suspension MERCEDES-BENZ GLE SUV 2021 Owner's Manual

dat
ais temp oraryand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude, forex am ple, repair services,
maint enanc epr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand
qu alit yassurance measures. The read out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg allypr escr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng faults and improv ing qualit yand
ar etransm itted tothemanuf acturer,if neces ‐
sar y.Fu rther mor e,themanuf acturerissubject
to product liability .Fo rth is, themanuf acturer
re qu ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk. Dep
endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash
dr ive or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed inthe
ve hicle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This data
is sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime. Depending
ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Cus tomizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egrat edinthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
tai ninf orma tionis simu ltane ously trans ferred to
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R General vehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐
bac k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of 32
Gener alno tes

Dr
ivin g No
teson Mer cedes- AMGvehicl es Obser
vetheno teson thefo llo wing addition al
to pics intheSupplement ,as youma yot her wise
fa ilto recogni zedangers:
R Emo tion Start
R AMGAC TIVE adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m Switc
hingonthepo we rsupp lyor theigni‐
tion (without engine star t) &
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 etra nsmiss ionposition .
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. Also
obser vethe"No teson pets intheve hicle".
Re quirement s:
R theSmar tKey islocat edintheve hicle and
th eSmar tKey batt eryis no tdisc harged.
R thebr ak epedal isno tdepr essed. #
Toswitc hon thepo we rsupp ly:pr ess but‐
to n1 once .
Yo ucan activat eth ewindshield wipers,for
ex am ple.
The powe rsupp lyis switc hedoffag ain ifth efo l‐
lo wing condition sar eme t:
R youopen thedr iver's door .
R youpr ess button1 twice mor e. 15
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R
The driver's door isclosed ortheseat belton
th edr iver's side isfastened.
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 transmis sionisin 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 isswitc hedtoposition 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. AI
RMA TIC Fu
nction ofAIRMA TIC
Mer cedes- AMGvehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Yo uco uld other wise failto rec‐
ogni zedangers. AIRM
ATIC isan air suspe nsion system withva ria‐
ble dam pingfo rim prove ddr iving comfortand
ve hicle dynamics. Theall-round leve lcon trol sys‐
te m ensur esthebes tpossible suspension and
con stant grou nd clea rance, evenwi th aladen
ve hicle. When driving atspeed, theve hicle is
lo we redaut omatic allytoimprove driving safety
and toreduce fuelconsum ption. Youalso have
th eop tion ofmanually adjustingtheve hicle
le ve l.
AI RMA TICiscom prised ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion sand compone nts:
R Airsuspen sionwithaut omat icleve lcon trol
R Speed -dependentlo we ring
R Manua llysel ect ablehigh leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance whichcan be
adjus tedusing aleve lbutt on
R ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping System with
con stant adjus tment ofdam pingch aract eris‐
tic s) Dr
ivin gand parking209

