heating MERCEDES-BENZ GLC COUPE 2023 Owners Manual

1
Oper ates thememor yfunction →
97
2 Adjusts theseats electrically →
89
3 Switc hestheseat heating on/o. →
92
4 Switc hestheseat ventila tion on/o . →
93
5 Operatesth eoutside mirrors →
125
6 Opens/closes theleT side windo w →
77
7 Opens/closes theright sidewind ow →
77
8 Opens/closes theta ilg ate →
71
9 Opens/closes there ar right sidewind ow →
77
A Opens/closes there ar leT side window →
77 B
Child safetyloc kfo rth ere ar side windows →
62
C Opens thedoor →
68
D Locks/unloc kstheve hicle →
68
E Adjusts theseat fore -and -aTposition →
87
F Adjusts the4-w aylumbar support →
90
G Seat adjustment usingthemultimedia system →
91
H Adjusts thehead restr aints →
90
I Adjusts theseat height →
87
J Adjusts theseat backrest inclination →
87 At
aglan ce–Door operatinguni tand seat adjustmen t
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RR
ese ese
tting seatse tting
seatsetting s tting
s Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Seat Comfort #
Select ÃŽforth edesir edseat. #
Con/ rmthepr om pt. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the seat heating he
seat heating on/o. on/o.
&
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat edly
switc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edlyswitc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backrest pad-
ding tobecome very hot.
In par ticu lar,th ehealt hof per sons withlimit ed
te mp eratur esensitivity oralimit edability to
re act tohigh temp eratur esma ybe a.ect edor
th ey ma yeve nsu. erbur n-lik einjur ies. #
Donotre peat edlyswitc hon theseat
heating. To
protect against overheating, theseat heating
ma ybe temp orarily deactiv ated aTer ithas been
switc hedonrepeat edly. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto theseats caused by
objects ordocuments whentheseat heat-
ing isswitc hedon When
theseat heating isswitc hedon,over-
heati ngmayoccur duetoobjects ordocu-
ments placed ontheseats, e.g.seat cushions
or child seats. Thiscould cause damag eto the
seat surface. #
Mak esur eth at no objects ordocume nts
ar eon theseats whentheseat heating is
switc hedon. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The powe rsuppl yis switc hedon. 9292
Seats
andstow ing

#
Press button1 repeat edlyuntil thedesir ed
heating leve lis se t.
Depending ontheheating leve l,up tothre e
indicat orlam pswill light up.Ifall indicat or
lam psareo., theseat heating isswitc hedo..
% The seat heating willautomaticall yswitc h
do wn from theth re eheating leve ls aTer 8,10
and 20minut esuntil theseat heating is
switc hedo.. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the seat v he
seat ventilation entilation
on/o. on/
o. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The powe rsuppl yis switc hedon. #
Press button1 repeat edlyuntil thedesir ed
blo werse tting hasbeen reac hed.
Depe nding on theblo werse tting, uptothre e
indicat orlam pswill light up.Ifall indicat or lam
psareo., theseat ventila tion issw itched
o. . SS
t t
eer eer
ing wheel ing
wheel AA
djus djusting
t ting
the st he
steer eer
ing wheel mec ing
wheel mec hanica lly ha
nica lly &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due toadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eve hicle: inpar ticu lar,
adju stthedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. Seats
andstow ing
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Plea
seobs erve theno teson thefunction ofthe
aut omati cfront passen gerair bag deactiv ation
sy stem( /pag e44). &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk ofaccident orinjur y
when usingthecup holder whiletheve hi-
cle ismo ving
The cup holder cannotsecur econt ainers
while theve hicle ismo ving.
If yo uuse acup holder whiletheve hicle is
mo ving,thecont ainer maybe 0un gar ound
and liquids maybe spilled. Thevehicle occu-
pant sma ycome intocont actwithth eliq uid
and ifit is ho t,they could bescalded. You
could bedistract ed from tra1c condi tionsand
yo uma ylose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyuse thecup holder whentheve hicle
is station ary. #
Onlyuse thecup holder forcont ainer sof
th eright size. #
Clos eth econt ainer ,par ticular lyifth e
liq uid isho t. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen the
cup holder isclosed. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto there ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr est can be
damag edbybody weight. #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthere ar
seat armr est. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toan open
car gocom partmen t0oor
If yo udr ive wit hth ecar gocom partment 0oor
open, objects couldbe0un gar ound andhit
ve hicle occupan tsas are sult .Ther eis arisk
of injury, par ticular lyin theev ent ofsudden
br aking orasudden chang ein dir ecti on. #
Alwaysclose thecar gocom partment
0oor beforeajour ney. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thestow agecom part-
men tund ertheashtr aydue tointense
heat The
stow agecom partmen tund ertheashtr ay
is no theat resis tant and couldbe dam aged if
yo ure st alit ci ga rette on it. #
Mak esur eth at theashtr ayisfull y
eng aged. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
G‑Risk of/reand injur yfrom hot
cig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig arette
light er.
