seat adjustment MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class 2017 W463 Owner's Manual

GWARNING
You coul dlose control of you rvehicleify ou do
the following while driving:
Radjust the driver's seat, headr estraint,
steering wheelorm irrors
Rfasten the seat belt
There is arisk of an accident.
Adjust the driver's seat, headr estraint, steer-
ing wheela nd mirror and fasten you rseat belt
before starting the engine.
GWARNING
If the headr estraints are not installed or not
adjusted correctly, they cannot providep ro-
tection as intended. There is an increased risk
of injury in the heada nd neck area,e.g. in the
event of an accident or when braking.
Always drive with the headr estraints instal-
led.B efore driving off, make sure for every
vehicleo ccupant that the center of the head
restraint supports the back of the heada t
about eye level.
Make sure that you do not rotate the head
restraints of the front and rear seats when
adjusting the headr estraints. Otherwise, you
cannot adjust the height and angle of the head
restraints correctly.
Adjust the headr estraint so that it is as close as
possible to you rhead.
GWARNING
If you adjust the seat height carelessly, you or
other vehicleo ccupants couldbetrappe dand
thereby injured .Childreninp articular could
accidentally press the electricals eat adjust-
ment buttons and become trapped. There is a
risk of injury.
Whilem oving the seats, make sure that your
hands or other body parts do not get under the
levera ssembly of the seat adjustment sys-
tem.
GWARNING
When you adjust aseat, you or other vehicle
occupants coul dbecome trapped, e.g. on the
seat guide rail .There is arisk of injury.
Make sure when adjusting aseat that no one
has any body parts in the sweepoft he seat.
!To avoiddamage to the seats and the seat
heating, observe the following information:
Rkeep liquid sfrom spilling on the seats. If
liquid is spilled on the seats, dry them as
soon as possible.
Rif the seat covers are damp or wet, do not
switch on the seat heating. The seat heat-
ing should als onot be used to dry the seats.
Rcleant he seat covers as recommended;
see "Interio rcare".
Rdo not transport heav yloads on the seats.
Do not place sharp objects on the seat
cushions, e.g. knives, nail sortools. The
seats should only be occupied by passen-
gers, if possible.
Rwhen the seat heating is in operation, do
not cover the seats with insulating materi-
als ,e.g. blankets, coats, bags, seat covers,
child seats or booster seats.
!Make sure that there are no objects in the
footwellu nder or behind the seats when mov-
ing the seats back. There is arisk that the
seats and/or the objects coul dbedamaged.
!When the rear bench seat is foldedf or-
wards, the front seats cannot be moved to
their rearmost position. You coul dotherwise
damage the seats and the rear bench seat.
!Make sure that the sun visor is foldedu p
before adjusting the backrest and head
restraint height. The head restraint and sun
visor coul dotherwise collide when the head
restraint is full yextended.
iIf the front door is open, the seats can be
adjusted for up to 30 minutes after the igni-
tion has been switched off.
iThe rear-compartment head restraints can
be removed (Ypage7 7).
For more information, contact aqualified spe-
cialist workshop.
iYou can find further information about
enlarging the cargo compartment (folding the
rear bench seat forwards) on (
Ypage2 08).
Seats75
Seats, steering wheel and mirrors
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Adjusting thesteering wheel
:Adjusts th esteering whee lposition (fore-
and-af tadjustment)
;Adjusts th esteering whee lheight
iIf th edriver's door is open ,the steering
whee lcan be adjusted for up to 30 minute s
after th eignition has been switched off .
iFurther relatedsubjects :
REASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature (Ypage 80)
RStoring settings(Ypage 83)
Steering wheel heating
Switchin gon/off
:To switch on th esteering whee lheating
;To switch off th esteering whee lheating
=Indicato rlamp
The steering whee lheating warm sthe leather
areas on th esteering wheel.
XTo switch on: makesuret ha tthe SmartKey is
in position 1or 2in th eignition lock.
XTurn th elever in th edirection of arrow :.
Indicato rlamp =lights up.
XTo switch off :mak esuret hatthe SmartKey
is in position 1or 2in th eignition lock.
XTurn th elever in th edirection of arrow ;.
