roof MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 User Guide

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Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
or #
Press thebutt oninanydir ect ion during theaut omatic closing process.
The closing process isstopped. If
th esliding sunroofisobs truct eddur ing closing andreopens again slightly: #
Immediat elyaf te rau tomatic reve rsing, pull and hold the0057 buttondown again tothepoint ofresis t‐
ance untilthesliding sunroofisclosed.
The sliding sunroofwill beclosed withincr eased forc e.
If th esliding sunroofisobs truct edagain and reopens again slightly: #
Repeat thepr ev ious step.
The sliding sunroofwill beclosed again withincr eased forc e.
Ve hicl eswithout apanor amicslid‐
ing sunr oof:The sliding sunroofdoes
no toper atesmoo thly. #
Push the0057 buttonuptothepoint ofresis tance anum berof time sunti lth esliding sunroofisfull y
open. #
Press the0057 buttonforano ther secon d. #
Close thesliding sunroof.
Ve hicl eswith apanor amicsliding
sunr oof:The sliding sunrooforthe #
Pull and hold the0057 buttonlittle bylittleunt ilth esliding sunroofisfull yclosed. #
Pull and hold the0057 buttonlittle bylittleunt ilth ero ller sunblin dis full yclos ed. #
Use automat icopera tiontofully open andthen close thesliding sunroof. Openin
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Toclose fully: brief lypull thecor responding
butt onwhen theside windo wisclosed. #
Toopen fully:brief lypress thecor respond‐
ing butt on. Oper
ating thero ller sunblind forthe pano r‐
amic roof &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nope ning andclosingthero ller sun‐
blinds
Body partscan becom etrapped between the
ro ller sunblin dand frame when openingor
clos ing. #
When openingorclos ing, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thera ng eof
mo vement ofthero ller sunblin d. #
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif
somebody becomestrapped.
or #
Brief lypress thebutt oninanydir ect ion
dur ing automatic operation.
The opening /closingpr ocess isstop‐
ped. Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on
(/ page18 1). Op
eni ng andclos ing the roller sunblind #
Toopen: pushthe0057 buttonindir ect ion
1 orpull indir ect ion 2. #
Toclose: pullthe0057 buttonindir ect ion
3.
If yo upush orpull the0057 buttonbeyond the
point ofresis tance, youwill star taut omat ic
operation inthedir ect ion inqu estion .Yo ucan Open
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op aut omatic operation bypushing orpulling
th ebutt onagain.
Oper ating thero ller sunblind forthe pano r‐
amic roof from there ar passe nger comp art‐
ment #
Toopen: press butt on1. #
Toclose: pullbutton1. %
When thepanor amicroof isopen, itwill
close firs t. To clos eth ero ller sunblin d,press
butt on1 again.
If yo upush orpull button1 beyond thepoint of
re sis tance, youwill star taut omat icoper ationin
th edir ect ion inqu estion .Yo ucan stop aut o‐
matic operation bypushing orpulling thebutt on
ag ain.
Au tomatic reve rsing funct ionofthero ller
sunblind
If an objec tis obs truct ing thero ller sunblin ddur‐
ing theclosing process, thero ller sunblin dwill
open again automat ically.The automatic reve rs‐
ing func tion isonl yan aid and isno ta subs titute
fo ryo ur att entiven ess . #
When closingth ero ller sunblin d,mak esur e
th at no body partsarein thera ng eof mo ve‐
ment. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
des pite reve rsing featur e
In par ticular ,th ere ve rsing featur edoes not
re act tosof t,light andthin obje cts, e.g. fin‐
ge rs. This
means that there ve rsing featur ecan not
pr ev ent entrapment inthese situation s. #
When closing thero ller sunblin d,mak e
sur eth at no body partsarein thera ng e
of mo vement. #
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif
somebody becomestrapped.
or #
Press thebutt oninanydir ect ion during
th eaut omatic closing process.
The closing process isstopped. Ad
jus tingthe roller sunblind forthe pano r‐
amic roof Re
quirement s:
R The powe rsupp lyis swi tched on
(/ page18 1).
