engine light MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 2019 Owner's Manual
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Starting the engine
Important safety notes
GWARNING
If children are left unsupervised in the vehicle,
they could:
Ropen the doors, thus endangering other
people or road users.
Rget out and disrupt traffic.
Roperate the vehicle's equipment.
Additionally, children could set the vehicle in
motion if, for example, they:
Rrelease the parking brake.
Rshifting the automatic transmission out of
park positionP
RStart the engine.
There is a risk of an accident and injury.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle. Never
leave children or animals unattended in the
vehicle. Always keep the SmartKey out of
reach of children.
GDANGER
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
gases such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling
these exhaust gases is hazardous to health
and can result in poisoning. There is a risk of
fatal injury. Therefore, never leave the engine
running an enclosed space without adequate
ventilation.
GWARNING
Flammable materials introduced through
environmental influence or by animals can
ignite if in contact with the exhaust system or
parts of the engine that heat up. There is a risk
of fire.
Carry out regular checks to make sure that
there are no flammable foreign materials in
the engine compartment or in the exhaust
system.
General notes
The catalytic converter is preheated for up to30 seconds after a cold start. The sound of theengine may change during this time.
Automatic transmission
XShift the transmission to position ](Ypage 141).The transmission position indicator on themultifunction display shows ](Ypage 142).
iYou can start the engine in transmissionposition ]and \\.
Starting procedure with the SmartKey
To start the engine using the SmartKey insteadof the Start/Stop button, pull the Start/Stopbutton out of the ignition lock.
XTurn the SmartKey to position Iin the igni-tion lock and release it as soon as the engineis running.
If the engine will not start:
XRemove the SmartKey from the ignition lock.
XReinsert the SmartKey into the ignition lockafter a short waiting period.
XTurn the SmartKey to position Hin the igni-tion lock (Ypage 131).The indicator lamps in the instrument clusterlight up (Ypage 256).
XTurn the SmartKey to position Iin the igni-tion lock (Ypage 131) and release it as soonas the engine is running.
Starting procedure with the Start/Stop
button
The Start/Stop button is only available on vehi-cles with KEYLESS-GO or the KEYLESS-GO startfunction.
The Start/Stop button can be used to start thevehicle manually without inserting the SmartKeyinto the ignition lock. The Start/Stop buttonmust be inserted in the ignition lock and theSmartKey must be in the vehicle. This mode forstarting the engine operates independently ofthe ECO start/stop automatic engine start func-tion.
You can start the engine if a valid SmartKey is inthe vehicle. Switch off the engine and always
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Driving and parking
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