia Med
ia007B Devices Dev
ices.
The available mediasourceswillbeshown .
The 003Bdot indicatesthecur ren tset ting.
X Sele ctthemedia source.
Playable filesareplayed.
Inser ting/rem ovinganSD card Imp
ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
SD cardsare small parts.They canbeswal-
lowed andcause choking.This poses an
inc reas edrisk ofinjury oreven fatalinj ury.
Keep theSD cardout ofthereac hof chi l-
dren .If aSD cardis swallowe d,seek medi-
cal attent ion imm ediat ely.
! If
th eSD cardis no longer inuse, you
should takeit out and remove itfro mthe
veh icle.High temperat urescandamage the
car d. Oper
ating syst em
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Inser
tingan SD card
The SDcardslot isloc ate don theco ntrol
pan el.
X Inser tth eSD cardint oth eSD cardslot until
th eSD carden gages .The side withth eco n-
tac tsmust facedown .
Rem oving anSD card
X Pre sstheSD card.
The SDcardis eject ed.
X Remo vetheSD card.
Connect ingUSB devices X
Con nect theUS Bdev icetotheUS Bpor t.
Ther eare two USBpor tsinthest owage
spac eund erthearm rest.
X Sel ect themed iasour ce(Ypage 249). 250
Op
era ting syst emMultim edia system

Load
ingguid elines G
WAR
NING
If obj ect s,luggage orloads arenot secured
or not secured sufficiently, they could slip,
tip over orbe flun garoun dand thereb yhit
veh icle occupant s.Ther eis arisk ofinjury,
part icular lyin theeven tof sudden braking
or asudden changeindirec tion.
Always store object sso that they can not be
flun garoun d.Sec ure object s,luggage or
loads againstslippin gor tipping beforethe
jo urn ey. G
DANG
ER
Combus tioneng inesemit poiso nous
exh aust gases suchascar bon mon oxide.
Ex haust gases canentertheveh icle interio r
if th etailg ateisopen while theeng ineis
run ning,espec iallyifth eveh icle isin
mot ion.Ther eis arisk ofpoiso ning.
Always switchoff theeng inebefo reopen ing
th etailg ate. Neverdriv ewith thetailg ate
open . G
WAR
NING
The exhaust tailpipe andtailpipe trim can
bec ome veryhot .If you com eint ocon tact
with these partsof theveh icle,you could
burn yourse lf.Ther eis arisk ofburn s.
Always bepart icular lycar eful andsuper vise
chi ldren closely aroun dth eexh aust pipeand
th eexh aust pipetrims. Allowthese com po-
nen tsto coo ldown beforetouchin gth em.
The handlingchar acteris ticsof aladen vehicle
are depen denton thedist ribut ionoftheload
with intheveh icle.
Obse rvethefollo wing noteswhen loadin gand
tr ans port ingaload:
R Nev erexc eed themax imum permissible
gro ssveh icle mass orthegro ssaxle weight
rat ing fortheveh icle (includin gocc upant s).
The values arespec ified ontheveh icle iden - tif
icat ion plat eon theB- pillar ofthedriv er's
door .
R The cargocom partmen tis thepref erred
place tocar ryobj ect s.
R Posit ionheavy loadsasfar forward asposs i-
ble and aslow down inthecar gocom part-
men tas poss ible.
R The load must notprot rude above theupper
edge oftheseat backrests.
R Always placetheload again sttherear or
fro ntseat backrests.Mak esure that the
seat backrestsare securely lockedinto
place .
R Always placetheload behin dunoc cupie d
seat sif poss ible.
R Use thecar gotie-do wn rings and theparc el
net sto trans port loads andluggage .
R Use cargotie-do wn rings and fastening
mat erials appropriatefor theweight and
siz eof theload.
R The maximum loadcapac ityofthest owage
well unde rth ecar gocom partmen tfloo ris
55 lbs (25 kg).
R Se cure the load with sufficiently stron gand
wear- resistant tie-do wns .Pad sharpedges
for prot ection.