If th ero ller sunblin dcan notbe mo vedsmoo thly,
re -ad justth ero ller sunblin d. 96
Openingand closing

The
tow- aw ay alar misaut omat icallydeac tiva‐
te d:
R Afterpr essing theÜ or008B buttonon
th eSmar tKey
R Afterpr essing thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth e
Smar tKey inthemar kedspace (/page18 2)
R Afterunloc kingtheve hicle using KEYLES S-
GO
Inf ormation ondetecting damag eon apa rked
ve hicle (/page21 7). Ar
min g/dis armin gthe tow- aw ay alar m Mul
timedi asy stem:
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Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Activateor deacti vate Tow-away Protection.
The tow- aw ay alar misarmed again inthefo llo w‐
ing cases :
R The vehicle isunloc kedag ain.
R Adoor isopened.
R The vehicle isloc kedag ain. %
Ifqu ick acc ess isuna vailable, selectth e
Vehicle submenu intheSet ting smain menu
to arm or disar mtheto w- aw ay alar m. Fu
nction oftheint erior motion sensor %
This function mayno tbe available inall
coun tries.
When theint erior motion sensor isactiv ated, a
visual andaudible alarmistrigg ered ifmo ve‐
ment isde tected intheve hicle interior .
The interior motion sensor isactiv ated aut omati‐
cally afte rapp roxima tely tenseco nds:
R afte rloc king theve hicle withth eSmar tKey
R afte rloc king theve hicle using KEYLES S-GO
The interior motion sensor isonl yactiv ated
when thefo llo wing compone ntsar eclos ed:
R thedoor s
R theta ilg ate The
interior motion sensor isaut omat icallydeac‐
tiv ated:
R afte rpr essing theÜ or008B buttonon
th eSmar tKey
R afte rpr essing thest ar t/ stop butt onwithth e
Smar tKey inthestow agecom partment
(/ page18 2)
R afte runloc kingtheve hicle using KEYLES S-
GO
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toafa lse
alar m:
R movingobje ctssuc has masc otsin theve hi‐
cle interior
R when theside windo wisopen
R when thesliding sunroofisopen
R when thepanor amicsliding sunroofisopen Openin
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Turn theemer gency keya qu artertur ncloc k‐
wise 0048(to loc k)or count er-cloc kwise 0047(to
unloc k). At
tac hin garo of rack &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryifth emaximum
ro of load isexc eeded
When youload thero of, thecent erofgrav ity
of theve hicle rises and theusual driving
ch aract eristic sas wellas thesteer ing and
br aking charact eristic sch ang e.Dur ing cor‐
ner ing,th eve hicle tiltsmorest ro ng lyand
ma yre act mor eslugg ishlyto steer ing move‐
ments.
If yo uexc eed themaximum roof load, the
dr iving charact eristic s,as wellas thesteer‐
ing and braking charact eristic s,will be
gr eat lyim pair ed. #
Alw ayscom plywit hth emaximum roof
load andadjus tyo ur drivin gst yle. Yo
uwill find informa tionon themaximum roof
load inthe"T ec hnical data"sect ion. *
NO
TEVehicle damag efrom non-
appr ovedro of rack s The
vehicle could bedamag edbyroof rack s
whic hha ve notbe en tested and appr ovedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. #
Use onlyro of rack ste sted and
appr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz. #
Dependi ngon theve hicle equipment,
ensur eth at when thero of rack isins tal‐
led, thesliding sunroofcan befully
ra ised. #
Depe ndingon theve hicle equipment,
ensur eth at when thero of rack isins tal‐
led, theta ilg atecan befullyopen ed. #
Position theload onthero of rack in
suc hawa yth at theve hicle willnotsus‐
ta in damag eev en when itis in mo tion . *
NO
TEDama getothepanor amaroof wit h
po we rtilt/sli dingpanel causedbyano n-
appr ovedro of rack The
panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sli ding
panel maybe dama gedby thero of rack if
yo uatt em pttoopen itwhen usingaro of
ra ck notte sted and appr ovedfo rMer cedes-
Benz. #
When aro of rack isins talled, open the
panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sli ding
panel onlyif th is has been tested and
appr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
The panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sli ding
panel maybe raised toallo wventil ation of
th eve hicle interior . #
Secur eth ero of rack tothero of railing. #
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions . 14
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Sea tsand stow ing

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Setth edesir edcolor .