Indicato rlamp =goes out .
iThe steering whee lheating does no tswitch
off automatically.
iThe steering whee lheating may switch off
temporarily if:
Rth et em perature in th evehicl einterior is
abov e86‡ (30 †)
Rthet em perature of th esteering whee lis
abov e95‡ (35 †)
Indicato rlamp =remain son.
iThe steering whee lheating is deactivated if
you remove th eSmartKey from th eignition
lock.
Problemsw ith thesteering wheel heat-
ing
If steering whee lheating indicator lamp =is
flashing, th esteering whee lheating has
switched off automatically. The vehicle's elec -
trical system voltag eistoolow because to o
man yelectrical consumer sare switched on .
XSwitchoff electrical consumer sthaty ou do
no tn eed, suc hastherear window defroste r
or interior lighting .
Once th ebattery is sufficientl ycharged, th e
steering whee lheating will switch bac kon
automatically.
Steering wheel EASY-ENTRY/EX ITfea-
tu re
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
When th eEASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature adjust s
th es teering whee land th edriver's seat ,you
and other vehicl eoccupant s–particularly
children –could become trapped .There is a
ris kofi njury.
Whil ethe EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature is mak -
ing adjustments ,makes uret hatnoo nehas
any body part sintheswee poft heseat and
th es teering wheel.
80Steering wheel
Seats ,steering wheel and mirrors

If somebodybecomes trapped:
Rpress one of the memory function position
buttons, or
Rpress one of the memory function memory
buttons, or
Rmove the switch for steering wheel adjust-
ment in the opposite direction to that in
which the steering wheel is moving
The adjustment process is stopped.
GWARNING
If you drive off whilet he EASY-ENTRY/EXIT
feature is making adjustments, you could lose
control of the vehicle.T here isarisk of an
accident.
Alway swaitu ntil the adjustment process is
complete before driving off.
!Do not activate the EASY-ENTRY/EXIT fea-
ture, if the seat backrest is reclined too far
backwards. This can damage the front or rear
seats. You must first move the backrest to a
vertical position.
The EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature makes getting in
and out of you rvehicle easier.
You can activate and deactivate the EASY-
ENTRY/EXIT feature in the on-board computer
(
Ypage 166).
Position of the steering whee lwhen the
EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature is active
The steering wheel moves upwards and towards
the dashboard if:
Ryou remove the SmartKey from the ignition
lock or
Ryou open the driver's door and the SmartKey
is in position 0or 1in the ignition lock
iThe steering wheel only moves upwards and
towards the dashboard if it has not already
reached the uppers teering limiter.
Position of the steering whee lfor driv-
ing
The steering wheel is moved to the last selected positionw hen:
Rthe driver's door is closed
Ryou insert the SmartKey into the ignition lock
The last positionoft he steering column is stored
when you switch off the ignition or when you
store the setting with the memory function
(
Ypage 83).
Mirrors
Rear-view mirror
XAdjust the rear-view mirror in such away that
you have agood view of road and traffic con-
ditions behind you.
Exteriorm irrors
Adjusting the exterio rmirrors
GWARNING
The exterior mirror on the front-passenger
side reduces the size of the image.V isible
objects are actually closer than they appear.
This means that you could misjudge the dis-
tance from road users traveling behind, e.g.
when changing lane. There is arisk of an acci-
dent.
For this reason, always make sure of the
actual distance from the road users traveling
behind by glancing over you rshoulder.
Mirrors81
Seats, steeringw heel and mirrors
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Automa tica nti-glar emirror s
The rear-view mirror and th eexter iorm irror on
th ed river's side automatically go int oanti-glare
mod eif:
Rthei gnition is switched on and
Rinciden tligh tfro mh eadlamp sstrikes th esen-
sor in th erear-view mirror
iThe mirror sdonotgo int oanti-glare mod eif
revers egear is engage doriftheinterior light-
ing is switched on .
Parking position for th eexteri or mir-
ror on thef ront-passenger side
Setting/stori ng theparki ng position
Usin grevers egear
:Left-han dexter iorm irror
;Right-hand exterio rmirror
=Adjustmen tbutto n
?Memory butto n
You can position th efront-pa ssenger side exte -
rio rm irror in suc haway that you can see th e
rear whee lonthats ide as soo nasyou engage
revers egear .You can store this position .
