MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

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T T
o r o
remo v emo
ve t e
the wiper blade: he
wiper blade: press release knob
2, pullthewiper blade inthedir ection of
ar ro w 3 and remo ve.
Ins t Ins
talli ng t alli
ng the wiper blades he
wiper blades #
Push thene wwiper blade ontoth ewiper arm
in thedir ection ofarro w 1 untilre lease knob
2 engages. #
Press thewiper blade beyond thepoint of
re sis tance inthedir ection ofarro w 3 onthe
wiper arm.
The wiper blade willengagewit hano tice able
clic kand movefreel yag ain. #
Foldthewiper arm bac kont oth ewindshield.
% Chec kth econdition ofthewiper blades regu-
lar lyand replace them intheev ent ofvisible
damag eor ongoing smearing. RR
eplacing t eplacing
the r he
rear windo ear
windo wwiper blade w
wiper blade &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped ifth e
wind shield wipersar eswitc hedonwhile
wiper blades arebein gre placed
If th ewindshield wipersbegin tomo vewhile
yo uar ech ang ingthewiper blades, youcan be
tr apped bythewiper arm. #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and vehicle beforech ang ingthewiper
blades. RR
emo emo
ving t ving
the wiper blade he
wiper blade #
Switc hth eve hicle o.. #
Foldwiper arm 2 awa yfrom there ar wind ow
until iteng ages inthere placement position. #
Unclip wiper blade 1from wiper arm 2 and
re mo veitin thedir ection ofarro w 3. Lig
htand visibility
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Ins
t Ins
talli ng t alli
ng the wiper blade he
wiper blade #
Positi on wiper blade 1withbo th lugs 3on
holder 2onthewiper arm. #
Push wiper blade 1inthedir ection ofarro w
4 until iteng ages inholder 2. #
Mak esur eth at wiper blade 1isseat edcor -
re ctl y. #
Foldthewiper arm from there placement posi-
tion backont oth ere ar wind ow. Mir
r Mir
ror s or
s Ope
r Ope
rating t ating
the outs idemirr he
outs idemirror s or
s &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due 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 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 ofaccident duetomis-
judg ment ofdist ance when usingthe
fr ont -passeng ermirror
The outside mirroron thefront passeng erside
re 0ects object son asmal lerscal e.The
obj ect sin view arein fact closer than they
appear . #
Ther efor e, alw ayslook overyo ur shoul-
der tocheckth eactual distance
be tween youand thero ad user strav eling
behind you. 160160
Light
andvisibility

FF
olding t olding
the outside mirr he
outside mirror or
sin/ou t s
in/ou t #
Brie0y press button2.
% Ifth ebatt eryhas been disconnect edorhas
disc harged, theoutside mirrors must be
mo vedbr ie0y using button2. Onlyth en will
th eaut omatic mirrorfo lding function work
pr oper ly. %
Mercedes-Ma ybac hve hicles: whentheout-
side mirrors fold in, theex tendab lerunning
boa rdswill retract ifth ey wereprev iousl y
ex tended .
A A
djus djusting
t ting
the outs idemirr he
outs idemirror s or
s #
Press button1 or3 toselect theoutside
mir rorto be adjus ted. #
Use button4 toadju sttheposition ofthe
mir rorglass.
Eng Eng
aging t aging
the outside mirr he
outside mirror s or
s
If an outside mirrorhas been forc ibl ydiseng aged,
pr oceed asfollo ws . #
Vehicles without electricall yfo lding outside
mir rors:manua lly mo vetheoutside mirrorint o
th ecor rect positi on. #
Vehicles withelect ricall yfo lding outside mir-
ro rs:pr ess and hold button2.
Yo uwill hear aclic kand themir rorwill audibl y
clic kint oplace. Theoutside mirrorwill nowbe
se tto thecor rect positi on. AA
ut ut
omatic anti-glar omatic
anti-glaremir r e
mir ror or
sfun ction s
fun ction &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacid burnsand poison -
ing due totheanti-glar emir rorelectr olyte
Electr olyte ma yescape ifth eglass inan aut o-
matic anti-glar emir rorbr eak s.