% Ther ear e64 colo rsavailable.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss #
Select Bright nes s.
Ad jus tth ebr ightn ess.
Ac tiv atin gthe brightne ssforzon es #
Select Brightne ss. #
Select Brightne ssZones .
The ACC ENT, AMBIAN CEand ROOF zone s
can besetsep arately .
Ac tiv atin gmulti -colorlighti ng #
Select Color. #
Select Multi-col or.
The rearete npr ese tcol orcomb inations
av ailable. #
Select acol orcom binatio n.
Ac tiv atin gmulti -colorani matio n #
Select Color. #
Select Multi-col orAnima tion.
The chosen color combinat ionwill chang eat
pr edef inedint erva ls.
Ac tiv atin gwe lcome lighting #
Selec tColor. #
Selec tWelcom e.
When theve hicle isunloc ked, aspecial ambi‐
ent lightin gseq uence willrun.
Ac tiv atin gdepe ndencyon air condi tioning
se ttin gs #
Select Color. #
Select Clima te.
If ch ang esaremade tothete mp eratur ese t‐
ting intheve hicle, thecolor oftheambient
lighting willchang ebr ief ly. Switc
hingtheint erior light ingswitc h-of f
dela ytim eon/of f Multi
media system:
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Set ting s5
Light
5 Interior Lightin gDelay #
Switc hth elighting switch-offdela ytime on
or off.
When this func tion isact ive, theint erior light‐
ing islit up forshor ttime afte rth eve hicle
has been locked. Light
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Ensu
rethefo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly filled.
St arting theve hicl e(R emo teOnline) &
WARNIN GRisk ofcrus hing orentr ap‐
ment dueto unin tentio nalstar tin gof the
engine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint entionall ydur ing
ser vice ormaint enanc ewo rk. #
Alw ayssecur eth eengine agains tunin‐
te ntio nalstar tin gbef orecar rying out
maint enanceorrepair work. Re
quirement s:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti- theftalar msystem isno tactiv ated. R
The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
of f.
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked.
R The windo wsand slidin gsun roof areclosed. #
Startth eve hicle using thesmar tphon e.
Af tereve ryvehicle star t,th eengine runs for
te nminu tes.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsec u‐
tiv est ar tin gatt em pts. The vehicle mustbe star‐
te donc ewit hth eSmar tKey bef oretrying to
st ar tth eve hicle again withth esmar tphon e.you
can stop theve hicle again atanytime.
% Further information canbefound inthe
smar tphone app.
Secur ingtheengine agains tst ar ting before
car rying out maintenance orrepair work: #
Swi tchon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s. or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. Br
eaking-in notes To
preser vetheengine during thefirs t
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km):
R Drive at varying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr ogr am A
or ;.
R Shif tto thene xt highes tge ar attheve ry lat‐
es twhen theneedle reac hes thelas tth ird
bef oreth ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R Donotshi ftdo wn age ar man uallyin order to
br ak e.
R Avoid overstrai ning theve hicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R Donotde press theaccelera torpeda lpas t
th epr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease theengine speedgradually and
accelera tetheve hicle tofull spee daf te r
1, 000 miles(1 ,500 km). 18
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Driving and parking

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Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby appl ying
th ebr ak epedal. #
Onuphill ordownhill gradients, turnth efront
wheels sothat theve hicle rolls towa rdsth e
curb ifit star ts mo ving. #
App lytheelectr icpar king brak e. #
Engage trans missi on positio n005D inast atio n‐
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page200). #
Switc hof fth eengine andtheignition by
pr essing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly. #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thepanor amic
sliding sunroofforapp roxima tely five
minut esifth edr iver's door isclosed.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thesliding
sunr oofforapp roxima tely five minut esifth e
dr iver's door isclosed. Gar
agedoor opener Pr
og rammin gbutt onsfo rthe garage doo r
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine or,if pr esent ,
th eauxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen opening
or clos ingadoor withth ega rage door
opener
When youoper ateor program thedoor with
th eint egr ated garage door opener ,people in
th era ng eof mo vement ofthedoor may
become trapped orstru ck bythedoor . #
When usingtheint egr ated garage door
opener ,alw aysmak esur eth at nobody
is wit hin thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing the
ga rage door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op and reve rsing fea‐
tur e
R Doorswhic hcon form tothecur rent U.S.
sa fety standar ds
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailable whentheignition isswitc hedon. 21
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Driving and parking

If
atime zone issetth etime issetaut omaticall y
using thetime zone.The time canbeadjus tedby
a max imum ofplus ormin us60 min utes. #
Adjus tth etime using theslide control.
