ABS MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 2020 Owners Manual

1
Spee dometer →
252
2 L Distance warning →
562
3 00CC Electric po we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
556
4 003E003D Turn signal lights →
131
5 Multifunction display →
256
6 Tach ome ter →
252
7 00B9 CheckEngi ne →
557
8 0028 Thisind icatorlam phas nofunction
9 Electr icpar king brak eapp lied(red) →
560
0049 USAonly
0024 Canada only
A Brak es (red) →
560
0027 USAonly
004D Canada only
B ÿ Coolanttooho t/c old →
557 C
Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
252
D 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
560
E 0025 ABSmalfun ction →
563
F 0075 Restra int system →
555
G 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
555
H 0057 Highbeam →
131
I 0058 Lowbeam →
130
J 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
557
K Fuelleve lindic ator
L 0060 Parking lam ps →
130
M 005E Rear foglam p →
131
N 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
566
O 00BB ESP®
OFF →
563
P 00E5 ESP®
→
563 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(sta nda rd) 11

1
Spee dometer →
252
2 003E003D Turn signal lights →
131
3 Multifunction display →
256
4 005E Rear foglam p →
131
5 0057 Highbeam →
131
0058 Lowbeam →
130
0060 Parking lam ps →
130
6 Tach ome ter →
252
7 ÿ Coolant tooho t/c old →
557
8 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
252
9 L Distance warning →
562
A 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
555
B 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
566
C Ù Electric po we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
556
D 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
560
E Elec tric par kingbr ak eapplied (red) →
560 0049
USAonl y
0024 Canada only
F 0075 Restra int system →
555
G Brak es (red) →
560
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
H 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
557
I Fuelleve lindic ator
J ä Suspen sionmalfun ction →
562
K 003D Electrical malfun ction →
557
L 00B9 CheckEn gine →
557
M 0028 Thisindic ator lam phas nofunc tion
N 0025 ABSmalfun ction →
563
O 00BB ESP®
OFF →
563
00E5 ESP®
→
563 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps(Widesc reen Coc kpit) 13

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When driving onunpavedro ads oroff-
ro ad, regular lych eckth eve hicle under‐
side. #
Remo vetrap pe dplants orother flam‐
mable material. #
Ifth er eis damag e,con sult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely. *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle In
thefo llo wing situat ions,in par ticular ,th er e
is arisk ofdamag eto theve hicle:
R The vehicle becomes grounded, e.g.ona
high curb oran unpavedro ad
R The vehicle isdriven toofa st over an
obs tacle ,e.g. acurb ,spe edbump orpot‐
hole
R Ahea vyobject strike sth eunderbody or
ch assis components
In situatio nssuc has this, thebody ,th e
und erbody ,ch assis components,wheels or
tir es coul dbe damag edwithout thedamag e
being visible. Componen tsdamag edinthis wa
ycan unexpec tedly failor ,in thecase of
an acciden t,ma yno tabsorb theloads that
ar ise asintend ed.
If th eunderbody panelingisdamag ed,flam‐
mable materials suchas lea ves, grass or
twigs cancollect between theunderbody and
th eunderbody paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwith hot
par tson theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr iving safetyis im pair edwhile con‐
ti nui ng your jour ne y,pull over and stop
th eve hicle immediat elyin accor dance
wit hth etraf fic condi tions,and cont act
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis subje
ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"The wireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plywit hIndus try Canada license-e xemp t
RSS standar d(s).Operationis subj ecttothefo l‐
lo wing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma y
no tcause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (mode l:WMI2 Wireless Mobile Inte rface) :
th is de vice complies withPa rt18 oftheFCC
Ru les."
The name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
peik eracus ticGmbH
Max-Planc k-St r.28-32 Gene
ralno tes 25

