MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 2022 Owners Manual

R
Rear wheels wearmor ein thecent erofthe
tir e
Do notdr ive wit htir es that have toolittle tread
dep th.This signi/ can tly re duces traction onwet
ro ads (hydr oplan ing).
On vehicles that have thesame sizefront and rear
wheels, rotate thewheels accordingtotheint er-
va ls in thetir emanuf acturer'swarrant ybook in
yo ur vehicle docume nts. Ifth is is no tav ailabl e,
ro tate thetir es every3,000 to6,000 miles
(5,000 to10,000 km),depending onthewe ar.
Ensu rethat thedir ection ofrotation ismai n-
ta ined.
Obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Chang ingawheel" whendoingso (/ page330). NNo o
t t
es on st es
on stor or
ing wheels ing
wheels When
stor ing wheels, observethefo llo wing notes:
R ATer remo vingwheels, stor eth em inacool,
dr yand prefer abl ydar kplace.
R Protect thetir es from cont actwithoil, grease
or fuel. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the tir he
tire-c e-c
hang hang
et e
tool kit ool
kit *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. Apar
tfr om some countr y-speci/c variant s,vehi-
cles areno teq uipp edwithatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhic htir e-c hanging tools
ar ere qu ired and appr ovedfo rper form ing awheel
ch ang eon your vehicle, consu ltaquali/ed spe-
cialis two rkshop.
Yo ure qu ire th efo llo wing tools, forex am ple, to
ch ang eawheel:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignme ntbolt
The tire-c hangeto ol kit islocat edintool bag 1
in thecar gocom partment. %
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th eto ol
bag maybe locat edinother posit ionsin the
car gocom partmen t. The
tool bag cont ains:
R Jack
R Gloves
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignme ntbolt
R Folding choc k
R Ratche tfo rjac k Wheels
andtires
329 329

PrPr
epa r epa
ring t ing
the v he
vehi cle f ehi
cle for awh eel c or
awh eel cha nge ha
nge RR
eq eq
uir uir
eme nts: eme
nts:
R The vehicle isno ton aslope.
R The vehicle ison solid ,non -slipper yand leve l
gr ound.
R The requ ired tire-c hang eto ol kit isavailabl e.
% Ifyo ur vehicle isno teq uipp edwithth etir e-
ch ang eto ol kit, consult aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop to/nd outabou tsui table tools. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak emanuall y. #
Movethefront wheels tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005D. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. #
Mak esur eth at theve hicle cannotbe star ted. #
Place choc ks orother suitable items underthe
fr ont and rear ofthewheel that isdiag onal ly
opposit eth ewheel youwish tochang e. #
Ifnece ssary,remo vethewheel trim/hub caps
(/ page330). #
Raise theve hicle (/page330). RR
emo emo
vingand inst vin
gand installin gt allin
gthe wheel tr he
wheel trim/ hub caps im/
hub caps RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isprepar edfora wheel chang e
(/ page330) .
Plas Plas
tichub cap tic
hub cap #
T T
o r o
remo v emo
ve: e:
tur nth ecent ercoverof thehub
cap count er-cloc kwise andremo vethehub
cap. #
T T
o inst o
inst all: all:
mak esur eth at thecent ercoverof
th ehub capistur ned count er-cloc kwise. #
Positi on thehub capand turnth ecent ercover
cloc kwise untilth ehub capengages physicall y
and audibl y. RR
aisin gt aisin
gthe v he
vehicle whenc ehicle
whenchang ingawheel hang
ingawheel RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R Ther ear eno per sons intheve hicle.
R The vehicle hasbeen prepar edfora wheel
ch ang e(/ page330) .
R The wheel trims and hub caps have been
re mo ved(/ page330). Im
por tant noteson usin gth ejac k:
R Use onlya ve hicle-spe ci/cjackth at has been
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Be nztoraise theve hi-
cle.
R The jackis onl ydesig nedforra ising andhold-
ing theve hicle fora shor ttime while awheel
is being chang edand notfo rmaint enance
wo rkunder theve hicle.
R The jackmus tbe placed ona/r m, 0at and
non -slipsur face. Ifnecessar y,use alar ge,0at,
load- bearing,non -slipund erlay.
R The foot ofthejac kmust bepositioned verti-
call yunder thejac ksuppor tpoint. 330330
Wheels
andtires

