ESP MERCEDES-BENZ GLE COUPE 2021 Owner's Manual

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ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem ........................................................ 128
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ar ea perm eable toradio wav eson the
winds hield.................................................. 134
Infr ared-r eflectiv ewindshi eldfunction ........ 134 Clim
atecontr ol........................................ 135
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 35
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 136 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 143
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........143
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ..........1 57
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... .......... 160
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC.................. ............ 164
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 164
Pa rking ........................................................ 167
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems .............. 174
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ve hicle towing instruct ions .........................2 40 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................241
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. ............ 241
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................2 42
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................2 43
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 243
Ov ervie wof what issho wnonthemulti‐
func tion displa y... ....................................... 245
Hea d-up Display ............ .............................245 MBUX
multimedia system ....................... 24 8
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 248
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 256
Na vig ation .......................................... ........259
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 66
Mer cedes meand apps....... .............. .........269
Mer cedes -Benz emergency callsy stem ...... 276
Ra dio &media .................................. .......... 280
Sound settings ............................................ 287 Maint
enance andcare............................. 288
AS SYST PLUS service interva ldispla y........ 288 En
gine compartment .................................. 289
Cleanin gand care.......................................2 95 Br
eakdo wnassi stance ............................ 303
Flat tire....... ................................................ 303
Batt ery(v ehi cle) ....... .................................. 307
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ele ctrica lfu ses ............ ................................317 Wheel
sand tires ...... ................................320
No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 20
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 320
No teson sno wch ains .................................3 21
Ti re pressur e...............................................3 21
Loadi ngtheve hicle .................................... 326
Ti re labeling ................................................ 331
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 336
Cha nging awhee l..... .................................. 339
Emerg encysparewhee l..... ......................... 348
Col lapsibl espar ewhee l..... ......................... 350 Cont
ents 3

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : &
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. #
Obser vethewa rning notic es. +
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesinclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. *
NO
TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. %
These symbols indicateuseful instructions
or fur ther information that coul dbe helpf ul
to you.
# Instru ction
(/ page)F urther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
4 Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
5 Releva nt subme nus,wh ich ar eto be
select edinthemultimedia system
*I ndicat esacau se Sym
bols 5

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
162
2 Comb inationswit ch →
122
3 Instrument Display →
242
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
160
5 Media display →
248
6 Climat eco ntro lsy stems →
136
7 Haza rdwa rning light system →
123
8 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
46
9 Glovebox →
104
A Stor ag ecom partmen t →
104
B Controller forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off →
248
Swi tches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
248
C Calls upnavig atio n →
250
D Calls upradio ormedia →
250
E Calls upthete lephon e →
250 F
Cont rolpanel for:
Individu alwheel control →
209
Manua lge arshif ting →
162
AIR MATIC or →
201
E- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL →
206
Ac tivates /de activatesESP ®
→
176
Do wnh ill Spe edRegulation →
186
G Calls upfavo rite s →
250
H Calls up vehicle functions →
250
I ActivePa rking Assist →
224
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
158
K Touc hpad →
250
L Start/ stop butt on →
144
ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
155
M Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
243
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
98 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

1
003E003D Turn signal light →
122
2 0075 Restra int system →
419
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
427
00E5 ESP®
→
427
4 005E Rear foglam p →
122
5 0057 Highbeam →
122
0058 Lowbeam →
121
0060 Parking lam ps →
121
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
421
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
242
8 0024 Electricpa rking brak e(yello w) →
424
9 003D Electrical malfun ction →
421
A L Distance warning →
426
B 0025 ABS →
427
C Ù Electric po we rst eer ing →
420 D
0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
429
E 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
421
F Fuelleve l →
242
G Electricpa rking brak e(red) →
424
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
H Brak es(red) →
424
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
I 00E9 Seatbelt →
419
J 00B9 CheckEn gin e →
421
K ä Suspen sion (red) →
426
ä Suspen sion (yello w) →
426 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps 11

