ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ GLB SUV 2021 AMG Owner's Manual

Oper
ator's Manua l
This Supplement prov ides informatio non allthe
im por tant func tions ofyour AM Gve hicle that are
eit her notdesc ribed ordifferfr om thedescr ip‐
tion sin theve hicle Operator's Manual. This
inf ormation supplements orreplaces thecor re‐
sponding sectionsintheve hicle Operator's Man‐
ual. Under nocircums tances does theSupple‐
ment replace theOper ator's Manual.
This Supplement describesallmodels, and
st andar dand optio nal equipme ntforyo ur vehi‐
cle, asavailable atthetime ofgoing topress.
Countr y-specif icdif fere nces arepo ssi ble. Bea r
in mind that your vehicle mayno tfe atur eall
fun ction sdesc ribed here.This isalso thecase
fo rsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt tosaf ety.
Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle may
dif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illustra‐
tion s.
The original purchase contract documen tation
fo ryo ur vehicle contains alis tof all ofthesy s‐
te ms inyour vehicle. Should
youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
The Oper ator's Manual, theSupplement andthe
Maint enance Bookletar eim por tant docum ents
and should be kept intheve hicle. Oper
ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto mal‐
functions orsystem failur es
To avo idmalfun ctions orsystem failur es: #
Alw aysha ve thepr escr ibed service and
maint enanc ewo rkas wellan yre qu ired
re pair scar ried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent orinju rydue
to inc orrect mod ifica tions onelectr onic
com pone ntparts
Modif ication ofelectr oniccomponent s,their
sof twareor wir ing could impair their func tion and/or
thefunc tion ofother networke dcom‐
ponen tpar tsor saf ety-re leva nt systems.
This canendang ertheoper ating safetyof the
ve hicle. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing and elec‐
tr onic componen tpar tsor their soft‐
wa re. #
Yousho uld have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Obser
vethe"On-boar delectr onics"sect ionin
"T ec hnical data"intheve hicle Operator's Man‐
ual. &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toflammab le
mat erials onhotpar tsof theex haus t
sy stem
Flammable material suc has lea ves, grass or
twigs mayignit eif th ey come intocont act
wi th hotpar tsof theex haus tsy stem. Gener
alno tes 7

Oper
ation oftheECO star t/s topfunc tion The
engineisau tomatical lyswitc hedoffif th e
fo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R ifall vehicle conditions foran automatic
engine stop areme t.
R youbr ak eth eve hicle toast ands tillin trans‐
miss ionposit ion005Bor005C.
R youdepr essthebr ak epedal whendriving at
speeds below15 mp h(20 km/h).
The 00D6 symbol appearsinthemultifunc tion
displa ywhen theve hicle isstatio nary.Ifno tall
th eve hicle conditions areme t,th e00D5 symbol
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The engine isrestar tedaut omatic allyif:
R youre lease thebr ak epedal intra nsmiss ion
position 005Bwhen theHOLD function isno t
activ e.
R youshif tfr om transm issionposi tion005D.
R youen gage trans missi on positio n005B or005E.
R youdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l.
R youper man ently act ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing . R
youpull thelef t-hand steer ing wheel gear‐
shif tpaddle.
R anaut omat iceng inestar tis requ ired bythe
ve hicle.
If th eengine wasswitc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/
st op funct ionand youlea vetheve hicle, awa rn‐
ing tone sou nds and theengine isno tre star ted.
In addition, theVehicle ReadytoDrive Switch
the Ignit ionOffBefor eEx iting messag eappear s
in themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifyo udo notswit ch
of fth eignition ,th eignition isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rone minut e. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheDY NA MIC SELECT switch Use
theDY NA MIC SELE CTswitc hto chang e
be tween thefo llo wing drive pr ogr ams:
o (Slippery): optim ized pulling away and
dr ivin gch aract eristic sin wint ryand slip‐
per yro ad con dition s
= (Individual):ind ividual setting s A
(Comfort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gst yle
C (Sport):spor tydrivin gst yle
B (Sport+): particular lyspor tydriving style
Mer cedes- AMGrecomme ndsselecting thedr ive
pr og ram A when incity traf fic or stop-and-go
tr af fic.
Depe nding onthedr ive pr ogr am select ed,the
fo llo wing vehicle charact eristic swill chang e:
R Drive
- Engin eand transm issionman agemen t
- ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R AMG Dynamics
- The agility functio nsareau tomatical ly
select eddepending onthedr ive pr og ram.
- The steer ing, shifttimin gpoint andstabi‐
lizat ionfunction sar eadap tedto the
select eddrive pr ogr am.
R Suspension
R Availabilit yof glide mode Dr
ivin gand parking 11