! Do
notposit iontheload ononepart ofthe
fold ingcargocom partmen tfloo ron ly. The
max imum loadcapac ityofthefold ingcargo
com partmen tfloo ris 22 0lbs (100kg ).Di s-
tri bu te the weight evenlyto avoid damagin g
th ecar gocom partmen tfloo r.Place asolid
board undertheload ifnec essar y.Please
not eth at theload onthecar gocom part-
men tfloo rwill beincrease dwhen theload
is lashed down. St
owage areas St
owage spaces
Imp ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If you transp ortobject sin thevehic leint e-
rior and these arenot adequat elysecured,
th ey could sliporbe flun garoun dand
th ereby strik evehic leocc upant s.In addi-
tio n,cup holder s,open stowage spacesand
mobile phonebrac ketsmay notalways be St
owage areas
251Stowage andfeatures
Z

able
tohold theobj ect splace din them in
th eeven tof an acc iden t.Ther eis arisk of
inj ury, particular lyin theeven tof shar p
brak ingorsudden chang esofdire ction .
R Always stow object sin suc haway that
th ey can notbe tossed about inthese or
simi larsituatio ns.
R Always makesure that obj ect sdo notpro-
tr ude outofthest owage spaces,luggage
net sor stowage nets.
R En sure that clo sable stowage spacesare
shut beforebegin ningyour journ ey.
R Always stow and secure heav y,hard ,poin -
te d, shar p-edged, fragile orlarge object s
in thecar gocom partmen t.
Obse rveth eloadin gguideli nes(Ypage 251).
St owage compartm ent sin thefront Glove
box X
To open :pull handle0043and open glovebox
flap 0044.
X To close: foldglovebox flap 0044upwards
unt ilit eng ages.
Ther eis apen holde rat theto pof theglov e
box flap. Eyegla
ssescomp artm ent X
To open :pres smar king0043.
Mak esure that theeyeglas sescom partmen tis
always closed while theveh icle isin mot ion.
St owage compartm ent inthefront cen-
ter console X
To open :pres sth emar kingon cov er0043.
i De
pen dingon theveh icle equipm ent,
th ere may beanasht rayinthecen tercon -
sole instead ofast orag ecom partmen t.
St owage compartm ent infront ofthe
ar mr est (vehi cleswith autom atic trans -
mis sion) 252
St
owage areasSt owage andfeatures

X
To ope n:pre ssthe mar king oncove r0043.
i Yo
ucan remove thenon-sl ipma tand the
ins ert forcleani ng. Whe nrem oving the
ins ert youwi llha ve toove rcom esom eslig ht
res istance .
Sto wage compartmen tunde rthe arm-
res t X
To ope n:on veh icles with mova ble arm r-
ests ,ma kesure tha tthe arm restis in the
rea rmos tpo sitio n.
X Pre ssbutton 0043and foldthe arm restup .
Dep endingonthe vehicleeq uipme nt,the arm -
res tcan bemove dba ckwa rdsorforw ardsin a
lo ngi tud inaldi recti on.
Dep endingonthe vehicle's equipme nt,the fol-
lo wi ng ma ybe inthe stow agecomp artment:a
mu ltimed iaconne ctorunitwi th an SD card
sl ot and 2USB ports, e.g.for usewi th an
iP od ®
,iP hone ®
or MP3 play er (se ethe Digital
Ope rator'sManua l).
Sto wage compartmen tsinthe rear
pass engerco mpartmen t Sto
wage compartmen tin the rear cente r
co nsole X
To ope n:pulldo wn the top ofstow agecom-
pa rtment 0043bythe edge ofthe handl e.
i Dep
endingonthe vehicle's equipme nt,
ther ema ybe anopen stow agespa ceabove
the stow agecomp artment. Parc
elne ts
Stow agenets arelocate d:
R in the front-p asseng erfoo twe ll
R on the back ofthe driver' sand thefront-
pa sse nger seat
R on the left and right-ha ndside inthe cargo
comp artment
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 )
and thesafety notes regard ing stow age
spa ces (Ypage 251 ). Fo
ldi ng bac kres ton the fron t-
pass engerse at (Canada only) G
WAR
NING
If the backres tof the front-p asseng ersea tis
fol dedforw ard,rea rsea tpa sse nger scan
come inconta ctwith parts ofthe seat
mech anism. particu larly inthe eventofan
acci dent, hea vybra king orasu dd en cha nge
of directi on.Thereisaris kof inju ry.
