fuel MERCEDES-BENZ GLE 2021 Owners Manual

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ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 133
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011001100110011001100110011> 138
Ar ea perm eable toradio wav eson the
winds hield...................................................1 41
Infr ared-r eflectiv ewindshi eldfunction ........ 141 Clim
atecontr ol........................................ 142
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 42
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 143 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 150
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........150
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ..........1 64
Au tomatic transmiss ion.............................. 167
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC.............................. 171
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 172
Pa rking ........................................................ 174
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems .............. 181
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011> 249
Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 53 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................254
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. ............ 254
Ins trument Displayove rview ...................... 255
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................2 56
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 256
Ov ervie wof what issho wnonthemulti‐
func tion displa y... ....................................... 258
Head-up Display... ...................................... 258 MBUX
multimedia system ....................... 26 1
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 261
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 269
Na vig ation .......................................... ........272
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 79
Mer cedes meand apps....... .............. .........282
Mer cedes -Benz emergency callsy stem ...... 289
Ra dio &media .................................. .......... 293
Sound settings ...........................................3 00 Maint
enanceand care....... ......................30 1
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y.........3 01 Engi
necompar tment............ ...................... 302
Cl ea ning andcare............ ...........................308 Br
eak down assista nc e............ .................316
Emerg ency............. .....................................316
Fla ttir e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011>....318
Batt ery(v ehi cle) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 324
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ele ctrica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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elsand tires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 37
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 337
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 338
Ti re pressur e.............................................. 338
Loading theve hicle .................................... 345
Ti re labeling ................................................ 349
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 354
Cha nging awhee l..... .................................. 357
Emer gency sparewheel .............................. 366
Collapsible sparewheel .............................. 368 Cont
ents 3

1
003E003D Turn signal light →
127
2 0075 Restra int system →
440
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
448
00E5 ESP®
→
448
4 005E Rear foglam p →
127
5 0057 Highbeam →
127
0058 Lowbeam →
126
0060 Parking lam ps →
126
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
442
7 Coolan tte mp eratur edispla y →
255
8 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
445
9 003D Electrica lma lfunctio n →
442
A L Distance warning →
447
B 0025 ABS →
448
C Ù Electricpo we rst eer ing →
441 D
0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
450
E 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
442
F Fuelleve l →
255
G Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
445
0049 USAonly
0024 Canada only
H Brak es (red) →
445
0027 USAonly
004D Canada only
I 00E9 Seatbelt →
440
J 00B9 CheckEn gin e →
442
K ä Suspens ion (red) →
447
ä Suspens ion (yel lo w) →
447 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps 11

1
QRcode foraccessi ngthere scue card →
31
2 Safetyve sts →
316
3 mebutt onand SOS button →
284
4 Hazar dwa rning light system →
128
5 Chec kingand refilling operatingfluids →
375
St artin gassis tance →
327
6 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
330
7 Flat tire →
318 8
Tow- star tin gand towing away →
330
9 Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
172
A Warning triang le →
317
B TIREFIT kit →
320
C First-ai dkit (softsided) →
317 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 19

Pr
otecting theen vir onmen t
Plug- inhybrid: obser vetheno tesin theSupple‐
ment .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
+ ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tooper ating condit ionsand
per sonal driving style The
pollut antemission oftheve hicle is
dir ectl yre lat ed tothewa yyo uoperat eth e
ve hicle.
Oper ateyo ur vehicle inan environment ally
re sponsible mannertohelp protect theen vi‐
ro nment. Plea se obser vethefo llo wing rec‐
omme ndations onope rating cond itions and
pe rsonal driving style.
Oper ating conditions: #
Mak esur eth at thetir epr essur eis cor‐
re ct. #
Donotcar ryanyunn ecessar ywe ight
(e.g. roof lugg agera ck sonce youno
lon gerneed them). #
Adher eto theser vice interva ls.
A regular lyser viced vehicle willcont rib‐
ut eto environmen talpr otect ion. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workcar ried
out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Pe rsonal driving style: #
Donotdepr esstheaccelera torpeda l
when star tin gth eengine. #
Donotwa rm uptheengine whilethe
ve hicle isstatio nary. #
Drive car efu llyand maintain asu itab le
di st anc efrom theve hicle infront. #
Avoid freq uent, sudden acceleration
and braking. #
Chang ege ar ingood timeand useeach
ge ar onlyup to00C3 ofits maximum
engine speed. #
Switc hof fth eengine instatio narytraf‐
fi c, e.g. byusin gth eEC Ostar t/ stop
funct ion. #
Drive fuel-ef ficie ntly .Obs erve theEC O
displa yfo ra fuel -efficie ntdrivi ng style. +
ENVIR
ONMEN TALNO TEEnvironme ntal
po lluti on cau sed byirre sponsible dis‐
posal ofthehigh-v oltagebatt ery A
high-v oltagebatt erycon tains mat erials
whic har ehar mful totheen vironmen t. #
Dispose ofdef ective high-v oltagebat‐
te ries ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop. En
vir onmental issuesandrecomm endations:
It is recomme ndedthat youre -us eor recy cle
mat erials ins tead ofjus tdispo singof them.
The releva nt environme ntal gu ideline sand regu‐
lations servetoprotect theen vironmen tand
mus tbe strictly observe d. 22
Gener alno tes

