lights MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 User Guide

Cor
nering light Cor
nering light function The
corner ing light function improve sth eillumi‐
nation ofthero adw ayove ra wid eang lein the
tur ning dire ction, enabling better vis ibility on
tigh tbend s,forex am ple. Itcan beact ivat ed only
wh en thelow beam isswitc hedon.
The func tion isactiv eunder thefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Atspeeds below25 mph(4 0km/h) when
th etur nsignal lightisswitc hedonorthe
st eer ing wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(4 0km/h) and
45 mph(7 0km/h) whenth esteer ing wheel
is tur ned
Tr af fic cir cle and intersect ionfuncti on:the
cor ner ing light willbe acti vatedon both sides
based onanevaluatio nof thecur rent GP Spo si‐
tio nof theve hicle. Itwill remain activeuntil afte r
th eve hicle hasleftth etra ffic cir cle ortheint er‐
sect ion. Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssist Ad
aptiv eHighb eamAssistfuncti on &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis t
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tdoes notre cog‐
nize thefo llo wing road user s:
R Road user swit hout lights,e.g .pedes ‐
tr ians
R Road user swit hpoor lighting,e.g .
cy clis ts R
Road user swhos elight ingisobs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
As sis tma yfa ilto recogni zeother road user s
wit hth eir ownlighti ng,orma yre cogni ze
th em toolat e.
In these orsimilar situation s,theaut omatic
high beam isno tdeactiv ated orisactiv ated
despit eth epr esenc eof other road user s. #
Alw aysobser vethetra ffic car efull yand
switc hof fth ehigh beam ingood time. Sy
stem limit s
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibilit y,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyan aid. Youar e
re sponsible foradju sting theve hicle's lighting to 15
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Light andvisib ility

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epr ev ailin glight ,visi bilit yand traffic condi ‐
tions .
% AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis tis on lyavailable in
ve hicles withLED high perform anc ehead‐
lam ps. The
AdaptiveHig hbeam Assis taut omat ically
swit ches between thefo llo wing types oflight :
R Low-beam headlam ps R
High- beam headlam ps
At speeds great erthan 19 mp h(3 0km/h):
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willbeswitc hedonaut omaticall y.
The high beam switchesoffaut omaticall yin the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mp h(25 km/h).
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected.
R Ifstre et light ingissuf ficie nt.
At speeds great erthan appr oximat ely31 mp h
(50 km/ h):
R The headlam pra ng eof thelow beam isregu‐
lat ed aut omatically basedonthedis tance to
ot her road user s.
The system's optical sensor islocat edbehind
th ewindshield neartheov erhead control panel.
Switc hingAdaptiv eHighb eamAssiston/ off #
Toswitc hon: turnth elight switc hto the
0058 position . #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombin a‐
tion switc h.
When thehigh beam isswitc hedonaut omat‐
icall yin thedar k,the 00CE indicat orlam pon
th emultifunc tiondispla ycomes on. #
Toswitc hof f:switc hof fth ehigh beam
using thecombin ationswitch. Switc
hingtheda ytime running lampson/of f Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Light
5 Daytime Run.Lights #
ActivateD ordeacti vate E thefunc ‐
tion . Se
tting theex terior light ingswitc h-of fdela y
tim e Re
quirement s:
R The light switc his in the0058 position . Light
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Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Light
5 Exterior Lightin gDelay #
Setth eswitc h-offdela ytime.
The exterior lighting isactiv ated forth ese t
time when theve hicle ispar ked. Switc
hingthesur round lighting on/off Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Light
5 Locat orLightin g
When LocatorLightin gis activ e,theex terior
lighting lightsupfor40 seconds afte rth eve hicle
is unloc ked. When youst ar tth eve hicle, thesur‐
ro und lightingisdeac tivated and theaut omatic
dr iving lights areactiv ated.
