lock MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Guide

Dif
fere ntial locks Fu
nction ofthedif fere ntial lock &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whendiffer‐
ent ialloc kis diseng aged on afirm sur‐
fa ce
If yo uen gage differe ntia llo ck swhen driving
on afirm ,high-t raction surface, thesteer abil‐
ity oftheve hicle isse verely restrict ed. You
cou ldlos econtr olof theve hicle, especially
when engaging onabend. #
Alw aysdiseng ageth edif fere ntia llo ck s
immed iatelyon afirm ,high-t raction sur‐
fa ce. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto deac‐
tiv ated driving safetysy stems
When thedif fere ntia llo ck sar eeng aged,
ABS ,4ET S,ESP ®
and BASar edea ctivated.
Beca useof this, thewheels canlockwhile
br aking andthebr aking distance is
incr eased . #
Alw aysdiseng ageth edif fere ntia llo ck s
immed iatelyon afirm ,high-t raction sur‐
fa ce. Dif
fere ntia llo ck sim prove thetra ction ofthe
ve hicle when driving off-r oad andford ing. The
vehicle hasthre edif fere ntia llo ck s:
R The differe ntia llo ck fortr ansf ercase 1dis‐
abl esthero tatio nal spee dcom pensa tion
be twee nth efront and rear axle s.
R The differe ntia llo ck forre ar axle 2disable s
th ero tatio nal spee dcom pensa tionbe twee n
th ewheels ofthere ar axle .
R The differe ntia llo ck forth efront axle 3dis‐
ables thero tatio nal spee dcom pensa tion
be twee nth ewheels ofthefront axle.
Sy stem limita tions
If th edif fere ntia llo ck sar eeng aged, thefo llo w‐
ing drivin gand drivin gsaf etysy stems aredeacti‐
va ted:
R ABS(/ page15 9)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 167)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page18 4)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/page19 5)
R BAS(/ page16 0)
R Hill StartAs sis t(/ page17 1) Dr
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R
ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page13 3)
R ESP ®
(/ page 160)
R HOLD functio n(/ page 171)
R Limi ter
R Cruise contro l(/ page16 5)
R Blind Spo tAssi st(/ pag e19 3) Eng
agin g/di sengaging thedif fere ntial locks Eng
aging thedif fere ntial locks
Re quiremen ts:
R Youar eno tdr ivin gon apa vedor public road.
R Youar edr ivin gat wa lkin gpace.
R The driven wheels areno tspinn ing.
R The transf ercase isshif tedto theLO W
RAN GEoff-r oad gear (/ page14 4). #
Eng agein theor der 1, 2, 3. Press the
re spectiv ebutt ons todo this. Onl yeng age
dif fere ntia llo ck s2 and 3forth efront and
re ar axle ifre qu ired. If
all con dition sha ve been fulfilled, activation
indicat orlam ps5 light up.Assoon asthedif‐
fe re ntia llo ck sar eactiv e,function indicator
lam ps4 light up.
The Different ialLock Engaged ABSandESP
Unavaila blemessag eand the00BB00E50025
wa rning and indic ator lam pson theins trument
clus terapp ear.
% Ifone ormor ere qu iremen tshave notbe en
ful filled, theDiff erent ialLock Activation Con-
ditions NotFulfilled messageappear s.
If th etransf ercase isno tin LO WRAN GE,
th emessag eDiff erent ialLock sAvailable
Only inLOW RANGE appearswhen you
switc hit on.
The gear chang emus tbe restar ted.
Diseng agingthedif fere ntial locks #
Press thebutt ons intheor der 3, 2, 1.
or #
Tosimult aneously disengageall differe ntia l
lo ck s: press butt on1.
or #
Todiseng ageth edif fere ntia llo ck sfo rth e
re ar and fron taxle s:press butt on2.
The differe ntia llo ck sar eonly diseng aged when
th efunc tion indicat orlam pshave gone outagain
4.
If yo upar kth eve hicle withth edif fere ntia llo ck s
eng aged, they will bedeact ivat ed aut omat ically
when theve hicle isstar tedag ain. Insome cases,
yo uha ve todrive afe w me ters bef oreth edif fer‐
ential locksarepr oper lydise ng aged. Ther efor e,
ch eckif func tion indicat orlam ps4 areof f
when youre star tth eve hicle.
Obser veanyinf ormat ionwhic hma ybe displa yed
in theins trument cluster:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps
R Disp lay mess ages Fu
nction ofthe4MA TIC
4MA TICensures that all four wheel sar edr iven
when needed. Toge ther wit hES P®
and 4ETS,
4MA TICimprove sth etra ction ofyour vehicle
whene vera dr iven whee lspins duetoinsuf fi‐
cie nttracti on. 14
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Driving and parking