If apa sse nger travelsin the vehiclewh ile
the front-p asseng ersea tis fol dedforw ard,
they mustsitin the rearsea tbe hind the
dri ver.
The backres tof the front-p asseng ersea tcan
be foldedforw ardsto incre asethe cargocom-
pa rtment capacity.
Once youno longer needthe backres ton the
front-p asseng erside tobe used asaload sur-
fac e,fol dthe backres tba ck into place . Sto
wage areas
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X
To foldforw ard:gentl ypu sh the backres t
ba ck.
X Pu llrel ease handl e0043 and foldthe backres t
ful lyonto theseatcus hion unti lit enga ges.
X To foldbac k:gentl ypu sh the backres t
do wn and pullrel ease handl e0043.
X Fol dthe seatba ckres tba ck unti lit enga ges. Throu
gh-loadi ngfac ility inthe rear
pass engerco mpartmen t X
To ope n:folddo wn seatarm rest0043.
X Pu llthe cente rhea dres trai nton the rear
be nch seatinto theuppermos tpo sitio n
(Y page 95). X
Sli de locking mechanism 0087inthe directi on
of the arrow .
X Swi ngflap0044 fullyto the side .
Fla p0044 ishel dop en byama gnet.
X To clos e:sw ing flap0044 inthe cargocom-
pa rtment back unti lit enga ges.
X Fol darm rest0043 upfullyifnece ssary.
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 ). Carg
oco mpartmen ten larg eme nt
Impo rtant safetynotes G
WAR
NING
If the rearbe nch seat/rea rsea tand seat
ba ckres tare not enga gedthey couldfol d
forw ards,e.g .wh en bra king sudd enl yor in
the eventofan acci dent.
R The vehicleoccu pant wo uld ther ebybe
pu she dinto theseatbe ltby the rear
be nch seat/rea rsea tor by the seatba ck-
res t.The seatbe ltcan nolonger offerthe
inte ndedlevel ofpro tecti onand could
eve ncau seinju ries.
R Obje ctsorload sin the trunk/ cargocom-
pa rtment cannotbe res trai ned bythe seat
ba ckres t.
The reisan incre ased riskof inju ry.
Befo reeve rytrip ,ma kesure tha tthe seat
ba ckres tsand therearbe nch seat/rea rsea t
are enga ged.
! Befo
refolding the backres tin the rear
comp artmentforw ards,ma kesure tha tthe
rea rcomp artmentarm restand thecup
hol derare foldedin. The yma yothe rwisebe
da ma ged .
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 ).
The left-ha ndand right-ha ndrea rsea tba ckr-
ests canbefoldedforw ardseparatelyto
incre asethe cargocomp artmentcapacity. 25
4 Sto
wage areasSto wag ean dfe ature s

Note
son using the cargo compart-
men t Ma
king thebest useof your car gocom part-
men t:
R Yo ucan increase the load cap acityby
ad jus ting thebackre stto the cargopositio n
(Y page 255 ).
R Th eload area can belength enedby folding
for wa rdthe folding backre stof the front-
pa sse nge rse at (Y page 253 )and thecorre-
sp ond ingbackre stinthe rear.
Fo ldi ng the rearse at bac krestforwa rd
and back Fo
ldi ng the rearse at bac krests forwa rd X
Fu lly ins ert the backre sthead res traints if
nece ssary(Y page 96) .
X Mo vethe driver 'sor fro nt-pa ssenge rse at
for wa rdifnece ssary.
