ECU MERCEDES-BENZ GLA 2022 Owner's Guide

In
addit ion,0ammable materials mayign ite if:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
objects, forex am ple #
Alwayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom theta ilpipe
and tailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
become very hot.Ifyo ucome intocont act
wit hth ese partsof theve hicle, youcould burn
yo urself. #
Alwaysbe par ticu larlycar efular ound the
ta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and super -
vise childr enespecia lly closel yin this
ar ea. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hing them. The
driving charact eristics ofyour vehicle are
depen denton thedistr ibution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Youshould bearthefo llo wing inmind
when loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(incl udin goccupan ts).The values arespeci/ ed
on theve hicle identi/cation plateon theve hi-
cle's B-pill ar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backrests.
R Alwaysuse thepar titionin gne twhen trans-
por ting objects inthecar gocom partment.
R Alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
distr ibuteth eload evenly. No
teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle.
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page150 ).
% Formor einf ormation onstow agecom part-
men tsand stow agear eas, please referto the
Digit alOper ator's Manual. Seats
andstow ing
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R
The armr est onthesecond row of seats isfol-
ded backand thecup holder sar eem pty.
F F
olding t olding
the he
leT leT
and r and
right seat bac ight
seat backr kr
es est
sf ts
for w or
war ar
ds ds
Yo ucan fold thecent erand outerseat backrests
fo rw ards. #
Ifnece ssary,full yins ertth eseat backrest
head restr aints (/ page 96). #
Pull release leve r1. F F
olding t olding
the cent he
cent erseat bac er
seat backr kr
es est
f t
for w or
war ar
ds ds
#
Pull release catch3 forseat backrest 2for-
wa rds. #
Foldthecor respond ingseat backres tfo r-
wa rds. F F
oldin gbac oldin
gbac kt k
the r he
rear seat bac ear
seat backr kr
es t es
t &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbecomi ngtrapped when
adju sting theseats
When youadjust aseat, youma ytrap yourself
or ave hicle occupan t. #
When adjusting aseat, makesur eth at
no one hasanybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat beltwhen folding backth eseat back-
re st Th
ese at beltco uld be come trap pe dan dth us
damag edwhen theseat backrest isfolded
bac k. #
Mak esur eth at theseat beltisno ttr ap-
ped when folding backth eseat backrest. #
Movethedr iver's orfront passeng erseat for-
wa rds, ifnece ssary. Sea
tsand stow ing
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Fo
rve hicles withlon gitudin allyadju stable rear
seats, youcan also adjust theangle ofthere ar
seat backres ts. Ther ear ese veralpossible detent
pos itions.
* N NO O
TE TE
Dam ageto there lease loops dueto
th eatt achment ofobjects The
release loops oftheseat backrests inthe
re ar passen gercom partment maybe dam-
ag ed due totheatt achment ofobjects. #
Onlyatt achobjects tothetie-do wneyes. #
Pull theright orleT release loop2forw ards
in thedir ection ofthear ro w.
The correspond ingseat backres t1 will be
unl ocked. #
Moveseat backres t1 tothedesir edangle. #
Letgo ofthere lease loop2. #
Ensur eth at theseat backrest iseng aged. CarCar
gocom go
com par par
tment cov tment
cover er
InstInst
alling andr alling
andremo emo
ving t ving
the car he
car gocom go
com par par
tment tment
co v co
ver er
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
poor lysecur edobj ects
The cargocom partmen tco veralone canno t
secur eor restr ain he avyobj ect s,items oflug -
ga ge orhea vyloads.
Yo ucould behit byan unse curedload, partic-
ular lyin theev ent ofabr uptch ang esindir ec-
tio n,sudde nbr aking oran acciden t. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Secur eobj ects, luggage orloads agains t
slipping ortipping over,e.g. byusing tie
do wns, even ifyo uar eusing thecar go
com partment cover. Re
quirements:
R Donotload thecar gocom partment cover
wit hmor eth an 5.5 lb(2.5 kg). Se
ats and stow ing
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AA
tt tt
ac ac
hing t hing
the par he
parcel net cel
net &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofinjur ydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stor ag espaces andmobil e
phone recep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orabr uptch ang esin
dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst or eobj ects suchth at they can-
no tbe thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces before
st ar ting ajour ney. #
Stow and secur eobj ects that arehea vy,
har d,poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile ortoo
lar ge inthecar gocom partment. Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toan open
car gocom partmen t0oor
If yo udr ive wit hth ecar gocom partment 0oor
open, objects couldbe0un gar ound andhit
ve hicle occupan tsas are sult .Ther eis arisk
of injury, par ticular lyin theev ent ofsudden
br aking orasudden chang ein dir ecti on. #
Alwaysclose thecar gocom partment
0oor beforeajour ney. #
LiT thecar gocom partment 0oorupwards
using thehandle, remo veitfrom thecar go
com partment andputitdo wn onaclean sur-
fa ce. #
Align par cel net1 oncar gocompar tment
0oor 3sothat stra p2 ispositioned athan-
dle 4 and points upwards. 112112
Seats
andstow ing

No
teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle
(/ page103) .