Illuminat edside running boards:when the
sur round lightingisswit ched on, theillumination
of theru nning boards isacti vatedwhen adoor is
opened. Ifth edoor isno tclosed, theru nning
bo ard courtesy lighting isaut omaticall ydeactiv a‐
te daf te r40 seconds. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion. Int
erior lighting Ad
jus tingthe inte rior light ing Fr
ont overhead contr olpa nel 1
003D Front leftre adin glam p
2 0033 Automatic interior ligh ting contr ol
3 004A Front interior lighting
4 0042 Rear interior light ing
5 003D Front right readin glam p #
Toswitc hon oroff:pr ess butt on1 –5
accor dingly. Contr
olpanel inthegr ab handle 1
003D Rear passe nger com partment readin g
lam p #
Toswitc hon oroff:pr ess butt on1. Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Light
5 Ambien tLightin g
Se tting thecolor #
Sele ctColor. 16
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Light andvisib ility

#
Press and hold buttons 1,2or3 until
th edoor opens orcloses. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 flashes yello wafte r
appr oximat ely20 seco nds: press and hold
th epr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain untilth e
door opens orcloses. Clear
ingthega rage doo rope nermemo ry #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 flashes gree n: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entire memo ryhas been deleted.
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No
teson DSR &
WARNIN GRisk ofskid ding and having
an acci dent whenDSR isacti vatedon
slipper yro ad sur faces
If th espeed driven and theta rget speed dif‐
fe r, and youact ivat eDS Ron aslipp eryro ad
sur face, thewheels maylose traction. #
Take intoacc ount thero ad sur face and
th edif fere nce betwee nth edr iving
speed andtarget speed beforeactiv at‐
ing DSR. If
yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, DS Rcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan accident norover‐
ri de thelaws ofphysics. Itcan notta ke into
acc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.DSR
is only anaid. Youar ere sponsible formaint ain‐
ing asaf edis tance totheve hicle infront, for
ve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood timeandfor
st ay ing inlane.
Yo uar ealw aysre sponsible forke eping control of
th eve hicle andforasse ssing whether thedo wn‐
hill gradient canbemanag ed.Depen dingon
ro ad sur face and tires, DSR mayno tal wa ys be able
tokeep totheta rget speed. Selectata rget
speed suitable forth een vironmen talcon dition s
and also apply thebr ak es yourself ifre qu ired.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gDS R(vehi cles with
Of f-road package orE-Ac tiv eBody Contr ol)
Re quirement s:
R Youar edr ivin gat 24 mp h(40 km/h) or
slo wer.
If th ecur rent vehicle speed istoohigh, the
Max. Speed 24mph messag eappear sin the
multifu nctiondisplay.
R Youha ve notsel ect eddrive pr ogr am C or
B.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted. #
Toactiv ate: pul lro ck er switc h1.
Indic ator lam p2 lights up.
The î symbol appearsin themultifunc ‐
tion displa y. #
Todeac tivate: pullro ck er switc h1.
Indic ator lam p2 and theî symbol go
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Driving andparking

R
Traf fic jams ahead(only with Liv eTr af fic
( / pag e406) )
% When theto llst atio nis reac hed, ActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cad op tsthespeed as
th estor ed speed.
Also, thespeed isreduced ifth etur nsignal indi‐
cat ortochang elane sis swit ched on and one of
th efo llo wing situat ionsisde tected:
R Turning offat intersect ions
R Drivin gon slowing- down lanes
R Drivin gon lanes adjacenttoslo wing-do wn
lanes
The driver isresponsible forch oosing theright
speed andobser vingother road user s.This
applies inpar ticular tointersect ions,traf fic cir‐
cle sand traf fic lights, asroute-based speed
adap tatio ndo es notbr ak eth eve hicle toast and‐
st ill.
When routeguidan ceisact ive, thefirs tsp ee d
ad jus tment iscar ried out automaticall y.Ifth e
tur nsigna lind icatoris switc hedon,theselect ed
ro uteis co nfirmed andfurther speed adjustment
is activ ated. Speed
adjustmentis canc eled inthefo llo wing
cases :
R Ifth etur nsignal indicat orisswitc hedoff
bef oreth ero uteeve nt.
