trunk MERCEDES-BENZ GLC 2021 Owners Manual

The
seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ins tallin gach ild restra int system: #
When installing ach ild restra int system,
alw aysobser vethemanuf acturer'sinstalla‐
tion andopera tingins truct ions aswellas the
inf ormatio nin this Opera tor's Manua l. #
Pullth eseat beltsmoo thly from theseat belt
outle t. #
Engage theseat belttongu ein theseat belt
buc kle.
Ac tiv atin gthe special seat beltre tract or: #
Pullth eseat beltoutfully andletth einer tia
re el retract itag ain.
Wh enthespecial seatbeltretract orisacti va‐
te d, youwill hear ara tche ting sound. #
Push thech ild restra int system down until
th eseat beltsitstight ly. Deactiv
atingthespecial seatbeltretract or: #
Press there lease buttonoftheseat belt
buc kle. #
Hold theseat belttongu eand guide ba ck to
th eseat beltoutle t. Ins
talling aLA TC H-type (ISOFI X)child
re stra int system onthere ar seat Ins
tallingaLA TC H-type (ISOFI X)child
re stra int system onthere ar seat &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back‐
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, evenwh en youar e
dr ivin g.
R Asare sult, theve hicle occupant willbe
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able to
pr otect asintended andcould cause
additional injury. R
Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partmen twill notbe restra ined by
th eseat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backres tar e
eng aged bef oreeve rytrip . If
th elef tand right seat backres ts areno t
eng aged and lockedin place, this will besho wn
on themultifunc tiondispla yon theins trument
clus ter.
If th ecent erseat backres tis no teng aged and
loc kedin place, there dloc kve rificati onindi ca‐
to rwil lbe visib le. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hif th e
per missible gross mass ofthech ild and
ch ild restra int system toget her isexc ee‐
ded.
To omuc hload maybe placed ontheLA TC H-
type (ISOFIX )ch ild restra int system and the
ch ild ma yno tbe restra ined correctly inthe
ev ent ofan acciden t,forex am ple. Oc
cupan tsaf ety 57

#
Ifnecessar y,slide head restra int 1 upw ards
(/ page95). #
Installth eLA TC H-type (ISOFIX )ch ild restra int
sy stem withTo pTe ther.In doing so,com ply
wit hth ech ild restra int system manuf actur‐
er's installation instruct ions . #
Guide TopTe ther belt 5under head
re stra int 1 between thetw ohead restra int
bar s. #
Guide TopTe ther belt 5down wards
be tween cargocom partmen tco ver3 and
seat backres t2. #
Hook TopTe ther hook 6ofTopTe ther belt
5 intoTo pTe ther anc horage4 without
twis ting. #
Tensi on TopTe ther belt 5.Indoing so,com‐
pl ywit hth ech ild restra int system manuf ac‐
tur er's installation instruct ions . #
Ifnec essar y,slide head restra int 1 down‐
wa rds(/ page95). Makesur eth at youdo
no tint erfere wit hth ecor rect routin gof Top
Te ther belt 5. Secur
ingthech ild restra int system withth e
seat belt Secur
ingthech ild restra int system withth e
seat beltonthere ar seat &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back‐
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, evenwh en youar e
dr ivin g.
R Asare sult, theve hicle occupant willbe
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able to
pr otect asintended andcould cause
additional injury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partmen twill notbe restra ined by
th eseat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backres tar e
eng aged bef oreeve rytrip . 60
Occupant safety