In addition, 0ammablematerials mayignit eif:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
objects, forex am ple #
Alwayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . Se
ats and stow ing
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofskiddi ngand ofan acci-
dent duetoshiTing down onslippe ryroad
sur faces
If yo ushiT down onslipper yro ad sur faces to
incr ease theengine braking e.ect,th edr ive
wheels maylose traction. #
DonotshiT down onslipper yro ad sur fa-
ces toincr ease theengine braking
e.ect . &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur ydue topoison-
ous exhaus tga ses
If th eta ilpipe isbloc kedor su1cient ventila -
tion isno tpos sible, poi sono usexhaus tga ses
suc has carbon monoxidemayent ertheve hi-
cle. This isthecase, forex am ple, ifth eve hicle
get sst uc kin thesno w. #
Keep theta ilpipe andthear ea around
th eve hicle free from snowwhen the
engine orthestationar yheat erisrun-
ning. #
Ope nawind owontheside oftheve hicle
fa cing awayfrom thewind toensur ean
adeq uatesuppl yof fresh air. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjur ydue
to being under thein0 uence ofalcohol
and drugs while driving
Dr inking anddriving and/or taking drugs and
dr ivi ng areve ry dang erous combinations. Even
a small amount ofalcohol ordrugs can a.ect
yo ur re0e xes, per cep tion sand judgmen t.
The possibi lityof aser ious oreven fata lacci-
dent aregr eatl yincr eased whenyoudr ink or
ta ke drugs and drive. #
Donotdr ink ortake drugs and drive or
allo wan yone todrive who hasbeen
dr inking ortaking drugs. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tothe
br ak esy stem overheating
If yo ulea veyour foot on thebr ak epedal when
dr iving, thebr ak esy stem mayove rheat. This
increases thebr aking distance andthe
br ak esy stem can even fail. #
Neveruse thebr ak epedal asafo ot re st. #
Donotde pres sth ebr ak epedal andthe
acceler ator pedal atthesame timewhile
dr iving. *
N NO O
TE TE
Engine damagedue toexcessiv ely
high enginespeeds The
enginewill bedamag edifyo udr ive wit h
th eengine intheove rrev ving rang e. #
Donotdr ive wit hth eengine intheove r-
re vving rang e. *
N NO O
TE TE
We aring out thebr ak elining sby
cont inuousl ydepr essing thebr ak epedal #
Donotdepr essthebr ak epedal continu-
ousl ywhilst driving. #
Touse thebr aking e.ect oftheengine,
shiT toalowe rge ar ingood time. Dr
iving and parking
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fo
ot from theacceler ator pedal aTerovertaking ,
cr uise controlwill resume speed regula tion atthe
st or ed spee d.
Yo ucan setan yspeed from 15mph(2 0km /h)up
to themaximum designspeed.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162) .
Mer Mer
cedes‑ cedes‑
AMGv AM
Gvehicles: ehicles:
cruise controlis availa-
ble uptoamaximum speedof155 mph
(250 km/h ).
Displa y Displa
ys on t s
on the ins he
instr tr
ument display ument
display
R h (gra y): cruise control issele cted but not
ye tacti vated.
R h (gre en): cruise contr olisactiv e.
A stor ed speed appear salongside theh dis-
pla y.
% The segm entsfrom thecur rent stor ed spe ed
to theend ofthesegment displaylight upon
th espeedome ter. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Cr uis eco ntrol maybe una ble to maint ainthe
st or ed spee don uphillgr adien ts.The stor ed
speed isresumed whenthegr adien tev ens out.
