MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS SUV 2018 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2018, Model line: G-CLASS SUV, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS SUV 2018Pages: 549, PDF Size: 10.22 MB
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Ne
arField Communication (NFC) .......... 306
Connecting the mobile phone tothe
multimedia sy stem .............................. 306
Information .......................................... 306
Switching Blue tooth ®
audio equip‐
ment .................................................... 346
Swit ching mobile phones .................... 306
Using a mobile phone .......................... 306
Ne utral
Engaging .............................................. 154
NFC see Near Field Communication (NFC)
No n-operational time
Ac tivating/deactivating standby
mode .................................................. .177
St andby mode function ........................ 17 7O
Occupant saf ety
Pe ts in theve hicle ................................. 69
Occupant saf ety
see Airbag
see Automatic front passenger front
airbag shutoff see PRE-SAFE
®
(anticipatory occu‐
pant pr otection)
see Restra int sy stem
see Seat belt
Odome ter
see Total dis tance
Off-road drive prog ram
see G-Mode
Off-road driving ....................................... 14 5
Off-road driving see Off-road driving
Off-road ESP ®
see Desert
Oil see Engine oil
On-board computer ................................. 226
Assis tant display menu ........................ 230
Displ aying the service due date ........... 374
Media menu ........................................2 34
Menu designs ...................................... 228
Menu overview .................................... 226
Multifunction display .......................... .229
Na vigation menu ................................. 232 Operating ............................................ 226
Ra
dio menu .........................................2 34
Service menu ...................................... 230
Te lephone menu .................................. 235
Tr ip menu ............................................ 231
On-boa rddiagno stics inter face
see Diagno stics connection
On-boa rdelectronics
Engine electronics .............................. .425
No tes .................................................. 425
Tw o-w ayradios .................................... 425
Open-source software .............................. 28
Operating fluids AdBlue ®
............................................... 433
Ad ditives (fuel) .....................................4 31
Brake fluid .......................................... .435
Coolant (engine) .................................. 435
Engine oil ............................................ 434
Fu el (diesel) ......................................... 431
Fu el (petrol) ......................................... 430
No tes .................................................. 429
Wi ndsc reen washer fluid .................... .436 528
Index
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Operating saf
ety
Declaration of Conformity (electro‐
magnetic compatibility) ........................ .22
Declaration of conformity (ja ck) ............ 23
Declaration of con form ity (wireless
ve hicle components) ............................. 22
Information ............................................ 21
Operating sy stem
see On-board computer
Outside mir rors ............................... 128, 12 9
Anti-dazzle mode (automatic) .............. 12 9
Au tomatic mir rorfo lding function ........ 13 0
Fo lding in/out .................................... .128
Operating the memory function ............ 96
Pa rking position .................................. .130
Setting ................................................. 12 8
Overhead control panel Making calls (Mercedes me connect) .. 319
Overview ................................................ 12
Owner's Manual Vehicle equipment ................................. 21
Owner's Manual (digital) ...........................18 P
Pa int code ................................................ 427
Pa intwork (cleaning instructions) .........383
Pa nic alarm ................................................ 72
Ac tivating/deactivating ......................... 72
Pa rk position
Inserting .............................................. 154
Selecting au tomatical ly....................... 154
Pa rking
see Electric parking brake
Pa rking aid
see Parking Assist PARKTRONIC
Pa rking Assist PARKTRONIC ................... 197
Ac tivating ............................................ 200
Ad justing warning tones ...................... 200
Deactivating ........................................ 200
Fu nction .............................................. 197
Side impact pr otection ........................ 19 8
Sy stem limitations ...............................1 97
Pa rking assistance sy stems
see Active Parking Assist Pa
rking brake
see Electric parking brake
Pa rking lights .......................................... .117
Pa rking position
Outside mir rors ................................... 13 0
St oring the position of the passenger
outside mir ror using reve rsege ar ........ 13 0
Pa rking up ................................................ 17 7
Pa rtition net
At tach ing ............................................ .105
PA SSENGER AIR BAGstatus display
see Automatic front passenger front
airbag shutoff
Pe rm issible axle load .............................. 427
Pe rm itted towing me thods .................... .401
Pe rsonalisation
see User profile
Pe trol ........................................................ 430
Pe ts in the vehicle .................................... .69
Phone book see Contacts Index
529
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Picture
form ats
see Video mode
Picture settings see Video mode
PIN pr otection
Swit ching on/off ................................ .268
Plastic trim (Care) ................................... 388
Playback options Selecting ............................................. 337
POI Selecting .............................................. 276
POI symbols Selecting ............................................. 294
Po we r supp ly
Switching on (S tart/S top button) ........ 141
Po we r windo ws
see Side windo ws
PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipatory occupant