R Ifth edr iver depr esses theacceler ator or
br ak epedal during thepr ocess.
Sy stem limit s
Ro ute-based speedadap tatio ndo es notta ke
ri ght ofwa yre gulations intoaccount .The driver
is responsible forcom plying withro ad traf fic
re gulations anddriving atasuit able speed.
In dif ficul tcondi tions,fo rex am ple unc lear roads,
lane narrowing, wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice ,
or whe ndr ivi ng with atrailer ,th espeed adjust‐
ment made bythesy stem mayno talw aysbe
suit able. Inthese situation sth edr iver mus t
int erve ne acco rding ly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadj ustm ent
Ro ute-based speedadj ustm entmigh tmal‐
fun ction orbe temp orarily una vailable inthe
fo llo wing situat ions: R
Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalcula‐
te dro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup todat eor available
R Inroad con stru ction area s
R Inbadwe ather orroad con dition s
R Ifth eaccelera torpeda lis depr essed
R Intheeve ntofelectr onicallydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adjus tth espeed tothetraf fic situ ation. Se
tting rout e-base dspee dadap tation Re
quirement s:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. Dr
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rther relat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page51 5)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page51 6)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page52 2) Ti
re pres sur emoni toring system Fu
nction ofthetir epr essur emoni toring sys‐
te m &
DANG ER Risk ofacc iden tdue toinc or‐
re ct tirepr ess ure
Eac htir e, incl uding thespar etir e(if present ),
should becheckedat leas tonc eamont h
when coldandthen inflated tothepr essur e
re comme ndedbytheve hicle manuf acturer
(see theTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplac‐
ar don thedr iver's side B‑pillar orthetir e
pr essur eta ble ontheinside ofthefuel filler
fl ap ofyour vehicle). Ifyo ur vehicle hastires
of adif fere nt size than thesize indicat edon
th eTire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar dor th
etir epr essur eta ble, youmus tfind outth e
cor rect tirepr ess ures forth ese tires.
As anadded safetyfe atur e,your vehicle has
been equipped withatir epr essur emonit or‐
ing system (TPMS) that illumin ates alow tire
pr essur eind icat orlam pwhen oneor mor eof
yo ur tires aresign ifican tly und erinf lated.
Ac cor ding ly,if th elow tirepr essur eindicat or
lam plights up,yousho uld stop and check
yo ur tires assoo nas poss ible, andinflate
th em tothecor rect press ure. Driving on a
sig nifica ntlyund erinf late dtir ecauses thetir e
to ove rheat and canlead totirefa ilur e.
Und erinf lation alsoincreases fuelconsum p‐
tion ,re duces thelife ex pect ancy ofthetir e
and mayadv ersely affect thehandling and
br aking charact eristic sof theve hicle. Please
no te that theTPMS isno ta subs titutefo r
pr oper tiremaint enanc e,and itis thedr iver's
re sponsibili tyto maint aincorrect tirepr es‐
su re,ev en ifunder inflation hasnotre ac hed
th eleve lto trig ge rill umina tionoftheTPMS
lo w tirepr essur eindicat orlam p. Yo
ur vehicle hasalso been equipped witha
TPMS malfunction indicatortoindic atewhen
th esy stem isno toper ating proper ly.The
TPMS malfunct ionindicat oriscombin edwith
th elow tirepr essur eindicat orlam p.When
th esy stem detects amal functi on,theindica‐
to rlamp willfl ash forapp roxima tely amin ute
and then remain continuously illumina ted.
This sequence willcontinue upon subseq uent
ve hicle star t-ups aslon gas themalfunct ion
ex ists.
When themalfunct ionindicat orisillumina‐
te d, thesy stem mayno tbe able todetect or
sig nal low tirepr ess ureas intende d.TPM S
mal functi onsmayoccu rfo ra va riet yof rea‐
son s,inc ludin gth eins tallation ofinc om pati‐
ble replacemen tor alternat etir es orwheels
on theve hicle that prev ent theTPMS from
func tioningproper ly.
