MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2019, Model line: G-CLASS, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019Pages: 514, PDF Size: 45.22 MB
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Ext
erior light ing Inf
orma tion abou tlight ingsystems andyour
re sponsibility The
various lighting systems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsible
fo rcor rect vehicle illumination inaccor dance
wit hth epr eva iling light andvisibilit ycon dition s,
leg alrequ iremen tsand traf fic situ ation. Li
ght switch Ope
ratin gthe light switch 0047
0063 Leftst andi nglight
0048 0064 Rightstandi nglight
0049 0060 Parking light sand licen seplat elam p
004A 0058 Automatic driving lights(pr efer redlight
switc hposition ) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar foglights onoroff
When low beam isactiv ated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights isdeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low beam indicat orlam p. #
Alw ayspar kyo ur vehicle safely and inawe ll-
lit area, inacc ordanc ewit hth ere leva nt lega l
st ipulation s.
* NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging byoper ating
th est andi nglight s Oper
atingth est andi nglight sove ra per iod of
hour sputs ast ra in on thebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon the
ri ght 0064 orleft0063 parking light. In
thecase ofsevere batt erydisc harging, the
st andi nglight sor par kinglight sar eaut omat i‐
call yswit ched offto facil itat eth ene xt engine
st ar t.
The exterior lighting (exc ep tst andi ngand park‐
ing light s)swit ches offaut omatic allywhen the
dr iver's door isopened. Light
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R
Obser vetheno teson sur round lighting
(/ page11 3).
Au tomatic drivin glights function
The parking light s,low beam anddaytime run‐
ning lamp sar eswitc hedonaut omatically
depending ontheignition status andtheambi‐
ent light. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenth elow
beam isswitc hedoffin poor visibility
When thelight switc his setto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonaut omaticall y
if th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor
visibili tysuc has spr ay. #
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automatic driving lights areonl yan aid. You
ar ere sponsible forve hicle lighting.
Switc hingthere ar foglights onoroff
Re quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi‐
tion . #
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-spe cificlaws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps. Oper
ating thecombin ation switc hfo rthe
li ghts 1
Highbe am
2 Turn signal indicat or,ri ght
3 High-beam flasher
4 Turn signal indicat or,lef t #
Use thecombin ationswitchto act ivat eth e
desir edfunc tion. 11
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High
beam #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 or0058 position. #
Press thecombin ationswitchbe yond the
point ofresis tance inthedir ect ion ofarrow
1 .
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w bea mwil lbe dea ctiva‐
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam. #
Toswitc hof f:mo vethecombin ationswitch
bac kto its star tin gposit ion.
High -beamflash er #
Pull thecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion
of arrow 3.
Tu rn signal lights #
Toindicat ebr iefl y:press thecombin ation
switc hbr ief lyto thepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ect ion ofarrow 2or4.
The corresponding turnsignal indicat orwill
fl ash thre etimes. #
Toindicat eper manentl y:press thecombi‐
nation switchbe yond thepoint ofresis tance
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 2or4. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hazar dwa rning
light s #
Press butt on1. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfunc tion &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts
R Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e.
In these orsimilar situation s,theaut omatic
high beam isno tdeactiv ated orisactiv ated
despit eth epr esenc eof other road user s. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic car efull yand
switc hof fth ehigh beam ingood time. Light
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Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed:
R Inpoo rvis ibility ,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ther eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed.
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to
th epr eva iling light,visibilit yand traffic condi ‐
tions . Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis tswit ches aut omati‐
cally between:
R Low-beam headlam ps
R High- beam headlam ps
At speeds above19 mp h(3 0km/h):
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willbeswitc hedonaut omaticall y. The
high beam switchesoffaut omaticall y:
R Atspeeds below16 mp h(25 km/h).
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected.
R Ifstre et light ingissuf ficie nt.
