transmission MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 User Guide

R
The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis de acti ‐
va ted.
R The transmiss ionisin 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
AIRMA TICisan air suspension system withan
all-r ound leve lcon trol system, whic halso
ensur esthebes tpossible suspension andcon‐
st ant grou nd clea rance, evenwi th aladen vehi‐
cle. When driving atspeed, theve hicle islow‐ er
ed aut omaticall yto improv edr iving safetyand
to reduce fuelconsum ption. Youalso have the
op tion ofmanuall yadjus tingtheve hicle leve l.
AI RMA TICiscom prised ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion sand compone nts:
R All-round airsuspe nsion
R Spe ed-depen dentlo we ring
R Manua llysel ect ablehigh leve lse tting for
gr eat erground clearance whichcan be
adjus tedusing aleve lbutt on
R Vehicl eswith ADSPL US: alsoAd aptive
Dam pingSy stem withcon stant adjus tment
of dam pingch aract eristic sfo rim prov ed driv‐
ing comf ort 250
Driving andparking

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light upcon tinuousl ywhen theve hicle
has finis hed lowe ring.
R Off-roa dleve l+2: theve hicle islowe red
to off-r oad leve l+1 .One indic ator lam p
2 light sup con tinuousl ywhen theve hi‐
cle has finis hed lowe ring.
R Off-roa dleve l+1: theve hicle islowe red
to thenor mal leve l.No indic ator lam p2
light sup when theve hicle hasfinis hed
lo we ring.
Yo ur sele ction issave d. The off-r oad leve lse t
re mains stor ed eve naf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff.
Se tting Off-road Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary
R The vehicle issetto off-r oad leve l1 or 2
R The Off-ro ad orOff-ro ad Plus (onlyve hicles
wit hOf f-road package )dr ive pr ogr am has
been select ed
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon
R Alldoor sand thehood areclosed R
The transmission isno teng aged inposition
005D
R Ther eis no trailer coupled
R The vehicle isoutdoor s
R The detected late ra linc linat ionoftheve hicle
mus tno texc eed appr ox.15 °
R The system iswit hin itsoper ating temp era‐
tur e
R The on-boar dvo ltag eis suf ficie ntly high
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Offr oad Assist ant
Re covery mode
Re covery mode assiststh edr iver when pulling
aw ay on rough terrain, suchas san dor snow . #
Select Free DrivingAssi st. #
Select Start .
Re covery mode isactiv ated. #
Select Stoptostop reco very mode. Re
covery mode isau tomatical lydeactiv ated in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R Youar eact uall ytra veling faster than 9mp h
(1 5 km/ h)
R Aftera ru nning timeof30 seco nds
R Itis de tected that an obj ect has hitthe
und erbody oftheve hicle hard
R Notall con dition sar eme t
% Further information onreco very mode
(/ page26 4).
Indiv idual wheelcon trol
Individ ualwhee lcontr olenabl estheve hicle leve l
to be setsepar ately foreac hwhee l. #
Select IndividualWhee lCtrl. . #
Setth eve hicle leve lfo rth edesir edwheel.
% Youcan also usetheto uc hdispl aytosetth e
le ve lfo rtw oor mor ewhee lsat thesame
time. #
Select Resettosetall wheels tothedef ault
se tting. 268
Driving andparking

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Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Reverse
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle drives intoth eselect edpar king
space.
On com pletion ofthepar king procedur e,the
Parking AssistFinished, TakeContro lof Vehicle
displa ymessag eappear s.Fu rther maneuv ering
ma yst ill be nec essar y. #
Aftercom pletion ofthepar king procedur e,
saf eguar dth eve hicle agains tro lling away.
When requ ired bylegalrequ iremen tsor local
con dition s:tur nth ewheels towa rdsth ecurb.
% Youcan stop theve hicle andchang eth e
tr ans missi on positio ndu ring thepar king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esane w
ve hicle path.The parking procedur ecan th
en be con tinued. Ifno newvehicle pathis
av ailable, thetransmission positionwillbe
ch ang edagain. Ifth eve hicle hasnotye t
re ac hed thepar king space, thepar king pro‐
cedur ewill becanc eled, should age ar be
ch ang ed.
Exit ingapa rking spacewit hAc tiv ePa rking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedwit hAc tive
Pa rking Assist.
Please note that youar ere sponsible forth eve hi‐
cle and surround ingsdur ing theent ire par king
pr ocedur e. #
Startth eve hicle. #
Press butt on1.
The media displaysho wsthevie wof Active
Pa rking Assist. 28
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Drivin gand parking