XMakesuret hatthe vehicl eisstationary and
that th eSmartKey is in position 2in th eigni-
tion loc k(
Ypage 104).
XPress butto n; for th eexter iorm irror on th e
front-passenger side .
XEngage reversegear .
The exterio rmirror on th efront-pa ssenger
side moves to th epreset parking position .
XUse adjustmentbutto n= to adjust th eexte-
rio rm irror to aposition that allows you to see
th er ear whee land th ecurb.
The parking position is stored.
iIf you shif tthe transmission to another posi-
tion ,the exterio rmirror on th efront -
passenger side return stothedrivin gposition .
Usingthe memory button
You can position th efront-pa ssenger side exte -
rio rm irror in suc haway that you can see th e
rear whee lonthats ide as soo nasyou engage
revers egear .This setting can be store dusing
memory butto nM ?.
XMak esuret hatthe SmartKey is in position 2
in thei gnition loc k(Ypage 104).
XWiththe exterio rmirror on th efront -
passenger side activated, use adjustmen t
butto n= to adjust th eexter iorm irror .Int he
exterio rmirror ,the rear whee land th ecurb
should be visible.
XPress memory butto nM ? and on eofthe
arrows on adjustmen tbutto n= within three
seconds.
The parking position is store diftheexterio r
mirror does no tmove.
XIf th emirror moves out of position ,repeat th e
steps.
Calling up astoredp arki ng position set-
ting
XTurn th eSma rtKey to position 2in th eignition
loc k(Ypage 104).
XAdjus tthe exterio rmirror on th efront -
passenger side usin gbutto n;.
XEngage revers egear .
The exterio rmirror on th efront-pa ssenger
side moves to th estoredp arking position .
The exterio rmirror on th efront-pa ssenger side
moves bac ktoitsoriginal position :
Ras soonasyou exceed aspee dof9 mph
(15 km/h)
Rif you press butto n: for th eexter iorm irror
on th edriver's side
Mem oryfunctions
Stori ng settings
GWARNIN G
If you use th ememory function on th edriver's
side while driving, you could lose control of
Memoryf unctions83
Seats ,steering wheel and mirrors
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the vehicleasaresultoft he adjustments
being made .There is ariskofana ccident.
Onlyu sethe memory functio nonthe driver's
side when the vehicl eisstationary.
GWARNING
When the memory functio nadjusts the seat or
steering wheel, yo uand othe rvehicl eoccu-
pants –particularly children –could become
trapped .There is ariskofi njury.
Whil ethe memory functio nism aking adjust-
ments ,makes uret hatnoo ne hasa ny body
parts in the swee pofthe seat or steering
wheel. If somebod ybecome strapped ,imm e-
diately release the memory functio nposit ion
button. The adjustment proces sisstopped.
GWARNING
Childre ncould become trapped if theya cti-
vate the memory function, particularly when
unattended .There is ariskofi njury.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
SmartKeyw ithy ou and lock the vehicle. Never
leav echildren unsupervised in the vehicle.
With the memory function, yo ucan stor eupto
threed ifferent settings, e.g .for threed ifferent
people.
The following setting sarestored as asingle
memory preset:
Rpositio nofthe seat, backrest and head
restraint
Rdriver's side :steering whee lposit ion
Rdriver's side :posit ionoft he exterio rmirrors
on the driver's and front-passenge rsides
XMake sure thatt he SmartKeyisinp osition 2
(Ypage 104 )orthatthe respectiv edooris
open.
XAdjust the seat (Ypage 76 )and hea drestraint
(Ypage 76).
XOn the driver'ss ide,adjus tthe steering wheel
(Ypage 80 )and the exterio rmirrors
(Ypage 81).
XPress memory button M.
XPress one of memory buttons 1,2 or 3within
threes econds.
The settings are stored in the selecte dstor-
ag ep osition.
Calling up astored setting
!
If yo uwanttom ove the sea tfrom the fully
recline dposition toas tored sea tposition,
first raise the backres tusing the sea tswitch.
The sea tcould otherwise be damaged.
XPress and hol dthe relevant memory button 1,
2 or 3,u nti lthe seat, hea drestraints, steering
whee land mirrors are in the stored position.
iThe setting procedur eisinterruptedass oon
as yo urelease the memory button.
84Memory functions
Seats, steering wheel andmirrors