Ru
les ofconduct whentheve hicle israised:
R Neverplace your hands orfeet under theve hi-
cle.
R Neverlie under theve hicle.
R Donotst ar tth eve hicle anddonotre lease the
electr icpar king brak e.
R Donotopen orclose anydoor sor theta ilg ate. #
Using thelug wrenc h,loosen thewheel bolts
on thewheel youwish tochang eby about one
fu lltur n.Do notunscr ewthescr ewscom-
ple tely. Po
siti on ofjac ksuppor tpoin ts
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom incor rect
positi oningof thejac k
If yo udo notposition thejac kcor rectl yat the
appr opriatejac king pointof theve hicle, the
jac kco uld tipwith theve hicle raised. #
Onlyposition thejac kat theappr opriate
jac king point oftheve hicle. Thebase of th
ejac kmust bepositioned verticall y
under thejac king point oftheve hicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Vehicle damag efrom thejac k If
yo udo notposition thejac kcor rectl yat the
appr opriatejac ksuppor tpoin tof theve hicle,
th ejac kcould tipove rwit hth eve hicle raised. #
The jackis designed exclusiv elyfo rjac k-
ing uptheve hicle atthejac ksuppor t
points. #
Take thera tche tout ofthetir e-c hang eto ol kit
and place iton thehe xagon nutofthejac kso
th at theletter s"A UF" arevisible. Wheels
andtires
331 331

#
Positi on suppor t2 ofjac k4 onjacksup-
por tpoin t1. #
Turn ratche t3 cloc kwiseuntil support2
sits com pletely on jacksuppor tpoint 1and
th ebase ofthejac klies evenlyon thegr ound. #
Turn ratche t3 until thetir eis raised amaxi-
mum of1.2 in(3 cm) from thegr ound. #
Loosen andremo vethewheel (/page332). RR
emo emo
ving awheel ving
awheel RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle israised (/page330).
* NO NO
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. When
chang ingawheel, avoidappl ying anyfo rc e
to thebr ak ediscs, asthis could impair theleve lof
comf ortwhen braking.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thre adin gfrom dirton
wheel bolts #
Donotplace wheel boltsin sand oron a
dir tysur face. #
Unscr ew theupper mostwheel boltcom-
ple tely. #
Screw alignme ntbolt 1intoth eth re ad
ins tead ofthewheel bolt. #
Unscr ewthere mainin gwheel boltscom-
ple tely. #
Remo vethewheel and,ifnecessar y,stor eit in
th ecar gocom partment. #
Noteson remo vingan emer gency sparewheel
(/ page334). Ins
t Ins
tallin gane allin
gane wwheel w
wheel RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The wheel tobe chang edisremo vedand the
alig nme ntbolt isscr ewed in(/ page332). 332332
Wheels
andtires

*
N N
O O
TE TE
Mer cedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tfr om losin ga
wheel
Oiled, greased ordamag edwheel bolt/wheel
nut thre ads orwheel hub/wheel mounting
bolt thre ads can cause thewheel bolts/wheel
nuts tocome loose.
As are sult ,yo ucould loseawheel whiledriv-
ing. #
Neveroil orgrease theth re ads. #
Intheev ent ofdamag eto theth re ads,
cont actaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
immed iately. #
Have thedamag edwheel boltsordam-
ag ed hub thre ads replaced. #
Donotcontinu edr iving . #
Obser vetheinf ormation onthech oice oftires
(/ page325).
Fo rtir es withaspeci/ eddirection ofrotation, an
ar ro w on theside wallof thetir eindicat esthecor -
re ct directio nof rotation. Observe thedir ection of
ro tation wheninst alling. #
Slide thewheel tobe mount edont oth ealign-
ment boltandpush iton. #
Obser vetheno teson installing anemer gency
spa rewheel (/page334) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom tighteni ng
wheel boltsand nuts
If yo utight enthewheel boltsorwheel nuts
when theve hicle israised, thejac kcould tip. #
Onlytight enwheel boltsorwheel nuts
when theve hicle ison thegr ound. #
Obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Chang ingawheel" (/page325) . #
Forsaf etyre asons, onlyuse wheel boltswhic h
ha ve been approved byMer cedes-Be nzand
fo rth ewheel inqu estion .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto paintw orkof thewheel
ri m when screwing inthe/r st wheel bolt If
th ewheel hastoomuc hpla ywhen screwing
in the/r st wheel bolt,th ewheel rim paint can
be damag ed. #
Press thewheel /rml yag ainst thewheel
hub when screwing inthe/r st wheel
bolt. #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenl yin adiagonal
patt ernin theor der indicat eduntil they are
/ng er-tight . #
Unscr ew and remo vethealignment bolt. #
Tight enthelast wheel boltuntil itis /n ger-
tigh t. #
Lowe rth eve hicle (/page334). Wheel
sand tires
333 333