Chang eint oalowe rge ar ingood timeonlongand
st eep downhil lgr adien ts.Take par ticular note of
th is when driving aladen vehicle. Bydoin gso, you
will mak euse oftheengine' sbr aking e.ect.This
re lie vesth eload onthebr ak esy stem and pre-
ve nts thebr ak es from overheating andwearing
to oqu ickl y.
Do notuse cruise contr olinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R Intra1c situations that requ ire freq uent
ch ang esofspeed, e.g.in hea vytra1c, on
wind ingroads
R Onslipp eryro ads. Acceler atingcan cause the
dr iven wheels tolose traction andtheve hicle
could then skid.
R When visibility ispoor Oper Oper
ating cr ating
cruise contr uise
contr ol ol
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetostor ed
sp ee d
If yo ucall upthestor ed speed andthis is
lo we rth an your cur rent spe ed, theve hicle
decel erates. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements ements
R ESP ®
is activ ated, but must notint erve ne.
R The vehicle speed isat leas t15 mph
(20 km/h ).
R The transm issionis in posi tion005B. Dr
ivin g and parking
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#
Donotmodify theball neckor thetrailer
hitc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturerare
giv en on theident i/cationplat esand inthe"Tec h-
nical data"section under"Tra iler hitc h"forth e
to wing vehicle (/page350) . &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GSw ervin gof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationduetoincr eased speed
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ation.
The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmayev en tip
ov er. #
Under nocircumst ances should youtry
to str aigh tenth eve hicle/ trailer combi-
nat ion byincr easing thespeed. #
Reduce your speed anddonotcount er-
st eer . #
Ifnecessar y,appl yth ebr ak es. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theengine asare sult of
ove rheating #
Ifyo ure tro/t atrai le rhi tc h, mo di/ca -
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle
model .
When retro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa steni ng point son thech assis. Re
tro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
tr ailer loadisspeci/ edinyour vehicle docume nts.
If th is isno tth ecase, theve hicle isno tappr oved
fo rtr ailer operation.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
Fo ra de tach able trailer coupl ing,it is essen tialto
com plywit hth eoper ating instruction sof the
tr aile rcoup lingmanuf acturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notconnect thetrailer totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngue weight:
R Donotuse ato ngue weight that exceeds or
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongue weight
R Use ato ngue weight asclose aspossible to
th emaximum tongue weight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible towing capacity
R Perm issible rear axle load ontowing vehicle
R Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle
R Perm issible gross weight ofthetrailer
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforestar ting ajour ney:
R The tirepr ess ureon there ar axle oftheto w-
ing vehicle isse tfo ra maximum load
R The lighting oftheconnect edtrailer isoper a-
tional
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
without LEDheadlam hout
LEDheadlam psorMUL ps
orMUL TI- TI-
BEAM LEDheadlam BEAM
LEDheadlam ps: ps:
theheadlam pshave
been setcor rectl y
In theeve ntofincrease dre ar axle load, thecar/
tr ailer combination mustnotex ceed amaximum Dr
iving and parking
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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageca use dby aut omati cbr ak -
ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isactiv ated,
th eve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain sit-
uations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avo iddamag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing . #
Inacar wash. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The 360° Camer aor there ve rsing camer ais
switc hedo..
R The side windo wsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion andheating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The keyis at amin imumdis tance of10 T
(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise the
ta ilg atecould openunintentionall y.
R Forcar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: -
Neutr al005C iseng aged.
- Ifyo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while
it is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eke yis
locat edintheve hicle. Park position 005Dis
ot her wise automati callyeng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise. InfInf
or or
mation onusing apo w mation
onusing apo wer w er
washer asher
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whenusing
po we rwa sher swit hro und-spr aynozzles
The waterje tcan cause extern all yin visi ble
damag e.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa yma yun ex-
pect edlyfa il. #
Donotuse apo we rwa sher withro und-
spr aynozzles . #
Have damag edtires orchassis parts
re placed immediat ely. Maint
enanc eand care
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R
Ifoper atingcond itions chang e,e.g .o.-
ro ad drivi ng #
Adjust thetir epr essur e,ifnecessar y. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toohigh ortoolow can:
R Shor tenth eser vice life of thetir es.
R Cause increased tiredamag e.
R Adverselya.ect driving charact eristics and
th us driving safety, e.g. duetohydroplaning . &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetotoolow
a tir epr essur e
Ti re swit hpr essur eth at istoolow can over-
heat andburstas aconse quence.