Au
tomatic trans mis sion Man
ualgearshif ting #
Toactiv ate/ deacti vate:pr ess button 1.
If ind icatorlam p2 islit, manua lge arshif t‐
ing isact ivat ed. The current gear isdispla yed
in themultifunc tiondispla y.
% Toper manen tly shif tth ege arsman uallyin
dr ive pr og ram = using thesteer ing wheel ge
arshif tpaddles ,selec tth eM (Manual) set‐
ting forth etra nsmiss ion.
* NO
TEDama getotheengine duetoshif t‐
ing uptoolat e The
automatic transmission doesnotshif tup
in manual modeeven when theengine' slim‐
iting speed isreac hed.
The fuel suppl yis int erru pte din order topre‐
ve nt theengine from overrev ving. #
Shif tup bef oreth eengine speedrea‐
ch es there dar ea intheta ch ome ter. #
Toshif tup: pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdo wn: pullsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. If
th eengine speedistoohigh ortoolow, you
canno tch ang ege ar usin gth esteer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddles .In this case, segme nts1
light upred. Gear
shiftre comm endation The
gearshif tre comme ndation assists youin
adop tingan eco nomic aldrivin gst yle. 12
Driving and parking

#
Ifge arshif tre comme ndation mess age1
ap pea rson themultifunc tiondispla y,shif tto
th ere comme ndedgear. Using
kickdow n #
Maximum acceleration: depress theaccel‐
er ator pedal beyond thepr essur epoint .
The automatic transmiss ionshiftsup tothene xt
ge ar when themaximum enginespeedis
re ac hed toprotect theengine from overrev ving.
% Ifyo uha ve act ivat ed man ualgearshif ting
wit hth ebutt oninthecent ercon sole, the tr
ans missi on does notre act tothekic k‐
do wn. Glide
mode function Wi
th an ant icip ator ydr ivin gst yle, glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption.
Glide mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R thecombus tionengine isdiscon nectedfrom
th edr ivet ra in and theve hicle continues to
ro ll.
R theJ symbol appearsin themultifunc ‐
tion displa y.
Glide mode isact ivat ed ifth efo llo wing condi‐
tion sar eme t:
R theEC Ostar t/ stop funct ionisswitc hedon.
R drive pr ogr am = isselect edwithth edr ive
se tting "Moder ate" or"Reduced".
R thespeed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R thero ad's courseissuit able, e.g.no steep
uphill ordownhill inclinesortight bends.
R youar eno longerdepr essing theacceler ator
or brak epedal. Glide
mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthe
condi tions isno long erme t. Dr
ivi ng and drivi ng safetysy stems Fu
nctions ofESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityPro‐
gr am) &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
mal functi oning
If ESP ®
is mal functi oning,ESP ®
canno tcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation.Inaddit ion,ot her
dr iving safetysy stems areswitc hedoff. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Have ESP ®
ch eckedat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Yo
ucan selectbetween thefo llo wing modes of
ES P®
:
R ESP®
ON
R ESP®
SPO RT
R ESP ®
OFF Dr
iving and parking 13

