ECU MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2020 Workshop Manual

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pvie w 1
Warning displa y
2 Your vehicle from above
3 Lane indicating thero uteth eve hicle will
ta ke atthecur rent steer ing wheel angle
The color oftheindividual segmentsof wa rning
displa y1 isbased onthedis tance tothede tec‐
te dobs tacle :
R Yello wsegment s:obs tacle sat adi st anc e
be tween appr ox.2.0 ft(0.6 m)and 3.3ft
(1 .0 m) R
Orang esegment s:obs tacle sat adi st anc e
be tween appr ox.1. 0 ft (0.3 m)and 2.0ft
(0.6 m)
R Redse gme nts: obstacle sat ave ry shor t
dis tance ofapprox .1. 0 ft (0.3 m)orless
% Ifth eent ire sy stem fails, thesegment sof
th ewa rning displa yar esho wninred. The
indicat orlam pon thePA RK TRONI Cbut ton
light sup and theé symbol appearsin
th emultifunc tiondispla y.
If th esy stem fails atthere ar,th edispla yof
th esegment sch ang esasfollo ws :
R The rear segm entsar esho wninred
when backingup.
R The rear segm entsar ehidde nwhen driv‐
ing forw ards.
If Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis deac tiva ted,
th ewa rning displa yfa des out(/ page18 2). Gu
idelin es 1
Yello wlane markingth ecour sethetir es will
ta ke atthecur rent steer ing wheel angle
(dynamic)
2 Yello wguide line,vehicle width(dr iven sur‐
fa ce) dep endi ngon thecur rent steer ing
wheel angle(dynamic)
3 Redguide lineatadis tance ofapprox imat ely
1. 0 in (0.3 m)from there ar area
4 Markat adis tance ofappr ox.3.3 ft(1.0 m)
% When ActivePa rking Assistis act ive, the
lane markingsaredispla yedin green. 19
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Driving and parking

#
Press butt on1. The
media displaysho wsthevie wof ActivePa rk‐
ing Assist. Ar ea 2 displa ysdetected parking
spaces 4and vehicle path3.
% Vehicle path3 shownonthemedia display
ma ydif ferfr om theactual vehicle path. #
Ifyo uha ve driven pas ta par kingspace: bring
th eve hicle toast ands till. #
Select desir edpar kingspac e4. #
Wher enec essar y,select thepar king direc‐
tion :fo rw ards orreve rse.
Ve hicle path3 issho wn, depending on
select edpar king space 4and thepar king
dir ect ion. #
Conf irm select edpar king space 4.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen thepar king procedur e
begins. Theturnsignal indicat orisswitc hed
of faut omaticall ywhen youswit chto005B .
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. #
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
displa ymessag eappear s.Fu rther maneuv ering
ma yst ill be nec essar y. #
Aftercom pletion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb. 19
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Driving and parking

R
Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehi‐
cle
R Perm issible gross weight ofthetra iler
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer
En sur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gajo ur ne y:
R The tirepr essur eon there ar axle oftheto w‐
ing vehicle issetfo ra maximu mloa d
R The lighting ofthecon nect edtrailer isoper a‐
tion al
In theev ent ofincr eased rear axle load, theve hi‐
cle/tr ailercombination mayno tex ceed amaxi ‐
mum speedof62 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) . At
tac hin gth eball neck &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due toan incorrectl yins talled ballcou‐
pling
If th eball coupling isno tins talled and
eng aged cor rectly ,it ma ybeco medetach ed
dur ing trav el and endang erother road user s.
Ther eis arisk offata linj ury. #
Installand secur eth eball coupling as
descr ibedintheball coupling manufac‐
tur er's installation instruct ions . #
When theball coupling hasbeen instal‐
led, ensureth at itis cor rectly secu red
bef oreev erytrip. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto an
inc orrectl yins talled and secur edball
couplin g
If th eball coupling hasnotbeen correctly
ins talled and secur ed,thetra iler can become
de tach ed. #
Installand secur eth eball coupling as
descr ibedintheball coupling manufac‐
tur er's installation instruct ions . #
When theball coupling hasbeen instal‐
led, ensureth at itis cor rectly secu red
bef oreev erytrip. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
At tac hin gth eball neck #
Remo vecover1 from theball neckmount
in thedir ect ion ofthear row . Dr
iving and parking 209

#
Storeco ver1 sothat itcan notmo ve
ar oun d. #
Obse rveth emanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions .
Obser vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. Coupling
up/uncoupling atrailer Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y.
R The trailer lighting system isin wo rking
or der .
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectly connect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
R ESP®
trailer stabiliz ation R
Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss ist
R Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R 360° Camera
Ve hicl eswithout aleve lcontr olsystem: the
ball head height willchang edepen dingon the
ve hicle's load.Inthis case, useatrailer witha
height -adjustable draw bar .
Coupling upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothebatt erydue tofull
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 lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco verfr om theball neckmount
and stor eit in asaf eplace (/page209). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnect ionbetween
th eve hicle andthetra iler .
% 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-ac tivated brak e, your han dma y
bec ome trapped between theve hicle andthe
tr ai le rdr aw bar . 21
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Driving and parking

