ESP MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Manual

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : &
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. #
Obser vethewa rning notic es. +
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesinclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. *
NO
TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. %
Useful instructions orfur ther information
th at coul dbe helpf ulto you.
X In
stru ction
(007B page)Fu
rther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
+ Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
* Corresponding submenus, whichar e
to be select edinthemultimedia sys‐
te m
*M arks acaus e Sym
bols 5

1
Steer ing wheel paddle shifters →
140
2 Comb inationswit ch →
110
3 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
138
4 Multimedia system displa y →
228
5 Start/ stop butt on →
127
6 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
43
7 Applies differe ntia llo ck →
145
8 Control elem ents forth emultimedia system →
228
9 Climat econ trol systems →
123
A Glovebox →
93
B Hazar dwa rning lam ps →
111
C Stow agecom partment →
92
D Control kn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off →
227
E Swit ches themultimedia system on/ off →
227
F ActivePa rking Assist →
185
G LOWRANGE off-r oad gear →
143 H
Activates /de activatesESP ®
I Manual gearshif ting →
140
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
136
K Control pan elforth emultimedia system →
228
L Contr olpanel forth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel) →
202
M Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
87
N Control pan elforth eon- boar dcom puter →
202
Oper ates cruise control →
166
Oper ates ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
169
O Diagno stics con nection →
23
P Open sth ehood →
337
Q Elect ric pa rking brak e →
155
R Light switch →
109
S Control pan elfor:
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assist →
197
PA RK TRONI C →
176 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

1
Spee dometer →
201
2 00E5 ESP®
→
460
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
110
4 00CC Powe r-assis tedsteer ing malfunct ion →
471
5 Multifunction display →
205
6 0025 ABSmalfunction →
460
7 00B9 CheckEngin e →
467
8 Tach ome ter →
201
9 0028 Thisindicatorlamp has nofunct ion
A Electr icpar king brak eappli ed(red) →
460
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
B Brak es (red) →
460
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
C 003D Electricalmalfunction →
467 D
L Distance warning →
466
E 00AC Coolant tooho t/c old →
467
F Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
201
G 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
460
H 0075 Restra int system →
32
I 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
465
J 00CA Trailer hitch notop erati ona l →
471
K 0060 Parking light s →
109
L Fuelleve ldispla y
00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
467
M 0057 Highbeam →
110
N 0058 Lowbeam →
109
O 005E Rear foglight →
110
P 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
469
Q 00BB ESP®
OFF →
460 At
aglanc e– Wa rning and indic ator lam ps 9

1
Spee dometer →
201
2 003E003D Turn signal light →
110
3 Multifunction display →
205
4 Tach ome ter →
201
5 00BB ESP®
OFF →
460
00E5 ESP®
→
460
6 0057 Highbeam →
110
0058 Lowbeam →
109
0060 Parking light s →
109
7 00AC Coolan tto oho t/c old →
467
8 Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
201
9 L Distance warning →
466
A 00CC Powe r-assis tedsteer ing malfunct ion →
471
B 003D Electrica lma lfunctio n →
467
C Brak es (red ) →
460
0027 USAonly 004D
Canad aonly
D 00E9 Seatbe ltno tfa stened →
465
E Fuelleve ldispla y
F 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
467
G 005E Rear foglight →
110
H 0075 Restra int system →
32
I 0028 Thisindicat orlam phas nofunc tion
J 00B9 CheckEn gine →
467
K Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red) →
460
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
469
M 0025 ABSmalfunct ion →
460
N 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
460
O 00CA Trailer hitch notop erati ona l →
471 At
aglanc e– Wa rning and indic ator lam ps 11

wa
ycan unexpec tedlyfa ilor ,in thecase of
an acciden t,ma yno tabsorb theloads that
ar ise asintend ed.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,flam‐
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass or
twigs cancollect between theunderbody and
th eunderbody paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwith hot
par tson theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr iving safetyis im pair edwhile con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th eve hicle immediat elyin accor dance
wit hth etraf fic condi tions,and cont act
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis subje
ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"The wireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plywit hIndus try Canada license-e xemp t
RSS standar d(s).Operationis subj ecttothefo l‐
lo wing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma y
no tcause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (Mod el:D-WMI20 15A): this de vice complies
wit hPa rt18 oftheFCC Rules."
The name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
Continent alAu tomo tiveSy stems USInc.
24 00 Executiv eHill sDr ive
Au bur nHills, MI483 26-298 0 Uni
tedSt ates ofAm erica Diagn
ostics connect ion
The diagn ostic scon nectionis on lyinte nde dfo r
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect equipme nttoadiagn ostic s
con nectionin theve hicle, itma yaf fect the
oper ation ofvehicle systems.
As are sult, theoper ating safetyof theve hi‐
cle could beaffect ed. #
Onlyconnect equipmenttoadiagn os‐
tic scon nectionin theve hicle whichis
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-
Benz . Gener
alno tes 23