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page150) . #
Secu rethero of lugg agera ck tothero of rail-
ing. #
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
inst ruction s. Soc
ke Soc
kets ts
Usi
ngt Usi
ngthe 12 Vsoc ket he
12 Vsoc ket RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Onlyde vices uptoamaximum of180 W
(15 A)areper missib le. Depe
nding on theve hicle equipme nt,th eve hicle
has thefo llo wing 12Vsoc kets:
R Inthestow agecom partmen tin thefront cen-
te rconsole
R Inthecar gocom partment Ex
am ple: 12Vsoc ketin thestow agecom partmen t
in thefront cent erconsole #
Foldup soc ketcap 1. #
Inse rttheplug ofthede vice.
12 Vsoc ke 12
Vsoc ketin t t
in the stow he
stow ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tmen twit tmen
twit h h
co v co
ver er
: :
if yo uha ve conn ectedade vice tothe12 V
soc ket,lea vetheco verof thestow agecom part-
men topen . Using
t Using
the 115 Vsoc ke he
115 Vsoc ketin t t
in the r he
rear passeng ear
passeng er er
com com
par par
tment tment
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iesdue toa
damag edconnectin gcable oradamag ed
soc ket
Yo ucould receiv ean elect ric shoc kif th econ-
necting cableorthe115 Vpo we rsoc ketis
pulle dout ofthetrim orisdamag edorwe t. #
Use onlyconnec tingcablesthat aredr y
and free ofdamag e. #
When theve hicle isswitc hedo.,mak e
sur eth at the115 Vpo we rsoc ketis dry. #
Immedi atelyha ve the115 Vpo we r
soc ketch eckedor replaced ataqu ali/ed
special izedwo rkshop ifit is damag edor
has been pulledout ofthetrim. #
Neverplug theconnecting cableintoa
115 Vpo we rsoc ketth at isdamag edor
has been pulledout ofthetrim. Seats
andstow ing
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Ther
eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/refrom placin gobj ects
in themobile phonestor ag ecom partment
Placing other objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment couldconstit utea/r e
hazar d. #
Apar tfr om amobile phone, donotplace
an yot her objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment, especiall yth ose
made ofme tal. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto objects causedbyplac-
ing them inthemobile phonestor ag e
com partment If
objects areplaced inthemobile phonestor -
ag ecom partment, these maybe damag edby
electr omagne tic/elds. #
Donotplace credit cards, stor ag e
media, skipasses orother objects sensi -
tiv eto electr omagne tic/elds inthe
mobile phonestor ag ecom partment . *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto themobile phonestow -
ag ecom partmen tcaused byliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partmen t,thecom partment maybe dam-
ag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partmen t. The
follo wing noteson wirelessl ych argin gth e
mobile phonemustbeobser ved:
R Dependin gon theve hicle equipme nt,th e
mobile phoneisconnect edtotheve hicle' s
ex terior ant enna viathech argin gmodul e.
R The chargin gfu nct ion and wireless connection
of themobile phonetotheve hicle' sex terior
ant enna areonl yav ailabl eif th eve hicle is
switc hedon.
R Smal lmobil ephone sma yno tbe able tobe
ch arge din everyposition ofthemobile phone
st owa gecom partmen t.
R Largemobile phones whichdo notre st 0at in
th emobile phonestow agecom partmen tma y
no tbe able tobe charge dor connect edwith
th eve hicle' sex terior ant enna.
R The mobile phonemayheat updur ing the
ch argin gpr ocess. Thismaypar ticu larly
depend ontheapplications (apps)cur rentl y
ope nin thebac kground.
R Toensur emor ee1cient chargin gand conn ec-
tio nwit hth eve hicle' sex terior ant enna,
re mo vethepro tectiv eco verfr om themobile Seats
andstow ing
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phone.
Protectiv eco vers whic har enece ssary
fo rwir eless chargin gar ean excep tion . CharChar
gingamobile phonewir gin
gamobile phonewirelessl y elessl
y RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The mobile phoneissuit able forwir eless
ch argin g.
A lis tof com patiblemobil ephon escan be
fo und at:https://www .mercedes-benz-
mobile.com. #
Place themobile phoneasclose tothecent er
of themar kedsur face on mat 1aspossible
wit hth edispla yfa cing upwards.