Lo
w Lo
wer er
ing t ing
the v he
vehic le ehic
leaTer aTer
awhee lc a
whee lc hang e hang
e RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The newwhee lhas been installed
(/ page332). #
T T
o low o
lower t er
the v he
vehic le: ehic
le:plac eth era tche tont o
th ehe xagon nutofthejac kso that theletter s
"AB" arevisible andturncount er-cloc kwise. #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenl yin adiagonal
patt ernin theor der indicat ed1 to5 with
an initial maximum forc eof 59 lb-T (80Nm). #
Tight enthewheel boltsevenl yin adiagonal
patt ernin theor der indicat ed1 to5 with th
especi/ed tightening torq ue of96 lb-T
(1 30 Nm) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacc iden tdu eto incor -
re ct tightenin gto rq ue
Th ewheels couldcome looseifth ewheel
bolts orwheel nutsareno ttight ened tothe
pr escr ibed torq ue . #
Ensur eth at thewheel boltsorwheel
nuts aretight ened tothepr escr ibed
tight ening torq ue . #
Ifyo uar eno tsur e,do notmo vetheve hi-
cle. Contact aqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop andhave thetight ening torq ue
ch eckedimmediat ely. #
Chec kth etir epr essur eof thene wly installed
wheel andadjust itifnecessar y.
% The follo wing does notappl yif th ene wwheel
is an emer gency sparewheel. #
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit htir h
tir epr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin gsy nin
gsy s- s-
t t
em: em:
Restar tth etir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem (/ page313). #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Restar tth etir epr essur emonit oring sys-
te m (/ page312). Emer
g Emer
gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the emer g he
emer gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident causedby
incor rect wheel andtiredimen sions
The wheel ortiresizes andthetir etype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ewheel tobe replaced maydi.er .The emer -
ge ncy sparewheel orspar ewheel cansigni/-
cantl yim pair drivi ng charact eristics ofthe
ve hicle.
To prev ent hazar dous situations: #
Drive car efull y. #
Neverinst allmor eth an one emer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that di.er s
in size . #
Onlyuse anemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel brie0y . 334334
Wheels
andtires

#
Donotdeactiv ateESP ®
. #
Have theemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadi.er entsize replaced
at thenear estquali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. Thenewwheel mustha ve thecor -
re ct dimen sions. %
The de0at edemer gency sparewheel is
secur edintheemer gency sparewheel bagin
th ecar gocom partment andissecur edtothe
adju stable cargocom partmen t0oor inthe
lo we rposition.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson remo vingan emer -
ge ncy sparewheel:
R Beforestow ing theemer gency sparewheel,
mak esur eth er eis no airleT inthetir e.
If necessar y,allo wtheair toescape.
R T T
o r o
release airfr elease
airfrom t om
the tir he
tire: e:
remo vetheva lve
cap ofthetir e.
R Press down theme talinser tin theva lve using
a point edobject, e.g.apen.
R Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve. %
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withadjust h
adjust ablecar able
cargocom go
com par par
tment tment
0oor : 0oor
:alw aysst ow thede0at edemer gency
spa rewheel inthelowe rposition onthe
adju stable cargocom partmen t0oor .
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson installing anemer -
ge ncy sparewheel:
R The maximum permissibl espeed withan
emer gency sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/h ).
R Donoteq uip theemer gency sparewheel with
sno wch ains.
R Replace theemer gency sparewheel aTersix
ye arsat thelat est, rega rdless ofwe ar.
R Chec kth etir epr essur eof theemer gency
spa rewheel installed. Correct thepr essur eas
necessar y.
% The speci/ed tirepr ess ureis stat ed on the
label oftheemer gency sparewheel.
% V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
eloss w e
loss war ar
nin gsy nin
gsy s- s-
t t
em: em:
Ifan emer gency sparewheel isinst alled,
th etir epr essur eloss warning system canno t
function reliabl y.Onl yre star tth esy stem ag
ain when theemer gency sparewheel has
been replaced withane wwheel.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emonit e
monit or or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Ifan emer gency sparewheel isinst alled,
th etir epr essur emonit oring system canno t
function reliabl y.Fo ra few minut esaTer an
emer gency sparewheel isins talled, thesy s-
te m ma yst ill displa yth etir epr essur eof the
re mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy stem again
when theemer gency sparewheel hasbeen
re placed withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page307)
R Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page314)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page309)
R Noteson installing tires (/ page325)
R Inst alling anemer gency sparewheel
(/ page330) Wheels
andtires
335 335