At speeds aboveappr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h):
R The headlam pra ng eof thelow beam isregu‐
lat ed aut omatically basedonthedis tance to
ot her road user s.
The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheov erhead control panel.
Switc hingAdaptiv eHighb eamAssiston/ off #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 position . #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h.
When thehigh beam isswitc hedonaut omat‐
icall yin thedar k,the 00CE indicat orlam pon
th emultifunc tiondispla ycomes on. #
Toswitc hof f:switc hof fth ehigh beam
using thecombin ationswitch. 11
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Switc
hingtheda ytime running lampson/of f Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Daytime Run.Lights #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Se
tting theex terior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Ext.Light SwitchOff #
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime. Se
tting thesur round lighting Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Locat orLightin g #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
If th esur round lightingisswit ched on, theex te‐
ri or lighting remains litfor40 seconds afte rth e ve
hicle isunloc ked. When youstar tth eve hicle,
th esur round lightingisdeac tivated and the
aut omat icdrivin glight sar eact ivat ed. Int
erior light ing Ad
jus tingthe inte rior light ing Fr
ont overhead contr olpa nel 1
003D Front leftre adin glam p
2 S Automatic interior ligh ting contr ol
3 004A Front interior lighting
4 0042 Rear interior light ing
5 003D Front right readin glam p #
Toswitc hon oroff:pr ess butt on1 –5
accor dingly.
Contr olpanel inthegr ab handle 1
003D Rear readin glam p #
Toswitc hon oroff:pr ess butt on1. Light
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Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Ambien tLight
Se tting thecolor #
Sele ctColor. #
Seta colo r.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss #
Select Bright nes s. #
Seta br ightne ssvalue.
Ac tiv atin gthe brightne ssforzon es #
Select Brightne ssZones . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The Display ,Fron tand Rear zonescan beset
separ ately .
Ac tiv atin gmulti -colorlighti ng #
Select Multi-col or. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ther ear ete npr ese tcol orcomb inations
av ailable. Ac
tiv atin gmulti -colorani matio n #
Select Multi-col orAnim. . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The chosen color combinat ionchang esat
pr edef inedint erva ls.
Ac tiv atin gdepe ndencyon air condi tioning
se ttin gs #
Select Clima te. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
If ch ang esaremade tothete mp eratur ese t‐
ting intheve hicle, thecolor oftheambient
lighting chang esbrief ly.
Ac tiv atin gwe lcome lighting #
Selec tWelcom e. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
When theve hicle isunloc ked, aspecial inte‐
ri or lighting sequence runs. Se
ttin gthe inte rior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Mult
imedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Int.Light SwitchOff #
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime. 11
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Wi
ndshield wiperandwindshield washer
sy stem Switc
hingthewindsh ieldwiper son/of f 0047
005AWindsh ield wipe rs off
0048 0062 Intermitt entwiping, normal
0049 0063 Intermitt entwiping, freq uent 004A
00AA Continuous wiping,slow
004B 00A9 Continuous wiping,fast #
Turn thecombin ationswitchto thecor re‐
sponding position0047-004B. #
Sing lewipe/w ashing: pushthebutt onon
th ecombin ationswitchin thedir ect ion of
ar row 1.
R 00D3 Singlewipe
R 00D4 Wipes withwa sher fluid Swit
ching there ar windo wwi per on/off 0047
008E Wipes withwa sher fluid
0048 00AA Switches on intermitt entwiping
0049 005ASwitc hesoffint ermitt entwiping
004A 008E Wipes withwa sher fluid Ligh
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#
Turn 00C5 switch1 tothecor rect pos ition
0047 -004A.