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Ifth eve hicle hasbeen parkedat right angles
to thedir ect ion oftra vel:in area 2, selec t
dir ect ion oftra vel3, leftor right.
% The vehicle pathsho wnonthemedia display
ma ydif ferfr om theactual vehicle path. #
Conf irm dir ection ofexit3 todrive out of
th epar king space.
% The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen theex itin gpr ocedur ebegin s.
Yo uar ere sponsible forsele cting thetur nsignal
indicat orinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi ‐
tions .If neces sary,select thetur nsignal indica‐
to raccor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto vehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulli ng
out ofapar king space
While parking orexitin gapar kingspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candrive ont oar eas
of theonc oming lane.
This could cause youto coll ide wi th object s
or other road user s. #
Payatt ention toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enec essar y,stop theve hicle or
cancel thepar king procedur ewit h
Ac tivePa rking Assist. #
If,forex am ple, thePlease Engage Forward
Gear messag eappear sin themedia display:
select thecor responding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle movesout ofthepar king space.
The turnsignal indicat orisswitc hedoffaut o‐
maticall y.
Af terth eex itin gpr ocedur ehas been completed,
th eParkin gAssist Finished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
messageappear sin themedia display.A
wa rning tone and thefo llo wing displa yin the
media display pr om ptyouto take ove rcontr olof
th eve hicle: Yo
uha ve toacc eler ate, brak e, steer and chang e
ge ar yourself again.
Fu nction ofDrive Awa yAssis t
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcan reduce these verity of an
impact when pulling away.If an obs tacle is
de tected inthedir ect ion oftrav el, theve hicle's
speed isbrief lyreduced toappr ox.1 mp h
(2 km/ h).Ifacr itic alsituat ionisde tected, the
É symbol appearsinthemedia display. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eof Drive
Aw ayAssi st
Dr ive Aw ayAssi stcanno tal wa ys cle arly iden‐
tify obje ctsand traf fic situ ations. Dr
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Coup
lingup/uncou plingatrailer &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom theve hicle
le ve lbeing chang ed
Ve hicl eswith leve lcontr olsystem: the
ve hicle leve lma ybe chang edunin tentio nally,
e.g. byother persons. Youma ybec ome trap‐
ped ifyo uco uple uporunc ouple atrailer
while theve hicle leve lis ch ang ing.In addi‐
tio n,other people couldbecome trapped if
th eir limbs arebe tween theve hicle body and
th etir es orunder neathth eve hicle.
When coupling uporuncoupling atrailer ,
mak esur eth at: #
The door sor tailg atear eno topen edor
clos ed. #
Youdo notini tiat eth eleve lcon trol sys‐
te m and donotoper ateth eDY NA MIC
SELE CTswitc h. #
Donotloc kor unloc kth eve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e. R
The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y
R The trai le rlighti ngsystem isin wo rking order
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectl yconnect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
R ESP®
tra iler stabiliz ation
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss istor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
R Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R 360° Camer a
Ve hicl eswithout aleve lcontr olsystem: the
ball head height willchang edepen dingon the
ve hicle's load.Inthis case, useatrailer witha
height -adjustable draw bar . Coupling
upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothest ar terbatt erydue
to full disc harg e Cha
rging thetra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth est ar ter
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco verfr om theball neckmount
and stor eit in asaf eplace (/page298). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnect ionbetween
th eve hicle andthetra iler .
% Access oriescan beconnect edtotheper ma‐
nen tpo we rsupp lyup to180W and tothe
po we rsupp lythat isswit ched on via theigni‐
tion lock. Dr
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Benef
itsofCa r-to -X-C ommu nication:
R Haza rdsar ere cogni zedautomatical lyin the
bac kground bytheve hicle orma ybe repor‐
te dby thedr iver .These areth en sent tovehi‐
cles withCar -to-X-Communicat ioninthe
immed iatevicin ity.
R Ifav ailable, current details relatin gto hazar d
spo tsnear theve hicle's current positio nar e
re cei ved.
This gives yousuf ficie nttime toadap tyo ur
dr ivin gst yle to thetraf fic condi tions.
The useof Ca r-to -X-C ommu nicationre qu ires the
re gular transmission ofvehicle datato Dai mle r
AG .The data isthen immediat elypseudon y‐
mized byDai mle rAG .The vehicle datais dele ted
af te ran app ropr iat eamount oftime haselapsed
(se veralwe eks) and isno tst or ed per manent ly.
% Datawhic hser vesas identif ication is
re placed during thepseudon ymization proc‐
ess. Inthis wa y,yo ur iden tityis protect ed
ag ains taccess byunaut horizedth ird par ties . Displa
yinghazardwa rnings
Multime diasystem:
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Navigation (Navigation )
If hazar dwa rnings areav ailable these can be
sho wnassymbols onthemap. Thedispla y
depends onthese ttings forth eTraffic andTraf-
fic Incidents option s. #
Setth eop tion s(/ page408).
The follo wing displa ysareav ailable:
R Show allsymbo ls.
The Trafficand TrafficIncide ntsop tio ns are
swit ched on.
R Onlysho wsymbols ontheex pect edroute.
The Trafficoptio nis swit ched off,th eTraffic
Inc idents option isswitc hedon.
R Sho wno symbols.
The Traffic Incidents option isswitc hedoff.
The follo wing hazar dwa rnings aresho wnonthe
map:
R Brok en-do wnvehicles
R Accid ents R
Haza rdous weather
R Gene ralhazar ds
R Haz ardwa rning light s,when switchedon
R Crosswin dwa rning
% Ifth eve hicle isappr oaching ahazar dspo t
wit have hicle speed ofat leas t37 mph
(60 km/ h)thevo ice output "Tra ffic inc ident
ahead" isissued.
The voice output isno tissued forhazardous
we ather .
Send inghazard wa rnings
Au tomatical lyde tected hazar dwa rnings aresen t
by theve hicle. #
Tosend ahaza rdwa rning yoursel f:tapon
th emedia displaywhen themap issho wn.
The navig ation menu issho wn. #
Select ¡. #
Select Report TrafficIncident.
A pr om ptissho wn. #
Selec tYes.
The Thank YouforSuppor tingAc ciden tPre-
ven tion mess ageappear s. MBU
Xmultim ediasystem 409