(3
m) away from theve hicle insuc hsit‐
uations. When
making thekic king movement, makesur e
th at youar est andi ngfirm lyon thegr ound. You
cou ldother wise loseyour balan ce,e.g.on ice.
Obs erve thefo llo wing notes:
R The Smar tKey isbehin dth eve hicle.
R Stand atleas t12 in(30 cm) away from the
ve hicle while perform ing thekic king move‐
ment.
R Donotcome intocont actwithth ebum per
while making thekic king movement.
R Donotcar ryout thekic king movement too
slo wly.
R The kicking movement mustbe towa rdsth e
ve hicle andbackag ain. 1
Detection rang eof thesensor s
If se veralcon secut ive kic kin gmo vements are
no tsuccessfu l,wa itte nseco nds.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing cases :
R The sensorsar edir ty,e.g. due toroad salt or
sn ow .
R The kicking movement ismade using apr os‐
th etic leg. The
tailg atecan open orclos eunin tentio nallyin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R Aper son 'sarms orlegs aremo vingin the
sensor detection rang e, e.g .wh en polishi ng
th eve hicle orpic king upobjects .
R Object sar emo vedor placed behind theve hi‐
cle, e.g. tensi oni ng stra ps orlugg age.
R Clam pingstra ps, tarp sor other coverings are
pu lled ove rth ebum per.
R Apr otect ive mat withalengt hre ac hin gove r
th etrunk silldown intoth ede tection rang e
of thesensor sis used.
R The protect ive mat isno tsecur edcor rectl y.
R Workisbeing doneonthetrailer hitch,trail‐
er sor rear-m oun tedbicy clerack s.
Deactiv ateth eSmar tKey functions (/page67 )
or do notcar rytheSmar tKey about your per son
in suc hsit uatio ns. Open
ingand closing 77

St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront storage com partmen ts 1
Stor ag espaces inthedoor s
2 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thear mr estwit ha
multimedia andUSB connect ion
3 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thefront cent er
con sole withaUSB port
4 Glovebox Thr
ough-load ingfeatur ein there ar ben ch
seat (EASY-PA CK Quic kfold) Fo
lding there ar seat backres tfo rw ards &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back‐
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, evenwh en youar e
dr ivin g.
R Asare sult, theve hicle occupant willbe
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able to
pr otect asintended andcould cause
additional injury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partmen twill notbe restra ined by
th eseat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backres tar e
eng aged bef oreeve rytrip . If
th elef tand right seat backres ts areno t
eng aged and lockedin place, this will besho wn
on themultifunc tiondispla yon theins trument
clus ter.A wa rning tone willal so sou nd.
If th ecent erseat backres tis no teng aged and
loc ked, there dloc kve rificati onindi catorwillbe
vis ible.
Re quirement s:
R Tofold thecent erseat backres tfo rw ards:
th ecent erseat backres thas been unlocked.
Yo ucan fold thecent erand outerseat backres ts
fo rw ards separat ely.
Yo ucan unlo cktheout erseat backres ts electr i‐
cally .The buttons forunloc kingarelocat edin
th ecar gocom partmen t. Seats
andstow ing 10
5

USB
portin there ar passe nger comp artment Yo
ucan charge aUS Bde vic e,suc has amobi le
phon e,at theUSB portsusing asuit able charg‐
ing cable .
The devic es can becharge dwit h5 V (up to3A)
and whenth eignition isswitc hedon. Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctswit hin.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ cargocom part‐
ment . Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthemobile phonestor ag e
com partmen t
Placing other object sin themobile phone
st or ag ecom partmen tcould constituteafire
hazar d. #
Apar tfr om amobile phone, donot
place anyot her object sin themobile phone
stor ag ecom partmen t,especiall y
th ose made ofme tal. *
NO
TEDama getoobject scaused by
placing them inthemobile phonestor‐
ag ecom partmen t If
object sar eplaced inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partmen t,th ey ma ybe dama ged
by electr omagne ticfields. #
Donotplace credit cards, datast or ag e
de vices, skipasses orother objects
sensitiv eto electr omagne ticfields in
th emobile phonestor ag ecom part‐
ment . *
NO
TEDama getothemobile phone
st ow agecom partment caus edbyliquids If
liq uids enterthemobile phonestow age
com partment ,th ecom partmen tma ybe
damag ed. #
Ensur eth at no liquids enterthemobile
phone stow agecom partment . 11
8
Sea tsand stow ing