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Ifth er eis damag e,con sult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely. +
ENVIR
ONMENT ALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tonon-ob servance ofpro‐
hi bi tio nsigns En
vironme ntal protect ion has prior ity.Tr eat
natur ewit hre spect. #
Besureto obser veprohibition signs. Chec
klistbef oredr iving off-r oad
Chec kth efo llo wing pointsbef oredr ivin gof f-
ro ad:
R Fuelleve l
R Engi neoille ve l:fill engin eoil up tothemaxi‐
mum leve lto ensur efull gradeability
(/ page42 4).
R Tire -cha ngeto ol kit and spar ewheel
R Tire sand wheels Of
f-road driving
Re ad this sect ionbeforedr ivin gyo ur vehicle off-
ro ad. Pract ice bydriving over mor ege ntle off-
ro ad terrain firs t.
R Observeth eno teson thecr oss-c ountr yABS
(/ page18 5).
R Ifnece ssary,select theF orG drive
pr og ram (vehicl eswit han Off-road package )
bef oredr iving off-r oad (/page16 6).
R Select ave hicle leve lsuit able forof f-r oad ter‐
ra in (/ page21 6). Toavo iddamagin gth e
ve hicle, makesur eth er eis alw ayssuf ficie nt
gr ou nd clearance .
R Alw ayske ep theengine running andingear
when drivin gon downh illgradien tsand
slope s.Obse rveth eno teson driving in
mount ainous terrain.
R Donotdr ive on unk nown terrain that isno t
easil yvisi ble and stay on mar kedro utes.
R Alw ayske ep thedoor sand windo wsclos ed
whi letheve hicle isin mo tion.
R Deactiv ateAc tiveDis tan ceAssi stDIS TRONI C
and cruise contr ol. R
Adaptyo ur drivin gst yle to thete rrain.
R Donotuse theHOLD function onsteep
do wnhill oruphill gradients withslipper yor
loose surfaces.
Dr ivi ng on sand
Whe ndr ivi ng on sand ,al so obs erve thefo llo wing
ins truct ions :
R Selec tth eF drive pr og ram.
R Select ahighe rve hicle leve l.
R Shif tto alowe rge ar.
R Drive qu ickl yto ove rcome thero lling resis t‐
ance, other wise theve hicle maydig itself in.
R Drive in thetrac ks ofother vehicles ifpossi‐
ble. Makesur eth at thefo llo wing prereq ui‐
sit es areme t:
- The tireru ts areno tto odeep
- The sand isfirm enough
- thegr ound clearance issuf ficie nt
Mer cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. Dr
iving and parking 16
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R
The engine isswitc hedoff.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Switc hSt andby Modeonoroff.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. Inf
ormat iononradar and ultrasonic senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar orultr asonic sensorsto monit orthear ea
in front of,behind ornext to theve hicle (depend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star.The ultrason ic
sen sorsar eloc ated inthefront and rear bum p‐
er s. Ke ep these partsfree ofdir t,ice and slush
(/ page433). Thesensor smus tno tbe cov‐
er ed, forex am ple bybicy clerack s, ove rhang ing
loads, sticke rs,fo ilor foils toprotect agains t
st one chipping .Ad dition allicense platebr ac kets
can like wise impair thefunc tion oftheultr asonic
sensor s.In theev ent ofdamag eto thebum pers
or radiat orgrill, orfollo wing acollis ionimpact ing
th ebum persor radiat orgrill, have thefunc tion
of thesensor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Ifth esensor sar edamag ed,some
dr iving systems anddriving safetysy stems may
no long erfunc tion proper ly. Ov
ervie wof driving systems anddriving
saf etysy stems In
this sect ion, youwill find informa tionab ou t
th efo llo wing drivin gsy stems anddriving safety
sy stems:
R 360° Camer a(/ page228)
R ABS (Anti- lockBra king System)
(/ page18 5)
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 201)
R AIR BODY CONTR OL(/ page21 4)
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e19 1)
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page24 5)
R ATTENTION ASSIST(/ page238)
R BAS(Bra keAssis tSys tem) (/ page18 6)
R Hill StartAs sis t(/ page21 3)
R DSR (Dow nhillSpe edRegulatio n)
(/ page 199)
R EBD (Ele ctronic Brakeforc eDis tribution)
(/ page19 1) 18
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Driving and parking