Fa
ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk.
Dep endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint oth eve hicle's comfortand info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes ,fo rex am ple:
R mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R addr essbook datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R entered navig ation destinat ions
R dataabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocally intheve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.smar tphone, USBflash drive
or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed intheve hi‐
cle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This datais
sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par tic‐
ular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed. Yo
ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime.
Depending ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R customizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated inthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
ta in inf ormatio nis simult aneousl ytransf erredto
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R gener alvehicle data
R position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐ bac
k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of
fur ther dat apr ocessin goccur sis de term ined by
th epr ov ider ofthespecif icapp used. Whichse t‐
ting syo ucan make,ifan y,depends onthespe‐
cif icapp andtheoper ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exc hang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionisenabled viatheve hi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitor via con‐
nect edmob ile end device s(e.g .sma rtphones).
Onlin efunc tionscan beused viathewir eless
ne tworkcon nect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bytheman‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eser vice sof themanuf acturer,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe Gene
ralno tes 27

manuf
acturerinasui table place (e.g.Operator's
Manual, websit eof themanuf acturer)along with
th ere leva nt data protect ion information .Pe r‐
sonal datama ybe used forth epr ov ision of
onlin eser vice s.Dat ais exch ang edvia asec ure
con nection,e.g .th emanuf acturer'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal datais collect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathepr ov ision ofser vice s
exc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper missions or
wit hpr ior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afe e) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies totheent ire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexcludes, inpar‐
tic ular ,leg allypr escr ibed functionsand service s.
Th ird pa rty ser vice s
If it is possibl eto use onlineser vices from other
pr ov ider s,these services aresubject tothedat a
pr otect ion and term sof use ofthere sponsible
pr ov ider .The manuf acturer has noinfluenc eon
th econ tent exc hang ed.
Please inquire,ther efor e, about thetype, scope
and purpose ofthecollect ionand useofper‐ sonal
dataas par tof third par tyser vice sfrom
th eir respectiv epr ov ider . Mult
imed iasystem/M ercedes meconnect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth emultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect ,additional data
about theve hicle's operation, theuse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situat ions,and thelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piled bythemultimedia
sy stem orMer cedes meconnect .
Fo radd itional information pleasereferto the
ch ap ter"Mu ltimed iasystem" and/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to ve
hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly 30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrav eling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by
yo ur vehicle onlyif anon- trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat ais recor ded bytheED Runder
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag eand acciden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Ho wever,ot her parties, suchas law
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdatawit hth e
typ eof personall yidentifying dataro utin ely
acq uired dur ing acrash inve stigation . 28
General notes