MODE
iscont inuously deactivated. From a
speed of100mp h(1 60 km/h) DRIFTMODE is
ful lydea ctivated, but ESP ®
re mains switchedoff.
Belo waspeed of100mp h(1 60 km/h) upto
appr oximat ely75 mph(120 km/h) DRIFTMODE
is cont inuousl yactiv ated.
% DRIFT MODE isonl yav ailable afte rth eve hi‐
cle has been brok en in(/ page10 ).
Ac tiv atin gand deac tivatin gDRI FTMOD E
Re quirement s:
R ESP®
is deact ivat ed (/ page16 ).
R drive pr ogr am I(RA CE)isselect ed.
R thedoor s,thehood andtheta ilg atear e
clos ed.
R theengine isrunning andthetransmission
and engine areat nor mal oper ating temp era‐
tur e.
R thetra nsmiss ionisin manual mode–manual
shif ting isactiv ated (/ page12 ).
Ac tiv atin gDRI FTMOD E
Yo ucan activat eDRI FTMOD Eat aspee dof up
to 60 mph(99 km/h). #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
If all activ ation conditions arefulf illed, the
multifu nctiondisplay sho wstheDRIFT
MODE Confirm :Paddle UPCancel: Paddle
DOWN messag eand theâ warning lam p
fl ashes . #
Tocancel :pull thesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Canceled messageand theâ
wa rning lam pgoes out. #
Toconf irm: pull thesteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2.
The mult ifunction displa ysho wstheDRIFT
MODE Active messag eand theâ warning
lam plight sup.
Deactiv ating DRIFT MODE #
Pull steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles 1and
2 and hold forhal fa second.
The DRIFT MODE Activemessageand the
â warning lam pgo out.
DRIF TMOD Eis aut omat icallydeact ivat ed inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R ESP®
is act ivat ed.
R manual shiftingis deact ivat ed –th ege arbo x
is in posit ion005B.
R thedr ive pr ogr am I (RACE) isswitc hed
of f.
R theve hicle isswitc hedoff. 18
Driving and parking

%
Afterdr ifting andbeforecontinuing thejour‐
ne y,ch eckth ewheels andtires fordama ge.
In par ticula r,ch eckth etir etread depthand
tir econ tact surface overth eent ire widt hof
th etir es (see theve hicle Operator's Manual). AMG
adative spor tsuspension system Fu
nction ofAMG adaptive spor tsusp ension
sy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem isan
electr onicall ycon trolled damping system for
im prov ed driving comfortand increased driving
saf ety.
The dam ping isadjus tedindividually toeac h
wheel anddepends onthefo llo wing fact or s:
R drivi ng style, e.g. spor ty
R road con dition ,e.g .bum ps
R thedr ive pr ogr am select ed
R theindividual selectionofthe"Spor t","Spor t
Plus" or"Comf ort" suspension setting
The suspension setting isdependent onthe
dr ive pr ogr am select edvia theDY NA MIC SELE CT
switc h. In
addition, youcan selectthemode ineve ry
dr ive pr ogr am individually viatheAMG adaptive
spor tsuspension system butt oninthecent er
con sole. Aftera dr ive pr ogr am isch ang ed, the
aut omat icsuspe nsion setting ofthedr ive pr o‐
gram isreact ivat ed.
AMG adaptiv espor tsus pens ionsystem,
selectin gth esusp ension setting
In "Comf ort" mode, thedr iving charact eristic sof
yo ur vehicle arecomf ortable. Select this suspen ‐
sion setting ifyo upr efer aco mf ortable driving
st yle.
"Spor t"driving mode ensuresafirm ersuspen‐
sion setting. Select this suspen sionsetting when
em ploying aspor tydrivin gst yle, e.g. onwinding
count ryroads.
"Spo rtPlus" driving mode ensuresave ry firm
suspension settin g. #
Press butt on1 repeat edly until theselect ed
se tting isdispla yed.
Depen dingonthenumber ofindicat orlam ps
2 lighting up,thefo llo wing suspen sionset‐
tin gis selec ted:
R 0–"Comf ort" suspension setting
R 1–"Spor t"suspension setting
R 2–"Spor tPlus" suspension setting Dr
iving andparking 19

Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsth efo llo wing infor‐
matio nabo vethecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field
of vision:
R Driving speed
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iving systems and
dr iving safetysy stems
R Some warning mess ages
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display. Mer
cede s-AMG displa ycon tent 1
Current engi nespe ed
2 Current speed
3 Currentl ysel ect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
4 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
Depe nding ontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
In vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan dis‐
pla yaddit ionalco nten t:
R Spee dand gear displa y R
Lap and sectortimes
R Accel erati on and braki ng
R Trac klayo ut graphics
% The conten tth at can bedispla yedwill vary
dependin gon these ttings.
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated.
Sy stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light
R Wetro ad
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses Ins
trumen tDisp lay and on-boar dcom puter 23

Oper
ating fluids Quali
tyand capaci tyof eng ineoil Model
MB-Freigabe orMB-
Appr oval
Mer cedes -AMG GLB
35 4MA TIC 229.
51,229 .52,
229 .61, 229.7 1* *
Re comme ndedforlo we stpossible fuelcon‐
sum ption (lowe stSA Evis cos ityclassineach
case ;obs erve possible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse s).
To achie vethelowe stpossible fuelconsum ption,
it is recomme ndedtouse theengine oilspecif i‐
cation smar kedin theta ble forth elowe stSA E
viscosi tyclass .Po ssible restrictions ofthe
appr ovedSA Evis cos ityclasse smu stbe
obser ved.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,
inc ludin gth eoil filt er .
Missin gva lues werenotye tav ailable atthetime
of going topress. Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGGLB
35 4MA TIC Coolant
capacity Model
Capacity
Mer cedes- AMGGLB
35 4MA TIC 8.7
USqt(8.2 liter s) Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
Mer cedes- AMGGLB
35 4MA TIC 24
.3 ±0.4 oz
(690 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
Mer cedes- AMGGLB
35 4MA TIC 2.8
±0.4 oz
(80 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R tires
R load
R condi tionofthesuspension
R option aleq uipment 32
Tech nica lda ta

Disp
laymes sages
ä Malfunction Drive at Max .50
mp h.......................................................3 5
DRI FTMODE Current lyUn available
See Operat or'sMan ual.......................... 35
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RA CE STAR TNo tPo ssible SeeOper‐
at or's Manual ........................................3 5
Dr ag Race
Se tting ................ ............................ .......2 8
DRIFT MODE
Ac tivati ng ........... ...................................18
Ac tivati on cond itions ........... ..................18
Dea ctivating ............ ..............................18
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Dr ive pr og rams
se eDY NA MIC SELE CT
Dr iving safetysy stem
ES P®
(Ele ctro nic Stabilit yPr og ram) .......13
Dr ivin gsy stem
AMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsys‐
te m + ..... ................................................ 19 Dr
ivin gtips
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 0
DY NA MIC SELECT .......................................11
Dr ive pr ogr ams............. ......................... 11
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Au tomatic engine star t.......................... 11
Au tomatic engine stop ........................... 11
Me thod ofoper ation .............................. 11
Emo tion Start
St artin gth eve hicle ........................ .......1 0
Engine ECOstar t/ stop funct ion.................. ...... 11
Engine oil
Capacit y.......................................... ...... 32
MB- Freig abe orMB- Appr oval .......... .......3 2
Qua lity .......... ........................................ .32
Te mp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 1
ESP ®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram)
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ........... ...16 ESP
®
SPO RT<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 3
St atus displa y(on -boardcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 1
ESP ®
SPOR T
Fu nctio n/no tes .....................................1 3 G
G-me ter(o n-b oard comp uter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 21
Gear displa y(on -boar dcom puter,Pe r‐
fo rm ance menu) ........................................ 21
Gear shiftre comm endation ...................... 12
Glide mode ................................................. 13 H
Head-up Display
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In stru men tdis pla y
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