R
ESP ®
(E lectr oni cSta bility Program)
(/ page18 6)
R Off-road ESP®
(/ page18 9)
R ESP ®
Cr oss wind Assi st(/ pag e19 0)
R ESP ®
trai ler stabiliz ation(/ page19 1)
R ActiveSpe edLimi tAssi st(/ pag e204)
R HOLD function (/page21 3)
R STEER CONTR OL(/ page 191)
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis twit hre scue lanefunc‐
tion (/page20 7)
R ActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t(/ page21 0)
R ActivePa rking Assist(/ page232 )
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C(/ pag e22 0)
R Rear vie wcam era(/ page22 5)
R ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e209 )
R Cruise control (/ page19 7)
R Blind Spo tAssi stand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
wit hex itwa rning (/ page24 2)
R Traf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e24 0) Fu
nction ofABS The
Anti-loc kBr ak eSy stem (ABS )re gulat esthe
br ak epr essur ein critical driving situation s:
R Dur ing braking, e.g.atfull brak eapplication
or insuf ficie nttiretracti on, thewheels are
pr eve nted from lock ing.
R Vehicle steer ability whilebraking isensur ed.
If ABS interve nes when braki ng, youwill feel a
pulsing inthebr ak epedal. Thepulsating brak e
pedal canbeanindicat ionofhazar dous road
con dition sand canserveas are minder totake
ex tra car ewh ile dr ivi ng.
Sy stem limit s
R ABSis act ive from speeds ofappr ox.5 mp h
(8 km/ h).
R ABSma ybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion ifa
malfunc tionhasoccurredand theye l‐
lo w 0025 ABSwa rning lam plight sup con tin‐
uousl yin theins trument clusteraf te rth e
engine isstar ted. Fu
nctions ofOff-road ABS %
Off-road ABS isactiv ated aut omaticall ywhen
yo usele cttheF orG drive pr ogr am.
Of f-road ABS isspeciall yadap tedfo rdr iving off-
ro ad:
R The fron twheels lockcy clic allydur ing brak‐
ing .
R The brakin gdis tance issho rtened duetothe
digging- ineffect.
Sy stem limit s
R Off-ro ad ABSfun ction sat spee dsbelo w
25 mph(40 km/h).
R IfOf f-road ABS interve nes, theability tosteer
ma ybe restrict ed. Dr
iving and parking 18
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Fu
nction ofBA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent caused by
a malf unctionin BA S(Br akeAssi stSys‐
te m)
If BA Sis mal functi oning,th ebr aking distance
in an eme rgency braki ng situa tionis
incr eased . #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal withfull forc e
in emer gency braki ng situa tions. ABS
pr eve nts thewheels from locking . BA
Ssu ppo rts yo ur eme rgency braking situation
wit hadditional brak efo rc e.
If yo udepr essthebr ak epedal quickl y, BA Sis
acti vated:
R BASau tomatical lyboos tsthebr ak epr es‐
sur e.
R BAScan shorten thebr aking distance.
R ABS preve nts thewheels from locking .
The brak es will func tion asusual onceyo u
re lease thebr ak epedal. BASis dea ctivated. 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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding ifESP ®
is
dea ctivated
If yo udeac tivateES P®
,ES P®
can notcar ry
out vehicle stabiliz ation. #
ESP®
shoul don lybe deactiv ated inthe
fo llo wing situat ions. ES
P®
can mon itor and improve driving stabilit y
and tract ion inthefo llo wing situat ions,wit hin
ph ysical limit s:
R When pulling away on wetor slip pe ry road‐
wa ys.
R When braking.
R Vehicl eswith traile rhitc h:intrail er oper a‐
tion from spee dsof40 mph(65 km/h), ifth e
ve hicle/tr ailercombination beginstosw ay
fr om side toside.
R Instro ng side winds when youar edr ivin g
fa ster than 47 mp h(7 5 km/h).
If th eve hicle deviat esfrom thedir ect ion desir ed
by thedr iver ,ES P®
can stabiliz eth eve hicle by
int erve ning inthefo llo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels arebr ak ed.
R The engine outputisadap tedaccor dingto
th esituation .
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight sup con tinuousl yin theins trument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywill nolongerbe improve d. 18
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Driving and parking

%
Forolde rmobil ephone models,ent eraone
to sixt een-digit numbercodeonthemobile
phone andonthemultimedia system for
aut hor izat ion.
% Upto15 mobil ephones canbeauthor ized
on themultimedia system.
Au thor ized mobile phones arere connect ed
au tomatical ly.
% The conn ectedmobile phonecanalso be
used asBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt
(/ page40 5).
Connect ingasecond mobilephone (two
ph one mod e)
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone mobile phoneis alr eady connec‐
te dto themultimedia system viaBlue tooth®
.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone #
Select í. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Select themobile phone. #
Select Devicename 1+Devic ename 2.
The select edmobile phoneiscon nect edto
th emultimedia system.
Fu nctions ofthemobil eph one intw oph one
mod e
Fu nctions overview Mobile
phoneinthe
fo re gr ound Mobile
phone inthe
bac kground
Fu llra ng eof func ‐
tio ns Incom
ingcallsand
mes sage s Int
erch angi ngmobi lephone s(tw ophone
mode)
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone
Bo th mobil ephones aresho wnindivi duallyin
sepa rate tabs. #
Select theta bwit hth edesir edmobile
phone.
The mobile phoneintheselect edtabis the
mobil ephone inthefo re grou nd . Wi
th theexc eption oftelephon ese ttings ,th e
submenus inthete lephon emen ure lat eto
th emobile phoneinthefo re grou nd .In the
te lephon ese ttings ,se ttings canbemade for
bo th mobil ephones.
Changi ngthefun ction ofamobil eph one
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone mobile phoneis con nectedto
th emultimedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e369).
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone
Ac tiv atin gafunc tion #
Select theí device manag er. #
Select agr ay symbol intheline ofamobile
phone.
The corresponding functionisactiv ated.
Deactiv atingafunction #
Select theí device manag er. 37
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MBUX multimedia system