#
Neverto uc hdamag edcomp onent parts
of high-v oltagecom ponent s. #
Neverto uc hco mp onent partsof high-
vo ltag ecom pone ntsaf te ran accide nt. Ve
hicles witha48 Von-boar delectr icalsystem
con tain high voltag ecom pone nts. These compo‐
nen tsaremar kedwit hahigh voltag elabel: All
workon high voltag ecom pone ntsmus tbe
car ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"Radio based 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 oper ation.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 :"This vehicle contains license-e xemp t
tr ans mitter( s)/r ece iver( s)that com plywit hInno ‐
va tio n,Scie nceand Econo micDe velopmen tCan‐
ada ’sRSS (s).Operatio nis subj ectto thefo llo w‐
ing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma yno t
cause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice smu st
acc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfere nce
th at 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 Interface): Thi
sde vice complieswi th Part18 oftheFCC
Ru les."
The name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
peik eracus ticGmbH
Max-Planc k-St r.28-32
61 38 1Fr iedr ichsdor f
Ger man y Diagnos
ticsconnection
The diagno stics con nection isonl yint ended for
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect devic es tothediagnos tics
con nect ionoftheve hicle, thefunc tion of
ve hicle systems andoper ating safetyma ybe
im pair ed. Gen
eral no tes 27

fur
ther dat apr ocessin goccur sis de term ined by
th epr ov ider ofthespecif icapp used. Whichse t‐
ting syo ucan make,ifan y,depends onthespe‐
cif icapp andtheoper ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exc hang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionisenabled viatheve hi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitor via con‐
nect edmob ile end device s(e.g .sma rtphones).
Onlin efunc tionscan beused viathewir eless
ne tworkcon nect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bytheman‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eser vice sof themanuf acturer,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe
manuf acturerinasui table place (e.g.Operator's
Manual, websit eof themanuf acturer)along with
th ere leva nt data protect ion information .Pe r‐ sonal
datama ybe used forth epr ov ision of
onlin eser vice s.Dat ais exch ang edvia asec ure
con nection,e.g .th emanuf acturer'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal datais collect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathepr ov ision ofser vice s
exc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper missions or
wit hpr ior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afe e) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies totheent ire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexcludes, inpar‐
tic ular ,leg allypr escr ibed functionsand service s.
Th ird pa rty ser vice s
If it is possibl eto use onlineser vices from other
pr ov ider s,these services areth ere sponsibili ty
of thepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject tothat
pr ov ider's datapr otect ion conditions andterm s
of use. Themanuf acturerhas noinfluence on
th econ tent exc hang ed.
Fo rth is reason ,please asktheser vice prov ider
fo rinf ormation aboutthetype, extent and pur‐
po se ofthecollect ionand useofper sonal data
when services arepr ov ided bythird par ties . MB
UX multim edia system/M ercedes me
connect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX multi‐
media system orMer cedes meconnect ,addi‐
tion aldat aabout theve hicle's operation, theuse
of theve hicle incer tain situat ions,and theloca‐
tion oftheve hicle maybe com piled bythe
MBUX multimedia system orMer cedes mecon‐
nect .
Fo radd itional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmult imed iasystem" sectionand/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to Gene
ralno tes 33

ve
hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrave ling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by
yo ur vehicle onlyif anon- trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat ais recor ded bytheED Runder
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag eand acciden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Ho wever,ot her parties, suchas law
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdatawit hth e
typ eof personally identifying dataro utin ely
acq uired dur ing acr ash inve stigation . To
read dat are cor ded byan EDR,spec ialequip‐
men tis requ ired, and access totheve hicle or
th eED Ris needed. Inaddition totheve hicle
manuf acturer,ot her parties that have thespecial
eq uipment, suchas law enf orcemen t,can read
th einf ormation byacc essi ngtheve hicle orthe
EDR.
EDR data ma ybe used incivil andcrimina lmat‐
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructi on,acci ‐
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since theCr ash
Dat aRe trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract
da ta from theED Ris comm erciall yav ailable,
Mer cedes-Ben zUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormatio nby unaut horized
Mer cedes-Ben zper son nel.
MB USAwill notshar eED Rdat awit hot her swit h‐
out thecon sent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased, without thecon sent oftheles‐
see. Excep tion sto this repr esent ation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylaw enf orcem ent;by
fe der al,stat eor loc algo vernment ;in connection
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lvin g MBUS A
or its subsidia ries and affiliat es; or,as requ ired
by law. Wa
rning: TheEDRis acom pone ntofthe
Re stra int System Module. Tamp ering with,alt er‐
ing, modifying orremo ving theED Rcom ponen t
ma yre sult inamalfunction oftheRe stra int Sys‐
te m Modu leand other systems.
St atelaws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict withfe der alregulation arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheeve ntofsuch conf lict, the
fe der alregulation governs. As ofDecember
20 16 ,17 stat es have enact edlaws relatin gto
EDRs . Co
pyright Fr
ee and open sourcesof tware In
fo rm atio non lice nsefo rfr ee and open-sou rce
sof twareused inyour vehicle canbefound on
th edat acar rier inyour vehicle document wallet
and withupdat eson thefo llo wing websit e:
htt ps:/ /www .mercedes- benz.com/open source 34
Generalno tes

