suspension MERCEDES-BENZ GLB SUV 2021 AMG Owner's Manual

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
12
2 Comb inationswit ch
3 Instrument Display →
21
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r
5 Start/ stop butt on →
10
ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
11
6 Media display
7 Climat econt rolsy stems
8 Hazar dwa rning light system
9 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps
A Glovebox
B AMG adaptivespor tsuspension system →
19
C ESP®
→
13
D Manual gearshif ting →
12
E Stor ag ecom partmen t
F Cup holder G
Contr ollerforvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off
Swit ches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off
H Calls upnavig ation
I Calls upthera dio
Calls upmedia
J Calls upthete lephon e
K Calls upfavo rite s
L Calls upvehicle functions
M ActivePa rking Assist
N DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
11
O Touc hpad
P Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m
Q AMG steer ing-wheel buttons →
20
R Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel
S Switc hesthesteer ing wheel heateron/ off At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 5

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

%
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

The
currentl ysel ect edsuspe nsion setting is
sho wnasadi spl aymessa geinthemedia dis‐
pla y. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons aretw oaddi‐
tion alcon trol element son thesteer ing wheel.
Yo ucan assig ntw ove hicle functionsofyour
ch oice tothelef tcon trol element .Yo ucan
ch ang ebe tween theav ailable function sby
pr essing displaybutt ons 2repeat edly.The cur‐
re ntly select edfunc tions aredispl ayed indispla y
butt ons 2. The
follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
(/ page13 )
R AMG adaptivespo rtsuspension system
(/ page19 )
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page11 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page12 )
R AMG Dynamics(/ page 11)
If yo uha ve assig nedafun ction toone ofdispla y
butt ons 2,youcan oper ateth is func tion with
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla ybutt on2 remains
st or ed eve naf te ra ne wengine star t,but the
oper ating status ofthere spectiv efunction is
re se tto thebasic setting.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thedr ive pr og rams
wit hstabiliz erbar actuat or3. The selec ted
dr ive pr og ram app earsin disp lay butt on4. By
pr essing display butt on4, youcan direct ly
acc ess thedr ive pr ogr am = (Individua l). 20
Driving andparking

If
th eengine ortransmission isno tat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla y
will showtemp eratur e2 or3 inblue. Avoid
using thefull engine powe routpu tdur ing this
tim e. En
gine data(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh enthecur rent powe routpu t1 orthecur‐
re nt torq ue 2 reac hes themaximum value, the
digit alvalue will brief lybe statio nary.The bar
displa ywill cont inue. SETU
Pin Mer cedes- AMGvehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic
2 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
3 AMGDY NA MICS:
Basic/A dvanced
4 Suspension tuning:
Comf ort/S port/S port+ G-me
ter(e xa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areexe rted on theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tr av el. The maximum values arere pr esent edby
re dmar kings. #
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 22
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

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 Dr
ivin gsy stems Displa
ymess ages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
RACE START NotPossible
See Operator' sManual *P
ossible causesare:
R The condit ionsforactiv ation areno tme t(/ page16 ).
RACE STARTCanceled *P
ossible causesare:
R youre leased theacceler ator pedal during RACE STAR T.
R youdepr essedthebr ak epedal during RACE STAR T.
Yo ucan try RA CE STAR Tag ain at thene xt star t.
DRI FTMOD ECurre ntly
Un availabl eSee Oper ator's
Man ual *P
ossible causes:
R The activ ation condit ionshave notbe en fulfilled (/page18 ).
ä
Malfunc tionDriveat Max.
50 mph *T
heAMG adaptivespor tsuspension system ismalfunct ioning.Thevehicle's handling charact eristic sma ybe affec‐
te d. #
Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 50 mph(80 km/h). #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 35

Wa
rning and indicat orlam ps Dr
iving systems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
ä Suspension warning lam p
(y ello w) The
yello wAMG adaptivespor tsuspen sionsystem warning lam pis lit.
*T her eis amalfunction intheAMG adaptivespor tsuspension system. #
Notethemessag eson themultifunc tiondispla y. Dr
ivin gsaf etysy stems Wa
rning/indicat orlam p
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
00BB
¤ The
yello wES P®
OFF warning lam psarelit while theengine isrunning .
* ESP ®
is de acti vated.
Ot her driving systems anddriving safetysy stems mayalso beinoper ative. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding whe ndr ivi ng with ESP ®
de acti vated
ESP ®
do es notact tostabiliz eth eve hicle. Theavailabilit yof fur ther driving safetysy stems isalso limited. #
Drive on car efull y. 36
Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps

A
Ac celer ation
see Kickdo wn
AMG Men u(on -boardcom puter) .................... 21
St eer ing wheel control element ...... .......2 0
St eer ing-wheel buttons .........................2 0
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m
Sel ecting thesuspension setting ........... 19
AMG adaptiv espo rtsuspension sys‐
te m +
Sus pensi on ........... ................................. 19
AMG Perfor ma nce steer ing wheel ...........2 0
AMG TRAC KPA CE
Conf iguring ............................................ 29
Drag Race <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>28
Ge ner alinf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ..25
Te leme try displa y............................ ...... 29
Tr ac kRa ce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ................25
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop Au
thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ..........11
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ..........11
Au tomatic trans mis sion
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ........................ ..11
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h....................... 11
Kic kdo wn ...............................................13
Manual gearshif ting...............................1 2
Oil temp eratur e(on- boar dcom puter,
Pe rfor mance menu) ...............................2 1
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters .............. 12 B
Boo stpres sur e(o n-bo ardco mp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu )...................................2 1
Br ak es
Ne w/r eplace dbr ak epa ds/b rake
discs ...................................................... 10
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicle .......1 0 C
Cha nging gears ....... ................................... 12
Manually ................................................ 12
Choc k.......................................................... 31
St or ag elocation .................................... 31
Choc k
see Choc k
Clim atecontr ol
Fillin gcapac ityforPA Goil .....................3 2
Re frig er ant filling capac ity.....................3 2
Coc kpit .........................................................4
Ov ervie w .................................................4
Coolant (engine)
Capacit y................................................ 32 D
Dash board
see Cockpit
Dealer ship
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop Inde
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J
Jac k
St or ag elocation .................................... 31 K
Kic kdow n......... .......................................... 13
Using ............ ......................................... 13 L
Limit edWa rranty
Ve hicle ..................................................... 9 M
Menu (on-boar dcom puter)
AMG displa ys<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 21
Pe rfor mance .......................................... 21 N
No teson breaking-in ane wvehicl e...... ...10 O
On-boar dcom puter
AMG menu ............................................. 21 Pe
rfor mance menu........................ ........ 21
Oper ating safety
Inf ormation ...................................... ........ 7
Oper ator's Manual
Ve hicle equipment ........................... ........ 7 P
Pe rfor ma nce (on-boa rdcom puter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu )...................................2 1
Po we rout put (on-b oard comp uter,
Pe rfor ma nce menu )...................................2 1 Q
Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop .................... 8 R
RA CE START
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. ..16
Ac tivati on cond itions ........... ..................16
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011>16
Ro ofload .................................................... 33 S
Select ingage ar
see Changing gears
Ser vice center
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
SETUP (on-boar dcom puter,Pe rfor m‐
ance menu )................................................ 21
Shif tpadd les
see Steer ing wheel paddle shifters
Shif ting gears
Gea rshif tre comme ndation <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 12
Specialis two rkshop .................................... 8
St art/S topbutt on
Emo tion Start........................................ 10
St art/s topfunc tion
see ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters ................ 12
Suspension AMG adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m + ..... ................................................ 19
Sel ecting thesuspension setting ........... 19 Inde
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