tow MERCEDES-BENZ GLB SUV 2020 Owner's Manual

Symbols
........................................................ 5 At
agl ance ....................................................6
Coc kpit ....... ..................... ..................... ..........6
Indica torand warning lam ps(stan dar d)........ 10
Indicat orand warning lam ps(Wide‐
scr een Cockpit)............................................ 12
Ov erhead controlpanel ................................ 14
Doo rcontr olpa nel and seatad jus tment .......16
Emerg enciesand brea kdo wns ............ .......... 18 Digita
lOp erator' sMa nua l......................... 20
Callin gup theDigit alOper ator's Manual ...... 20 Gener
alno tes... .......................................... 21
Pr otect ing theen vironmen t... ....................... 21
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts ... ...................2 1
Oper ator's Manual ........................... .............2 2
Ser vice andvehicle operation ......... .............2 3
Oper ating safety...........................................2 4
Decl arati on ofconf ormity forwireless
ve hicle component s... ..................................2 5
Dia gno stics con nection ................................ 26 Qualif
iedspec ialistwo rkshop ....................... 26
Cor rect useof theve hicle ............................. 27
Pr oblems withyo ur vehicle ............... ............ 27
Re por tingsaf etydef ects ...............................2 7
Limit edWarrant y.......................................... 28
QR cod efo rre scue card... ............... .............2 8
Dat ast or ag e... ..............................................2 8
Cop yright ...................................................... 31 Occupant
safety.... .....................................33
Re stra int system .............................. .............3 3
Sea tbel ts<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Airb ags<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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PR E-S AFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 47
Saf ely transp orting childr enintheve hi‐
cle ...... ..........................................................4 8
No teson pets intheve hicle ............ .............6 4 Opening
andclosing .................................. 65
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Door s<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ca rgocom partmen t... ................................... 74
Sid ewi ndo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Sli ding sunroof <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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heftpr otect ion .....................................8 8 Seats
andstowing ..................................... 92
No teson thecor rect driver's seatpos i‐
tion <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>.......92
No teson theheight limitontheth ird
row ofseats .................................................. 93
Seats ............................................................ 93
St eer ing wheel ............................................ 102
Eas yentr yand exitfeatur e.........................1 03
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion .................. 104
St ow agear eas ............................................ 106
Cup holder.................................................. 122
Soc kets ........... ............................................ 124
Wi reless chargin gof themobile phone
and connect ionwithth eex terior ant enna ..127
Ins talling/ remo ving thefloor mats .............1 29 Lig
htand visibility ....... ............................ 130
Ext eriorlighti ng............. .............................130
Int erior ligh ting ........................................... 135
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 137
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Contents

Oper
ating thesun visor s... .......................... 144 Clim
atecontr ol........................................ 145
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 45
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 146 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 150
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........150
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ..........1 61
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... .......... 164
Fu nctio nof 4MA TIC<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...........169
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 170
Pa rking .......................................................1 72
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems .............. 181
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 39 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................240
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................2 40
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................2 41
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 242 Ad
jus ting thedesign oftheIns trument
Displa y... .......................................... ........... 243
Sho wing displ aycont entontheins tru‐
ment cluster..... .............................. ............ 244
Ov ervie wof displa yson themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... .................................... ..........2 45
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ................2 46
Menus andsubmenus ................................. 246
Hea d-up Display ............ .............................253 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem .............................. 254
No teson oper ating safety................ .......... 254
Ope ratio n........... ................................. .......255
Usi ngtheVo ice Cont rolSy stem effec‐
tiv ely <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Essenti alvoice com mand s.........................2 58 MBUX
multimedia system ....................... 27 3
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 273
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 307
Na vig ation .......................................... .........317
Te lephon e........................................ ...........3 57
Online andInterne tfunctions ..................... 385
Media ......................................................... 392 Ra
dio .......................................................... 399
Sound .........................................................4 07 Maint
enanc eand care..... ......................... 411
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y.........4 11
Engi necompar tment............ ....................... 412
Clean ingand care.......................................4 17 Br
eak down assista nc e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Emerg ency<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Fla ttir e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Batt ery(v ehi cle)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ele ctrica lfu ses ............ ...............................445 Wheel
sand tires ...... ................................449
No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................4 49
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 449
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 450
Ti re pressur e...............................................4 51
Loadi ngtheve hicle .................................... 458 Cont
ents 3

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
166
2 Comb inationswit ch →
131
3 Instrument Display →
240
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
164
5 Start/ stop butt on →
151
ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
160
6 Media display →
276
7 Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
146
8 Haza rdwa rning light s →
132
9 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
44
A Glovebox →
107
B Stow agecom partment →
107
C Cup holder →
122
D Control kn ob for:
Vo lume andswitc hingsound on/off →
273
Swi tches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
273 E
Calls upnavig atio n →
317
F Calls upthera dio →
400
Calls upmedia →
395
G Calls upthete lephon e →
359
H Calls upfavo rite s →
294
I Calls up vehicle functions →
286
J ActivePa rking Assist →
226
K DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
162
L Touc hpad →
278
M Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
241
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel →
102
O Switches thesteer ing wheel heateron/ off →
103
P Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
241
Cr uise contro l →
195
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
200 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