yo
ur vehicle atthetime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar epo ssi ble. No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe
eq uipped withall featur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ecase forsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt to
saf ety. Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle
ma ydif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreeme ntforyo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof all ofthesy stems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
The Oper ator's Manual andMaint enanc eBook let
ar eim por tant docum ents andshould be kept in
th eve hicle. Ser
vice andvehicl eoper ation Ve
hicl eoper ation outside theUS Aor Cana da When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R Service point sor replacemen tpar tsma yno t
be available immediat ely.
R Unleaded fuelmayno tbe available forve hi‐
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R The fuel mayha ve an extreme lylow oct ane
numb er.Un suit able fuelcancause engine
damag e.
Some Mercedes-Benz modelsareav ailable in
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anauthor‐
ized Mercedes‑B enzservice center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
In theUS A:
Mer cede s-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opea nDeliv eryDepar tment
One Mercedes-Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328 In
Canada:
Mer cedes-Benz Canada,Inc.
Eur opea nDeliv eryDepar tment
98 Vande rhoof Avenue
To ronto, Ont ario M4G 4C9 Mai
nten anc e Yo
ur cus tomer advisorconf irms theser vice in
th eser vice repor t. Ro
adside Assistan ce The
Mercedes -Benz Roadside Assis tance Pro‐
gr am offers tech nica lhel pin thecase ofa
br eakdo wn.Your calls totheto ll-f reeRo adside
As sis tance Hotline areans weredby our agents
24 hour sa da y,365 days aye ar.
1- 80 0-FO R-MER Cedes (1-800-367-63 72)(US A)
1-8 00-387-0 100(Canada)
Yo ucan find further information inthe
Mer cedes-Ben zRo adside Assis tance Progr am
br oc hu re (US A)orthe"R oadside Assistance" 24
Generalno tes

Limit
edWa rranty
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle arising
fr om violation ofthese oper ating instruc‐
tion s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from viola‐
tion ofthese oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zim plied warrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheins truction sin these oper at‐
ing instruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi‐
cle damag e. QR
code forre scue card
The QRcode issecur edinthefuel filler flap and
on theopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theeve nt
of an acci dent, rescue services canusetheQR
code toquickl yfind theappr opriatere scue card
fo ryo ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcon‐
ta ins themos tim por tant informa tionab ou tyo ur ve
hicle inacom pact form ,e.g. thero utin gof the
electr iclines.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained athttps: //
www .mercedes-benz .de/qr-code. Data
storage Electr
oniccontr olunit s Ele
ctro nic contr oluni tsareins talled inyour vehi‐
cle. Some ofthese areneces saryfo rth esaf e
oper ation ofyour vehicle, whilesome assistyo u
when drivin g(dr iver assis tance systems). In
addition, your vehicle prov ides comfort and
ent ertainm ent func tions,whic har ealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont ain da ta memor ies
whi chcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica leve nts orma lfunc‐
tio ns. In
gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R Operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R Status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R Ambien tcon ditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis Gener
alno tes 31

R
Swi tching offth efuel supply
R Unloc kin gth eve hicle doors
R Lowe ring theside windo ws
R Display ing theemer gency guide in themulti‐
media system displa y
R Switc hingontheint erior lighting
Fu nction ofthepos t-collision brak e
Dep endingontheacciden tsituation ,th epos t-
collision brak ecan minimiz eth ese verity of afu r‐
th er collision oreve navo idit.
If an acc ident isde tected, thepos t-collision
br ak ecan implement automatic braking. When
th eve hicle hascome toast ands till,th eelectr ic
par king brak eis aut omaticall yapplied.
The driver can canc elaut omatic braking bytak‐
ing thefo llo wing actions :
R Brakin gmor est ro ng lythan aut omat icbrak‐
ing
R Fully depr essin gth eaccelera torpeda lwit h
fo rc e Saf
elytranspor tingchildr enintheve hicl e Alw
aysobser vewhen childr enaretrave ling
in theve hicl e %
Also strictly observe thesaf etyno tesfo rth e
specif icsituation. Inthis wa yyo ucan recog‐
nize potentia lri sk sand avoiddang ersif ch il‐
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
(/ page52).
Be dilig ent
Bear inmind that neg ligenc ewhen securing the
ch ild inthech ild restra int system mayha ve ser i‐
ous conseq uences. Alwaysbe dilig entinsecur‐
ing ach ild car efull ybef oreeve ryjou rney .
To improve protect ion forch ildr enyoung erthan
tw elv eye arsold orunde r5 ft (1.50 m)inheight ,
Mer cedes- Benzre comme ndsyouobse rveth e
fo llo wing informatio n:
R Alw ayssecur eth ech ild inach ild restra int
sy stem suitable forth is Mer cedes -Benz vehi‐
cle.
R The child restra int system mus tbe appr opri‐
at eto theag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild. R
The vehicle seatmustbe suit able forins tal‐
ling ach ild restra int system.
Ac cid ent statis ticssho wthat childr ensecur ed
on there ar seat sar ege ner ally saf erthan chil‐
dr en secur edon thefront seats. Forth is reason ,
Mer cedes-Ben zst ro ng lyadvis esthat youins tall
a ch ild restra int system onare ar seat .
Th ege ner icterm child restra int system
The gener icterm child restra int system isused
in this Opera tor's Manua l.A ch ild restra int sys‐
te m is, forex am ple:
R abab ycar seat
R are ar wa rd-faci ng child seat
R afo rw ard-f acin gch ild seat
R ach ild boos terseat withabac kres tand seat
belt guide
Mer cedes-Benz recomme ndsusing ach ild
boos terseat withabac kres t.
The child restra int system mus tbe appr opriate
to theag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild. Occ
upant safety 51