#
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter.
% The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y(/ page21 6). Th
eon -boa rdcom puteris oper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2 and left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton1.
Whe nth eon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Service R
DriveA ssist
R Trip
R Navi gation
R Radio
R Media
R Phon e
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Displayin
th eWi des cree nCo ckpit :Desi gns
The menu scan becalled up from themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press backbutt on
on thelef t1 until themenu barisdis‐
pla yed.
% Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up themenu baroftheon- boar dcom puter. 21
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Ex
am ple: chang eof dir ect ion ann oun ced
1 Road towhic hth ech ang eof dir ect ion leads
2 Distance tothech ang eof dir ect ion
3 Chan ge-of-d irection symbo l
4 Recomme ndedlane and newlane during a
ch ang eof dir ect ion (whit e)
5 Possible lane
6 Lane notre comme nded(darkgray )
Fu rther possible displayson theNavigation
menu:
R Direc tionofTravel: displayof dir ect ion of
tra veland road cur rentl ybe ing trave led on. R
New Route. ..or Calculatin gRoute. ..:a ne w
ro uteis bein gcalc ulated.
R Road NotMappe d:th ero ad isunk nown, e.g.
fo rne wly builtro ads.
R NoRout e: no routeco uld becalc ulatedto
th eselect eddes tinat ion.
R Off Map: themap forth ecur rent locati onis
no tav ailable.
R Area ofDe stinat ionReach ed:youha ve
re ac hed thear ea ofthedes tinat ion.
R 004B: youha ve reac hed thedes tinat ionoran
int ermediat edes tinat ion. #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess thebac kbutt onon
th elef t.
Ve hicl eswith theCOMAN Dmu ltim edia sys‐
te m: Youcan also star tna vig atio nto one ofthe
re cent destina tions ontheNavigation menu: #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toselect ades tinat ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Ro uteguidan cewill star t. If
ro uteguidan cehas already been activat ed,
a qu erywill appear askingwhether youwish
to end thecur rent routeguidan ce. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Ro uteguidan cewill star t. 220
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

No
teson oper ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld al
so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s. 22
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Oper
ablefunctions Yo
ucan usetheVo ice Cont rolSy stem tooper ate
th efo llo wing equipmen tdepen dingonthefe a‐
tur es:
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memor ycar d,Media Interface, USB
and Bluetoo th®
audio)
R Vehicle Ov
ervie wof types ofvoice comm and A
dis tinction ismade between thefo llo wing
vo ice com mand s:
R Global voice comm andscan besaid atany
time andrega rdless ofthecur rent applica ‐
tio n,e.g .th evo ice com mand sNavigat eto,
Call orText mess ageto. R
App licat ion-sp ecificvo ice comm andsar e
onl yav ailable forth eactiv eapplication.
Onc eth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem isstar tedan
aut ocue issho wn. Apar tfr om theav ailable voice
com mand sfo rth eapplication currently active,
th is also cites exam ple voice com mand sfo r
ot her appli cations whichar eno tactiv e.In this
wa y,yo uwill befamili armor equ ickl ywit hth e
av ailable voice com mand s.The listcan bescrol‐
led oritcan beopera tedby speec hor thecon ‐
tr oller/t ouchpad. No
teson thelangu agese tting Yo
ucan chang eth elanguag eof theVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem viathesy stem languag ese ttings. If
th ese tsy stem languag eis no tsuppor tedby the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem, English will beselec ted.
The Voice Cont rolSy stem isavailable inEn glish,
Fr enc h,Po rtuguese andSpan ish. Using
theVo ice Contr olSy stem effectiv ely Fe
atur esofaudibl ehelp functions Yo
ure cei veinformatio nand help forth efo llo w‐
ing topics:
R Optim um oper ation: sayth ebrief instruc-
tion voice com mand .
R Cur rent app lication: onthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, press the£ rock er switc h
up and sayth eHelp voice com mand .
R Continu eddia log: sayth eHelp voice com ‐
mand during avo ice dialog.
R Specif icfunct ion:sayvo ice com mand sfo r
th edesir edfunc tion,e.g. Help telephon e. No
teson howto improve speec hqu ality If
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem does notunder stand
yo u:
R onlyop erateth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem from
th edr iver's seat.
R sayth evo ice com mand scohe rentl yand
cle arly,bu tdo notex agg erateth ewo rds. 226
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Function
Traffic informationon
Traffic informationoff To
switc hth etraf fic inf ormati onser vice on/of f
Ra dio info on
Ra dio info off To
switc hinf ormation aboutthecur rent statio non /of f Ov
ervie wof med iapla yervo ice comm ands Media
playervo ice com mand scan also beused
when themedia playeris running inthebac k‐
gr ound. 23
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof themu ltim edia system &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. 1
Touc hCon trol
Mult imed iasystem butt ongroup onthe
st eer ing wheel (/page21 3)
2 Multimedi asy stem displa y
3 Main function buttongroup (/page24 3)
4 Touc hpad
5 Con trol kn ob
Ad jus tsthevo lume(/ page24 5) Swi
tches themut efunc tion on/off
(/ page24 5)
Me rcedes- AMGvehicles: sets thevo lume
(tur n)and switc hesthemultimedia system
on oroff(pr ess)
6 00D0 button
Switc hesmultimedia system on/ off
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles: sets thevo lume of
th eAMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem (see
th esepar ateoper ating instruction s)
7 Contr oller No
teson themed iadisp lay *
NO
TEScr atches onthedispla y The
displa yhas ahighly sensitive, high-g loss
sur face. Thereisarisk ofitbecoming
scr atc hed. #
Avoid touc hin gth edispla y. #
Obser vetheno teson cleaning. Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
(/ page365). Multimedia
system 239