Obser
vethefo llo wing informa tion: Cleaning
Avoiding dama getothedecor ative fo il
R Forclea ning, useplenty ofwa terand amild cleaning agent without
add itivesorabr asive subs tances, e.g.a car shampooappr ovedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben z.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely,wher epossible, whilstavo iding rubbing
to ohar d.Ther eis other wise arisk ofdamagi ngthedecor ativefo il
ir re par ably .
R Ifth er eis dir ton thefinis hor ifth edecor ativefo ilis dull: usethe
Pa int Cleaner recomme ndedandapprove dfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand rinse offth etreat ed
ar eas afte rw ards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse offaf te rw ards.
R Toprev ent waterst ains ,dr ya fo il-wr apped vehicle withasof t,
absorbent clothafte reve rycar wash. R
The service life and color ofdecor ativefo ils areim pair edby:
- Sunl ight
- Temp eratur e,e.g. hotair blower
- Weather condition s
- Stone chipping sand dirt
- Chemic alclean ingagent s
- Oilypr oduct s
R Donotuse polish onmatt edecorativ efo il. Po lishin gwill have theef fect
of shi ning thefo il-wrapped surface.
R Donottr ea tmatt eor stru ctur eddeco rativ efo ils wit hwa x.Pe rm anen t
st ains mayocc ur. Sc
ratche s,cor rosiv edeposits, areas affect ed by
cor rosion anddamag ecaused byinc orrect car e
canno tal wa ys be com pletely repair ed.Insuc h
cases, visitaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Yo ucan obtain mor einf ormat iononcar eand
cle anin gpr oduc tsfrom themanuf acturer. In
thecase offoil-wrapped surfaces, optica ldi f‐
fe re nces mayoccu rbe twee nth esur faces that
we renotpr otect edbyadec orativ efo ilaf te r
re mo ving adecor ativefo il. %
Have wo rkor repair sto decor ativefo ils car‐
ri ed out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop,
e.g. inan aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center. 432
Maintenance andcare

#
Stop driving afte rapp roxima tely tenminu tes
and checkth etir epr essur eusing thetir e
inf lation compressor .
The tirepr essur emus tno wbe atleas t
13 0kP a(1 .3 bar/1 9psi) . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
specif iedtirepr essur eno tbeing reac hed
If th especif iedtirepr essur eis no tre ac hed
af te ra br ief drive, thetir eis toobadly dam‐
ag ed. The tiresealant cannotrepair thetir e
in this ins tan ce.
Dama gedtir es and tirepr essur eth at istoo
lo w can significan tly im pair thebr aking prop‐
er ties and thehandling charact eristic s. #
Donotcon tinue drivin g. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. In
cases suchas theone ment ioned above,con ‐
ta ct an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.Or
call 1-80 0-FOR-MER Cedes (intheUS A)or
1-8 00- 387-0 100(in Canada). #
Cor rect thetir epr essur eif it is still at leas t
13 0kP a(1 .3 bar/1 9psi) .See theTire and Loadi
ngInfo rm atio nplacar don theB‑pillar
on thedr iver's side orthetir epr essur eta ble
in thefuel filler flap forva lues. #
Toincr ease thetir epr essur e:swit chon
th etir einf lation compressor . #
Toreduce thetirepr es sur e:press press ure
re lease button1 next to manome ter2. #
When thetir epr essur eis cor rect, unscr ew
th efilling hose from theva lve of thesealed
tir e. #
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve of the
sealed tire. #
Pull thetir esealant bottle out ofthetir e
inf lation compressor .
The filling hose stay son thetir esealant bot‐
tle. #
Drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop andhave thetir e, tiresealant bottle
and filling hose replaced ther e. Bat
tery (vehicle) No
teson the12 Vbatt ery &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
wo rkcar ried out incor rectly onthebat‐
te ry
Wo rkcar ried out incor rectl yon thebatt ery
can, forex am ple, lead toashor tcir cuit .This
can lead tofunction restrictions insaf ety-re l‐
eva ntsystems, forex am ple thelighting sys‐
te m, ABS (anti-lo ckbraking system) orESP®
(Elect ronic Stabilit yPr og ram). The oper ating
saf etyof your vehicle maybe restrict ed. Br
ea kdo wnassista nce 44
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