When amessag eis sho wninthemultimedia
sy stem, themobile phoneisbeing charge d.
Malfun ctionsduring thech argin gpr ocess are
sho wninthecentr aldispla y.
% The matca nbe remo vedfo rcleaning, e.g.
using clean, lukewa rmwater.
S S
t t
o o
w w
ag ag
ecom e
com par par
tmen twit tmen
twithout cov hout
cover er
Mak esur eth emobile phoneisproper lystored
an dse cu redto prev ent itfrom falling outwhile
yo uar edr iving. #
T T
o secur o
secur et e
the mobile phone: he
mobile phone: swingleve r2
out. InstInst
alling/r alling/r
emo emo
ving t ving
the he
0oor 0oor
mats mats
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. 118118
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andstow ing

R
Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
S S
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
veh icle (R eh
icle (Rem ot emo
te Online) e
Online) &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofcrushing orentr apment
due tounint entional star ting oftheengine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint ention allydur ing service
or maint enance work. #
Alwayssecur eth eengine against unin-
te ntiona lst ar ting beforeca rryin gout
main tenanc eor repair work. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti-theT alarmsystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
o..
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked. R
The windo wsand slidingsunr oofareclosed . #
Startth eve hicle usingth esmar tphone.
ATer everyengine star t,theengine runs for
te nminut es.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsecutiv e
st ar ting attem pts. Youmust star tth eengine with
th eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar tth eve hicle
ag ain withth esmar tphone.
Yo ucan switc ho. theve hicle atanytime asfol-
lo ws :
R Viath esmar tphone app
R Bypressing theÜ orß buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
% Further informatio ncan befound inthe
smar tphon eapp.
Se cur Se
cur ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ag ehicle
agains ains
tst t
st ar ar
tin gbef tin
gbef or or
ecar ry- e
car ry-
ing out maint ing
out maint enance orr enance
orrepair w epair
wor or
k: k:
#
Switc hon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. BrBr
eaking-in not eaking-in
notes es
To
preser vetheengine during the/r st
1,000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drive at varying road speeds andengine
speeds .
R Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 85 mph
(140 km/h ).
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr og ram A
or ;.
R ShiT tothene xt highest gear attheve ry latest
when theneedle reac hes thelast third bef ore
th ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R DonotshiT down manuall yin order tobrak e.
R Avoid overstraining theve hicle, e.g.dr ivi ng at
fu llth ro ttle.
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithaut h
aut oma tictr oma
tictransm ission: ansm
ission: Donot
depr esstheacceler ator pedal beyond the
pr essur epoint (kickdo wn). Dr
iving andparking
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R
Onlyincr ease theengine speedgraduall yand
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull speed aTer
1, 000 miles (1,500 km).
Thi salso applies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced.
Please alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor sadjust automaticall ywhile acer -
ta in dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hicle
has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu llsy s-
te m e.ectiv enessisno tre ac hed untilth eend
of this teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak ediscs andtires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac hie ve
op timum braking e.ect andgrip aTer several
hund redkilome ters of drivin g.Com pensat efo r
th ere duced braking e.ect byappl ying great er
fo rc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on driving iving
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct foot we ar
Incor rect foot we arincl udes, forex ample:
R Shoe swith platform soles
R Shoe swit hhigh heels
R Slipper s
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Alwayswe arsuit able foot we arso that
yo ucan oper ateth epedals safely. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifth eve hicle is
switc hedo.while drivi ng
If yo uswitc ho. theve hicle while drivi ng ,
saf etyfu nct ionsar ere str icte dor no long er
av ailabl e.
This maya.ect thepo we rst eer ing system and
th ebr ak efo rc eboosting ,fo rex am ple.
Yo uwill need touse consider ablymor efo rc e
to stee ran dbr ak e, forex am ple. #
Donotswitc ho. theve hicle while driv-
ing . 142142
Dr
iving and parking

Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
% ToshiT intoneu tral 005C withth eve hicle
switc hedon,push theselect orleve rup or
do wn forse veralseconds tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y.
Pr Pr
oce edasf oce
edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
#
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle. %
Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, theaut omatic transmission
re mains inneut ral005C.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page160). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but-
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplaysho ws
005D ,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno trans-
mission position display005D appear s,secur e
th eve hicle toprev ent itfrom rolling away.
% Depending onthesituation, itma yta ke a
shor ttime until005D iseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ent ion tothetransmission posi-
tion displa y.
Pa rk position
005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth estationar yve hicle o.intrans-
mission position005Bor005E. 154154
Dr
iving and parking