Suspension
settings andvehicl eleve lper
dr ive pr og ram
Dr ive pr ogr am A and;:
R The susp ens ion se tting iscomf ortable.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R When drivin gat speeds ofappr oximat ely
87 mph(1 40 km/h) orabo ve,th eve hicle is
lo we red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
25 mph(40 km/h), theve hicle israised
ag ain.
Dr ive pr og ram C:
R The susp ension setting isfirm er.
R The vehicle islowe redto spor tle ve l.
Dr ive pr ogr am B:
R The suspen sionsetting iseve nfirm er.
R The vehicle islowe redto Spor t+ leve l.
Dr ive pr ogr am F (vehicle swit hout Off-ro ad
pac kage )
R The suspension setting issuit able foreasi ly
nego tiableof f-r oad terrain. R
The vehicle issetto off-r oad leve l+1 .
R When drivin gat speeds ofappr oximat ely
50 mph(80 km/h) orabo ve,th eve hicle is
lo we red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(45 km/h), theve hicle israised.
Dr ive pr ogr am F (vehicle swit hOf f-ro ad
pac kage )
R The suspension setting issuit able foreasi ly
nego tiable of f-r oa dte rrain.
R The vehicle issetto off-r oad leve l+1 .
R When drivin gat speeds ofappr oximat ely
71 mp h(115 km/h) orabove, theve hicle is
lo we red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
47 mp h(7 5 km/h), theve hicle israised.
G (vehicle swit hOf f-ro ad pac kage )
R The suspension setting issuit able fordif ficul t
of f-r oa dte rrain.
R The vehicle issetto off-r oad leve l+1 . R
When drivin gat speeds ofappr oximat ely
50 mph(80 km/h) orabo ve,th eve hicle is
lo we red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
28 mph(4 5km/h), theve hicle israised.
Ind ividual suspen sionsettings canbecalled up
in drive pr ogr am = (/page16 6).
Dif fere nces betw een differe nt vehicl eleve ls
com paredtothenor malle ve l Ve
hicl e
le ve l Ve
hicl es
without Off-
ro ad pac kage Ve
hicl eswith
Of f-road pack‐
ag e
Ca rwa sh approximat ely
+3. 5in
(+90 mm) appr
oximat ely
+3. 5in
(+90 mm)
Of f-ro ad
le ve l+3 Una
vailable approximat ely
+3. 5in
(+90 mm)
Of f-ro ad
le ve l+2 Una
vailable approximat ely
+2. 4in
(+60 mm) 21
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bum
ps,beforeth eve hicle drives over them.
Chassis movements arere duced anddriving
comf ortis incr eased.
RO AD SUR FACE SCAN isaut omat icallyact ivat ed
if th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The drive pr ogr am A orN isselect ed.
R The vehicle issetto thenor mal leve l.
R Youar edr ivin gat aspee dbe tween 4mp h
(7 km/ h)and 112mp h(1 80 km/h) .
Sy stem limit s
RO AD SUR FACE SCAN can beimpair edinthe
fo llo wing situat ionsorcan stop funct ioning:
R Ifth ero ad isins ufficie ntlylit, e.g. atnigh t.
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofmultifunc tion
camer a1 isdir ty,fo gg ed up, damag edor
co vered.
R Ifth ero ad sur face hasno optic stru ctur eor
re flect slight. R
Ifyo uar edr ivin gto oclose totheve hicle in
fr ont.
R Ifsections ofthero uteha ve ave ry small
ra dius ofcur vature.
R Dur ing abrupt driving maneuv ers, e.g. heavy
br aking orsudden acceleration.
Obser vetheno teson cleaning themultifunc tion
camer a(/ page31 2).
Fu nction ofreco very mode &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue totheve hi‐
cle moving upand down
Dur ing reco very mode, theve hicle movesup
and down and cancause injuries. #
When activating reco very mode, make
cer tain that no oneis in thevicinit yof
th eve hicle. *
NO
TERisk ofdama gedue totheve hicle
mo ving upand down When
free driving mode isactiv ated, the
ve hicle movesup and down. Vehicle parts
ma ybe damag edifth eunderbody bottoms
out. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis suf ficie nt
gr ou nd clearance whenro ck ing free
mode isact ivat ed. Re
covery mode isafunction ofthesuspension
whic hcan assis tth edr iver on loose surfaces
(e.g .sand ,sno w)whe nfreei ng ave hicle which
has become stuc k.
The vehicle body rock sin slo w,vertical motion s
when reco very mode hasbeen activated. This
te mp orarily puts thewheels undergreat erload,
whic hmeans they have inc reased tractionand
th eve hicle isfreed.
Yo ucan activat efree drivin gmod evia Off-ro ad
As sis t(/ page22 3). Dr
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R
Youen gage trans missi on positio n005D.
R ESP ®
int erve nes.
R Youopen thedoor sor theta ilg atewhile driv‐
ing.
Sy stem limit s
Obj ectslocat edabo veorbelo wthede tection
ra ng eof thesensor s,e.g. overhang ingloads, tail
sect ions orloading ramp sof goods vehicles, or
th ebor dersof par king spaces, areno tde tected
du ring mea surement ofthepar king space. These
ar ealso then notta ke nint oacco untwhen calcu‐
la ting thepar king procedur e.In some circum‐
st anc es,ActivePa rking Assistma yth er efor e
guide youint oth epar king space incorrectl y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object slocat edabo veorbelo wthe
de tection rang eof ActivePa rking Assist
If th er ear eobjec tsabo veorbelo wthe
de tection rang e, thefo llo wing situat ionsmay
ar ise:
R ActivePa rking Assistma yst eer tooear ly. R
The vehicle mayno tst op infront ofthese
objec ts.
This could cause acollision. #
Inthese situation s,do notuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Ex
treme environm entalcon dition s,suc has
sno wfall orhea vyrain, ma ylead toapar king
spac ebein gmeas ured inac curately. Pa rking
spaces that arepar tiallyoccupied bytrai le r
dr aw bar smight notbe ident ified assuc hor be
measur edincor rectly .Only useAc tivePa rking
Ass iston leve l,high- grip grou nd .
Do notuse ActivePa rking Assistin thefo llo wing
situat ions:
R Inextreme weather condition ssuc has ice ,
pac kedsno wor inhea vyrain.
R When transpor tingaload that protru des
be yond theve hicle.
R Ifth epar king space ison ast eep downhill or
uphill gradient.
R When snowch ains areins talled.
R When atrailer orbicy clerack isatt ached. R
Direct lyafte ra tir ech ang eor when spare
tir es areins talled.
R Ifth etir epr essur eis toolow or toohigh.
R Ifth esuspension isout ofalignment ,e.g.
af te rbo ttoming outonacurb.
R Onsteep inclin esofmor eth an appr ox.15 %.
Ac tivePa rking Assistma yalso displa ypar king
spaces that areno tsuit able forpar king, suchas,
e.g.:
R Parking spaces wherepar kingis prohibit ed.
R Parking spaces onunsuit ablesurfaces. 236
Driving and parking

