MERCEDES-BENZ GLE SUV 2015 Owner's Guide

Qualified specialist workshop
A qualified specialist workshop has the neces-
sary special skills, tools and qualifications to
correctly carry out any necessary work on your
vehicle. This particularly applies to work rele-
vant to safety.
Observe the notes in the Service Booklet.
Always have the following work carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop:
R work relevant to safety
R service and maintenance work
R repair work
R modifications, installations and conversions
R work on electronic components
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you use a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre. Vehicle registration
Mercedes-Benz may ask its Service Centres to
carry out technical inspections on certain vehi-
cles. The quality or safety of the vehicle is
improved as a result of the inspection.
Mercedes-Benz can only inform you about vehi-
cle checks if it has your registration data.
It is possible that your vehicle has not yet been
registered in your name in the following cases:
R if your vehicle was not purchased at an
authorised specialist dealer.
R if your vehicle has not yet been examined at a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre.
It is advisable to register your vehicle with a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre.
Inform Mercedes-Benz as soon as possible
about any change in address or vehicle owner-
ship. You can do this at a Mercedes-Benz Ser-
vice Centre, for example. Correct use
If you remove any warning stickers, you or oth-
ers could fail to recognise certain dangers.
Leave warning stickers in position.
Observe the following information when driving your vehicle:
R the safety notes in this manual
R the vehicle technical data R
traffic rules and regulations
R laws and safety standards pertaining to motor
vehicles Implied warranty
! Follow the instructions in this manual about
the proper operation of your vehicle as well as
about possible vehicle damage. Damage to
your vehicle that arises from culpable contra- ventions against these instructions are not
covered either by Mercedes-Benz implied
warranty or by the New or Used-Vehicle War-
ranty. QR code for rescue card
The QR code is secured in the fuel filler flap and
on the opposite side on the B-pillar. In the event
of an accident, rescue services can use the QR
code to quickly find the appropriate rescue card for your vehicle. The current rescue card con-
tains, in a compact form, the most important
information about your vehicle, e.g. the routing
of the electric cables.
You can find more information under http://
portal.aftersales.i.daimler.com/public/
content/asportal/en/communication/
informationen_fuer/QRCode.html. Data stored in the vehicle
A wide range of electronic components in your
vehicle contain data memories.
These data memories temporarily or perma-
nently store technical information about:
R the vehicle's operating state
R events
R faults
In general, this technical information docu-
ments the state of a component, a module, a
system or the surroundings.
These include, for example:
R operating conditions of system components,
e.g. fluid levels
R the vehicle's status messages and those of its
individual components, e.g. number of wheelrevolutions/speed, deceleration in move- 28
Introduction

ment, lateral acceleration, accelerator pedal
position
R malfunctions and defects in important system
components, e.g. lights, brakes
R vehicle reactions and operating conditions in
special driving situations, e.g. airbag deploy-
ment, intervention of stability control sys-
tems
R ambient conditions, e.g. outside temperature
This data is of an exclusively technical nature
and can be used to:
R assist in detecting and rectifying faults and
defects
R analyse vehicle functions, e.g. after an acci-
dent
R optimise vehicle functions
The data cannot be used to trace the vehicle's
movements.
When your vehicle is serviced, technical infor-
mation can be read from the event data memory and fault data memory.
Services include, for example:
R repair services
R service processes
R warranty events
R quality assurance
The vehicle is read out by employees of the ser- vice network (including the manufacturer) using
special diagnostic testers. You can obtain more
information there, if required.
After a fault has been rectified, the information
is deleted from the fault memory or is continu-
ally overwritten.
When operating the vehicle, situations are con-
ceivable in which this technical data, in connec- tion with other information (if necessary, after
consultation with an authorised expert), could
be traced to a person.
Examples include:
R accident reports
R damage to the vehicle
R witness statements
Further additional functions that have been con- tractually agreed upon with the customer allow
certain vehicle data to be conveyed by the vehi-
cle as well. The additional functions include, for example, vehicle location in case of an emer-
gency. Copyright information
General notes
Information on licences for free and open-
source software used in your vehicle and its
electronic components is available on the fol-
lowing website:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/opensource Introduction
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Cockpit
Function Page
:
Steering wheel gearshift pad-
dles 172
;
Combination switch 123
=
Instrument cluster 32
?
Horn
A
DIRECT SELECT lever 168
B
PARKTRONIC warning dis-
play
225
C
Overhead control panel 39
D
Climate control systems 135
E
Ignition lock 158
Start/Stop button 158 Function Page
F
Adjusts the steering wheel
manually
114
G
Adjusts the steering wheel
electrically
114
Steering wheel heating 115
H
Cruise control lever 203
I
Opens the bonnet 374
J
Diagnostics connection 27
K
Electric parking brake 192
L
Light switch 12130
CockpitAt a glance

