MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 2022 Owners Manual

Pe
ople intheseat's sweep canbecome trap-
ped. #
Ifaseat isfolded forw ards, alwaysfo ld it
bac kbef oredr iving o.. #
Mak esur eth at theseat iseng aged. If
aseat onthesecond row of seats isno t
eng aged, this will besho wnonthemultifun ction
displa yon theinst rument cluster.
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ement s: ement
s:
R The area intowhic hth eseat isfolded isclear .
R The seat hasbeen folded up(/ page116).
R Vehicles withcomf ortseati ng:th ecent erarm-
re st isfolded up.
R Vehicles withanextended centercons ole:the
st owa gecom partmen tin thecent erconsole is
closed.
R Vehicles withacent erseat backres t:thecen-
te rseat backrest isin an upr ight position
(/ page114).
To mak eit easier toget inand out, youcan fold
th eseats onthesecond row of seats forw ards in ve
hicles withath ird ro w of seats. Here,thecent er
seat folds forw ards and backwards toget her with
th eleT-h andseat invehicles withacent erseat
bac kres t. #
T T
o f o
fold t old
the seat int he
seat intot o
the fr he
front posit ion: ont
posit ion:br ie0y
pull onbut ton1.
The headre str aint willmo vedown wards. The
seat backres twill moveintoth efront position.
The seat fore -and -aTadjustm entwi llmo vefor- wa
rdsunt ilth eseat isunloc ked. The seat will
th en tip forw ards. #
T T
o f o
fold t old
the seat bac he
seat back: k:
press and hold button
1 until there ar seat engages audib ly.
The seatwil ltilt down wardsand stop inthe
fr ont positio n.The seat backrest willre main in
th ecar goposition. #
Tointerru pt thefo lding procedur ebef ore
eng agement, letgo ofbutt on1. Tocont inue
th efo lding procedur e,press and hold button
1 again. #
Setth eseat backrest inclination andseat
fo re -and -aTadjustm entus ing th ebutt ons on
th edoor .
% Toincr ease thesize ofthecar gocom part-
ment, youcan movetheseat backrests into
th ecar gocom partment 0oorposition
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F F
olding t olding
the r he
rear seats f ear
seats for w or
war ar
ds mec ds
mec hanicall y hanicall
y
(emer g (emer
gency r ency
release) elease)
The release loops arelocat edon theout ersides
and rear sides oftheseats onthesecond row of
seats. Se
ats and stow ing
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Side
release loops Re
lease loops onthere ar sides #
Pullone ofthere lease loops 1. #
Foldtheseat backrest forw ards. #
Beforecommen cingyour jour ney,mak esur e
th at theseat backrest and there ar ben chseat
ar eeng aged. Head
r Head
res es
tr tr
aint s aint
s AA
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe fr he
front seat head r ont
seat head res es
tr tr
aint smanu ally aint
smanu ally &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue toadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eengine: Inpar ticular ,
adjust thedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tohead
re str aints notbe ing inst alle d or being
ad just edincorrectl y
If head restr aints have notbee ninst alled or
ha ve notbee nadju sted cor rectl y,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofinjuryin thehead andneck
ar ea, e.g. intheeve ntofan accid ent orwh en
br ak ing. #
Alwaysdr ive wit hth ehead restr aints
inst alle d. #
Beforedr ivi ng o.,ma kesur efo rev ery
ve hicle occupan tth at thecent erofthe
head restr aint supp orts thebac kof the
head atabout eyeleve l. Do
notint erch ang eth ehead restr aints ofthe
fr ont and rear seats. Other wise, youwill notbe
able toadju sttheheight andangle ofthehead
re str aints correctl y.
Ad just thehead restr aint fore -and -aTposition so
th at itis as close aspossibl eto thebac kof your
head. 100100
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#
T T
o r o
raise: aise:
pullthehead restr aint up. #
T T
o low o
lower er
: :
pr es sre lease knob1inthedir ec-
tion ofthear ro w and push thehead restr aint
do wn . #
T T
o mo v o
mo ve f e
for w or
war ar
d: d:
pres sre lease knob2and
pull thehead restr aint forw ard. #
T T
o mo v o
mo ve bac e
bac kw kw
ar ar
ds: ds:
press release knob2
and push thehead restr aint backwa rds. A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe fr he
front seat luxur ont
seat luxur yhead r y
head res es
tr tr
aint s aint
s
manu ally manu
ally #
T T
o mo v o
mo ve f e
for w or
war ar
d: d:
press release knob1and
pull thehead restr aint forw ard. #
T T
o mo v o
mo ve bac e
bac kw kw
ar ar
ds: ds:
press release knob1
and push thehead restr aint backwa rds.