Ac
cess totheve hicle and/or theED Ris needed
to read dat ath at isrecor ded bytheED R,and
special equipment isrequ ired. Inaddition tothe
ve hicle manuf acturer,ot her parties that have the
special equipment, suchas law enf orcement ,
can read theinf ormation byacc essi ngtheve hi‐
cle ortheED R.
ED Rdat ama ybe used incivil andcriminal mat‐
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructi on,acci ‐
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since theCr ash
Dat aRe trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract
da ta from theED Ris comm erciall yav ailable,
Mer cedes-Ben zUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormatio nby unaut horized
Mer cedes-Ben zper son nel.
MB USAwill notshar eED Rdat awit hot her swit h‐
out thecon sent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased, without thecon sent oftheles‐
see. Excep tion sto this repr esent ation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylaw enf orcem ent;by
fe der al,stat eor loc algo vernment ;in connection
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lvin g MBUS A
or its subsidia ries and affiliat es; or,as requ ired
by law. Wa
rning: theED Ris acom ponen tof the
Re stra int System Module. Tamp ering with,alt er‐
ing, modifying orremo ving theED Rcom ponen t
ma yre sult inamalfunction oftheRe stra int Sys‐
te m Modu leand other systems.
St atelaws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict withfe der alregulation arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheev ent ofsuc hcon flict ,th e
fe der alregulation governs. As ofDecember
20 16 ,17 stat es have enact edlaws relatin gto
EDRs . Co
pyright Fr
ee and open sourcesof tware In
fo rm atio non free and open sourcesof tware
lice nses foryo ur vehicle's softwarecan befound
on thedat ast or ag emedium inyour vehicle
document walletand ontheInt erne tto ge ther
wit hupdat es:
htt p:// www .mercedes- benz.com /opens ource Re
gis tere dtrademar ks R
Bluetoo th®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSIG Inc.
R DTS™ isare gis tere dtrademar kof DT S,Inc.
R Dolb y®
and MLP ™arere gis tere dtra demar ks
of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
R Bab ySmar t™,ESP®
and PRE-S AFE®
arere g‐
is te re dtra demar ksofDaimler AG.
R HomeL ink®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Johnson Controls.
R iPod ®
and iTune s®
arere gis tere dtra demar ks
of Apple Inc.
R Burmes ter®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Bur mes terAu diosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoft®
and Windo wsMedia ®
arere gis‐
te re dtra demar ksofMicr osoftCor poration.
R SIRIUS ®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Sir ius
XM Radio Inc.
R HD Radio™ isare gis tere dtrademar kof iBiq‐
uity Digit alCor poration. Gener
alno tes 29

&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrectl yfa stened seatbelt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl yand aresitti ngprope rly. Alw
aysobser vetheins truction sabout thecor‐
re ct driver's seatpos ition and adjus ting theseat
(/ page79).
In order forth ecor rectly wornseat belttopro‐
vide theint ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R The seat beltmustno tbe twis tedand must
fi t tig htly and snuglyacr oss thebody . R
The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted und er
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts.
R Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. Neverall ow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitt ing onthelap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwaysobser vethe
ins truct ions forloa ding theve hicle when
secur ingobject s,lugg ageor loads
(/ page90). Also
ensur eth at no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eev er placed between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R front-p asse ng er seat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract or(/ page 52).
If ch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page47 ). Re
duce dse at beltpr otection &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrect sea tpos ition
The seatbel tdoe sno tof ferth eint ended
le ve lof protect ion ifyo uha ve notmo vedth e
seat backres tto an almos tve rtical posit ion. 34
Occupant safety

Objects
intheve hicle interior maypr ev ent an
airbag from func tioningcorrectly .Eac hve hicle
occupant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo w‐
ing:
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobje cts
be tween theve hicle occupants andanair‐
bag.
R Ther ear eno object sbe tween theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther ear eno har dobjec ts,e.g. coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handles orcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ypar ts,suc has PNDs
(P er sonal Navig ation Devices) ,mobil e
phones orcup hold ersatt ached totheve hi‐
cle within thedeplo yment area ofan airbag,
e.g. onthecoc kpit, ondoor s,side windo ws
or side paneling.
In addition, noconn ectin gcable, tensi oni ng
st ra por retainin gst ra pma ybe routed
th ro ugh oratt ached inthedeplo yment area
of an airbag. Alwaysobser vetheaccessor y
manuf acturer'sinstallation instruct ions ,in
par ticular theinf ormation onsuit able places
fo rins tallation . R
Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsin thepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sin asuit able place. Limit
edprotection from airbags &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations totheairbag cover
If yo umod ifytheco verof an airb agoraffix
object ssuc has sticke rs to it,theairbag may
no long erfunc tion correctly . #
Nevermodify theco verof an airb agand
do notaf fix obje ctstoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page38). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Uns uitable seat covers can obstruct orpre‐
ve nt thedeplo yment ofair bags integr ated
int oth eseats. Conseq
uently,theair bags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. Inaddition, operation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erair bag shut offma ybe
re strict ed. #
Yousho uld onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions ofthesensor sin thedoor paneling
Sens orsto contr oltheairbags arelocat edin
th edoor s.Modif ication sor wo rknotpe r‐
fo rm ed cor rectl yto thedoor sor door panel‐
ing, aswellas damag eddoor s,can lead to
th efunc tion ofthesensor sbeing impair ed.
The airbags mightther efor eno tfunc tion
pr oper lyan ymor e.
Con sequent ly,th eairbags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. #
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. 40
Occupant safety