pr otection) ................................................ .43
Fu nction ................................................ 43
PRE-SAFE ®
Sound ................................. 43
Re versing measures .............................. 44Pr
eve ntative occupant pr otection sys‐
tem
see PRE-SAFE ®
(anticipatory occu‐
pant pr otection)
Pr ev ious destinations
Selecting .............................................. 276
Prog ramme in form ation
TV channel .......................................... 355
Prog rams
see DYNA MIC SELECT
Pr otection of the environment
No tes ..................................................... 19
Ta ke -ba ckof end-of-life vehicles ............ 19 Q
Qibla ......................................................... 298
QR code Rescue card .......................................... 25
Qualified specialist workshop .................. 24 R
Ra dar senso rs
Fo il co vering ........................................ 178Ra
dio
Ac tivating/deactivating radio text ....... 350
Calling up a slide show ........................ 349
Calling up thest ation list .................... .349
Deleting channels ................................ 349
Direct frequency ent ry........................ 349
Displaying information ......................... 350
Displaying radio text ............................ 350
Editing station presets ........................ .349
Fr equency fix ....................................... 350
Menu (on-boa rdcompu ter) .................. 234
Moving stations .................................. .349
Overview ............................................. 348
Sear ching forst ations ........................ .349
Setting a channel ................................ 349
Setting station tracking ...................... .350
Setting the frequency band ................. 349
Setting the tra ffic information
service volume inc rease ...................... 350
St oring radio stations .......................... 349
Swit ching on ........................................ 347
Swit ching traf fic announcements
on/off ................................................. 350
Ta gging music trac ks........................... 350
Vo ice commands (LINGU ATRO NIC) .....2 46 530
Index
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Ra
dio stations
Dialling (on-boa rdcompu ter) ............... 234
Ra in closing function
Sliding sunroof ...................................... 83
Ra nge
Ad Blue ®
............................................... 230
Displaying ............................................ 231
REACH regulation ...................................... 25
Re ading light
see Interior lighting
Re alwo od (Care) .................................... .388
Re ar ben chseat
Fo lding down ...................................... .102
Fo lding forw ards .................................. 102
Re ar comp artment display
Locking (child saf ety lock) .................. .267
Switching on/off ................................. 267
Re ar display
Cleaning .............................................. 365
Inserting in the console ....................... 363
Operating ............................................ 365
Overview ............................................. 362
Re moving from the console ................. 364 Switching on/off ................................. 364
Re ar door (child saf ety lock) .................... 68
Re ar fog light
Switching on/off .................................. 11 8
Re ar seat belt
St atus display ........................................ 35
Re ar seat belt status display .................... 35
Re ar Seat Entertainment Sy stem
Cont rolling playback .................... 372, 373
Headphones overview .........................3 67
Homescreen overview .........................3 66
Information about media mode ........... 370
Operating saf ety .................................. 360
Overview ............................................ .362
Overview of there ar displa ys.............. 362
Switching on media mode ................... 371
Re ar window
Changing the wiper blade .................... 127
Re ar window wipers
Ac tivating/deactivating ...................... .125
Re ar-end door
Closing ................................................. .77
Opening .................................................77 Opening dimensions ............................4
37
Re ar-view mir ror
see Outside mir rors
Re covering ............................................... 403
Re cycling
see Take -ba ckof end-of-life vehicles
Re ducing agent
see AdBlue ®
Re fuelling
Re fuelling theve hicle .......................... 16 2
To pping up AdBlue ®
............................. 16 6
Re gistration
Ve hicle ................................................... 24
Re mo tecont rol (stationa ryheater/
ve ntilation)
Displa ys............................................... 13 8
Problems ............................................. 13 9
Re placing the battery .......................... 13 8
Setting ................................................. 137
Re scue card ............................................... 25
Re ser ve
Fu el ..................................................... 433 Index
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Re
set function (multimedia sy stem) .....2 72
Re sidual heat ...........................................1 35
Re storing (factory settings)
see Reset function (multimedia sy stem)
Re stra int sy stem ...................................... .29
Basic instructions forch ildren .............. .44
Fu nction in an accident ......................... 30
Fu nctionality .......................................... 30
Malfunction ........................................... 30
Pr otection ..............................................29
Re duced pr otection ...............................29
Self-test ................................................. 30
Wa rning lamp ........................................ 30
Re versege ar
Inserting .............................................. 154
Re versing camera .................................... 201
Care .................................................... 386
Fu nction .............................................. 201
Opening the camera co ver (360°
Camera) ............................................... 207
Setting favo urites (360° Camera) ........ 207
Swit ching automatic operation
on/off (360° Camera) ........................ .207