Smar
tKey Ov
ervie wof Smar tKey functio ns &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunsuper visedintheve hi‐
cle, they cou ld,in pa rticular :
R Open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c.
R Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Chang eth etransmission position.
R Startth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Keep theSmar tKey out ofreac hof chil‐
dr en. *
NO
TEDama getotheSmar tKey cau sed
by magne ticfields #
Keep theSmar tKey away from stro ng
ma gne ticfields. 1
Locks
2 Indicat orlam p 3
Unloc ks
4 Opens/closes theta ilg ate
5 Panic alar m
% Ifind icatorlam p2 does notlig ht up afte r
pr essing theÜ orß button,thebat‐
te ry isdisc harged.
Re placing theSmar tKey batt ery(/ page68).
The Smar tKey loc ksand unlocksth efo llo wing
com pone nts:
R thedoor s
R thefuel filler flap
R theta ilg ate
If th eve hicle isno topened within appr oximat ely
40 seco ndsafte runloc king,itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eftpr otect ion isarmed again.
Do notke ep theSmar tKey toge ther wit helec‐
tr onic devices orme talobje cts. This canaffect
th eSmar tKey 's functionality .
Do notke ep theSmar tKey inthete mp eratur e-
con trolled cupholder .Ot her wise, theSmar tKey
will notbe reliably detected. 66
Opening andclosing

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe acoustic lock ing
ve rificat ion signa l Mult
imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Activateor deacti vate Acou sticLock . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe pani calar m Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff. #
Toactiv ate: press butt on1 forapp rox‐
ima tely one second.
A visual andaudibl ealar mistrigg ered. #
Todeac tivate: briefly pr ess button1 again.
or #
Press thest ar t/ stop butt ononthecoc kpit
(t he Smar tKey isinsid eth eve hicle). Changing
theunloc kingsettings Po
ssible unlockingfunctions oftheSmar tKey :
R Cen tralunlo cking
R Unloc kin gth edr iver's door andfuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbe tw een settings: press the
Ü andß buttonssimul taneousl yfo r
appr oximat elysix seco ndsuntilth eindicat or
lam pflashes twice.
Op tions ifth eunloc kingfunction forth edr iver's
door andfuel filler flap has been selected:
R Tounlo cktheve hicl ece ntr ally:press the
Ü buttontwice.
R Vehicl eswith KEYLESS-GO :if yo uto uc h
th einner surface ofthedoor handle onthe
dr iver's door ,onl yth edr iver's door andfuel
fi ller flap areunlo cked. Deactiv
atingtheSmar tKey functio ns If
yo udo notuse theve hicle oraSmar tKey for
an extende dpe riod oftime, youcan reduce the
ener gycon sum ption ofthere spectiv eSmar tKey .
To do so, deactiv ateth eSmar tKey functions. #
Todeac tivate: press theß buttononthe
Smar tKey twi ce inqu ick succ ession .
The Smar tKey indic ator lam pflashes twice
br ief lyand light sup once. #
Toactiv ate: press anybutt onontheSmar t‐
Ke y.
% When theve hicle isstar tedwit hth eSmar t‐
Ke yin themar kedspace ofthecent ercon ‐
sole, theSmar tKey functions areau tomati‐
cally activated (/ page15 1). Op
ening an dclos ing 67

#
Tounlo ckand open afront door :pul ldoor
handl e2.
Loc king pin1pops upwhe nth edoor is
unloc ked. #
Tounlo ckare ar door :pul lth ere ar door
han dle.
The lockin gpin pops upwhen there ar door
is unlo cked. #
Toopen are ar door :pul lth ere ar door han‐
dle again. Cent
rally loc king andunloc kingtheve hicl e
fr om theinsid e #
Tounlo ck:pr ess button 1. #
Toloc k:press butt on2.
This does notloc kor unloc kth efuel filler flap. The
vehicle isno tunloc ked:
R Ifyo uha ve loc kedth eve hicle using the
Smar tKey .
R Ifyo uha ve loc kedth eve hicle using KEY‐
LESS -GO. Loc
king/unloc kingtheve hicl ewith KEY‐
LES S-GO Re
quirement s:
R The Smar tKey isouts idetheve hicle.
R The distance betwee nth eSmar tKey and the
ve hicle does notex ceed 3ft (1 m).
R The driver's door andthedoor atwhic hth e
door handle isused areclosed. 70
Openin gand closin g