The electr olyte is hazar dous tohealt hand cau-
ses irrita tion. Itmust notcom eint ocont act
wit hyo ur skin, eyes, respir ator yor ga ns or
clo thing orbe swallo wed. #
Ifyo ucome intocont actwithelectr olyte,
obser vethefo llo wing:
R Immedia tely rinse theelectr olyte
fr om your skin withwa terand seek
medical attention.
R Ifelectr olyte comes intocont actwith
yo ur eyes, immediat elyrinse them
th or oughl ywit hclean waterand seek
medical attention.
R Ifth eelectr olyte is sw allo wed,imme-
diat elyrinse your mout hout thor -
oughl y.Do notinduce vomitin g.Seek
medical attenti onimmediat ely. Light
andvisibility
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R
Immedi atelych ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas been contaminat edwith
electr olyte.
R Ifan aller gicreactio noccur s,seek
medic alatt ent ion immed iately. The
insiderear vie wmir rorand theoutside mirror
on thedr iver's side willautomaticall ygo intoanti-
glar emode iflight from aheadlam phits thesen-
sor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system willno tgo intoant i-glaremo deif:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
R The interior lightin gis switc hedon. FF
r r
ont -passe ng ont
-passe nger out side mirr er
out side mirror par or
par king posit ion king
posit ion
fu nct ion fu
nct ion %
The parking posit ionisavailabl eonl yin vehi-
cles withamemor yfu nct ion.
The parking posit ionmak espar king easier . In
thefo llo wing situations, thefront-passeng er
outside mirrorwill swiv eldo wn wardsin thedir ec-
tion ofthere ar wheel onthefront passeng er's
side:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page162)
R The front-passeng ermir roris select ed
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
The front -passe nger out side mirrorwill movebac k
to its original position inthefo llo wing situations:
R YoushiT thetransmission toano ther transmis-
sion position
R Youar etrave ling atspeeds greater than
9 mp h(15 km/h)
R Youpr ess thebutt onforth eoutside mirroron
th edr iver's side SS
t t
or or
ing and calling upt ing
and calling upthe par he
par king position oft king
position ofthe he
fr fr
ont-passeng ont-passeng
eroutside mirr er
outside mirror or
SS
t t
or or
ing ing
#
Select thefront-passeng eroutside mirror
using button1. #
Eng agere ve rsege ar. #
Movethefront-passeng eroutside mirrorint o
th edesir edpar king position usingbutton2. 162162
Light
andvisibility

Calling
up Calling
up #
Select thefront-passeng eroutside mirror
using button1. #
Eng agere ve rsege ar.
The front -passe nger out side mirrorwill move
to thestor ed par king position. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingt ating
the aut he
aut omatic mirr omatic
mirror f or
fold- old-
ing function ing
function Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle #
Switc hAutomatic Foldingonoro.. ArAr
ea per ea
per meable t meable
to r o
radio wav adio
waves on t es
on the wind- he
wind-
shield shield
Ra
dio-contr olledequipment, suchas tollsy stems,
can bemount edonlyon areas 1ofthewind-
shield that areper meable toradio waves.
Ar eas permeable toradio waves1 arebes tvisi -
ble from outsi detheve hicle when thewindshield
is illuminat edwithan extern al light sour ce.
No tethis position forve hicles with:
R Windsh ieldheating
R Infrared re0ectiv ewin dshi eld InfrInfr
ar ar
ed-r ed-r
e0ec tive e0ec
tivewin dshi eldfunc tion win
dshi eldfunc tion
The infrared-r e0ec tivewin dshi eldiscoat edand
re duces thebuild-up ofheat intheve hicle interior .
The coati ngshield sth eve hicle interior from radio
wa ves. Lig
htand visibility
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OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof climat w
of climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
systems ems
NNo o
t t
es on climat es
on climat econtr e
contr ol ol
An
interior air/lter incombination withth epr e/l-
te rin theengine compartment mustalwaysbe
used sothat theair conditioning system, pollution
le ve lmonit oring and theair /ltratio nwo rkcor -
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo r3-zone automatic climatecontr ol
wit hstationar yheat er(exa mp le)
1 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 A Callsuptheair conditioning menu
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page166)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron/o.
7 0072 Switches air-recir culat ionmode on/o.
(/ page167) 8
0056 Switches theA/C function on/o.
(/ page165)
Switc hesresidual heaton/o.