R
The engine isrunning orhasbe en automati‐
cally switc hedoffby theEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion.
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmiss ionisin position 005B,005Eor005C.
Ac tiv atin gthe HOL Dfun ction #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal, andafte ra shor t
time quickl ydepr essfurther until the00D9
displa yappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Release thebr ak epedal.
Deactiv atingtheHOLD function #
Depr esstheacceler ator pedal topull away.
or #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untilthe00D9 dis‐
pla ydisappear sfrom themultifunc tiondis‐
pla y.
The HOLD functionisdeactiv ated inthefo llo w‐
ing situat ions:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. R
The transmission isshif tedto position 005D.
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
In thefo llo wing situat ions,th eve hicle isheld by
tr ans missi on positio n005D and /or bytheelectr ic
par king brak e:
R The seat beltisunf astened andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The vehicle isswitc hedoff.
R Ther eis amalfunction inthesy stem orthe
po we rsupp lyis insuf ficie nt. Fu
nction ofHill StartAss ist Hill
StartAs sis tholds theve hicle fora shor t
time when pulling away on ahill under thefo l‐
lo wing condition s:
R The transmiss ionisin posit ion005Bor005E.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis released.
This gives youen ough timeto mo veyour foot
fr om thebr ak epedal totheaccelera torpeda l
and depr essitbef oreth eve hicle begins toroll
aw ay. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due totheve hicle rolling away
Af tera shor ttime, HillStartAs sis tno longer
holds theve hicle. #
Swif tly mo veyour foot from thebr ak e
pedal totheaccelera torpeda l.Do not
lea vetheve hicle when itis being held
by HillSt artAs sis t. AT
TENTI ONASSIST Fu
nction ofATTENTI ONASSIST
AT TENTION ASSISTassis tsyouon long,mon oto‐
nous journeys,e.g. onhighw aysand trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSISTde tects indicatorsof fati‐
gu eor incr easing laps es inconce ntration onthe
par tof thedr iver ,it sugg ests taking abr ea k.
AT TENTION ASSISTis onl yan aid. Itcann ot
alw aysde tect fatig ue orlaps es inconce ntration
in tim e.The system isno ta subs titutefo ra we ll-
re sted and attent ive dr iver .On long journeys,
ta ke regular break sin good timethat allo wfor
adeq uatere cup erati on. 17
8
Driving and parking

Te
lephone Te
lephon y No
teson telephon y &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
cou ldbe dist ra cted from thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld
al so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng mob ile comm unicati onequip ment in
th eve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dinco rrect ly
If objects intheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctswit hin.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ cargocom part‐
ment . 258
MBUX multimedia system

at
thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Thenewwheel mustha ve the
cor rect dimensi ons. %
The eme rgency sparewheel isfastened in
th ecar gocom partmen tunder thecar go
com partmen tfloor .
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson installing an
emer gency sparewheel:
R Chec kth etir epr essur eof theemer gency
spa rewheel installed. Correct thepr essur e
as neces sary.
R The maximum permissible speedwithan
emer gency sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/ h).
R Donoteq uip theemer gency sparewheel
wit hsn ow chains .
R Replace theemer gency sparewheel afte rsix
ye arsat thelat est,re ga rdless ofwe ar.
% Ve
hicl eswith atir epr ess urelos swa rn‐
ing system: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thetir epr essur eloss warning sys‐
te m canno tfunction reliabl y.Onl yre star tth e sy
stem again when theemer gency spare
wheel hasbeen replaced withane wwheel.
Ve hicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Ifan emer gency sparewheel is
ins talled thetir epr essur emonit oring system
cann otfunction reliabl y.Fo ra fe w min utes
af te ran emer gency sparewheel isins talled,
th esy stem mayst ill displa yth etir epr essur e
of there mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy s‐
te m again when theemer gency sparewheel
has been replaced withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page31 7)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page32 4)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page31 9)
R Noteson installing tires (/ page336 ) Inflating
theemer gency spar ewheel *
NO
TEOverhea ting dueto thetir einf la‐
tion compressor running toolong #
Donotru nth etir einf lation compressor
fo rlong erthan tenminu teswit hout
int erru ption. Re
quirement s:
Com plywit hth emanuf acturer'ssafetyno teson
th est icke rof theemer gency sparewheel andon
th etir einf lation compressor . #
Remo vethest icke rwit hth elabel 50mph
(80 km/ h)from thetir einf lation compressor
housing andaffix it to theins trument cluster
wit hin thedr iver's field ofvision. #
Remo vethetir einf lation compressor from
th estor ag espace underthetrunk floor
(/ page298). 34
6
Wheels andtires