Rims (Care) .............................................. 386 Ro
llaw ay protection
see HOLD function
Ro of lining (care) .................................... .388
Ro of load .................................................. 438
Ro ofrack
At tach ing ............................................ .108
Loading ............................................... 108
Ro ute ................................................ 281, 283
Calculating .......................................... .281
Displ aying destination information ...... 283
Planning .............................................. .278
Selecting a type ................................... 281
Selecting an al tern ative route ............ .283
Selecting notifications ......................... 283
Selecting options ................................ 282
St arting the automatic service sta‐
tion sear ch.......................................... 284
Switching the automatic filling sta‐
tion sear chon/off ...............................2 83
Using auto maticfilling station sear ch
............................................................. 283
Wi th intermediate destinations ............ 278
Ro ute guidance ....................................... 284
Cancelling .......................................... .288 Changing direction .............................. 285
Destination
reached ............................ 286
Fr om an off-road location .................... 288
Lane recommendations ....................... 286
No tes ................................................... 284
Off-road ............................................... 288
To an off- road destination .................. .288
Ru nning-in no tes .....................................1 43 S
Saf ety sy stems
see Driving saf ety sy stem
Saf etyve st ............................................... 391
Satelli temap ........................................... 298
SD ca rd
Inserting/removing .............................3 35
Seat ............................................................ 87
Ad justing (electrically) ........................... 88
Ad justing the seat backrest angle
(rear) ................................................... 104
Cor rect driver's seat position ................ 87
Massage programme overview .............. 92
Operating the memory function ............ 96
Re setting the settings ............................92 532
Index
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Setting au
tomatic lateral support
adju stment ............................................ 92
Setting options ...................................... 14
Wo rkout programme overview .............. .92
Seat belt ............................................... 31, 35
Ac tivating/deactivating seat belt
adjustment ............................................ 35
Ad justing the height .............................. 34
Care ....................................................3 88
Fa stening ............................................... 34
Pr otection ..............................................31
Re ar seat belt status display ................ .35
Re duced pr otection ...............................32
Re leasing .............................................. .35
Seat belt adjustment (function) ............. 35
Wa rning lamp ........................................ 35
Seat belt adju stment
Ac tivating/deactivating ......................... 35
Fu nction ................................................ 35
Seat belt tensioners
Ac tivation .............................................. 30
Seat belt warning
see Seat belt
Seat co ver (Care) .................................... .388 Seat heater
Activating/deactivating ......................... 93
Seat settings Configuring ............................................ 91
Seat ventilation
Ac tivating/deactivating ......................... 94
Second telephone .......................... .302, 303
Connecting .......................................... 302
Fe atures .............................................. 303
Selecting a gear
see Changing gears
Selector le ver
see DIRECT SELECT le ver
Self-test Automatic front passenger front air‐
bag shutoff ............................................ 40
Sensors (Care) ........................................ .386
Service Menu (on-boa rdcompu ter) .................. 230
Service see ASS YST PLUS
Service centre see Qualified specialist workshop Service inter
val display
see AS SYST PLUS
Service station sear ch
St arting automatic sear ch................... 284
Setting a speed see Cruise control
Setting summer time .............................. 262
Setting the date form at .......................... 262
Setting the distance unit ........................ 267
Setting the map scale
see Map
Shift paddles see Steering wheel gearshift paddles
Shifting gears
Gea rshift recommendation .................. 15 6
Short messages see Text messa ges
Side impact airbag .................................... 36
Side impact pr otection .......................... .198
Side windo ws............................................. 78
Child saf ety lock in there ar .................. .69
Closing .................................................. 78 Index
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Closing using
theke y ............................ 79
Con venience closing ............................. 79
Co nvenience opening ............................79
Opening .................................................78
Opening with theke y ............................ .79
Problem .................................................80
Sliding sunroof Automatic functions .............................. 83
Closing .................................................. 81
Closing using theke y ............................ 79
Opening ................................................ .81
Opening with theke y ............................ .79
Problem .................................................83
Ra in closing function ............................ .83
Smart card Inserting ..............................................3 58
Smartphone see Android Auto
see Apple CarPlay™
see Mercedes-Benz Link
see Telephone
Snow chains ............................................ 408
Soc ket (12 V) ............................................ 11 2
Fr ont centre console ............................ 11 2Load compartment ..............................