A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe head r he
head res es
tr tr
aint sof t aint
sof the r he
rear seats ear
seats
mec mec
hanical ly hanical
ly
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,yo ucan
adjust thehead restr aints inthere ar passen ger
com partmen t. #
T T
o r o
raise: aise:
pullthehead restr aint up. #
T T
o low o
lower er
: :
pr es sre lease knob1inthedir ec-
tion ofthear ro w and push thehead restr aint
do wn .
V V
eh icle swi t eh
icle swi th at h
athi r hi
rd ro d
ro w of seats w
of seats
The head restr aints ontheth ird ro w of seats have
a usag eposit ionand anon -usag eposit ion.The
usag eposit ionistheex tended ,to pposition in
whic hth ehead restr aint eng ages;th enon-usag e Seats
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position
isthebo ttom, retract ed pos ition ofthe
head restr aint. Ifth eseats ontheth ird ro w of
seats arebein gused, thehead restr aint mu stbe
in theto p, eng aged usag eposition. #
Ift If
the t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of seats isoccupie d: w
of seats isoccupie d:mo vethe
head restr aints totheve ry topand have them
eng ageth er e. #
Ift If
the t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of seats isno w
of seats isno toccupie d: t
occupie d:mo ve
th ehead restr aints totheve ry bottom.
Inst Inst
alling/ r alling/
remo emo
ving t ving
the r he
rear seat head r ear
seat head res est
r tr
aints aints
R R
emo emo
ving ving
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,yo ucan
re mo vethehead restr aints inthere ar passen ger
com partmen t. #
Release there ar seat backres tand fold itfor-
wa rdsslig htly(/ page114). #
Pullth ehead restr aint upwa rdsas faras itwill
go. #
Push release knob1inthedir ection ofthe
ar ro w and pulloutthehead restr aint. In
st In
st alling al
ling #
Inse rtthehead restr aint such that theno tches
on thebar areon theleT when viewe din the
dir ection oftrav el. #
Push thehead restr aint down untilit eng ages. #
Foldthere ar seat backres tbac kunt ilit
eng ages. Con/gurCon/gur
ing ing
t t
he seat se he
seat setting s tti
ng s Mul
time diasystem:
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Comfor t5
Sea tCo mfor t
A A
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe bac he
bac kr kr
es es
tcont t
cont ourint our
inthe lumb ar he
lumb ar
r r
egi on oft egi
on ofthe seat bac he
seat backr kr
es es
t(lumbar ) t
(lumbar ) #
Select Lum bar. #
Select these tting sZ forth edesir edseat. #
Adjust theair cushions.
A A
djus djus
ting t ting
the bac he
bac kr kr
es est
side bolst t
side bolst ers er
s #
Select SideBolsters. #
Adjust theair cushion forth edesir edseat. 102102
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SeSe
tting t tti
ng the seat heating balance he
seat heating balance #
Sele ctSe at Hea ting Bala nce. #
Adjust theheat distribution forth edesir ed
seat. SeSe
tting aut tting
automatic seatadjus omatic
seatadjustmen t tment
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped dur-
ing adjustmen tof thedr iver's seat aTer
calling upadr iver pro/le
Selecting auser pro/le maytrigg eran adjust-
ment ofthedr iver's seat totheposition saved
under theuser pro/le. Youor other vehicle
occupan tscould beinjured inthepr ocess. #
Mak esur eth at when theposition ofdriv-
er's seat isbeing adjustedusing themul-
timedia system, nopeople orbody parts
ar ein theseat's rang eof mo vement.
If th er eis arisk ofsomeon ebecomi ngtrap-
ped, stop theadjustmen tpr ocess immedi-
at ely: #
a)Tapth ewa rning messa geon the
media display.
or #
b)Press amemor yposition buttonora
seat adjus tment switchon thedr iver's
door .
The adjustmen tpr ocess willbestopped. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Adaptin gth edr iver's seat andsteer ing wheel
position tobody size:automatic seatadjus t-
ment hasbeen switchedon.
