ESP MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

As
such ,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
An eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e44 7) or manu ally (/ page44 8). Onl y
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency
cal lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
No tificatio nin the multi mediasy stem dis‐
pla y:
SOS NOT READY :th eignition isno ton oreCall
no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem (e.g. amalfunc‐
tion withth espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,
SOS button), acor responding message appea
rsinthemultifunc tiondispla yof the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Tr igg ering anaut omat icMer cedes‑B enz
emer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
The Mercedes‑ Benzemer gency callsy stem trig‐
ge rs an emer gency callau tomatical lyin thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R Afteractiv ation ofthere stra int systems such
as airbags orEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device s
af te ran accide nt.
R Afteran automatical lyinitia tedemer gency
st op byActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t.
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade tothe
Mer cedes‑Ben zemer gency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes‑ Benzemergency callcent er. The
Mercedes‑B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely. MBUX
multimedia system 44
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Tr
igg ering ama nual Mercedes-B enzemer ‐
ge ncy call #
Touse theSOS buttonin theov erhead
contr olpa nel: press theSOS buttonatleas t
one secon dlong . #
Touse voice contr ol:use theVo ice Cont rol
Sy stem voice com mand s(/ page325 ).
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent er.
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traf fic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent erser vice prov ider .
R Onthebasis ofthecall, theser vice prov ider
decide swhe ther itis neces saryto cal lre s‐
cue teams and/ orthepolice totheacciden t
sit e. If
no con nect ioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
End inganunin tentionall ytrigg ered manu al
Mer cedes-Benz emergency call #
Select 0076onthemultifunc tionsteer ing
wheel. Depressthebutt onforse veralsec‐
onds .
Data transf eroftheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
In theeve ntofan automatic ormanua lemer‐
ge ncy callth efo llo wing datais transmit ted, for
ex am ple:
R Vehicle's GPSposition data
R GPS position dataon thero ute(a few
(hun dred meters )be fore theinciden t)
R Direct ion oftra vel
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Vehicle drive type R
Number ofpeop lede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailable
or not
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sinitiat ed
manually oraut omatically
R Time oftheacciden t
R Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atra nsmit tedis vehicle information. Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollect ion,useand shar ing
of theeCall system data,please contact MBU‐
SA 'sCus tomer Assis tance Center at800-F OR-
MER C.
Fo rCa nada ,plea secont actMBC's Customer
Assis tance Center at1-800-38 7-0100.
Cu stomer requ ests forco veredinf ormation
should besubmitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccide ntclar ificatio npur poses ,th efo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour afte rth e
emer gency callha sbe en initia ted:
R The current vehicle position canbecalled up. 44
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MBUX multimedia system

#
Select Artists orSong inthedialog window.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Ac tiv atin gspo rtsinf ormat ion #
Activate0073 Activ ateSpo rtsAlerts.
Se ttin gaspo rtaler t #
Select AddAlert . #
Select thete am nam eor league inthedialog
windo w.
Dele ting ind ivid ualsp orts and music aler ts #
Selec tMan ageMusi cAl ert s.
or #
Selec tMan ageSport sAl ert s. #
Selec tan artist or trac k.
or #
Select ate am. #
Select DeleteSel ect edEntries .
All high light edaler tsaredele ted. Dele
ting allspor tsand music alerts #
Select Manage MusicAlerts.
or #
Select Manage SportsAlert s. #
Select DeleteAll Entries.
All aler tsaredele ted.
Inf ormat ionabout SmartFa vo rite sand
Tu neS tart
Fr om thest atio npr ese tsyoucan setup toeight
st atio nsasSm artFavo rite s. Smar tFavo rite sst a‐
tio ns areaut omat icallysa ve dto temp orar yst or‐
ag ein thebac kground .If yo uch ang eto aSm art
Fa vorite sst atio n,youcan repla y,pause or
activ elyskip forw ardor bac kto broadcas ts
whic hyo uha ve missed .If Tu ne Startis act ivat ed
and youch ang eto ano ther Smar tFa vorite sst a‐
tio n,themusic trac kcur rently play ing onthe
st atio nis aut omat icallyre star tedfrom thebegin‐
ning ofthetrac k. Ad
ding ach anne lto Smar tFavo rite s
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM #
Press and hold onthest atio nlogo untilth e
Op tions menu appears. #
Toadd ach anne l:sele ctAdd toSmart
Favori tesinthemenu. #
Toremo veach anne l:sele ctDelete from
Smart Favoritesinthemenu.
Cr eating aTu neMix list
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z 5
TuneMix Lists
In order tolistento seamless music,youcan put
to ge ther aTu neMi xlist from various statio ns. #
Select Creat eTune MixList. #
Ifnec essar y,limit thenumber ofstatio ns
sho wnusin gth eCategory entry. #
Select thest atio nsho wn0073. #
Press 0047 toconf irm.
A Tu neMi xst atio nlogo iscreat edinthera dio
menu. 47
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MBUX multimedia system