Function Page
:
Overhead control panel 39
;
PARKTRONIC warning dis-
play
225
=
Combination switch 123
?
Instrument cluster 32
A
Horn
B
DIRECT SELECT lever 168
C
Steering wheel gearshift pad-
dles 172
D
Light switch 121
E
Diagnostics connection 27 Function Page
F
Opens the bonnet 374
G
Electric parking brake 192
H
Ignition lock 158
Start/Stop button 158
I
Adjusts the steering wheel
manually
114
J
Adjusts the steering wheel
electrically
114
Steering wheel heating 115
K
Cruise control lever 203
L
Climate control systems 135Cockpit
31At a glance

Instrument cluster
Displays and controls
i
Instrument cluster with speedometer
(km/h) Function Page
:
Speedometer
Speedometer segments 281
;
Fuel gauge
Fuel filler flap location indi-
cator
8: the fuel filler cap
is on the right-hand side. Function Page
=
Rev counter 281
?
Coolant temperature 282
A
Multifunction display 283
B
Instrument cluster lighting 28132
Instrument clusterAt a glance

i
Instrument cluster with speedometer (mph) Function Page
:
Speedometer
Speedometer segments 281
;
Fuel gauge
Fuel filler flap location indi-
cator
8: the fuel filler cap
is on the right-hand side. Function Page
=
Rev counter 281
?
Coolant temperature 282
A
Multifunction display 283
B
Instrument cluster lighting 281
i
Information on displaying the outside tem-
perature in the multifunction display can be
found under "Outside temperature display"
(Y page 282).
i Information on additional displays for PLUG-
IN HYBRID vehicles can be found in the
"PLUG-IN HYBRID operation" section
(Y page 261). Instrument cluster
33At a glance

Warning and indicator lamps
Function Page
:
L
Dipped-beam head-
lamps 122
;
T
Side lamps 122
=
÷
ESP® 343
?
K
Main-beam headlamps 123
A
!
Electric parking brake
(red) 346
B
!
Electric parking brake
(yellow) 346
C
J
Brakes (yellow) 339
D
·
Distance warning 349
E
#!
Turn signals 123
F
h
Tyre pressure monitor 350 Function Page
G
6
Restraint system 44
H
ü
Seat belt 337
I
%
Diesel engine: preglow 160
J
?
Coolant 347
K
R
Rear foglamp 122
L
;
Engine diagnostics 347
M
8
Reserve fuel 347
N
å
ESP®
OFF 343
O
!
ABS 341
P
J
Brakes (red) 339
i
Information on additional indicator and
warning lamps for PLUG-IN vehicles can be
found in the "PLUG-IN HYBRID operation"
section (Y page 261). 34
Instrument clusterAt a glance

Multifunction steering wheel
Function Page
:
Multifunction display 283
;
Multimedia system display
= ?
Switches on voice-operated
navigation or LINGUA-
TRONIC 8
Mute
WX
Adjusts the volume
~
Rejects or ends a call 288
Exits telephone book/redial
memory
6
Makes or accepts a call
Switches to the redial mem-
ory Function Page
?
=;
Selects a menu 282
9:
Selects a submenu or scrolls
through lists 282
a
Confirms the selection 282
Hides display messages 300
%
Back 282
Switches off voice-operated
navigation or LINGUA-
TRONIC
i
In vehicles with multimedia system
COMAND Online you can find further infor-
mation:
R on the multimedia system in the Digital
Owner's Manual
R on the DVD changer or single DVD drive in
the Digital Owner's Manual
R on LINGUATRONIC in the separate operat-
ing instructions i
You can find further information in vehicles
with an Audio 20 multimedia system:
R on the multimedia system in the Digital
Owner's Manual
R on voice-controlled navigation in the man-
ufacturer's operating instructions Multifunction steering wheel
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Centre console
Centre console, upper section
Function Page
:
Multimedia system (see the
separate operating instruc-
tions)
;
c
Seat heating 112
=
s
Seat ventilation 113
?
c
PARKTRONIC 225
A
è
ECO start/stop func-
tion 161
Selects the operating mode
(PLUG-IN HYBRID operation) 262 Function Page
B
£
Hazard warning lamps 124
C
PASSENGER AIRBAG indica-
tor lamp 44
ATA indicator lamp 81
D
å
ESP® 76
E
&
Auxiliary heating 14936
Centre consoleAt a glance

Centre console, lower section
i
Vehicles with the Off-Road Engineering
package Function Page
F
Stowage compartment 353
Cup holders 361
Ashtray 363
Cigarette lighter 364
Power socket 364
G
Selector wheel for level con-
trol 216
H
Ã
DSR (Downhill Speed
Regulation) 252
I
Manual gearshifting (perma-
nent setting)
172
J
DYNAMIC SELECT controller 166
K
Stowage compartment with
Media Interface
352 Function Page
L
Touchpad (see the separate
operating instructions)
M
Back button (see the sepa-
rate operating instructions)
N
Multimedia system control-
ler (see the separate operat-
ing instructions)
O
g
Switches to the favour-
ites button (see the separate
operating instructions) P
Switches to the vehicle set-
tings display (see the sepa-
rate operating instructions) Q
+
LOW RANGE off-road
gear 255Centre console
37At a glance