MERCEDES-BENZ GLE SUV 2020 AMG Owner's Guide

The
AMG activeadap tivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m includ esthefo llo wing compone ntsand
func tions:
R Airsuspen sionwithva riable spring rate and
aut omat icleve lcon trol R
Speed -dependentlo we ring toreduce fuel
con sum ption
R Manuall yselec table high leve lse tting for
gr ea tergr ound clearance R
ADS PLUS (Ada ptive Dam ping System with
con stant dam pingfo rc eadjus tment)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc hand leve lbutt on
R Suspen sionsetting butt on
Char acteristics perdrive pr og ram Dr
ive pr og ramC haracteristics
ë (Sand) R
The susp ension setting andtheall-wheel drive 4MA TIC+ areadap tedfo rspor typer form anc eon fine, loose
su rfaces .
R The vehicle issetto thehigh leve l(+1) .
R The vehicle islowe redto thenor mal leve l(0) when drivin gat speeds above43 mph(70 km/h).
F (Tra il) R
The suspen sionsetting and theall-wheel drive 4MA TIC+ areadap tedfo rdr iving inareas withno firm road sur‐
fa ces.
R The vehicle issetto thehigh leve l(+1) .
R The vehicle islowe redto thenor mal leve l(0) when drivin gat speeds above43 mph(70 km/h). Dr
iving andparking 19

Dr
ive pr og ramC haracteristics
o (Slipper y)
A (Comfort) R
The susp ension setting iscomf ortable.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l(0).
R The vehicle islowe redto thelow leve l(-1 )when drivin gat speeds above75 mph(120 km/h).
R The vehicle isonce again raised tothenor mal leve l(0) inthefo llo wing situat ions:
- Youar edr ivin gat less than 50 mph(8 0km/h).
- Youar edr ivin gfo ran extende dpe riod oftime atless than 75 mph(120 km/h) .
R 4MA TIC+ isdyna mical lysync hronized.
C (Spor t)
B (Spor t+)
I (RACE) R
The suspension settin gis even firm er.
R The vehicle issetto thelow leve l(-1 ).
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo uar etra veling athigher speeds.
R 4MA TIC+ ismor edynamic allysync hroniz ed. Dif
fere nces betwee ndiffer ent vehicle leve ls
com paredtothenor mal leve l(0):
R High leve l(+1): approx.+2.2 in(+55 mm)
R Lowleve l(-1): approx.-0.4 in(-1 0mm)
In addition, youcan selectthemode ineve ry
dr ive pr og ram indivi dually via theAMG active adap
tivespor tsuspension system butt oninthe
cent erconso le.Af tera dr ive pr ogr am is
ch ang ed, theaut omatic suspension setting of
th edr ive pr ogr am isreact ivat ed. AMG
active ad aptiv espor tsus pens ionsys‐
te m, selecti ng the suspen sion settin g
In CO MF ORT mode,thedr iving charact eristic s
of your vehicle arecomf ortable. Select this sus‐
pens ionsetting ifyo upr efer aco mf ortable driv‐
ing style. 20
Driving andparking

SPORT
driving mode ensuresafirm ersuspen‐
sion. Select this suspen sionsetting when
em ploying aspor tydrivin gst yle, e.g. onwinding
count ryroads.
SPOR T+drivin gmode ensures ave ry firm sus‐
pension. #
Pull rock er switc h1.
The currentl ysel ect edsuspe nsion setting is
sho wnasadi spl aymessa geinthemedia dis‐
pla y.
Se tting theve hicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
If yo udr ive at ahigh ervehicle leve l,th edr iv‐
ing charact eristic sma ybe impair eddue to
th ehigher vehicle centerofgrav ity .
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Alw aysch oose ave hicle leve lwhic his
suit edtothedr iving style and thero ad
sur face condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicin ityof
th ewheel arch es when theve hicle is
being lowe red. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo ving faster than
40 mph(6 5km/h). Dr
iving andparking 21