Alw aysch eckth eTPMS malfunct ionwarning
lam paf te rre placing oneormor etir es or
wheels onyour vehicle toensur eth at the
re placemen tor alternat etir es and wheels 51
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Wheels andtires

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Place theKey inthe
Marked SpaceSeeOpera-
tor's Manual *S
mar tKey detection ismal functi oning. #
Chang eth elocation oftheSmar tKey intheve hicle. #
Place theSmar tKey inthemar kedspace forst ar tin gth eengine withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e18 2).
Á Don't ForgetYour Key *A
warning tone also sou nds. Thismes sage reminds youto take your keywit hyo uwhen youlea vetheve hicle. Lights
Displa
ymessag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
0049 Check LeftLow
Beam (exa mp le) *T
hecor responding lightsourceisfaulty . #
Drive on car efull y. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop immediat ely.
% LED lightbul bs: thedispla ymessag efo rth ecor responding lampappea rsonl ywhen allthelight- emitt ingdiodes
in thelam par efa ulty . Dis
playmes sagesand warning/ indic ator lam ps 57
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Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
0049 Switc hOff Lights *Y
ouarelea ving theve hicle andthelights arest ill switc hedon. #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position .
0049 Int ell. Light System Inoper-
ative *T
heIntellig entLight System isfaulty .The light ingsystem continues tofunction proper lywit hou tth efunc tionsof
th eInt ellig entLight System. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Adaptive Highbeam Assist
Currently UnavailableSee
Operator's Manual *A
dap tiveHighbeam Assistis temp orarily una vailable.
The system limits have been reac hed (/page15 8). #
Drive on.
Once thecause ofthepr oblem isno long erpresent ,th esy stem will beavailable again. TheAdap tiveHig hbeam
As sist Now Available displaymes sagewill appear .
Adap tiveHig hbeam Assist
In oper ative *A
daptiveHighbeam Assistis malfunc tioning. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Hazard Warning Flashers
Malfunctioning *T
hehazar dwa rning lam pswitc his malfun ctionin g. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 57
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Endi
ng............ .....................................439
No tes .................................................. 438
Ov ervie w ......... ................................. ... 437
Sound settin gs .................................... 439
Tr ans ferred vehicle data......................4 41
Assis tance
Men u(on -boardco mp uter) .................. 308
Assis tance systems
see Drivin gsaf etysy stem
ASS YSTPL US <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011>476
Batt erydi sconnecti onper iods............. 477
Dis play ing theser vice duedate........... 476
Fu nctio n/no tes .................................... 476
Re gular maint enance work <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 476
Speci alser vice requ iremen ts...............4 76
ATA (anti-thef tala rm system) ...................9 7
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating theint erior
mo tion sensor .....................................1 00
Ar ming/di sarming theto w- aw ay
alar m.....................................................9 9
Dea ctivating thealar m.......................... 98
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 97
Fu nctio nof theint erior motion sensor ..99
The tow- aw ay alar mfun ction .......... .......9 8 AT
TENTI ONASSIST <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 287,28 8
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>287
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011>288
Sy stem limit ations ........................... ....2 87
At tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic carwa sh mode
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. 484
Au tomatic distanc eco ntr ol
se eAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Au tomatic drivin glights ........... ............ ..156
Au tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .......192
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .......192
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 45,47
Fu nctio nof theaut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff......... ..... 45 PA
SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p.....4 7
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............169
Au tomatic seat adjus tment
Se tting ............ .....................................115
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r..... ......................199
Dr ive pr ogr am disp lay ............ ..............198
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ........................ 196
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.................... 196
Eng aging drive po sitio n............ ............ 201
Eng aging neu tral ............ ..................... 200
Eng aging park position ........................ 200
En gaging reve rsege ar .........................2 00
Kic kdo wn ....... .....................................203
Manu alge arshif ting.............................2 01
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters ............ 201
Tr ans miss ionposit iondispla y.............. 199
Tr ans miss ionposit ions........................ 199 Inde
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