11 3
Re ar .................................................... .113
Software update ...................................... 270
Impor tant sy stem updates ...................2 71
Information ..........................................2 70
Pe rforming ...........................................2 71
Sound PRE-SAFE ®
Sound ................................. 43
Wheels and tyres ................................. 408
Sound see Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem
see Tone settings
Sound settings Adjusting the balance/fader ............... 359
Ad justing treble, mid-range and bass
settings ............................................... 359
Au tomatic volume adjustment ............ .359
Spare wheel ............................................. 394
Spare wheel see Emer gency spa rewheel
see Spare wheel
Spa rewheel brac ket
Re ar-end door ...................................... 394 Spectacles compa
rtment ...................... .100
Spee chdialogue sy stem
see LINGU ATRO NIC
Speed Limit Assist Setting ................................................. 216
Speed limitation for winter tyres
Setting ................................................. 19 0
Speedome ter
Digital ................................................. .231
St andby mode
Ac tivating/deactivating ...................... .177
Fu nction .............................................. 17 7
St anding lights ......................................... 11 7
St art/s top button
Pa rking theve hicle .............................. 16 8
St arting theve hicle ............................. 14 2
Switching on the po wer supply or
ignition ................................................. 141
St art/s top function
see ECO start/ stop function
St arting assi stance
see Jump -sta rt connection 534
Index
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St
arting the engine
see Vehicle
St arting-o ffaid
see Hill Start Assist
St ation
Deleting ............................................... 349
Direct frequency entry ........................ 349
Fr equency fix ....................................... 350
Moving ................................................ 349
Sea rching ............................................ 349
Setting .................................................3 49
St oring ................................................ 349
St ation list
Calling up ............................................ 349
St ation presets
Modifying ............................................ 349
St ation tracking
Setting ................................................. 350
St ationary heater/ventilation
Displ ays (remo tecontrol) .................... 13 8
Problems (remo tecontrol) ................... 13 9
Re placing the battery (remo tecon‐
trol) ...................................................... 13 8
Setting (multimedia sy stem) ................1 37Setting (remo
tecontrol) ...................... 137
Switching on/off (control panel) ......... 13 5
Ste ering wheel ........................................ 226
Ad justing (electrically) .......................... .94
Buttons ................................................ 226
Ope rating the memory function ............ 96
St eering wheel heater ........................... 95
Ste ering wheel gearshift paddles ..........15 5
Ste ering wheel heater
Swit ching on/off .................................. .95
St ow age areas
see Loading
see Stow age compartment
St ow age comp artment............................ .99
Armrest ................................................. 99
Centre console ...................................... 99
Door ...................................................... 99
Gl ove box .............................................. 99
Spectacles compartment .................... 100
St ow age comp artments
see Loading
see Stow age compartment
Sulphur content ...................................... 430 Sun visor
Operating ............................................ .131
Sur round lighting .................................... 12 3
Setting ................................................. 12 3
Sur round View
see 360° Camera
SV HC (substances of very high con‐
cern ).......................................................... .25
Switch-off delay time Exterior ................................................ 12 3
Interior ................................................. 124
Switching the sur round sound on/off
Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem ... 360
Synchronisation function Activating/deactivating (multimedia
sy stem) ................................................ 13 4
Sy stem settings
Ac tivating/deactivating PIN pr otec‐
tion ...................................................... 268
Re set function (multimedia sy stem) ....2 72
Setting the dis tance unit ..................... 267
Setting the time and date automati‐
cally ..................................................... 262 Index
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Setting
the time zone .......................... 262
Setting the time/date form at .............. 262
Swit ching transmission of theve hicle
position on/off .................................... 263
Sy stem settings
see Blue tooth®
see Data import/export
see Language
see Software update
see Wi-Fi T
Ta ilpipes (Care) ........................................ 386
Ta ke -back of end-of-life vehicles .............. 19
Pr otection of the environment ............... 19
Ta nk content
Ad Blue ®
............................................... 434
Fu el ..................................................... 433
Re ser ve(fuel) ...................................... 433
Te ch nical data
Axle load (trailer operation) ................. 441
Fa stening points (trailer hitch) ............ 440
Information .......................................... 425
