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

Clim
atecontr ol......................................... 12 2
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 22
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 123 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 126
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........126
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ..........1 35
G-Mod e....... ................................................ 137
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... .......... 138
Tr ans fercase ........... ................................... 143
Dif fere ntia llo ck s... .....................................1 45
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC.................. ............ 146
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 147
Pa rking .......................................................1 49
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stems .............1 58
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011> 198
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 00 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................201
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................2 01
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................. ........................................2 02
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 202 Se
tting thedesign ...................................... 204
Se tting theadditional value rang e.............. 204
Ov ervie wof displ ayson themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... .................................... ..........2 05
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ............... 206
Menus andsubmenus ................................ 206 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem ............................... 21 3
No teson oper ating safety...........................2 13
Oper ation .......................................... ..........2 13
Using theVo ice Cont rolSy stem effec‐
tiv ely <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>...215
Esse ntialvo ice com mand s.......................... 215 Multimedia
system .................................. 227
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 227
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 236
Na vig ation .......................................... .........247
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 72
Online andInterne tfunctions ..................... 294
Media ......................................................... 300
Ra dio ...........................................................3 13
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Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem ...... ..........3 22 Maint
enanceand care....... ......................336
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y........ 336
En gine compartment .................................. 337
Cleanin gand care.......................................3 43 Br
eakdo wnassi stance ............................ 353
Emerg ency..................................................353
Flat tire....... ................................................ 355
Batt ery(v ehi cle) ....... .................................. 357
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ele ctrica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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elsand tires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 70
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 370
No teson sno wch ains .................................3 71
Ti re pressur e...............................................3 71
Loadi ngtheve hicle .....................................3 77
Ti re labeling ................................................ 381
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 386
Cha nging awhee l..... .................................. 389
Emerg encysparewhee l..... ......................... 397 Cont
ents 3

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

1
Jack →
392
2 Warning triang le →
354
3 QRcode foraccessi ngthere scue card →
26
4 Safetyve sts →
353
5 Mercedes -Benz emergency callsy stem butt on →
290
6 Tocheckand topup oper ating fluids →
402
7 Startin gassis tance →
360
8 Totow- star tand tow aw ay →
362
9 Flat tire →
355 A
First-ai dkit (softsided) →
354
B Hazar dwa rning lam ps →
111
C Vehicle tool kit →
392
D Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
147
E Totow- star tand tow aw ay →
362
F Spar ewhe el →
355 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 17

Pr
otecting theen vir onmen t
+ ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tooper ating condit ionsand
per sonal driving style The
pollut antemission ofyour vehicle is
dir ectl yre lat ed tothewa yyo uoperat eyo ur
ve hicle.
Help toprotect theen vironmen tby oper ating
yo ur vehicle inan environment allyre sponsi‐
ble manner .Please observethefo llo wing rec‐
omme ndations onope rating cond itions and
pe rsonal driving style.
Oper ating conditions: #
Mak esur eth at thetir epr essur eis cor‐
re ct. #
Donotcar ryanyunn ecessar ywe ight
(e.g. roof lugg agera ck sonce youno
lon gerneed them). #
Adher eto theser vice interva ls.
A regular lyser viced vehicle willcont rib‐
ut eto environmen talpr otect ion. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workcar ried
out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Pe rsonal driving style: #
Donotdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l
when star tin gth eengine. #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstatio nary. #
Drive car efu llyand maintain asu itab le
di st anc efrom theve hicle infront. #
Avoid freq uent, sudden acceleration
and braking. #
Chang ege ar ingood timeand useeach
ge ar onlyup to00C3 ofits maximum
engine speed. #
Switc hof fth eengine instatio narytraf‐
fi c, e.g. byusin gth eEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. #
Drive fuel-ef ficie ntly .Obs erve theEC O
displa yfo ra fuel -efficie ntdrivi ng style. En
vir onmental issuesandrecomm endations:
It is recomme ndedthat youre -us eor recy cle
mat erials ins tead ofjus tdispo singof them.
The releva nt environme ntal gu ideline sand regu‐
lations servetoprotect theen vironmen tand
mus tbe strictly observe d. Genuine
Mercedes-Benz parts
+ ENVIR
ONMEN TALNO TEEnvironme ntal
da ma gecau sed bynotus ing recy cle d
re condi tionedcom pone nts Dai
mle rAG offers recy cle dre condi tioned
com pone ntsand parts wit hth esame qualit y
as newpar ts.The same entitlemen tfr om the
Limit edWarrant yis valid asforne wpar ts. #
Use recy cle dre condi tionedcom po‐
nents andparts from Daimler AG. Gene
ralno tes 19

