MERCEDES-BENZ GLE SUV 2021 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ, Model Year: 2021, Model line: GLE SUV, Model: MERCEDES-BENZ GLE SUV 2021Pages: 545, PDF Size: 9.37 MB
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Thank
youfo r buying Me rcedes-Benz
Before youfirs t drive off, read this Owner's Man‐
ual carefully and familiarise yourself with your
ve hicle. Foryo ur ow n sa fety and a longer operat‐
ing li fespan of theve hicle, follow the instructions
and warning notices in this Owner's Manual. Dis‐
re ga rding them may lead todamage totheve hi‐
cle or injury topeople.
The standard equipment and product desc ript ion
of your vehicle may vary and depends on thefo l‐
lowing factors:
R Model
R Order
R National version
R Availability
The illustrations in this Owner's Manual show a
left-hand drive vehicle. On right-hand-drive vehi‐
cles, the la yout of car parts and cont rol ele‐
ments dif fers accordin gly.
Mercedes-Benz is cons tantly de veloping its vehi‐
cles fur ther. Mercedes-Benz
therefore reser vesth eright to
int roduce changes in thefo llowing areas:
R Design
R Equipment
R Tech nical features
The equipment in your vehicle may therefore dif‐
fe r from that shown in the descriptions and illus‐
trations.
The following documents are integ ral parts of
th eve hicle:
R Digital Owner's Manual
R Printed Owner's Manual
R Service booklet
R Equipment-dependent Supplements
Ke ep these documents in theve hicle at all
times. If you sell theve hicle, alw ays pass all of
th e documents on tothe new owner.
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Symbols
........................................................ 5At
agl ance .................................................... 6
Cockpit ........................................................... 6
Indica tor and warning lamps ........................ .10
Overhead contro l panel ................................ 12
Door operating unit and seat adjustment ..... 14
Control settings in there ar passenger
compartment ................................................ 16
Emergencies and breakdowns ...................... 18Digital Owner's Manual
.............................20
Calling up the Digital Owner's Manual ..........20 Genera
l notes............................................. 22
Pr otection of the environment ......................22
Ta ke -ba ckof end-of-life vehicles ...................22
Mercedes-Benz GenuineParts ....................... 23
Owner's Manual ............................................ 24
Operating saf ety .......................................... .24
Declaration of conformity ............................. 26
Diagno stics connection ................................ 31
Qualified specialist workshop ....................... 33 Ve
hicle registration ....................................... 33
Cor rect use of theve hicle ............................33
Information on the REA CHregulation ........... 34
No tesfo r persons with electronic medi‐
cal aids ......................................................... 34
Implied warranty .......................................... .35
QR code forre scue card ...............................35
Data storage .................................................35
Copyright ...................................................... 38 Occupant saf
ety......................................... 39
Re stra int sy stem ...........................................39
Seat belts ...................................................... 41
Airbags ......................................................... 45
PRE-SAFE ®
sy stem ....................................... 52
Au tomatic measure s after an accident ......... 54
Safely transporting children in theve hi‐
cle ................................................................54
No tes on pets in theve hicle .........................75 Opening and closing
.................................. 76
Ke y ................................................................ 76
Doo rs............................................................ 79
Load compa rtment ....................................... 84Side windo
ws............................................... 89
Sliding sunroof ............................................. 93
Ro ller sunblinds ............................................ 97
Anti-theft pr otection .....................................98 Seats and
stowing .................................... 101
No tes on the cor rect driver's seat posi‐
tion ............................................................. 101
Seats .......................................................... 101
St eering wheel ............................................ 11 5
Easy entry and exitfeature .......................... 11 7
Memory function ......................................... 11 8
St ow age areas ............................................ .119
Cup holders ................................................ 13 5
Soc kets ....................................................... 13 6
Wi reless charging of the mobile phone
and connection with theex terior aerial ...... 13 8
Fitting/removing thefloor mats .................. 141 Light and sight
......................................... 14 2
Exterior lighting .......................................... 14 2
Interior lighting ........................................... 15 0
Wi ndsc reen wipers and windscreen
wa sher sy stem ............................................ 15 22
Contents
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Mir
rors ........................................................ 157
Area pe rmeable toradio wav es on the
windscreen ................................................ .160
Infrared-reflective windscreen function ...... 16 0Climate control
......................................... 161
Overview of climate contro l systems ........... 161
Operating the climate control sy stem ......... 16 2 Driving and pa
rking .................................. 17 3
Driving ........................................................ 173
DY NA MIC SELECT switch ........................... 188
Au tomatic transmission .............................. 19 2
Tr ans fer case .............................................. 19 6
Fu nction of the 4MATIC .............................. 19 8
Re fuelling .................................................... 19 8
Pa rking ...................................................... .205
Driving and driving saf ety sy stems .............. 211
Tr ailer hit ch................................................ 283
Bicycle rack function .................................. 289
Ve hicle towing instructions ........................ .291 Instrument display and on-board
compu
ter.................................................. 292
No tes on the instrument display and on-
board computer .......................................... 292
Instrument display overview ...................... .293
Overview of the buttons on thesteering
wheel ..........................................................2 94
Operating the on-board computer .............. 294
Overview of what is shown on the multi‐
function display .......................................... 296
Head-up display .......................................... 296 MBUX multimedia sy
stem ...................... 299
Overview and operation .............................. 299
Sy stem settings .......................................... 308
Na vigation ................................................... 312
Te lephone .................................................. .321
Mercedes me and apps .............................. 324
Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem ...... 333
Ra dio, media & TV...................................... 341
Sound settings ............................................ 347 Main
tenance and care ............................. 349
ASS YST PLUS service inter val display ........ 349 Engine compartment .................................. 350
Cleaning and care ......................................