Multimedi asy stem:
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Settings 5
Vehicl e
5 Automatic SeatAdjustment
Switc Switc
hingaut hing
automatic seatadjus omatic
seatadjus tment tment
on/o. on/
o.
When theactiv euser pro/le isch ang edwhile the
ve hicle isstation ary, thedr iver's seat, steer ing
wheel, outside mirrors and seat contourwillauto-
matic allybe adap tedto thedr iver . #
Select OnorOff. %
This setting isavailabl eonl yfo rindividual user
pr o/les. Forth eguest pro/le, automatic seat
adjustmen tcanno tbe switc hedonoro..
A A
djus djus
ting dr ting
driv iv
er's seat andst er's
seat andsteer eer
ing wheel position ing
wheel position
t t
o body size o
body size
The vehicle calcul ates asuit able driver's seat and
st eer ing wheel positiononthebasis ofthedr iver's
body sizeandsets this dir ectl y. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the unit ofmeasur he
unit ofmeasur ement ement: :
select cmor
ft/in. #
Setth esize using thescale. #
Select StartPositioning .
The driver's seat andsteer ing wheel position
is adjust edtothebody sizethat has been set.
% Ifth edr iver's seat andsteer ing wheel position
calculat edbytheve hicle isno tpr actical or
comf ortable, itcan bemanuall ych ang edat
an ytime viathebutt ons.
The exterior mir rors areno tse tvia this func-
tion. Instead, they have tobe setmanuall yvia
th eswitc hes. Seats
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%
Youcan also con/gureth ese setting svia the
Mer cedesme portalfo ryo ur user pro/le. By
sync hronizing thepr o/les intheve hicle and
th eMer cedes meconnect pro/les, youcan
car ryover these setting sfo ryo ur vehicle.
Se Se
tting t tti
ng the easy entr he
easy entry and e y
and exit f xit
featu re eatur
e #
Select Steering Wheel&Seat, Steering
Wheel OnlyorOff.
% Ifyo uuse anindividual userpro/le andhave
se tyo ur body size,this inf ormation iscar ried
ove rfo rth eeasy entryand exitfeatur e.This
will cause thedr iver's seat andsteer ing wheel
to mo veintoth ecor rect positi onautomati-
call y. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof massag w
of massag epr e
pr og r og
rams ams
R
Hot Relaxing Back Combin ationofheat and
massag e.Itstar ts by massaging thebac k.In
addit ion,wa rm pressur epoints become
no ticeable, star ting inthepel vic area.
R Hot Relaxing Should er:Combination ofheat
and massa ge.It star ts by massaging the shoulde
rs.In add ition, warm pressur epoints
become noticeable, star ting inthepel vic area.
R Activating Massage:Activating massagewit h
upw ard-mo vingmassagewa ves.
R Clas sic Massa ge:Re laxing backmass age.
R Wave Massag e: Re gener ating massag evia
ma ssag ewav esacr oss thebac kand inthe
seat cushion .
R Mob ilizi ng Ma ssa ge: Mobi lizing massag ewit h
upw ard-mo vingmassag ewa ves. Can promo te
deeper respir ation andhence improve circula-
tion andblood pressur e.
R Active Workout,Backre stand Active Work-
ou t,Cu shi on: These prog rams requ ire yo ur
cooper ation.Alternating between tensing and
re leasing helpstoimprov eblood 0owto your
muscles .Pr ess against apr essur epoint as
soon asyoufe el it. Selecting
t Selecting
the massa g he
massa ge pr e
pr og r og
ram f am
for t or
the fr he
front seats ont
seats Multimedia
system:
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Comfort 5
Massa ge #
Select amassa geprog ram (/ page104). #
Startth epr og ram forth edesir edseat 0065. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the massa g he
massa ge int e
int ensity ensity
: :
switc hHigh
Intensity onoro. .
% Forth ere ar seats, themassa geprog ram can
be select edon thefo llo wing devices (ifavaila-
ble):
R Onthere ar displ ays
The selecti oncanbe made forth ere ar
seats onthesecond andthird ro ws of
seats.
R OntheMBUX rear table t
The selection ismade inthesame wayas
on there ar displ aysfo rth ere ar seats on
th esecond row of seats. 104104
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ats and stow ing

RR
ese ese
tting seatse tting
seatsetting s tting
s Multimedia
system:
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Comfort 5
Seat Comfort #
Select Îforth edesir edseat. #
Con/ rmthepr om pt. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the seat heating he
seat heating on/o. on/o.