The
Oper ator's Manual andMaint enanc eBookle t
ar eim por tant docum ents andshould be kept in
th eve hicle. Ser
vice andvehicl eoper ation Ve
hicl eoper ation outside theUS Aor Cana da When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R service point sor replacemen tpar tsma yno t
be available immediat ely.
R unle aded fuelmayno tbe available forve hi‐
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R thefuel mayha ve an extreme lylow oct ane
num ber.Un suit able fuelcancause engine
damag e.
Some Mercedes-Benz modelsareav ailable in
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anauthor‐
ized Mercedes‑B enzservice center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
in theUS A: Mer
cede s-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opea nDeliv eryDepar tment
One Mercedes-Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328
in Canada:
Mer cedes-Benz Canada,Inc.
Eur opea nDeliv eryDepar tment
98 Vande rhoof Avenue
To ronto, Ont ario M4G 4C9 Mai
nten anc e Yo
ur cus tomer advisorconf irms theser vice in
th eser vice repor t. Ro
adside Assistan ce The
Mercedes -Benz Roadside Assis tance Pro‐
gr am offers tech nica lhel pin thecase ofa
br eakdo wn.Your calls totheto ll-f reeRo adside
As sis tance Hotline areans weredby our agents
24 hour sa da y,365 days aye ar.
1- 80 0-FO R-MER Cedes (1-800-367-63 72)(US A) 1-8
00-387-0 100(Canada)
Yo ucan find further information inthe
Mer cedes-Ben zRo adside Assis tance Progr am
br oc hu re (US A)orthe"R oadside Assistance"
secti oninthemaint enanc eand warrant yinf or‐
mat ionbook let(Canad a).Youwill find both in
th eve hicle document wallet. Chang
eof address orchang eof ow ner ship In
theev ent ofach ang eof addr ess, please send
us the"No tification ofaddr esschang e"inthe
Ser vice andGuarant eeboo kletor simply callth e
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Assis tance Center
(US A)on theho tline number
1-8 00-FOR-MER Cedes (1-800-367-63 72)or Cus‐
to mer Service (Canada )on 1-800-38 7-0100. We
can then reac hyo uin atim elyfa shion, ifneces‐
sar y.
If yo usell your Mer cedes,pleas elea veall liter a‐
tur ein theve hicle sothat itis available tothe
ne xt ow ner .If yo uha ve pur chased aused vehi‐
cle, please sendusthe"No tice ofPur chase of
Used Car"intheSer vice andGuar anteebookle t
or sim plycall theMer cedes- BenzCustomer Gener
alno tes 21

QR
code forre scue card
The QRcode issecur edinthefuel filler flap and
on theopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theeve nt
of an acci dent, rescue services canusetheQR
code toquickl yfind theappr opriatere scue card
fo ryo ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcon‐
ta ins themos tim por tant informa tionab ou tyo ur
ve hicle inacom pact form ,e.g. thero utin gof the
electr iclines.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained athttp: //
www .mercedes-benz .de/qr-code. Data
storage Electr
oniccontr olunit s Ele
ctro nic contr oluni tsareins talled inyour vehi‐
cle. Some ofthese areneces saryfo rth esaf e
oper ation ofyour vehicle, whilesome assistyo u
when drivin g(dr iver assis tance systems). In
addition, your vehicle prov ides comfort and
ent ertainm ent func tions,whic har ealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont ain da ta memor ies
whi chcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e te
ch nica linf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica leve nts orma lfunc‐
tio ns.
In gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
R system react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R ambient conditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor) In
addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis
dat ais temp orar yand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor ma lfunctio nmem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg ally prescr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretrans mittedto themanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles. 26
Gener alno tes