X Pu llle ft-ha ndorrigh t-ha ndrelease han-
dl e 0044 ofthe seat backre stfor wa rd.
Co rre spond ingseat backre st0043 isrel eased.
X Fol dba ckre st0043 forwa rd.
X Mo vethe driver 'sor fro nt-pa ssenge rse at
ba ck ifnece ssary. X
Inse rtthe seat beltinto seat-b eltho lder 0043.
Fo ldi ng the rearse at bac krestbac k
! Ma
kesure tha tthe seat beltdo es not
be com etra pped when folding the rearse at
ba ckre stback. Othe rwise, itcou ldbe dam-
ag ed . X
Mo vethe driver 'sor fro nt-pa ssenge rse at
for wa rdifnece ssary.
X Fol dse at backre st0043 back unti lit eng ages.
Re dlock sta tus indicator 0044isno longe r
vi si bl e.
X Adju stthe head res traints ifnece ssary
(Y page 96).
X Mo vethe driver 'sor fro nt-pa ssenge rse at
ba ck ifnece ssary.
Ad justi ngthe angleof the rearse at
bac krests (cargo position ) Sto
wag ear ea s
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Vehicles
withthecargo compartment pack-
age: toenlarge thecargo compartment, you
can adjust therear seat backrests toa15°
steeper angle(cargo position).
X Fold theseat backrest forward
(Y page 255).
X Move handle 0043inthe direction ofthe
arrow.
X Push backseatbackrest 0044asfar ashan-
dle 0043until thebackrest engages.
The backrest isnow inthe cargo position. Securing
loads
Cargo tie-down rings Observe
thefollow ingnotes onsecuring loads:
R Observe theload ingguid elines
(Y page 251).
R Secure theload using thecargo tie-down
rings.
R Distribute theload onthe cargo tie-down
rings evenly.
R Do not use elastic strapsornets tosecure a
load ,as these areonly intended asan anti-
slip protection forlight loads.
R Do not route tie-downs acrosssharpedges
or corners.
R Pad sharp edges forprotection. 0043
Cargo tie-down rings
Bag hook G
WARNING
The bag hooks cannot restrain heavyobjects
or items oflugga ge.Objects oritems oflug-
gage could beflung around andthereby hit vehicle
occupants whenbraking orabrup tly
changing directions. Thereisarisk ofinjury.
Only hang lightobjects onthe bag hooks.
Never hanghard, sharp-edged orfragile
objects onthe bag hooks.
! The
bag hook canbear amaximum loadof
6.6lbs (3kg)andshould notbeused to
secure aload . 0043
Bag hook Parcel
shelf
! The
maximum loadwhich maybeplaced
on the parcel shelfis3.3 lbs(1.5kg). X
To remove: detachstraps0043from thetail-
gate.
X Fold theparcel shelfdownwa rds.
X Pull theparcel shelfouttothe rear 0044.
X To install: placetheparcel shelfonthe
guid erails onthe left and right.
X Push theparcel shelfevenly forwards using
both hands untilitengages.
X Fold theparcel shelfup.
X Att ach straps 0043tothe tailga te. 256
Stowage
areasStowage andfeatur es

Stowage
wellunder thecargo com-
par tment floor
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If you drive when thecargo compartmen t
floor isopen, object scould beflung around,
thus strikin gvehicle occupants. Thereisa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection.
Always closethecargo compartmen tfloor
before ajourney.
! The
maximum loadcapacity ofthe stow-
age well under thecargo compartmen tfloor
is 55 lbs (25 kg).
There isastowage areaforTIREFIT, thevehi-
cle tool kit,afolding box,etc.underneath the
cargo compartmen tfloor.
Opening/c losingthecargo compar t-
ment floor X
To open: openthetailgate.
X Unlock thecargo compartmen tfloor.
X Holding ribbing0044,press handle 0043down-
wards.
Handle 0043folds up. X
Using handle 0043,swing thecargo compart-
ment floorupwa rdsasfar asside flaps 0087,
then overcome theresistance offlaps 0087.