#
Toraise theve hicl e:pus hro ck er switc h1
fo rw ards. #
Tolowe rthe vehicl e:pul lro ck er switc h1.
The select edvehicle leve lappear sin themedia
displa y.
When indicat orlam p2 lights up,then these t
ve hicle leve ldoes notcor respond tothest and‐
ar dleve lof theselect eddrive pr og ram.
The vehicle sets itself tothest andar dleve lof the
select eddrive pr ogra mwhen youswit chdrive
pr ogr ams. Fu
nction oftheAMG steer ing-wh eelbut‐
to ns The
AMG steer ing-wheel buttons aretw oaddi‐
tion alcon trol element son thesteer ing wheel.
Yo ucan assig ntw ove hicle functionsofyour
ch oice tothelef tcon trol element .Yo ucan
ch ang ebe tween theav ailable function sby
pr essing displaybutt ons 2repeat edly.The cur‐
re ntly select edfunc tions aredispl ayed indispla y
butt ons 2.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R ESP®
(/ page15 ) R
AMG activeadap tivespor tsuspe nsion sys‐
te m (/ page18 )
R AMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem
(/ page11 )
R ECO star t/ stop funct ion(/ page11 )
R Manual gearshif ting(/ page13 )
If yo uha ve assig nedafun ction toone ofdispla y
butt ons 2,youcan operat eth is func tion with
cor responding button1.
The assignment ofdispla ybutt ons 2remains
st or ed even afte ra ne wengine star t,but the
oper ating status ofthere spectiv efunction is
re se tto thebasic setting.
Yo ucan chang ebe tween thedr ive pr og rams
wit hro tary act uat or3. The selec teddr ive pr o‐
gr am appear sin displa ybutt on4. Bypressing
displa ybutt on4, youcan direct lyacc ess the
dr ive pr ogr am = (Individua l)(/ page12 ). 22
Drivin g and parking

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d):ifyo uact ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing ,(/ page13 )th eupshif tbar will appear
on themultifunc tionorHead-up Display.In
addi tion, transmissi onset-up 0063(manua l)
and thecur rent gear will appear onthetra ns‐
mission position displayof themultifunc tion
displa y.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
00E5, ESP®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page39).
Yo ucan selectthefo llo wing displa ycon tent in
ve hicles withaWi descr eenCockpit:
R Tach ome terwit hge ar displa y
R Dateand time
R Warm-up R
AMG TRAC KPA CE
R G-m eter
R Engine data
R SETUP
R Trip com puter
R Navig ation
R Medi a
R Telephon e
AMG TRACKPACE isdispl ayed on thelef t-hand
sect ionofthedispla y.The warm-up ,engi nedata,
SETUP andG-me termenus aredisp laye don the
ri ght- hand section ofthedispla y. Callin
gup displa yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Dis
playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R Engi nedata
R SETUP
R G-me ter Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 23

Wa
rm-up (exa mp le)
1 Digit alspeedom eter
2 Engine oiltemp eratur e
3 Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
4 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat nor mal
oper ating temp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla y
will showtemp eratur e2 or3 inblue. Avoid using
thefull engine powe routpu tdur ing this
tim e. En
gine data(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue
Wh encur rent powe routpu t1 orcur rent torq ue
2 reac hes themaximum value, thedigit alvalue
will brief lybe statio nary.The bardispla ywill
cont inue. SETU
Pin Mer cedes- AMGvehicles (exa mp le)
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Sa nd/
Tr ail/R ace
2 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
3 AMGDY NA MICS:
Basic/A dvanced/Pr o/Master/Slide /Trac‐
tion
4 Susp ensiontuni ng:
Co mfort/Spor t/Sport+/Sand /Trail
5 Exhaus tsy stem:
Balanced/ Powe rful 24
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