Smar
tKey Ov
ervie wof Smar tKey functio ns &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunat tende din theve hicle,
th ey cou ld:
R Ope ndoo rs,th er eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout oftheve hicle andbehit by
oncom ingtraf fic.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,ch ildr encould alsosetth eve hi‐
cle inmo tion, forex am ple, by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Shif ting theaut omatic transmiss ionout
of par kposition 005Dorshif ting manual
tra nsmiss ionintoneutral .
R Startin gth eengine #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enand animals unat‐
te nde din theve hicle. #
Keep theSmar tKey out ofreac hof chil‐
dr en. *
NO
TEDama getotheke ycaus edby
magne ticfields #
Keep theke yaw ay from stro ng ma g‐
ne tic fields. 1
Locks
2 Batt erych ecklam p
3 Unlocks
4 Panic alar m
% The Sma rtKe yma yva ry from theone shown
in thediagr am,depending ontheve hicle
eq uipment.
The Smar tKey loc ksand unlocksth efo llo wing
com pone nts:
R The door s
R The fuel filler flap
R The rear-en ddoor 62
Openingand closing

If
th eve hicle isno topened within appr oximat ely
40 seco ndsafte runloc king,itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eftpr otect ion isactiv ated again.
Do notke ep theSmar tKey toge ther wit helec‐
tr onic devices orme talobje cts. This canaffect
th eSmar tKey 's functionality .
% Ifbatt erych ecklam p2 does notlight up
af te rpr essing the0036 or0037 button,the
batt eryis disc harged.
Re placing theSmar tKey batt ery(/ page64 ). Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe acoustic lock ing
ve rificat ion signa l Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Aco ustic Lock #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe pani calar m Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff %
The panic alarmfunc tion isonl yav ailable in
cer tain coun tries. #
Toactiv ate: press butt on1 forapp rox‐
ima tely one second.
A visual andaudibl ealar mistrigg ered. #
Todeac tivate: briefly pr ess button1 again.
or #
Press thest ar t/ stop butt ononthecoc kpit
(t he Smar tKey isinsid eth eve hicle). Changing
theunloc kingsettings Po
ssible unlockingfunctions oftheSmar tKey :
R Cen tralunlo cking R
Unloc kin gth edr iver's door andfuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbe tw een settings: press the
0036 and0037 buttonssimul taneousl yfo r
appr oximat elysix seco ndsuntilth ebatt ery
ch ecklam pflashes twice.
If th eunloc kingfunction forth edr iver's door
and fuel filler flap has been selected:
R Pressing the0036 buttonasecon dtime cen‐
tra lly unloc kstheve hicle Deactiv
atingtheSm artK ey functio ns If
yo udo notuse theve hicle oraSmar tKey for
an extende dpe riod oftime, youcan reduce the
ener gycon sum ption ofthere spectiv eSmar t‐
Ke y.To do so, deactiv ateth eSmar tKey func‐
tions. #
Todeac tivate: press the0037 buttononthe
Smar tKey twi ce inqu ick succ ession .
The batterych ecklam pof theSmar tKey
fl ashes twicebr ief lyand light sup once. #
Toactiv ate: press anybutt onontheSmar t‐
Ke y. Opening
andclosing 63

Door
s Un
loc king andopening doorsfrom theinsid e #
Tounlo ckand open afront door :pul ldoor
handl e2.
Loc king pin1pops upwhe nth edoor is
unloc ked. #
Tounlo ckare ar passe nger comp artment
door :pul lth eloc king pinofthere ar
passe nger com partment door upwards.
The rear passe nger com partment door is
unlo cked. #
Toopen are ar passe nger comp artment
door :pul lth ere ar passe nger com partment
door handle. Cent
rally loc king andunloc kingtheve hicl e
fr om theinsid e #
Tounlo ck:pr ess button 1. #
Toloc k:press butt on2.
This does notloc kor unloc kth efuel filler flap. Open
ingand closing 67