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

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Ve hicl em anuf actur er
Daiml erAG
Mer cedess trasse 137
7032 7Stuttgar t
Ge rmany Fr
ont passeng erair bag warning Ex
am ple &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj ur ies
if th ef ront-passen gera irb ag isenabl ed
If th ef ront-passen gerfront airb agisenabl ed,
ac hild onthef ront-passen gers eat maybe
st ru ck bythef ront-passen gera irb ag dur ing
an accide nt.
NEVER usearear ward-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onaseat witha nE NABLED FRONT
AIRB AG,DEATH orSER IOUS INJURYtothe
CH ILD can occur . Obser
vethec hap ter" Ch ildreni nt he vehicle".
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ch nical data.......................................... 399
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Ve hicle electr onics ...... ..................... ..........3 99
Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number ............................................ 401
Oper ating fluids ............ .................. ............ 402
Ve hicle data... ............................................. 409
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 411 Disp
laymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps............................................... 413
Dis play messa ges... ........................ .............4 13
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps...................... 458 Inde
x......................................................... 473 4
Contents

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

Callin
gup theDigital Operator' sMan ual
Multi media system:
4 Vehicle 5
Õ Operator 'sManual #
Select amenu item.
In addition, youcan also calluptheOper ator's
Manual within amain function (e.g. viaMedia
Inf o).
The Digit alOper ator's Manual describesthe
function andoper ation oftheve hicle andthe
multime diasystem.
Fo rsaf etyre ason s,theDigit alOper ator's Man‐
ual isdeactiv ated while driving. The
Digit alOper ator's Manual contains thefo l‐
lo wing menuitems:
R Sear ch:allowsyouto sear chprecisel yfo r
ke yw ords.
R Quic kst art: prov ides youwit him por tant
inf ormat ionsothat youcan star tusin gyo ur
ve hicle immediat ely.
R Tips: prov ides tipsonhowto use your vehicle
in cer tain situat ions.
R Message s: pr ov ides youwit hfur ther informa‐
tion about themessag esintheins trument
clus ter.
R Bookma rks:pr ov ides youwit halis tof all the
bookm arks youha ve stor ed yourself . 1
Picture
2 Men u
3 Navig ation windo w
Some sections oftheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
suc has warnings ,can bemade visible byhigh‐
lighting andpressing them.
% The Oper ator's Manual canalso befound in
th eMer cedes- BenzGuides appinall com‐
mon appstor es. 18
Digital Op erator' sMa nua l

Re
stra int system functiona lity When
theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed, during whic hth e0075 restra int sys‐
te m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R the0075 restra int system warning lam pdoes
no tlight upwhen theignition isswitc hedon
R the0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj ury
due toamalf unctionin there stra int sys‐
te m
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,
re stra int system com ponen tsma ybe trig‐ ge
redunint entionall yor might notbe trig‐
ge redat all intheev ent ofan acciden t.This
ma yaf fect theEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device
or airba g,forex am ple. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of acciden tantic ipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment ofth
ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur reddo notpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if
onl ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, forex am‐
ple, this ma yre sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of
ve hicle deceler ation. 32
Occupant safety

Seat
beltwarning funct ionforthe driver and
fr on tpass enger The
00E9 seatbeltwarning lam pin theIns tru‐
ment Displa yis are minder that all vehicle occu‐
pants mustwe artheir seat belts correctly .
The 00E9 seatbel twa rning lam plight sup forsix
seconds everytim eth eve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor s
ar eclosed andthedr iver and front passeng er
ha ve fastened their seat belts, theseat belt
wa rning goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning
light sup dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mp h
(25 km/ h)and thedr iver's orfront
passeng erseat beltisno tfa stened.
R The driver or front passeng erunf astens their
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion. Airbags
Ov
ervie wof airbags 1
Driver's knee bag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erfront airbag
4 Front passeng erknee airbag
5 Windo wcur tain airbag
6 Side airbag
The installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When activated, anairbag canprov ide addition al
pr otect ion forth ere spectiv eve hicle occupant. Pot
entia lpr otection from eachair bag: Airba
gP otentia lpr otection for
…
Knee airbag Thigh,knee andlowe rleg
Dr iver's airbag,
fr ont pass enger
fr ont airbag Head
andribcag e
Wi ndo wcur tain
airbag Head
Side airbag Ribcage,also pelvis for
fr ont seatoccupa nts The
front passeng erfront airbagcan onlybe
depl oyed inan acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIR
BA GOF Find icat orlam pis off.Ifth efront
passeng erseat isoccupied, makesur e,bo th
bef oreand during thejour ney,that thest atus of
th efront passeng erfront airbag iscor rect
(/ page 43) . 38
Occupa ntsaf ety

Fu
nction ofthePA SSEN GERAIRBAGindic a‐
to rlam ps Se
lf-te st of aut oma ticfront passeng erfront
air bag shutoff
When theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed dur ing whic hth etw oPA SSENGER
AIR BAGON and OFFind icat orlam pslight up
simul taneou sly. The
status ofthefront passeng erfront airbag is
displa yedaf te rth eself-t est:
R PASSENGER AIRBAGON light sup for
60 seconds ,sub sequently both indic ator
lam psareof f(P AS SENGER AIR BA GON and
OF F): thefront passeng erfront airbag isable
to deplo yin theeve ntofan acci dent.
R PASSENGER AIRBAGOF Flight sup con tinu‐
ousl y:thefront passeng erfront airbag isdis‐
abled. Itwill then notbe deplo yedin the
eve ntofan acci dent.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGON indicat orlam pis
of f,on lythePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam psho wsthest atus ofthefront passeng er
fr ont airbag. ThePASSENGER AIRBAGOF Find i‐
cat orlam pma ybe litcon tinuousl yor be off.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat orlam p
and the0075 restra int system warning lam p
light upsimultaneousl y,thefront passeng erseat
ma yno tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotins tall
a ch ild restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have aut omat icfron tpasse nger fron tair‐
bag shut offch eckedand repair edimmediat elyat
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
atus displa y
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, ensure,
bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,that thest a‐
tus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag iscor rect
fo rth ecur rent situa tion.
Af terin st alli ng are ar wa rd-faci ng child
re stra int system onthefront passeng er
seat :PA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Fmus tbe litcon ‐
tin uousl y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
using are ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem when thefront passeng erfront
airbag isenabled
If yo usec ureach ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng
ch ild restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat andthePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find i‐
cat orlam pis off,th efront passeng erairbag
can deplo yin theeve ntofan acci dent.
The child could bestru ck bytheairbag.
Alw aysensur eth at thefront passeng erair‐
bag isdeactiv ated. The PASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pmus tbe lit. Occupant
safety 43

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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