X Place thecargo compartmen tfloor onside
flaps 0087. Roof
carrier
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
When youload theroof, thecent erofgravity
of the vehicle risesandtheusual driving
characterist ics,aswell assteering andbrak-
ing, change. Thevehicle tiltsmore severely
when corner ingand may react more slug-
gishly tosteering input.
If you exceed themaximum roofload, the
driving characterist ics,aswell asthe steer-
ing and braking, willbegreatly impaired.
There isarisk ofan accident.
Adjust yourdriving styleandnever exceed
the maximum roofload.
! Mercedes-B
enzrecommen dsthat youonly
use roof carriers thathave been tested and
approved forMercedes-B enzvehicles. This
helps toprevent damage tothe vehicle.
Position theload onthe roof rack insuch a
way that thevehicle willnotsustain damage
even when itis in motion.
Ensure that,depending onthe vehicle's
equipment, youcan raise thepanorama roof
with power tilt/sliding panelfullyandopen
the tailgate fullywhen theroof carrier is
installed. Stowage
areas
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You
willfindinf ormat iononthe maxim umroof
load inthe "Techn icaldata" section
(Y page 341).
An incorre ctly secur edroof carrierorroof load
may becom edetac hedfrom thevehic le.You
must therefo reensur ethat youobserv ethe
roof carriermanuf acturer's installation instruc-
tion s.
Att aching theroof carrier X
Sec ure theroof carriertothe roof rails. In
doing so,observ ethe manuf acturer's instal-
lation instruct ions . Featu
res Cup
holder
Imp ortant safet ynotes G
WARN
ING
The cup holder cannot hold acon tain er
secur ewhilst traveling .If you useacup
holder whilsttraveling ,the contain ermay be
flung around andliquid maybespilled. The
vehic leocc upant smay comeint ocon tact
with theliquid andifit is hot ,the ymay be
scalded. Youmay bedistr actedfrom the
tr affic condition sand youcould losecontrol
of the vehic le.There isarisk ofan accid ent
and injury.
Only usethecup holder whenthevehic leis
stat ionar y.Only usethecup holder forcon -
tain ersofthe right size.Always closethe
con tain er,part icularly ifthe liquid ishot . G
WARN
ING
The heatin gelemen tsof the cup holder can
becom every hot.You could burnyourself on
the m.
There isarisk ofinjury.
Do not touc hthe hot heatin gelemen tsof
the cup holder. Alwaysmakesurethatchil-
dren cannot acce ssthe hot heatin gele-
men tsof the cup holder. Neverleavechil-
dren unsuper visedinthe vehic le. G
WARN
ING
If you transpo rtobje ctsin the vehic leint e-
rior and theseare not adequately secured,
the ycould sliporbe flung around and
the reby strike vehic leocc upant s.In addi-
tion ,cup holders ,open stowage spaces and
mobile phonebrack etsmay notalways be
able tohold theobje ctsplaced inthe min
the even tof an accid ent.There isarisk of
inj ury, particularly inthe even tof sharp
brak ingorsudden changesofdirec tion.
R Always stowobje ctsin such away that
the ycan not betos sed about inthe seor
similar situations.
R Always makesurethatobjectsdo not pro-
tr ude outofthe stowage spaces ,luggage
net sor sto wage nets.
R En sure thatclosable stowage spaces are
shut befor ebeginn ingyour journey.
R Always stowand secur eheavy, hard,poin-
ted, sharp- edged, fragileorlarge objects
in the cargo compartmen t.
! Only
usethecup holders forcon tain ersof
the right sizeandwhich havelids.The
drin kscould otherwise spill.
Obser vethe loading guidelines (Ypage 251).
The stowage compartmen tsinthe doors pro-
vide space forbott les:
R fron t:capacit yup to34 fl.oz. (1.0 l)
R rear: capacit yup to17 fl.oz. (0.5 l)
Cup holder inthefront center console 0043
Cup holder 258
Featu
resStowage andfeatures