(/ page167)
9 Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hstation-
ar yheat er:003B switchesstationar yheat er
on/ o.
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hout sta-
tionar yheat er:0 switchessync hroniza-
tion on/o.(/ page167)
A 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside
% Dual-zone automatic climatecontr oleq uip-
ment isavailabl efo rall vehicles excep t
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicles. 164164
Clim
atecont rol

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the r he
rear oper ear
oper ating unit ating
unit Ex
am ple: USA
1 Setsthete mp eratur e,leT
2 Setstheair distr ibution, leT
3 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page166)
4 Setstheair0o w
5 Switc hesclimat econtr olon/ o.
(/ page165)
Switc hesresidual heaton/o. (/page167)
6 Setstheair distr ibution, right
7 Setsthete mp eratur e,right The
settings forth esecond andthird ro w of seats
(eq uipme nt-dep ende nt)can bemade viathere ar
oper atinguni t,themultimedia system
(/ page166) ortheMBUX rear table tdepending
on theve hicle' seq uipme nt. OperOper
atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syst ol
system em
Swi
tc Swi
tching climat hing
climat econt r e
cont rol ol
on/o. on/o.
#
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: setth eair0o wto leve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
setth eair0o wto leve l0 using
th eH button.
If climat econtr olisswitc hedo.,thewindo ws
ma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchclim ateco ntrol
o. onlybr ie0 y. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the clim at he
clim ateco ntr e
co ntrol int ol
inthe r he
rea r ea
r
pa sseng pa
sseng ercom er
compa r pa
rtme nt tme
nton/o. on/o.
#
Press button 5.
% Whe ncli mat econ trol inthesecond seatrow
is switc hedo.,theindicat orlam pis activ ated
and OFF OFF
issho wnonthere ar displ ay. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the A/C function he
A/C functionon /o. on/o.
using t usi
ng the air he
air
con dition ing con tr con
dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Th
eA/ Cfunc tionhe ats, co olsand dehumidi/e s
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc ho. theA/C function onlybr ie0y ;ot her -
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Condensation maydr ip from theunder sideofthe
ve hicle when coolingmode isactiv e.This isno t
ind icati veofamalfunct ion. Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu he
air condition ingmenu Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu usingt he
air condition ingmenu usingthe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
#
Select oneofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. Climat
econtr ol
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AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe A/Cfun ction viat he
A/Cfun ction viathe he
mult imedia syst mult
imedia system em
Mul
timed iasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
First Rowof Sea ts
The A/Cfun ction heats, coolsanddehumid i/es
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Select A/C. SeSe
tting climat tti
ng climat econt r e
cont rol t ol
to aut o
aut omati cmode omati
cmode In
aut omati cmode, these tte mp eratur eis con-
tr olled andmaint ained ataconst antleve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the0058 button. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to manual mode: o
manual mode:press the 0058
butt on.
In aut omatic mode,youcan choose between /ve
di.er entairquant ities usin gth eH button.
Au tomatic mode isretained. AA
ut ut
omaticall omaticall
ycontr y
contr olling t olling
the climat he
climat econtr e
contr olin ol
in
t t
he r he
rear pass eng ear
pass engercom er
com par par
tment tment
In
aut omatic mode,these tte mp eratur eis regula -
te dby thete mp eratur eof thedispensed airand
th eair0o w. #
Press the0058 button(/ page165). SeSe
tting t tting
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibution ibution
Multimedia
system:
4 Climate Menu #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page165). #
Select aro w of seats. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibut ion: ibut
ion:select 0061,009C
or 009B. #
Setth eair0o w.
% Severalair distr ibution options canbeselec-
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 clima tecont rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth e/r st seat row. SeSe
tting clim at tti
ng clim ateco ntr e
co ntrol f ol
for t or
the r he
rea rpa sseng ea
rpa sseng er er
co m co
mpa r pa
rtme nt(multimed iasyst tme
nt(multimed iasystem ) em
) Mul
timediasystem :
4 Clima teMen u5
Second Row ofSeats
Se Se
tting t tti
ng the t he
tem em
per pe
rat ure at
ure #
Sele ctSe cond Row ofSeats orThir dRow of
Se ats .