Re
gis tere dtrademar ks R
Bluetoo th®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSIG, Inc.
R DTS™ isare gis tere dtra demar kof DT S,Inc.
R Dolb y®
and MLP ™arere gis tere dtrademar ks
of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
R Bab ySmar t™,ESP®
and PRE-S AFE®
arere g‐
is te re dtra demar ksofMer cedes-B enzAG.
R HomeL ink®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Gen‐
te xCo rporation.
R iPod ®
and iTune s®
arere gis tere dtra demar ks
of Apple Inc.
R Burmes ter®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof
Bur mes terAu diosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoft®
and Windo wsMedia ®
arere gis‐
te re dtrademar ksofMicr osoftCor poration.
R SIRIUS ®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Sir ius
XM Radio Inc.
R HD Radio™ isare gis tere dtrademar kof iBiq‐
uity Digital Corporation. R
Graceno te®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof
Gr aceno te,Inc .
R ZAGA TSurve y®
and relat ed brands arere gis‐
te re dtrademar ksofZag atSur vey, LL C. Gener
alno tes 35

In
order forth ecor rectly wornseat belttopro‐
vide theint ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R The seat beltmustno tbe twis tedand must
fi t tig htly and snuglyacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted und er
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
Pr egn ant women mustals ota ke par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts. R
Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. Neverall ow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitt ing onthelap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwaysobser vethe
ins truct ions forloa ding theve hicle when
secur ingobject s,lugg ageor loads
(/ page10 2).
Als oensu rethat no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eev er placed between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract or(/ page 55).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page52). Limitations
ofthepr otection prov ided bythe
seat belt &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an incorrect sea tpos ition
The seatbel tdoe sno tof ferth eint ended
le ve lof protect ion ifyo uha ve notmo vedth e
seat backres tto an almos tve rtical posit ion.
Yo uco uld slip beneathth eseat beltand
injur eyo urself . #
Adjus tth eseat proper lybef orecom‐
menc ingyour jour ne y. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat backres tis
in an almos tve rtical posit ionand that
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour sho ulder . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hwhen
additional restra int systems areno tused
fo rper sons withasmal lerstatur e
Pe rsons under 5ft (1.50 m)ta llcan notwe ar
th eseat beltcorrectly without asuit able
additional restra int system. Occ
upant safety 39

ot
her wise beinthedeplo yment area ofthe
airbag s.
R Alw ayske ep your feet on thefloor .Do not
put your feet on thecoc kpit, forex am ple.
Yo ur feet ma yot her wise beinthedeplo y‐
ment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle,
obser vetheadditional notes(/ page52).
R Alw aysst ow and secureobj ect scor rectl y.
Objects intheve hicle interior maypr ev ent an
airbag from func tioningcorrectl y.Eac hve hicle
occupant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo w‐
ing inpar ticular :
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobje cts
be tween theve hicle occupants andanair‐
bag.
R Ther ear eno object sbe tween theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther ear eno har dobjec ts,e.g. coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handles orcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ypar ts,suc has mobile
na vig ation devices, mobile phones orcup
holder s,att ached totheve hicle within the deplo
yment area ofan airbag, e.g.onthe
coc kpit, onthedoor ,on theside windo wor
on theside walltrim.
In addition ,no con nectingcables, tensi oni ng
st ra ps orretainin gst ra ps mus tbe routed or
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo y‐
ment area ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywith
th eaccessor ymanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions and, inpar ticular ,th eno teson
suit able places forins tallation .
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsin thepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sin asuit able place. Limit
edprotection prov ided byairbags &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations totheco verof an airb ag
If yo umod ifytheco verof an airb agoraffix
object ssuc has sticke rs to it,theairbag may
no long erfunc tion correctly . #
Nevermodify theco verof an airb agand
do notaf fix obje ctstoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theairbag symbol (/page42). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Due touns uitable seat covers,th eairbags
cann otprotect vehicle occupants asinten‐
ded.
In addition, theoper ation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erairbag shutoffcould be
re strict ed. #
Yousho uld onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tioning sensorsin thedoor
The func tion oftheairbags canbeimpair ed
due tomodif icationsorincor rect wo rkper‐
fo rm ed on thedoor sor door trim, orifth e
door sar edamag ed. #
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. 44
Occupant safety