In addition, they also su.er from irre gula r
we ar,whic hcan signi/cantl yim pair thebr ak -
ing proper tiesand thehandling charact eris-
tics. #
Avoid excessiv elylo w tirepr essur e. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toolow can cause:
R Tire def ects asare sult ofoverheating R
Impair edhandling charact eristics
R Irre gula rwe ar
R Incr eased fuel consu mption &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofacc ident duetotoohigh
a tir epr essur e
Ti re swit hex cessiv elyhigh pressur ecan burst.
In additi on,they also su.er from irre gula r
we ar,whic hcan signi/cantl yim pair thebr ak -
ing proper tiesand thehandling charact eris-
tics. #
Avoid excessiv elyhigh tirepr essur es. Ti
re pressur ewhic his toohigh cancause:
R Incr eased braking distance
R Impair edhandling charact eristics
R Irre gula rwe ar
R Impair eddrivi ng comf ort
R Suscep tibilityto damag e &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetorepea-
te dpr essur edr op inthetir es
The wheels, valves ortires could bedamag ed.
To olow atir epr essur ecan lead tothetir es
bur stin g. #
Examine thetir es forfo re ign objects. #
Chec kwhe ther thetir ehas apunctur eor
th eva lve has aleak . #
Ifyo uar eunable torectif yth edamag e,
cont actaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Yo
ucan /ndinf ormation ontirepr essur efo rth e
ve hicle' sfa ct or y-inst alled tires on thefo llo wing
labels:
R Tire and loadi nginformatio nplacar don the
B‑pi llarof your vehicle (/page314) .
R Tire pressur eta ble ontheinside ofthefuel
/ller 0ap(/page309).
Obser vethemaximum tirepr essur e
(/ page320).
Use asuit able pressur ega ug eto checkth etir e
pr essur e.The outerappear anceofatir edoes not 308308
Wheels
andtires

#
Allo wtheengine tocool down before
addin ganti freeze . #
Mak esur eth at no ant ifre eze spills out
ne xt to the/ller opening. #
Thor oughl yclean o.anyantifr eeze from
com ponent partsbef orestar ting the
ve hicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused byincor rect cool-
ant #
Onlyuse coolant that has been premix ed
wit hth ere qu ired antifr eeze protection.
Inf ormation oncoolant isavailabl eat thefo l-
lo wing locations:
R IntheMer cedes-Benz Speci/cation for
Oper ating Fluids 320.1
- Athttp s://be vo.mer cede s-benz.c om
- IntheMer cedes-Benz BeVoapp
R Ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop *
N NO O
TE TE
Overheati ngathigh outsi detemp er-
atur es If
an inappr opriatecoolant isused, thecooling
sy stem isno tsu1cien tly pr otect edagainst
ov erheating andcorrosion athigh outsi de
te mp eratur es. #
Onlyuse coolant approvedfo r
Mer cedes-Be nz. #
Obs erve theinst ruction sin the
Mer cedes-Be nzSpeci /cation sfo rOper -
ating Fluids 320.1. Ha
ve thecoolant regula rly re placed ataqua li/ed
specialist workshop.
Pr opor tionofant ifre eze concentr atein thecool-
ing system:
R Aminimum of50% (antifr eezeprotection down
to about -35°F(-37 °C))
R Amaximum of55% (antifre eze protection
do wn to-49°F (-45°C)) Cool
ant Cool
ant/lling /ll
ing q q
uantity uantity
Engine cooling cir Engine
cooling circuit cuit
(/llin g (/
llin gcap acitywit cap
acitywit hhea t- h
hea t-
ing) ing)
ModelModel
Capacity Cap
acity
GL C300 4MATIC 13.7USqt
(13.0 liter s) NNo o
t t
es on winds hieldw es
on winds hieldwas her as
her 0uid 0ui
d Obs
erve theno teson oper ating0uids
(/ page342). &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN G‑Risk of/reand injuryfrom
wind shield washer conce ntrate
Wi ndsh ieldwasher conce ntrate ishighl y0am-
mable. Itcould igniteif it comes intocont act
wit hho tengine component partsor the
ex haus tsy stem. #
Mak esur eth at no wind shield washer
conce ntrate spill sout next to the/ller
opening. Te
ch nica ldat a
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