In0atingIn0ating
t t
he emer g he
emer genc yspar enc
yspar ewheel e
wheel *
N NO O
TE TE
Overheati ngdue tothetir ein0 ation
com pressor running toolong #
Donotru nth etir ein0 ation compressor
fo rlong erthan tenminut eswithou tint er-
ru ption. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
The emer gency sparewheel hasbeen installed
cor rectl y.(/ pag e330)
Com plywit hth emanuf acturer'ssafetyno teson
th estic kerof theemer gency sparewheel andon
th etir ein0 ation compressor . #
Remo vethestic kerwit hth elabel 50mph
(80 km/h )fro mthetir ein0 ation compressor
housing anda1x itto theinst rument cluster
wit hin thedr iver's /eld ofvision. #
Remo vethetir ein0 ation compressor from the
st ow agespace underthetrunk 0oor .
(/ page289) #
Pull /ller hose 1and plug 3out ofthetir e
in0 ation compressor housing. #
Inser tplug 7of/ller hose 1inthesoc ket
on thetir ein0 ation compressor andthen turn
it until plug7engages. #
Unscr ewthecap from theva lve on theemer -
ge ncy sparewheel. #
Screw union nut2of/ller hose 1ontoth e
va lve. #
Mak esur eon and o.switc h4 ofthetir e
in0 ation compressor isse tto 0 0
. #
Inser tplug 3inasoc ketin your vehicle.
R 12Vsoc ket:(/ page 115) R
Obser vetheno teson soc kets: (/ page115) #
Press thestar t/s topbutt ononce toswitc hon
th epo we rsuppl y(/ page138). #
Press onand o.switc h4 onthetir ein0 ation
com pressor toI I
.
The tirein0a tio nco mpr esso ris swi tche don .
The tireis in0a ted. The tirepr essur eappear s
on manome ter5. #
Pum pth etir eto thespeci/ed tirepr essur e.
% The speci/ed tirepr essur eis stat ed on the
label oftheemer gency sparewheel. #
When thespeci/ed tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed, press onand o.switc h4 onthe
tir ein0 ation com press orto0 0
.
The tirein0a tio nco mpr esso ris swi tche do.. #
Press thestar t/s topbutt ontoswitc ho. the
po we rsuppl y. #
Ifth etir epr essur eis higher than thespeci/ed
pr essur e,press pressur ere lease valve butt on
6 until thecor rect tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed. 336336
Wheel
sand tires

#
Uns crew union nut2of/ller hose 1from
th eva lve. #
Screw theva lve cap oftheemer gency spare
wheel ontoth eva lve ag ain. #
Stow /llerhose 1and plug3 inthelowe r
secti onofthetir ein0 ation compressor hous-
ing. #
Stow thetir ein0 ation compressor intheve hi-
cle. Wheel
sand tires
337 337

NN
o o
t t
es on t es
on tec ec
hnical data hnical
data
* NO NO
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. The
datast at ed onlyapplies tovehicles with
st andar deq uipme nt.Yo ucan obtain further infor-
mation from anaut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen-
te r. VV
ehicle electr ehicle
electronics onics
TT
w w
o-w a o-w
ay r y
radios adios
NNo o
t t
es on inst es
on inst alling tw alling
two-w a o-w
ay r y
radios adios
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident dueto
im proper workon two-w ayradios
If tw o-w ayradios aremanipulat edorretro/t-
te dincor rectl y,theelectr omagne ticradiation
fr om thetw o-w ayradios caninterfere wit hth e
ve hicle electronics andjeop ardize theoper at-
ing safetyof theve hicle. #
Youshould have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue to
im proper operation oftwo-w ayradios
If yo uuse two-w ayradios intheve hicle
im proper ly,th eir electr omagne ticradiation
can disruptth eve hicle' select ronics .This is
th ecase inthefo llo wing situations, inpar ticu-
lar :
R The two-w ayradio isno tconnect edtoan
ex terior ant enna.
R The exterior ant enna isins talled incor -
re ctl yor isno ta low- re0ectio nant enna.
Thi scou ldjeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof
th eve hicle. #
Have thelow- re0ectio nex terior ant enna
ins talled ataqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. #
When operatingtw o-w ayradios inthe
ve hicle, alwaysconn ectthem tothelow-
re 0ectio nex terior ant enna. *
N NO O
TE TE
Inva lidation oftheoper ating permit
due tofailur eto com plywit hth einst ruc-
tion sfo rinst allation anduse The
oper ating permit maybe inva lidat edifth e
inst ruction sfo rinst allation anduseoftwo-w ay
ra dios areno tobser ved. #
Onlyuse appr ovedfreq uency bands. #
Obser vethemaximum permissible out-
put powe rin these freq uency bands. #
Onlyuse appr ovedant enna positions. 338338
Te
ch nica ldat a