ESP MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2020 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 gearshif tpaddles →
145
2 Comb inationswit ch →
113
3 Instrument Display →
212
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
143
5 Media display →
239
6 Start/ stop butt on →
130
7 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
45
8 Activates /de activatesth edif fere ntia llo ck s →
150
9 Touc hpad →
240
A Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
126
B Glovebox →
94
C Haza rdwa rning lam ps →
114
D Stow agecom partment →
93
E Control kn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off →
239
F Swit ches themultimedia system on/ off →
239
G ActivePa rking Assist →
195 H
LOWRANGE off-r oad gear →
149
I Activates /de activatesESP ®
→
166
J Manual gearshif ting →
145
K DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
141
L Control pan elforth emultimedia system →
243
M Control pan elforth emultimedia system
(s te er ing wheel) →
213
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
88
Switc hesthesteer ing wheel heateron/ off →
89
O Contr olpanel for:
On-boar dcom puter →
213
Cr uise contro l →
173
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
175
P Diagno stics con nection →
26
Q Open sth ehood →
352
R Elect ric pa rking brak e →
161
S Light switch →
112 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

1
Spee dometer →
212
2 00E5 ESP®
3 003E003D Turn signal lights →
113
4 00CC Electricpo we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
489
5 Multifunc tiondispla y →
216
6 0025 ABSmalfunctio n
7 00B9 CheckEngi ne →
484
8 Tach ome ter →
212
9 0028 Thisindicat orlam phas nofunct ion
A Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red)
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
B Brak es(red)
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
C 003D Electrical malfun ction →
484 D
L Distance warning →
484
E 00AC Coolant tooho t/c old →
484
F Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
212
G 0024 Electricpa rking brak e(yello w)
H 0075 Restra int system →
34
I 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened
J ï Thisindicat orlam phas nofunc tion
K 0060 Parking lam ps →
112
L Fuelleve lindic ator
00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
484
M 0057 Highbeam →
113
N 0058 Lowbeam →
112
O 005E Rear foglam p →
113
P 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
487
Q 00BB ESP®
OFF At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(sta nda rd) 11

1
Spee dometer →
212
2 003E003D Turn signal lights →
113
3 Multifunction display →
216
4 Tach ome ter →
212
5 00BB ESP®
OFF
00E5 ESP®
6 0057 Highbe am →
113
0058 Lowbeam →
112
0060 Parking lam ps →
112
7 00AC Coolan tto oho t/c old →
484
8 Coolant temp eratur ega ug e →
212
9 L Distance warning →
484
A 00CC Electric po we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
489
B 003D Electrical mal functi on →
484
C Brak es (red)
0027 USAonly 004D
Canad aonly
D 00E9 Seatbel tno tfa stened
E Fuelleve lindic ator
F 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
484
G 005E Rear foglam p →
113
H 0075 Restra int system →
34
I 0028 Thisindicat orlam phas nofunc tion
J 00B9 CheckEn gine →
484
K Elect ric pa rking brak eapplied (red)
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
L 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
487
M 0025 ABSmalfunc tion
N 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w)
O ï Thisindic ator lam phas nofunc tion At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(Widesc reen Coc kpit) 13

#
Remo vetrap pe dplants orother flam‐
mable material. #
Ifth er eis damag e,con sult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle In
thefo llo wing situat ions,in par ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle becomes grounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofa st over an
obs tacle ,e.g. acurb ,spe edbump orpot‐
hole
R Ahea vyobject strike sth eunderbody or
ch assis components
In situatio nssuc has this, thebody ,th e
und erbody ,ch assis components,wheels or
tir es coul dbe damag edwithout thedamag e
being visible. Componen tsdamag edinthis
wa ycan unexpec tedly failor ,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 Gene
ralno tes 25