% Maybac hve hicles areonl yeq uipp edwithone
and tworo ws ofseats. #
Setth ete mp eratur e.
Se Se
tting t tting
the he
air0o w air0o
w #
Select Second RowofSeats orThird Rowof
Seats.
% Maybac hve hicles areonl yeq uipp edwithone
and tworo ws ofseats. #
Setth eair0o w.
Contr Contr
olling t olling
the r he
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr olaut ol
aut omaticall y omaticall
y #
Select REARAUTO.
Re ar climat econt rolis contr olled automati-
call y. 166166
Climat
econtr ol

DeactivDeactiv
atingr ating
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
#
Select REAROFF.
Re ar climat econt rolis deactiv ated. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
onization function onization
functionon/o. on/
o.via via
t t
he air conditioning contr he
air conditioning controlpanel ol
panel Climat
econtr olcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting forth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat econtr ol
zones. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat ezon esare
ch ang ed. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
oni zation funct ion oni
zation funct ion on/o. on/o.
via via
t t
he mult imedi asy st he
mult imedi asy stem em
Mul
time diasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
Firs tRo wof Sea ts
Clim atecont rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The driver's settings for te
mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ionare
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat ezones. #
Select SYNCandswitc hon oro.. RR
emo emo
ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
wind ows WW
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the inside he
inside #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
W W
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the outside he
outside #
Switc hon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. SwitcSwitc
hingair hing
air-r -r
ecir ecir
culation mode culation
modeon/o. on/
o. #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir culat ed.
Air -recir culati onmode automatical lyswitc hesto
fr es hairmo deaTer awh ile. %
Ifair-re cir culati onmode isswitc hedon,the
wind owsma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir culati onmode onlybr ie0y . Swit
c Swit
ching t hing
the r he
residual heatonor esidual
heatonoro. o.
RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidual heat
fr om theengine tocont inueheatin gor ventila ting
th efront com partment oftheve hicle forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es,depending onthete mp era-
tur ese t. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press 0056 button.
Re sidual heatwillbeswitc hedo.automati cally. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
res idua lhe at int es
idua lhe at inthe r he
rea rpa sseng ea
rpa sseng er er
co m co
mpa r pa
rtme nt tme
nton/o. on/o.
RR
eq equir ui
rem ents: em
ents:
R Theve hicle ispar ked.
When there sidual heatoftheengine isactiv ated
in there ar com partmen t,yo ucan heat orventila te Climat
econtr ol
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th
ere ar passen gercom partment forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es. #
Press button5 (/ page165). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingionization ating
ionization Multimedia
system:
4 Climate Menu 5
Air Quali ty
Ionization improve sth equa lityoftheve hicle' s
int erior air.Ioni zation oftheint erior airisodor -
less. #
Select IONIZATION andactiv ateor deactiv ate
th efunction . FF
r r
ag r ag
rance syst ance
system em
SeSe
tting t tting
the fr he
frag r ag
rance syst ance
system em
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Automatic climatecontr olisactiv ated.
R The gloveboxis closed. Multimedi
asy stem:
4 Climate Menu 5
Air Qual ity
The frag rance system distr ibutesaplea sant fra-
gr ance thro ughout theve hicle interior from a0a-
con locat edintheglo vebox. #
Select AIRFRESHENER. #
Keep pressing untilthedesir edintensity is
re ac hed.
Inser Inser
tingor r tin
gor remo emo
vingt vin
gthe he
0acon 0acon
oft of
the fr he
frag r ag
rance ance
sy st sy
stem em
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom liquid per-
fu me
If ch ildr enopen the0aco n,they could drink
th eliq uid perfume oritcould come intocon-
ta ct wit hth eir eyes. #
Donotlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
Con sult adoct orimmed iatelyif liquid
per fume has been drunk . #
Ifliquid perfume comes intocont actwith
yo ur eyes orskin, rinse your eyes with
clean water. #
Ifsym ptoms contin ue,consult adoct or. +
ENVIR ENVIR
ONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environment al
damag edue toimproper disposa lof full
0ac ons Fu
ll0ac ons must notbe disposed of
wit hhouseh oldwaste. #
Fu
ll0ac ons must betake nto a
har mfu lsubs tance collection point. 168168
Clim
atecont rol