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat edly
switc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edlyswitc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backrest pad-
ding tobecome very hot.
In par ticu lar,th ehealt hof per sons withlimit ed
te mp eratur esensitivity oralimit edability to
re act tohigh temp eratur esma ybe a.ect edor
th ey ma yeve nsu. erbur n-lik einjur ies. #
Donotre peat edlyswitc hon theseat
heating. To
protect against overheating, theseat heating
ma ybe temp orarily deactiv ated aTer ithas been
switc hedonrepeat edly. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theseats caused by
objects ordocuments whentheseat heat-
ing isswitc hedon When
theseat heating isswitc hedon,over-
heati ngmayoccur duetoobjects ordocu-
ments placed ontheseats, e.g.seat cushions
or child seats. Thiscould cause damag eto the
seat surface. #
Mak esur eth at no objects ordocume nts
ar eon theseats whentheseat heating is
switc hedon. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The powe rsuppl yis switc hedon. Seat
heating inthecoc kpit Seats
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Sea
the ating inthere ar passen gercom partment #
Press button1 repeat edlyuntil thedesir ed
heating leve lis se t.
Depending ontheheating leve l,up tothre e
indicat orlam pswill light up.Ifall indicat or
lam psareo., theseat heating isswitc hedo..
% The seat heating willautomaticall yswitc h
do wn from theth re eheating leve ls aTer 8,10 and
20minut esuntil theseat heating is
switc hedo.. SeSe
tting t tting
the panel heating he
panel heating Multimedia
system:
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Settings 5
Vehicle
5 Panel Heating
When theseat heating isswitc hedon,thear mr -
ests, thedoor centerpanel andthecent ercon-
sole canbeheat ed. #
Switc hth efunction forth edesir edseats onor
o.. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the seat v he
seat ventilation entilation
on/o. on/
o. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The powe rsuppl yis switc hedon. Seat
ventila tion inthecoc kpit #
Press button1 repeat edlyuntil thedesir ed
ve ntila tion leve lis se t.
Depending ontheve ntila tion leve l,up tothre e
indicat orlam pswill light up.Ifall indicat or
lam psareo., theseat ventila tion issw itched
o. . 106106
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SS
t t
eer eer
ing wheel ing
wheel AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the st he
steer eer
ing wheel mec ing
wheel mechanicall y hanicall
y &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eve hicle: inpar ticu lar,
adju stthedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofentr apment forch ildr en
when adjustin gth esteer ing wheel
Childr encould injureth emsel vesif th ey adju st
th esteer ing wheel. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. UUn
loc nlo
cking king
#
Foldrelease leve r1 down asfaras itwill go. #
Adjust heigh t2 and distance3 tothe
st ee ring wheel.
Loc Loc
king king
#
Foldrelease leve r1 upasfaras itwill go. #
Chec kand makesur eth at thesteer ing col-
umn isloc kedby mo vingth esteer ing wheel. AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the st he
steer eer
ing wheel electr ing
wheel electrically icall
y The
steer ing wheel canbeadjust edwhen the
ve hicle isswitc hedo.. Se
ats and stow ing
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1
Toadju stthedist ance tothesteer ing wheel
2 Toadju sttheheight #
Save these tting swit hth ememor yfunction
(/ page110). SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the st he
steer eer
ing wheel heat ing
wheel heater er
on/ o. on/
o. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The ignition isswitc hedon. #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: push switchint oposition 1.
Indicat orlam p3 lights up. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
push switchint oposition 2.
Indicat orlam p3 goes out. When
youswitc hth eignition o.,thesteer ing
wheel heaterwill switc ho.. Easy
entr Easy
entryand e y
and exit f xit
featur e eatur
e Using
t Using
the easy entr he
easy entryand e y
and exit f xit
featur e eatur
e &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident whenpulling
awa ydur ing th eadjustmen tpr ocess of
th eeasy entryand exitfeatur e
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle. #
Alwayswa ituntil theadjustmen tpr ocess
is com pletebef oredr iving o.. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped dur-
ing adjus tment oftheeasy entryand exit
fe atur e
Yo uand other vehicle occupan ts–par ticu larly
ch ildr en–could become trapped. #
Ensur eth at no one hasabody partin
th esw eep ofthesteer ing wheel ordriv-
er's seat. 108108
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