.356 Breakdown assi
stance ............................ 365
Emergency ................................................. .365
Flat tyre ...................................................... 367
Battery (vehicle) .......................................... 374
To w- starting or towing away ....................... 379
Electrical fuses ........................................... 384 Wheels and tyres
..................................... 387
No tes on noise or unusual handling char‐
acteristics .................................................. .387
No tes on regular lyinspecting wheels and
tyres .......................................................... .387
No tes on snow chains ................................ 387
Ty re pressure .............................................. 388
Wheel change ............................................ .391
Emergency spare wheel .............................. 401
Collapsible spare wheel .............................. 403 Te
ch nical data .......................................... 406
No tes on tech nical da ta.............................. 406 Contents
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On-board electronics ..................................4
06
Re gulatory radio identification of small
components ...............................................4 08
Ve hicle identification plate, VIN and
engine number overview ............................ 408
Operating fluids .......................................... 41 0
Ve hicle data ................................................ 419
Tr ailer hit ch................................................ 422 Displ
aymessages and warning/indi‐
cator lamps .............................................. 425
Display messages ...................................... .425
Wa rning and indicator lamps ...................... 487 Index
......................................................... 5024
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In
this Owner's Manual, you will find thefo llow‐
ing symbols: &
DANG ER Dan ger due tonot observing
th ewa rning notices
Wa rning notices dr awyour attention tohaz‐
ards that may endanger your health or life, or
th e health or life of others. #
Obser vethewa rning notices. +
ENVIRONMENTAL
NOTEEnvironmental
dama gedue tofailure toobser veenvi‐
ro nmental no tes Environmental no
tes include information on
environmentally responsible behaviour or
environmentally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen tal no tes. *
NO
TEDama getoproperty due tofailure
to obser venotes on material damage No
tes on material damage inform you of
ri sks which may lead to yourvehicle being
damaged. #
Obser venotes on material damage. %
These symbols indicate useful instructions
or fur ther information that could be helpful
to yo u.
# Instru ction
(/ page)F urther information on a topic
Display Information on
the multifunction dis‐
play/media display
4 Highest menu le vel, which is tobe
selected in the multimedia sy stem
5 Releva nt submenus, which are tobe
selected in the multimedia sy stem
*I ndicates a cause Symbols
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Left-hand-drive
vehicles 6
Ataglance – Cockpit
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1
Steering wheel gearshift paddles →
194
2 Combination swit ch →
14 3
3 Instrument display →
293
4 DIRECT SELECT le ver →
19 2
5 Media display →
299
6 Climate contro l systems →
16 2
7 002F Hazardwa rning light sy stem →
14 4
8 PASSENGER AIR BAG indicator lamps →
50
9 Glovecompa rtment →
12 2
A Stow age compartment →
12 2
B 0063 Controller forvo lume and switching
sound on/off →
299
00D0 Switches the MBUX multimedia sy stem
on/off →
299
C z Calls up navigation →
301
D | Calls up radio or media →
301
E 002B Calls up thete lephone →
301 F
Swit chpanel for:
ä Individual wheel control (vehicles with‐
out off-road pac kage ) or →
260
002E Trans fer case (vehicles with off-road
pac kage) →
19 6
0063 Manual gearshifting →
194
¿ AIRMATIC or →
250
¿ E-AC TIVE BODY CONTROL →
257
00BB Activating/deactivating ESP ®
→
214
î Downhill Speed Regulation →
232
G ß Calls up favo urites →
301
H y Calls up vehicle functions →
301
I c Active Parking Assist →
277
J DYNA MIC SELECT switch →
19 0
K Touchpad →
301
L Start/ stop button →
174
00D6 ECOstart/ stop function →
185 At
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