Mounting dimensions (trailer hitch) .....4 40No
tes (trailer hitch) ............................. 439
Overhang dimension (trailer hitch) ...... 440
To ngue weight .................................... .440
To wing capacity (trailer operation) ...... 440
Ty re pressure monitoring sy stem ......... 413
Ve hicle identification plate .................. 427
Te lephone ........................................ 235, 300
Ac tivating functions du ring a call ........ 308
Business telephony settings ................ 305
Call and ringtone volume .................... .307
Calls with se veral participants ............ .308
Connecting a mobile phone (busi‐
ness telephony) .................................. .303
Connecting a mobile phone (Near
Field Communication (NFC)) .............. .306
Connecting a mobile phone (Pass‐
ke y) ...................................................... 301
Connecting a mobile phone (Secure Simple Pairing) .................................... 301
De-authorising a mobile phone ............ 306
Disconnecting a mobile phone ............ 306
Importing con tacts .............................. 310
Importing contacts (o verview) ............ .309
Incoming call during an existing call .... 308
Information .......................................... 301 Inter
changing mobile phones .............. 305
Menu (on-board computer) .................. 235
Mobile phone voice recognition ........... 307
No tes .................................................. 299
Operating modes ................................. 301
Re ception and transmission volume .... 307
Swit ching mobile phones (Near Field
Communication (NFC)) ........................ 306
Symbols for business telephony .......... 304
Te lephone menu overview .................. .300
Te lephone operation ............................ 307
Using a SIM card for business tel‐
ephony ................................................ 303
Using Near Field Communication
(NFC) .................................................. .306
Vo ice commands (LINGU ATRO NIC) .....2 45
Wi reless charging (mobile phone) ........ 11 5
Te lephone
see Second telephone
Te lephone number
Dialling (on-board computer) .............. .235
Te lephone operation
see Calls 536
Index
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Te
lephony operating modes
Blue tooth ®
Te lephony .......................... 301
Business telephony .............................. 301
Te lephony operating modes
see Second telephone
Te lete xt
Displaying ............................................ 357
Overview ............................................. 357
Te levision
see TV
Te xt messages .......................................... 311
Calling a message sender .................... 312
Changing folders .................................. 313
Composing .......................................... .312
Con figuring the displa yedte xt mes‐
sa ge s ................................................... 311
Del eting .............................................. .313
Drafts .................................................. 313
No tes ................................................... 311
Options ................................................ 313
Outbox .................................................3 13
Re ad-aloud function ............................ .312
Re ading ................................................ 312
Re plying ...............................................3 12Sending ................................................
312
Vo ice commands (LINGU ATRO NIC) .....2 49
Through-loading feature in there ar ...... 100
Ti e-d owney es .......................................... 107
Time Manual time setting ............................. 262
Setting summer time ........................... 262
Setting the time and date automati‐
cally ..................................................... 262
Setting the time zone .......................... 262
Setting the time/date form at .............. 262
To ll sy stem
Wi ndsc reen .......................................... 131
To ne settings ...........................................3 58
Calling up the sound menu .................. 359
Information .......................................... 358
To ngue weight ........................................ .440
To pTe ther .................................................. 60
To tal di stance .......................................... 231
Displ aying ............................................ 231
To uch Control .......................................... 253
On-board computer ............................. 226
Operating ............................................ 253 Setting
the sensitivity .......................... 253
To uchpad .................................................. 254
Ac tivating/deactivating ha ptic oper‐
ation feedback .................................... 255
Operating ............................................ 254
Re ading the handwriting recognition
aloud ................................................... 255
Selecting a station and track .............. .255
Setting the sensitivity .......................... 255
Switching on/off ................................. 254
To w- aw ay protection
Fu nction ................................................ 85
Priming/deactivating ............................. 86
To w- bar sy stem ...................................... .224
To w- starting ............................................. 405
To w- starting and towing away
To wing eye .......................................... 405
To wing away ............................................. 401
To wing away intheev ent of front axle
dama ge.................................................... 404
To wing away intheev ent of malfunc‐
tions ........................................................ .404 Index
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