#
Press onthebac kar ea offuel filler flap 1. #
Turn thefuel filler cap coun ter-cloc kwiseand
re mo veit. #
Com pletely inse rtthepum pnoz zleintoth e
ta nk filler neck,hook inplace andrefuel . #
Onlyfill th eta nk unti lth epum pnoz zle
switc hesoff. #
Replace thecap onthefiller neckand turn
cloc kwise untilit eng ages audibl y. #
Close thefuel filler flap. Pa
rking Pa
rking theve hicl e &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
cau sed byan insufficie ntlysecu redve hi‐
cle rolling away.
If th eve hicle isno tsecur elyparkedsuf fi‐
cie ntly ,it can rollaw ay inan unc ontrolled
wa yev en ataslight downhill gradient. #
Ensur eth at thepar kedve hicle isalw ays
pr oper lysecur edagains tro lling away as
fo llo ws :
R Onuphil lor downhill gradients, turn
th efront wheels sothat theve hicle
ro lls towa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts
mo ving.
R App lythepar king brak e.
R Switc hth etra nsmiss iontoposition
005D. &
WARNIN GRisk offire cau sed byhot
ex haus tsy stem parts
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eif th ey come intocont act
wi th hotpar tsof theex haus tsy stem or
ex haus tga sflow . #
Park theve hicle sothat no flammab le
mat erial can com eint ocon tact with hot
ve hicle component s. #
Inpar ticular ,do notpar kon drygr ass‐
land orhar vested grain fields. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enand animals leftunat ten‐
de din theve hicle
If yo ulea vechildr enand animals unattende d
in theve hicle, they ma ybe ableto setth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Shif ting theaut omatic transmission out
of par kposition 005D.
R Startin gth eengine.
In addition, they ma yoper ateve hicle equip‐
ment andbecome trapped. #
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. Dr
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*
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetoit
ro lling away #
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away. #
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby appl ying
th ebr ak epedal. #
Onuphill ordownhill gradients, turnth efront
wheels sothat theve hicle rolls towa rdsth e
curb ifit star ts mo ving. #
App lytheelectr icpar king brak e. #
Engage trans missi on positio n005D inast atio n‐
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page13 9). #
Switc hof fth eengine andtheignition by
pr essing button1 or2 . #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly. #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle withth etransf er
case inposition LOWRAN GE,theelectr ic
par king brak e(/ page15 5) isau tomatical ly
applied whenengagin gtransm issionposit ion
005D.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thesliding
sunr oofforapp roxima tely five minut esifth e
dr iver's door isclosed. Gar
agedoor opener Pr
og rammin gbutt onsfo rthe garage doo r
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uries due to
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and canlead topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen opening
or clos ingadoor withth ega rage door
opener
When youoper ateor program thedoor with
th eint egr ated garage door opener ,people in
th era ng eof mo vement ofthedoor may
become trapped orstru ck bythedoor . #
When usingtheint egr ated garage door
opener ,alw aysmak esur eth at nobody 15
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Driving and parking