Se tting theda te #
Select Set Date . #
Seta da te.
% Invehicles withGPS, adat ecanno tbe set
eve nwi th act ive man ualtimeadjus tment s.
The dateis then setaut omaticall yth ro ugh
th eselect edtime zone. Switc
hingvoice amplif ication tothere ar
on/ off(v ehic leswith long wheelbase) Re
quirement s:
R Your vehicle iseq uipped withth eBur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ortheBur mes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun dsy stem.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R Door s,side windo wsand thepanor amaroof
wit hpo we rtilt/sli dingpanel areclosed . R
Atleas tone seat beltisfastened onthere ar
ben chseat.
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
System 5
Audio
5 Voice Amplific ation
The func tion suppor tscomm unication between
th edr iver and front passeng erwit hpasseng ers
in there ar com partment .When voice amplif ica‐
tion tothere ar isact ivat ed, thesignals picked
up bythemicr ophone aream plif ied and played
bac kove rth espeak ersin there ar com partment ,
depen dingupon vehicle noise leve ls. An auto‐
matic adjustment occursbased onspeak ervol‐
ume andambien tnois ein order toimprov e
speec hint elligi bility andmaint ainthenatura l‐
ness ofspeec h. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Se tting theint ensit yof thevo ice amplif ica‐
tion #
Selec tVoice Amplificat ion-Int ensit y. #
Setth eint ensit yon thecon trol.
Depen dingontheint ensit yse t,th evo ice
am plif icat ion tothere ar isinc reased or
re duced. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R Han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s:
- con tacts (/ page 429)
- call lists (/ page432)
R Interne tconnection (/page44 9)
R List ening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
(/ page46 0)
R Trans ferring busine sscar ds(vCar ds)intoth e
ve hicle MBUX
multimedia system 37
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Ke
eping theair -water duct free #
Keep thear ea between thehood andthe
winds hieldfree ofdepos its,e.g .ice, snow
and leaves. Cleani
ngand care Inf
ormat iononwashing theve hicl ein acar
wa sh &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
re duced braking effect afte rwa shing the
ve hicle
The braking effect isreduced afte rwa shing
th eve hicle. #
Afterth eve hicle hasbeen washed,
br ak ecar efully whilepaying attention to
th etraf fic condi tions untilth ebr aking
ef fect hasbee nful lyrestor ed. *
NO
TEDama gedue touns uitable car
wa sh #
Beforedr iving intoacar wash mak e
sur eth at thecar wash issuit able for
th eve hicle dimensions. #
Ensur eth er eis suf ficie ntgrou nd clear‐
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticular thewidt hof the
guide rails, issuf ficie nt. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usinga
car wash, ensur eth efo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand the
HOLD functio nar edea ctivated.
R The 360° Camer aor there ar vie wcam erais
swit ched off.
R The side windo wsand slidin gsun roof are
com pletely clos ed.
R The outsid emir rors arefo lded in.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntil ation/he ating is
sw itched off. R
The windsh ield wipe rsw itchis in po sitio n
005A.
R The Sma rtKe yis at amin imum distance of
10 ft(3 m) away from theve hicle, other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentio nally.
R Incar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: neu‐
tra l005C iseng aged.
% Drive st ra ight andinthecent eroftheguide
ra ils ofthecar wash topreve ntdama geto
th etir es and rims.
% Incar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: ifyo u
wo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while itis
being washed, makesur eth eSmar tKey is
locat edintheve hicle. Theparkposition 005D
is other wise automaticall yeng aged.
% If,afte rth ecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will preve ntsme aring and reduce wiper
noise.
Au tomatic carwa sh mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfor
dr iving intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash Maint
enance andcare483