G-m
eter (exa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areexe rted on theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tr av el. The maximum values arere pr esent edby
re dmar kings. #
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsinf ormat ionabove
th ecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field ofvision, e.g.
th espeed oftheve hicle, information from the
na vig ation system ordriver assis tance systems
and some warning mess ages.
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display.
Mer cede s-AMG displa ycon tent 1
Protect ion from reac hin gth eov errevving
ra ng e
2 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns 3
Current speed
4 Currentl ysel ect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
5 Current engi nespe ed
Dep endingontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
In vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan dis‐
pla yaddit ionalco nten t:
R Spee dand gear displa y
R Lap and sectortimes
R Accel erati on and braki ng
R Trac klayo ut graphics
% The conten tth at can bedispla yedwill vary
dependin gon these ttings.
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 25

Sy
stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light
R Wetro adw ay
R Objects onthedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. 26
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

AMG
TRAC KPA CE Gener
alinf orma tion Wi
th AMG TRAC KPA CE, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic son race trac ks can beana lyzed and opti‐
mize d.Youcan drive pr ev iousl yst or ed race
tr ac ks (e.g. Hockenhei mring ),or newtrac ks can
be recor ded andstor ed. The driven lap times are
st or ed forev erytra ck.The secan beana lyzed
and compar edtoother laptimes toachie vethe
bes tpossible race results. Addition ally,acc eler a‐
tio nand brakin gpr oce durescan bemeas ured
and stor ed.
Please note:Use AMG TRACKPACE onlyon
closed-of fro utes out side thepublic traffic area.
Ad aptyo ur drivin gst yle to your per son alabilit ies
and theen vironmen talcon dition s.As thedr iver ,
yo uar esole lyresponsible fordr iving your vehi‐
cle. Park your vehicle safely beforeoper ating the
applic ation. Calli
ngup thete leme try disp lay Multime
diasystem:
4 TRACK PACE5
Telemetr y
The teleme try displa ysho wscurrent vehicle data
as adigit alvalue and asadiag ram. Up tothre e
par ame ters can beselect edthat areto be
sho wninthedispla y.
Fo rex am ple:
R Engin espee d
R Whee lang le
R Spe ed
R Steer ing ang le #
Setth edesir edpar ame ters. #
Setth etime.
The setpar ame ters areeva luat edinthedia‐
gr am forth etime set.
% The time canrang efrom 30seco ndstoa
maximu mof 20 minut es. Con
figur ing AMG TRAC KPA CE Re
quirement s To
connect amob iledevoice totheTR AC K
PA CE app:
R The TRACKPACE app isins talled onthe
mobil eend device.
R The mobil eend device isconnect edtothe
multime diasystem viaWi-Fi.
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 TRACK PACE5
Option s
Connecting amobile device viatheTR AC K
PA CE app
The TRACKPACE app makesitposs ibletorecord
vid eos and tosync hronize them withstor ed
tr ac ks. #
Select TRACK PACEApp.
Alr eady author ized devices aredispla yedin
th elis t. #
Select AUTHORIZE NEWDEVICE .
Av ailable devic es aredispla yed. #
Startth eTRA CKPACE app onthede vice to
be con nectedand follo wtheins truction s. #
Conf irm theaut hor ization prom pt. MBUX
multimedia system 27

#
Enterthecode displa yedon thede vice.
The device isaut hor ized.
or #
Select ade vice that isalr eady author ized.
The devic eis de- aut hor ized.
Se tting theTR AC KPA CE displa yin theHead -
up Displa y #
Sele ctHUD Content. #
Activateor deacti vate thedesir edcon tents.
The cont ents intheHead-up Displayar e
adap ted.
% Forfur ther information ontheHead-up Dis‐
pla y,see (/page25).
Se tting acous ticfeedba ck #
Select Acou sticfeedba ck.
A sca lewith values from 0to 85 issho wn. #
Select ase tting. 28
MBUX multimedi asy stem