No
teson rotat ing whee ls &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh differ‐
ent whee lsizes
Int erch ang ingthefront and rear wheels ifth e
wheels ortires have differe nt dimens ions
ma yse verely im pa irth edr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
The wheel brak es orwheel suspension com ‐
pon entsma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyifth e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen‐
sions. The
wearpat tern son thefront and rear wheels
dif fer:
R Front wheels wearmor eon theshoulder of
th etir e
R Rear wheels wearmor eat thecent erofthe
tir e
Do notdr ive wi th tires that have toolittle tread
dep th.Thi ssig nifica ntlyre duces traction onwet
ro ads (hydr oplan ing). On
vehicles that have thesame sizefront and
re ar wheels ,ro tat eth ewheels accordingtothe
int erva ls in thetir emanuf acturer'swarrant y
book inyour vehicle documents. Ifth is is no t
av ailable, rotate thetir es every
3,000 to6,000 miles(5 ,000 to10,000 km),
dependin gon thewe ar.En sur eth at thedir ect ion
of rotatio nis ma intained .
Ob serveth eins truction sand safetyno teson
"Cha nging awheel" whendoing so
(/ page36 1). No
teson sto ring wheels When
stor ing wheels, observethefo llo wing
no tes:
R Afterre mo ving whee ls,stor eth em inacool,
dr yand prefer ably darkplace.
R Protect thetir es from contact with oil, grease
or fuel. Ov
ervie wof thetir e-c han getool kit Apar
tfr om some country- specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit. Fo
rmor einf ormation onwhi chtools are
re qu ired and appr ovedto per form awheel
ch ang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop.
Re quired tire-c hang eto ols mayinclude, for
ex am ple:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
Ti re -cha ngeto ol kit 1 islocat edunder the
cargo compartment floor . The
tire-c hang eto ol kit includes thefo llo wing:
R Jack 360
Wheels andtires