1
Safetyve sts →
427
2 mebutt onand SOS button →
378
3 Haza rdwa rning light s →
132
4 Startin gassis tance →
438
5 Checking andrefilling operatingfluids →
485
6 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
441
7 Flattir e →
429
8 QRcode foraccessi ngthere scue card →
28 9
Tow- star tin gand towing away →
441
A TIREFIT kit →
430
B First-ai dkit (softsided) →
428
C Warning triang le →
427
D Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
170 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 19

Callin
gup theDigital Operator' sMan ual
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Info 5
Operator 'sManual
5 Õ The
Digit alOper ator's Manual describesthe
function andoper ation of:
R The vehicle
R The multimedia system #
Select oneofthefo llo wing menuitems inthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua l: R
Sea rch: searchfo rke yw ords inorder tofind
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a‐
tion oftheve hicle.
R Quick start:find thefirs tst eps towa rdsse t‐
ting upyour vehicle.
R Tips: find informa tionth at prepar esyoufo r
cer tain eve ryda ysituation swit hyo ur vehicle.
R Messages: recei veaddit ionalinf ormat ion
about themessag esintheins trument dis‐
pla y.
R Bookma rks:gain acc ess toyour per son ally
sa ve dbookm arks .
R Langua ge:select thelanguag efo rth eDigit al
Oper ator's Manual.
Some sections intheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
e.g. warning notes, can beopened andclosed.
Ad diti onalme thods ofcal ling up the Digital
Ope rato r's Man ual:
Di rect access :open there qu ired con tent inthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua lby pressing andhold‐
ing anent ryon theta bbar inthemultimedia
sy stem: Ins
trument Display:cal lup briefinf ormati onas
di spl aymessa gesin theins trument cluster.
Vo ice Contr olSy stem: callupvia thevo ice
con trol system
Global search:cal lup sea rchre sults forcon‐
te nts oftheDigit alOper ator's Manual inthe
home screen
Fo rsaf etyre ason s,theDigit alOper ator's Man‐
ual isdeactiv ated while driving.
% The Oper ator's Manual canalso befound in
th eMer cedes- BenzGuides appinall com‐
mon appstor es. 20
DigitalOper ator's Manual

Diag
nostics connec tion
The diagn ostics conn ection ison lyinte nde dfo r
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect equipme nttoadiagn ostic s
con nectionin theve hicle, itma yaf fect the
oper ation ofvehicle systems.
As are sult, theoper ating safetyof theve hi‐
cle could beaffect ed. #
Onlyconnect theve hicle diagnos tics
conn ection todevices whichha ve been
te sted withre ga rd totheir use and are
con sider edsafe. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal. This
jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. *
NO
TEBatt erydi sc ha rging from using
de vice sconne cted tothediagnos tics
con nect ion Using
devices atthediagnos ticsconnect ion
dr ains thebatt ery. #
Chec kth ech arge leve lof thebatt ery. #
Ifth ech arge leve lis low, charge the
batt ery, e.g. bydriving acon sider able
dis tance. Co
nnecti ngequip ment tothediagnos ticscon‐
nect ioncan lead toemissions monitoring infor‐
mation beingrese t,forex am ple. This maylead
to theve hicle failing tomee tth ere qu iremen tsof
th ene xt emissions inspectionduring themain
inspect ion. Qualif
iedspecialis two rkshop
An author ized Mercedes-B enzCent erisaqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. Ithas theneces sary
special skills,tools and qualif icat ionsto cor‐
re ctly carryout thewo rkrequ ired on your vehi‐
cle. This particular lyapplies tosaf ety-re leva nt
wo rks.
Fo rth efo llo wing, alwaysha ve your vehicle
ch eckedat an aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCen‐
te r:
R safety-re leva nt wo rks
R service andmaint enance work
R repair work
R modif icationsaswellas installation sand
con versions
R workon electr oniccomponent s 26
Gener alno tes

The
comp onent sof there stra int system can
be act ivat ed ordep loye dinde pendently of
eac hot her : Com
pone nt Detected dep loy‐
men tsit uation
Em erge ncy Tensi on‐
ing Device s Fr
ont alim pact, rear
im pact ,side impact ,
ro llo ver Dr
iver' sai rba g,front
pa sse nger airba g Fr
ont alim pact Knee
airbag Front alim pact Side
airbag Sideimpact
Wi ndo wcur tain air‐
bag Side
impact ,ro llo ver,
fr ont alim pact The
front passeng erairb agcan onlybe depl oyed
in an acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
ind icat orlam pis off.Ifth efront passeng erseat
is occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during
th ejour ney,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 44). &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotair bag
com ponents
The airbag partsareho taf te ran air bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adeplo yedair bag replaced ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop assoon
as possible . Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.Take this int oacc ount ,par tic‐
ular lyifan Em erge ncy Tensi oni ng Device istrig ‐
ge redor an airbag deployed.
If th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device sar etrig ‐
ge redor an airbag isdeplo yed, youwill hear a
ban g,and asmal lamoun tof powder mayalso be
re leased:
R The bang willnotge ner ally affect your hear ‐
ing .
R Ingener al,th epo wder released isno thaz‐
ar dous tohealt hbut maycause short-term br
eat hing difficul ties toper sons suffering
fr om asthma orother pulmonar yconditions .
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immediat elyoropen thewindo win order to
pr eve ntbrea thing difficul ties .
Airb agsand pyrotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng
De vice scont ain pe rchlor atemat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire spec ialhandlin gor environm entalpro‐
te ction measures. Na tional guideline sre ga rding
wa ste disposal mustbe obser ved. InCalif ornia,
see https:/ /www .dtsc. ca.go v/
Hazar dousW aste/P erch lor ate/in dex.cf m. Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bytheseat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrect lybef ore
st ar tin gajo ur ne y.Asea tbe ltcan only prov ide
th ebes tle ve lof protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. Occupant
safety 35