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
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 areth ere sponsibili ty
of thepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject tothat
pr ov ider's datapr otect ion conditions andterm s
of use. Themanuf acturerhas noinfluence on
th econ tent exc hang ed.
Fo rth is reason ,please asktheser vice prov ider
fo rinf ormation aboutthetype, extent and pur‐
po se ofthecollect ionand useofper sonal data
when services arepr ov ided bythird par ties . 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. 30
Gener alno tes

R
Dolby®
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 dtrademar kof
Johnson Controls.
R iPod ®
and iTune s®
arere gis tere dtra demar ks
of Apple Inc.
R Burmes ter®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof
Bur mes terAu diosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoft®
and Windo wsMedia ®
arere gis‐
te re dtrademar 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 Digital Corporation.
R Graceno te®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof
Gr aceno te,Inc .
R ZAGA TSurve y®
and relat ed brands arere gis‐
te re dtrademar ksofZag atSur vey, LL C. 32
Gener alno tes

&
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 the
seats (/page81 ).
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.
Pr egn ant women mustals ota ke par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts.
R Onlyone person mayuse eachseat beltat
an yone time. Infants andchildr enmus t
ne vertr ave lsitt ing onthelap ofave hicle
occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisbeing usedbyone oftheve hi‐
cle's occupants. Alwaysobser vetheins truc‐ tion
sfo rloa ding theve hicle when securing
object s,lugg ageor loads (/page92).
Also ensur eth at no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eeve rpla ced between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseatb eltretract or:
R Co-dr iver seat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract oroftheseat belt(/page54 ).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page49). 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. 36
Occupant safety

&
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. #
Alw aysha ve wo rkon thedoor sor door
paneling carried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue todeplo yed
airbag
A deplo yedairbag nolong erhas apr otect ive
func tion andcann otprotect asintended in
th eev ent ofan acciden t. #
Have theve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. St
atus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag Fu
nction oftheaut oma ticfront passeng er
air bag shutoff
The automatic front passeng erairbag shutoffis
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat
is occupied byaper son orach ild restra int sys‐
te m. The front pass engerairb agand front
pass engerknee airbagareenabl edordisa bled
accor dingly.
In thefo llo wing situat ion,theside airbag andthe
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device arede acti vated:
R The automatic front passeng erairbag shutoff
has notcat egor ized theper son inthefront
passeng erseat asan adult oraper son of
cor responding statur e
and
R The seat belttongu eis no tins ertedint oth e
seat beltbuckleonthefront passeng erseat
When installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,alw aysmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Ensur eth at thech ild restra int system isposi‐
tion edcor rectl y(/ page 48). Occupa
ntsaf ety 43

A
pe rson inthefront passeng erseat could
th en, forex am ple, com eint ocon tact with
th eve hicle interior ,especially ifth eper son is
sitt ing tooclose tothecoc kpit.
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
alw aysensur eth at:
R The classificat ion oftheper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea tis cor rect and the
fr ont passeng erairb agisenabl edordisa ‐
ble din accor dance withth eper son inthe
fr ont passeng ersea t.
R The front passeng ersea thas been moved
as farbac kas possi ble.
R The person isseat edcor rectl y. #
Ensu re,bo th bef oreand during thejour‐
ne y,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect. If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, theclas‐
sif ication oftheper son orchild restra int system
on thefront passeng erseat take splace afte rth e
fr ont passeng erairb agshut offself-t est.The
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam psdispla yth e
st atus ofthefront passeng erairbag. Alw
aysobser vetheno teson thefunc tion ofthe
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps
(/ page45).
Fu nction ofthePA SSEN GERAIRBAGindic a‐
to rlam ps Se
lf-te st of aut oma ticfront passeng erair bag
shu toff
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 erairbag isdis‐
pla 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 erairbag isable to
deplo yin theev ent ofan acciden t.
R PASSENGER AIRBAGOF Flight sup con tinu‐
ousl y:thefront passeng erairbag isdisabled.
It will then notbe deplo yedin theeve 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
airbag. ThePASSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pma ybe litcon tinuousl yor be off.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat orlam p
and the0075 restra int system warning lam p Occ
upant safety 45