Fi
lling capacityforre frig er ant and PAGoil Model
Refrig er ant
All model s2 5.4±0.4 oz
(7 20 ±10 g) Model
PAGoil
All model s3 .8±0.4 oz
(1 10 ±10 g) Ve
hicl edata Ve
hicl edimens ions The
heightsspeci fied mayva ry as are sult ofthe
fo llo wing fact or s:
R Tire s
R Load
R Conditio nof thesuspension
R Option aleq uipment Height
whenopened 11
Height
when
opened* 2 2
Head‐
ro om*
Ve hicl eswith steel
susp ension 87
.2 in
(22 17mm)
- 87 .4 in
(22 19mm) 78
.1in
(1 986 mm)
- 78 .3 in
(1 988 mm)
Ve hicl eswith AIR‐
MA TIC 84
.8in
(2 15 3mm)
- 89. 1in
(2263 mm) 75
.6 in
(1 922 mm)
- 80.0 in
(2032 mm) *Wh
enthere ar-en dlowe ring isacti vated, the
va lues arecor responding lylowe r.
Ve hicl edimens ions All
models
Ve hicle length1 93.9in
(492 4mm)
Ve hicle length,AMG Styling 194.1 in
(4930 mm)
Ve hicle widthincluding out‐
side mirrors 84
.9in
(2 15 7mm)
Ve hicle widthexc luding out‐
side mirrors,min. tomax. 76
.6 in
(1 94 7mm) -
79.6 in
(2022 mm)
Ve hicle height 70.6in
(1 79 4mm) -
70.7 in
(1 795 mm)
Maximum vehicle height (AIR‐
MA TIC) 72
.7 in
(1 84 8mm) 382
Tech nica lda ta

All
mod els
Whee lbase 117.9 in
(2995 mm)
Maxi mum ground clearance
(s te el suspension ) 7.
9 in
(203 mm)
Maxi mum ground clearance
(AIR MATIC ) 9.2
in
(233 mm)
Mi nimu mgrou nd clearance
(AIR MATIC ) 5.7
in
(1 45 mm) We
ight sand loads Please
observethefo llo wing notesfo rth especi‐
fi ed vehicle data:
R Items ofoptional equipment increase the
curb weight andreduce thepa yload.
Ro ofload All
mod els
Maxim umroof load 220.5lb (100 kg) Of
f-road driving vehicl edata Fo
rding dep th
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bywaterwhen
fo rd ing Wa
tercan entertheengine compartmen t
and vehicle interior inthefo llo wing cases :
R The maxim umpermissib leford ing dep th
when drivin gth ro ugh standi ngwateris
ex ceed ed
R Abo wwav efo rm sdur ing ford ing
R Wateraccumu lates dur ing ford ing offlow ‐
ing water #
Donotexc eed themaximum permissi‐
ble ford ing dep thand drive slo wly
th ro ugh thewa ter. The
specif iedvalue indic ates themaximum per‐
missible ford ing dep thforve hicles that arere ady
to drive and forslo wdriving thro ugh standi ng
wa ter. Dr
iving thro ugh flow ing waterre duces theper‐
missible ford ing dep thdue totheaccumulation
of wa ter.
Obser vetheno teson off-r oad driving andford ‐
ing (/ page15 8). Mo
del
1 1
Fording
dep th
Ve hicl eswith steel sus‐
pens ion 19
.7 in(50 cm)
Ve hicl eswith AIRMA TIC
Ra ised leve l1 9.7in(50 cm) Te
ch nica lda ta 383

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
ä Malfunct ionDrive atMax.
50 mph *A
IRMA TICisfunctioning onlytoalimit edextent. The vehicle's handling charact eristic sma ybe affect ed. #
Drive in amanne rap propr iate forth ecur rent leve l,but donotex ceed 50mph(80 km/h). #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
E-A CTIVE BODYCONTROL
Funct ionLimited SeeOper-
ator's Manual *A
tle as tone mainfunctio nof theE- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OLsystem ismalfunct ioning.
The system isoutside theoper ating temp eratur era ng eor theon- boar delectr icalsystem voltag eis toolow.
* NO
TEThe vehicle's suspension anddam ping behaviorisrestrict ed. The vehicle body maytilt hea vilyto the
side during corner ing. #
Drive on car efully . #
Reduce speed consider ablybef oreta king abe nd. #
Avoid sudden steer ing movements. #
Drive on car eful ly. #
Reduce speed consider ablybef oreta king abe nd. #
Avoid sudden steer ing movements.
Once thecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent ,th esy stem will beavailable again. 41
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