&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
deplo yedpy rotech nic Emerg encyTen‐
si oni ng Device s
Py rotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a‐
tion aland areunable toper form their inten‐
ded protect ive func tion. #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device simm edi‐
at ely replaced ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat belt If
an unused seatbeltisno tfully retract ed,it
ma ybe come trap pe din thedoor orinthe
seat mechanism. #
Alw aysensur eth at an unus edseat belt
is full yre tract ed. Fa
stening seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orlock s. The seat beltstra pcan‐
no tbe pulled outanyfur ther. #
Alw ayseng ageseat belttongu e2 ofthe
seat beltintoseat beltbuckle1 ofthecor‐
re sponding seat. Ve
hicl eswith automatic front passen gerair‐
bag shutoff:
* NO
TEDep loym ent oftheEmer gency
Te nsi oni ng Device andside airba gwh en
th efront passeng erseat isunocc upied If
th eseat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckleoftheunocc upied front
passeng erseat, theEmer gency Tensi oni ng
De vice andtheside airbag mayalso deplo y
in theev ent ofan acciden talong withot her
sy stems. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Ve
hicl eswithout automatic front passen ger
airb agshu toff:
* NO
TEDep loym ent oftheEmer gency
Te nsi oni ng Device when thefront -
passeng erseat isunocc upied If
th eseat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckleoftheunocc upied front -
passeng erseat, theEmer gency Tensi oni ng 38
Occupant safety

3
Front passeng erairbag
4 Windo wcur tain airbag
5 Side airbag
The installation locationofan airbag canberec‐
ogni zedbytheAIRB AGmar king.
When enabled,anairb agcan prov ide addition al
pr otect ion forth ere spectiv eve hicle occupant.
Pot entia lpr otection from eachair bag: AIRB
AG Potentia lpr otection for:
Kn ee airb ag Thigh, knee and lowe rleg
Dr iver's airbag,
fr ont pass enger
airb ag Head
andribcag e
Wi ndo wcur tain
airbag Head
Side airbag Ribcageand pelvis &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj uries
if th efront -passen gerairb agisenabl ed
If th efront -passen gerfr ont airbagisenabl ed,
a ch ild on thefront -passen gerseat maybe
st ru ck bythefront -passen gerairb agdur ing
an accide nt.
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem onaseat withan ENABL EDFRONT
AIRB AG,DE ATHor SERIOU SINJU RYtothe
CH ILD can occur . When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,obse rveth eve hicle-spe‐
cif icinf ormation (/page61 ).Al so ,alw ays
obser vetheno teson rear wa rd-faci ng or
fo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int systems onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t.
Ve hicl eswith automatic front passen gerair‐
bag shutoff:
The front passe nger airba gcan only bedeploy ed
in an acciden tif th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF F
ind icat orlam pis off.Ifth efront passeng erseat
is occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during th
ejour ney,that thest atus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect (/ page 44).
* NO
TEImpo rtant poin tsto remember if
th efront passeng erseat isunocc upied In
an acciden t,th ecom ponen tsof the
re stra int system maydeplo yunnec essarily
on thefront passeng erside if:
R Ther ear ehea vyobjec tson thefront
passeng erseat.
R The seat belttongu eis eng aged inthe
seat beltbuckleofthefront passeng er
seat andthefront passeng erseat is
unocc upied. #
Stow object sin asuit able place. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Depending
onthede tected acci dent situation,
th ewindo wcur tain airbag onthefront
passeng erside maydeplo y.The airbag is
deplo yedre ga rdless ofwhe ther thefront
passeng erseat isoccupied. 40
Occupant safety

In
addi tion, noconnecting cables,tensi oni ng
st ra ps orretainin gst ra ps mus tbe routed or
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo y‐
ment area ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywith
th eaccessor ymanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions and, inpar ticular ,th eno teson
suit able places forins tallation .
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsin thepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sin asuit able place. Limit
edprotection prov ided byairbags &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations totheairbag cover
If yo umod ifytheco verof an airb agoraffix
object ssuc has sticke rs to it,theairbag may
no long erfunc tion correctly . #
Nevermodify theco verof an airb agand
do notaf fix obje ctstoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page39). &
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. 42
Occupant safety