Count
ryRadio equipme ntappr oval
number
Tu rkey Notre qu ired
Uni ted
Ar ab Emi‐
ra tes ER4
1849/1 5
Deal erNo: DA35176/1 4
Unit ed
St ates FCC
ID:NZLM UAHL5 Fu
rther information onthedeclar ationofcon ‐
fo rm ity forwir eles sve hicle component s
(/ page23). Elec
tric par king brak e Elec
tric par king brak efunction (applying
aut omaticall y) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enand animals leftunat ten‐
de din theve hicle
If yo ulea vechildr enand animals unattende d
in theve hicle, they ma ybe ableto setth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Shif ting theaut omatic transmission out
of par kposition 005D.
R Startin gth eengine.
In addition, they ma yoper ateve hicle equip‐
ment andbecome trapped. #
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. The
electr icpar king brak eis appli edifth etra ns‐
mission isin position 005Dand one ofthefo llo w‐
ing con dition sis fulf illed:
R The engin eis switc hedoff.
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedin the
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat andthe
dr iver's door isopened.
R The transf ercase isin theLOW RANGEpos i‐
tion.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis also applied:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bring ing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R The HOL Dfun ction iske eping theve hicle sta‐
tio nar y.
R ActivePa rking Assistis ke eping theve hicle
st atio nary.
This isthecase ifone ofthefo llo wing condition s
is also fulfilled:
R The engin eis switc hedoff. Dr
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Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/ page18 0)
R ABS (Anti-loc kBra king System)
(/ page15 9)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 167)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page19 5)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page19 0)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSyst em) (/page16 0)
R HillSt artAs sis t(/ page17 1)
R EBD (El ectr onicBrak efor ce Dis tribution)
(/ page16 2)
R ESP ®
(Electr onicStability Program)
(/ page16 0)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st
R HOLD functio n(/ page 171) R
ActivePa rking Assist(/ page18 4)
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ page17 4)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page17 8)
R Cruis econtr ol(/ page 165)
R Blind Spo tAssi st(/ pag e19 3)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e19 1)
R Dam ping adjustment (/page17 2) Fu
nctions ofABS (Anti-loc kBr aking System) AB
Sre gulat esthebr ak epr essur ein critical driv‐
ing situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng. Sy
stem limita tions
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.3 mp h
(5 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nctions ofOff-road ABS Of
f-road ABS isspecially adaptedfo rdr iving off-
ro ad:
R The fron twheels lockcy clic allydur ing brak‐
ing
R The brakin gdis tance issho rtened duetothe
digging- ineffect
Sy stem limita tions
R Off-ro ad ABSfun ction sat spee dsbelo w
37 mph(6 0km/h)
R IfOf f-road ABS interve nes, theability tosteer
ma ybe restrict ed Dr
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Fu
nction ofBA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braki ng situa tionis
incr eased . #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . BA
Ssu ppo rts yo ur eme rgency braking situation
wit hadditional brak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. Fu
nctions ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. Mer
cedes‑AM Gve hicl es:alwaysobser vethe
no tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, youma y
fa ilto recogni zedangers. ESP
®
can moni torand improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthefo llo wing situat ions,wit hin
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on awe tor slip pe ry road‐
wa y.
R When braking.
R Vehicl eswith traile rhitc h:Intrail er oper a‐
tion from spee dsof40 mph(6 5km/h) ,if th e
ve hicle/tr ailercombination beginstosw ay
fr om side toside.
If th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ect ion desir ed
by thedr iver ,ES P®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter.
Obser vethefo llo wing pointswhen ESP®
is deac‐
tiv ated:
R Drivin gst abilit ywill nolongerbe improve d. 16
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Driving and parking

In
theeve ntofincr eased rear axle load, theve hi‐
cle/tra ilercombination mayno texc eed amaxi‐
mum speed of62 mph(1 00 km/h) forre ason s
con cerningth eoper ating permit. This also
applies incount ries inwhic hth eper missible
maximum speedforve hicle/tr ailercombinations
is abo ve62 mph(1 00 km/h). Coupling
up/uncoupling atrailer Re
quirement s:
Tr ailer swit ha7- pin plug canbecon nectedto
th eve hicle withth efo llo wing adapters:
R Adapterplu g
R Adaptercabl e
The trail er wil lbe cor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectly
R The trai le rlighti ngsystem isin wo rking order
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectly connect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist R
ESP®
tra iler stabiliz ation
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss ist
Couplin gup atrailer
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle batterydue
to full disc harge Char
gingth etra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth eve hicle
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lhead for
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Open thesoc ketcap . #
Inse rttheplug withlug 1ingroo ve 3 on
th esoc ket. #
Turn theba yone tcou pling 2clockwise as
fa ras itwil lgo. #
Letth ecap engage. #
Secur eth ecable tothetrailer withcable ties
(onl yif yo uar eusin gan adap tercabl e). #
Mak esur eth at thecable isalw aysslac kfo r
ease ofmo vement during corner ing. Dr
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A
displ aymessa gema yapp ear onthemultifunc ‐
tion displa yeve nif th etra iler has been connec‐
te dcor rectl y:
R LEDs have been installed inthetra iler light‐
ing system
R The current hasfa llen belo wthetrailer light‐
ing system's minimum current (50 mA).
% Access oriescan beconnect edtotheper ma‐
nen tpo we rsupp lyup to180W, and tothe
po we rsupp lythat isswit ched on via theigni‐
tion lock.
Decoup lingatrail er &
WARNIN GRisk ofbei ng crus hed and
beco ming trap ped whenunco upling a
tr ai le r
Whe nunco upling atrai le rwi th an eng aged
ine rtia-act ivat ed brak e, your han dma y
bec ome trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr ai le rdr aw bar . #
Donotuncouple trailer swit han
eng aged ove rrunbr ak e. #
Secu rethetrailer agains tro lling away. #
Disconne cttheelectr icalconnect ion
be tween theve hicle andthetra iler . #
Uncou ple th etra iler . #
Place theco veron theball head. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page362) andthe
ins truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 363). 200
Driving andparking

Switc
hingoffth eRe ar Seat Entertai nment
Sy stem disp lay #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctDis play On. #
Swit chthedispla yon 0073 oroff0053.
Loc king anextern al de vic e #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic econ nectedvia theCO MAND
To uc happ isloc ked0073 orunloc ked0053. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish. Se
tting thesy stem langu age
Multi media system:
4 System 5
Language #
Setth elanguag e.
% Ifyo uar eusin gArabic mapdata,thete xt
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th ena vig ation map.Todo so, select