Ad
jus tingthe balanc e/fader
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Sound
5 Balance andFader
Ad jus tingthe balanc e #
Movethevo lume distribution between the
ri ght and leftsides oftheve hicle inthegr id
sho wn.
The volume isdis tribut edbetween thespeak‐
er son thelef tand right sides intheve hicle.
Ad jus tingthe fader #
Movethevo lume distribution between the
fr ont and rear oftheve hicle inthegr id
sho wn.
The volume isdis tribut edbetween thespeak‐
er sin thefront and rear oftheve hicle. Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem Inf
orma tion abou tth eBu rm ester®
sur round
soun dsy stem
The Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem has a
to ta loutput of590 Wand iseq uipped with13 speak
ers. Itis available forall functions inthe
ra dio and media modes.
Calling upthesound menuinthe
Bu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Burmest er
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Soun dFoc us
R Soun dPro files
R Volum e #
Select afun ction .
Ad jus tingthe treb le,mid andbassse ttin gs
on the Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Burmest er
5 Equalizer #
SetTREBLE, MIDorBAS S. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvo lum eadj ustm ent
in theBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Burmest er
5 Volume
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour cesand within anaudio source. #
Swit chAuto matic Adju stme nton oroff.
Ad jus tingthe balanc e/fader inthe
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Burmest er
5 Balance andFader
Ad jus tingthe balanc e #
Movethevo lume distribution between the
ri ght and leftsides oftheve hicle inthegr id
sho wn.
The volume isdis tribut edbetween thespeak‐
er son thelef tand right sides intheve hicle. 47
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MBUX multimedia system

Ad
jus tingthe fader #
Movethevo lume distribution between the
fr ont and rear oftheve hicle inthegr id
sho wn.
The volume isdis tribut edbetween thespeak‐
er sin thefront and rear oftheve hicle.
Selec tingasound profile intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Burmest er
5 Sound Profiles
The follo wing profiles areav ailable:
R Pure
R Surroun d #
Select asoun dpr ofile. Ad
jus tingthe sound focus intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Z 5
Burmest er
5 Sound Focus #
Select aposition forth esound focus orAll
Sea ts. MBUX
rear tab let Ov
ervie wof theMB UX rear tab let &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld
al so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas int
ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng themultimedia system withth e
MBUX rear table t
Ot her vehicle occupant canmakech ang esto
th emultimedia system withth eMBUX rear
ta ble t,e.g. adjus tth evo lume ofthemultime‐
dia system, chang era dio statio nor adjus t
die ambie ntlight ing.
The driver coul dbe distract edfrom thetra f‐
fi c situ ation byund esiredchang esand
th er eb ycause anacciden t. #
Ifre qu ired lockacc ess oftheMBUX
re ar table tto themultimedia system. #
Activateth ech ild safetyloc kin themul‐
timedia system tolimit opera tionofthe
MBUX rear table ts. MBUX
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#
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
R Engine OilLevel System Currently Unavail.: #
Close thehood.
Re filling engine oil &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partsintheengine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. theengine, the
ra diat orand partsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. &
WARNIN GRisk offire and injuryfrom
eng ineoil
If eng ineoilcom esintocon tact with hot
com ponent partsintheengine compart‐
ment ,it ma yignit e. #
Mak esur eth at no eng ineoilisspille d
ne xt to thefiller open ing. #
Allo wtheengine tocool offand thor‐
oughl yclean theengine oilfrom com po‐
nen tpar tsbef orest ar tin gth eve hicle. *
NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed byan
inc orrect oil filt er ,inc orrect oil oraddi‐
tiv es #
Donotus eengi neoilsor oil filt er s
whic hdo notcor respond tothespecif i‐
cation sex plicitl ypr escr ibed forth e
ser vice interva ls. #
Donotalt er theengine oiloroil filt er in
or der toachie velong erchang eint erva ls
th an presc ribed. #
Donotuse additiv es. #
Followtheins truction sin theser vice
int erva ldispla yre ga rding theoil
ch ang e. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed byrefilling too
muc hengine oil To
omuc hengine oilcan damag eth eengine
or thecat alytic converter . #
Have excess engineoilremo vedat a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. %
Depending ontheengine, thecap maybe
ins talled intheengine compartmen tin dif‐
fe re nt locati ons. 48
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Ma intena nce and care