#
Onlyuse appr oved ant enn aposition s. 1
Front roof area
2 Rear roof area
3 Rear fende rs
On vehicles withapanor amicsliding sunroof,
ins talling anant enn ato thefront orrear roof
ar ea isno tper mitt ed. On
there ar fende rs,it is recomme ndedthat you
ins tallth eant enn aon theside oftheve hicle
closes tto thecent erofthero ad.
Use Tech nica lSpe cifica tionISO/T S21 609 (Road
Ve hicles –"EMCs forins tallation ofafte rm arke t
ra dio freq uency transmit tingeq uipment ")when
re trof itti ng two-w ayradios. Complywithth e
leg alrequ iremen tsforde tach able parts.
If yo ur vehicle hasinstallation sfo rtw o-w ayradio
eq uipment ,use thepo we rsupp lyand antenn a
con nectors prov ided inthepr e-ins tallation .
Obser vethemanuf acturer'ssupplement swhen
ins talling.
Tw o-w ayradio transmi ssion output
The maxi mum transm ission outpu t(PEAK) atthe
base oftheant enn amus tno texc eed theva lues
in thefo llo wing table. Fr
eq uency bandandmaxim um transm ission
out put Fr
eq uency band Maximumtransm is‐
sion output
Sho rtwa ve
3 -54 MHz (1
00 W)
4 m freq uency band
74 -88 MHz (30
W)
2 m frequency band
14 4-17 4MHz (50
W)
Te rres trial Trunk ed
Ra dio (TETRA)
380 -460 MHz (1
0 W)
70 cm freq uency
band
400 -460 MHz (35
W)
Tw o-w ayradio
(2G/3G/ 4G) (1
0 W) Te
ch nica lda ta 34
9

The
follo wing canbeused intheve hicle without
re strictions :
R Two-w ayradios withamaximum transmis ‐
sion output ofup to100mW
R RFtransmi tter swit htransmi tter freq uenci es
in the380 -41 0MHz freq uency bandanda
maximu mtransmi ssionoutpu tof up to2W
(TETR A)
R Mobi lephones (2G/3G/4G)
There areno restrictions whenpos itioning the
ant enn aon theoutside oftheve hicle forth efo l‐
lo wing freq uenc ybands:
R Terres trial Trunk edRadio (TETRA)
R 70cm freq uency band
R 2G/3G/ 4G Ra
dio ope ratin gper mits forve hicl eco mp o‐
nent s
Manuf acturer informat ionabout wireless vehicle
com ponent scan befound usingth eke yphr ase
"R adio operating per mits"intheDigit alOper a‐ to
r's Manua lin theve hicle, ontheInt erne tand
in theapp. Ve
hicl eiden tificati onplat e,VIN and engine
number overview
Ve hicl eiden tificati onplat e Ve
hicle identif ication plate(US Aonl y)
1 Maximum permissible gross vehicle weight
2 Maxim umpermissib lefront axle load
3 Maxim umpermissib lerear axle load
4 Paint code
5 VIN (vehicle identificat ion numb er) 350
Tech nica lda ta