The 00C5 symbo lap pea rson theins trument
clus terwhen there ar wind owwiper is
swit ched on. Changing
thewindsh ieldwiper blades &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped if
th ewindshield wipersar eswitc hedon
while wiper blades arebeing replaced
If th ewindshield wipersbegin tomo vewhile
yo uar ech ang ingthewiper blades, youcan
be trapped bythewiper arm. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and theignition beforech ang ingthe
wiper blades. Re
mo ving the wiper blade s #
Foldthewiper arms away from thewind‐
shield. #
Hold thewiper arm wit hone hand. With the
ot her hand, turnth ewiper bladeinthedir ec‐
tion ofarrow 1away from thewiper arm as
fa ras itwil lgo. #
Slide catch2 inthedir ect ion ofarro w 3
unt ilit eng ages inthere mo valposit ion. #
Remo vethewiper bladefrom thewiper arm
in thedir ect ion ofarrow 4. Ins
tallin gth ewiper blades #
Inser tth ene wwiper bladeintoth ewiper
ar m inthedir ect ion ofarrow 1. #
Slide catc h2 inthedir ect ion ofarro w 3
unt ilit eng ages intheloc king position . #
Mak esur eth at thewiper bladesitscorrectly . #
Foldthewiper arms backont oth ewind‐
shield. 11
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Maint
enanc edispla y #
Remo veprotect ive film 1 from themaint e‐
nanc edispla yon thetip ofthene wlyins tal‐
led wiper blades.
If th ecolor ofthemaint enanc edispla ych ang es
fr om blac kto yello w, thewiper blades should be
re placed. %
The duration untilthecolor chang esvaries
depending ontheusag econ ditions . Changing
there ar windo wwi per blade &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped if
th ewindshield wipersar eswitc hedon
while wiper blades arebeing replaced
If th ewindshield wipersbegin tomo vewhile
yo uar ech ang ingthewiper blades, youcan
be trapped bythewiper arm. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and theignition beforech ang ingthe
wiper blades. *
NO
TEDama getothere ar wind ow If
th ewiper arm falls ont oth ere ar wind ow
wit hout thewiper bladeattached, this ma y
damag eth ere ar wind ow. #
Secu rely ho ldthewiper arm while
ch ang ingthewiper bladeorcar efull y
lo we rit ont oth ere ar wind ow. Re
mo ving the wiper blade #
Swi tchof fth eignition (/page12 6). #
Within appr oximat ely15 seconds, turnth e
comb ination switchto position 0047
(/ page11 5).
Th ewip erarm mo vesint oth ech ang eposi‐
tio n. Ligh
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#
Foldwiper arm 4 away from there ar win‐
do wand hold ittig htly. #
Press both release clips2. #
Foldwiper blade1inthedir ect ion ofarrow
3 away from wiperarm 4. #
Remo vewiper blade1inthedir ect ion of
ar row 5.
Ins tallin gth ewiper blade #
Position wiper blade1withre cess 6on
lu g 5. #
Foldwiper blade1inthedir ect ion ofarrow
3 ontoth ewiper arm until retainin gclips
2 eng agein brac ket4. #
Makesur ewiper blade1issitting correctly . #
Foldthewiper arm bac kont oth ere ar win‐
do w. Mir
rors Oper
ating theout side mirrors &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom adju sting
th eve hicle settin gswhile theve hicle isin
mo tion
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ifyo uadj ustth edr iver's seat, thehead
re stra int ,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 #
Beforest ar tin gth eengine: adjustth e
dr iver's seat, thehead restra int ,th e
st eer ing wheel orthemir rorand fasten
yo ur seat belt. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mis‐
judgment ofdis tances when using the
passeng ermir ror
The outside mirroron thefront -passen ger
side reflect sobjec tson asmaller scale.The
objec tsinvie warein fact clos erthan they
appear .
As are sult, youma ymis judgethedis tance
be twee nyo uand thero ad user drivin g
behin dyo u, forex am ple, when chang ing
lane s. #
Ther efor e, alw ayslook over your sho ul‐
der inorder toensur eth at youar e
aw areof theactual distance betwee n
yo uand thero ad user sdr ivin gbehin d
yo u. 11
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