#
Con tinue turnin gcap 1count er-cloc kwis e
and remo veit.
The coolan tle ve lis cor rect inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth eengine iscold, uptomar kerbar 2
R Ifth eengine iswa rm,up to0.6 in(1.5 cm)
ove rmar kerbar 2 #
Ifnecessar y,add coolant that has been
appr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Further information oncoolant (/page558) Ad
ding washer fluid tothewindsh ield
wa sher system &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partsintheengine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. theengine, the
ra diat orand partsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
wind shieldwa sher concen trat e
Wi ndsh ield wa sher concen trat eis highl y
fl ammab le.Itcoul dign ite if it com esinto
con tact with hotengine component partsor
th eex haus tsy stem. #
Mak esur eth at no wind shieldwa sher
concen trat espills outnext to thefiller
open ing. #
Remo vecap 1bytheta b. #
Addwa sher fluid.
R Further information aboutthewa sher fluid
(/ page55 9) 482
Maintenance andcare

Cleani
ngand careA voiding paintworkdam ageand interfere nce tothe
dr iver assis tance systems
Mat tefinish
Onlyuse carepr oducts approvedfo rMer cedes-Benz. R
Donotatt achsticke rs,fi lms orsimilar materials. Only
ha ve film attached tothebum perataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop.
R Donotpolish theve hicle andalloywheels.
R Onlyuse carwashes that cor respond tothelat estengi‐
neer ingstandar ds.
R Donotuse carwash progr am withafinal hotwa xtrea t‐
ment.
R Donotus epa int cleane rs,buf fing orpolishi ng prod ucts ,
gl oss preser vers,e.g. wax. In
theeve ntofpaintw orkda ma ge:
R Alw aysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out at
a qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
R Mak esur eth era dar sensor sfunc tion
(/ page21 8). No
teson cleaning decorativefo ils Obser
vetheno teson matt efinis hcar ein the
ch ap ter"No teson paintw ork/matt efinis hpa int‐
wo rkcar e"(/ page 487). The yal so app lyto
matt edecor ativefo ils. 488
Maintenanceand care

No
teson car eof vehicl epar ts &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment ifth e
winds hieldwiper sar eswit ched on while
th ewindshield isbeing cleaned
If th ewindshield wipersar ese tin mo tion
while youar ecle anin gth ewindshield or
wiper blades, youcan betrapped bythe
wiper arm. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and theignition beforecleanin gth e
winds hieldorwiper blades. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom theta il‐
pipe andtailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
becom eve ry hot.Ifyo uco me intoco ntact wit
hth ese partsof theve hicle, youco uld
bur nyo urself . #
Alw aysbe par ticular lycareful arou nd
th eta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and
super visechildr enespec iallycloselyin
th is area. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hin gth em. Obser
vethefo llo wing informa tion: No
teson cleaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Wheel s/rims
Usewaterand acid-free whee lclea ners. R
Donotuse acidicwhee lclea nersto remo vebrak edus t.
This could damag ewheel boltsandbrak ecom ponen ts.
R Toavoid corrosion ofthebr ak ediscs andbrak epads, drive
th eve hicle fora fe w min utes afte rclea ning beforepar king
it. The brak ediscs andbrak epa dswarm upand dryout .
Wi ndo ws
Cleanwindowsinside andouts idewithadam pclo thand with
a cle anin gag ent recomme ndedforMer cedes-Benz. Do
notuse dryclo thsor abr asiv eor sol vent-ba sedcleani ng
ag ents tocle an theinside ofwindo ws.
Wi per blades
Foldout thewiper blades andclean them using adam pclo th.D ono tclean thewiper blades tooof ten. 49
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No
teson cleaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Ext erior lighting
Cleanthelenses withawe tsp ong eand mildcle ani ng agent,
e.g .car shampoo. Onl
yuse cleaning agents orcleaning clothsth at aresuit able
fo rpla stic lens es.
Sensor s
Cleanthesensor sin thefront and rear bum perand inthe
ra diat orgrill wit hasof tclo thand carsham poo. When
usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainaminimum distance of
11 .8 in(30 cm).
Ru nning boards
Usewaterand acid-free clea ning agents. Donotclea nth ealuminum trim inser tof theru nning board
wi th alk aline oracidi ccle anin gag ent ssuc has wheel clean‐
er s. Do notuse acidi cwheel cleaner sto remo vebrak edus t.
The aluminum trim inser tscould other wise bedamag ed.
Re ar vie wcamer a
and 360°Camer a R
Open thecamer aco verwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page28 1) .
R Use clean waterand asof tclo thtocle an thecamer alens. Do
notuse apo we rwa sher .
Ta ilpip es
Cleanwithaclean ingagent recomme ndedforMer cedes-
Benz, especiallyin thewint erand afte rwa shing theve hicle. Do
notuse acidic cleaning agents.
Tr aile rhitc h R
Remo vetrace sof rust on theball, e.g.withawir ebr ush.
R Remo vedirtwit halint- free cloth.
R Afterclea ning, oilorgrease theball head lightly.
R Obser vetheno teson car ein thetrailer hitchmanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s. Do
notclean theball neckwit hapo we rwa sher orsol vent. Ma
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