To
act ivat eor deac tivateth eser vices, login
to your user accoun tin theMer cedes me
por tal.
Dele ting aconnection betw een auser
account andtheve hicl e
Re quirement s:
R The (vehicle) profile oftheuser account that
wa sfirs tconne cted with theve hicle isselec‐
te d.
R The profile issync hroniz ed(/ page35 1).
R APIN has been set.
Multimedia system:
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Mercedes me&Apps
5 Mercedes me #
Select DeleteVehicle Assignment. #
Enterth ePIN ofthecon nect eduser account .
% Onlyth euser ,whose useraccount wasfirs t
connect edwith theve hicle candeletethe
connecti onbetween allus er acco unts and
th eve hicle. Mer
cedes-Benz emergency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan acciden t.eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
Mer cedes-Ben zeCall onlyfunct ionsinareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins ufficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed inthe"Mer cedes- Benzemergency call
sy stem datatra nsmiss ion"sectionthat follo ws
( / pag e44 8).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule. Deactiv
ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON. 44
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MBUX multimedia system

to
wing eye. Fasten theto w bar tothetrailer
hitc h.
% Mak esur eth at cover1 eng ages inthe
bum perwhen youre mo vetheto wing eye.
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle dueto
inc orrect useof theto wing eye When
ato wing eyeis used toreco vera ve hi‐
cle, theve hicle maybe damag edinthepr oc‐
ess. #
Onlyuse theto wing eyeto tow aw ay or
to w star tth eve hicle. To
w star ting theve hicl e(eme rgency engine
st ar t) Ve
hicl eswith automatic transmiss ion
* NO
TEDama getotheaut omatic trans‐
mission duetotow star tin g The
automat ictransm issionma ybe damag ed
in thepr ocess oftow star tin gve hicles with
aut omatic transmission. #
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission
mus tno tbe tow star ted. #
Vehicles withaut omatic transmission must
no tbe tow- star ted. Electr
icalfuses No
teson electr icalfuses &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tooverloaded lines
If yo uman ipulat eor bridg eafa ulty fuse orif
yo ure place itwit hafuse withahigher
am per age, theelectr icline could beove rloa‐
ded.
This could result inafire . #
Alw aysre place faulty fuseswit hspec i‐
fi ed newfuses containin gth ecor rect
am per age. *
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect fus es Electr
icalcom pone ntsorsystems maybe
damag edbyinc orrect fus es, ortheir func ‐
tion ality maybe signif icantlyim pair ed. #
Onlyuse fuses that have been approved
by Mer cedes-Ben zand whic hha ve the
cor rect fus era ting . Blo
wn fuse smu stbe replaced withfuses ofthe
same rating ,wh ich yo ucan recogni zeby the
colo rand fusera ting .The fuse rating sand fur‐
th er information tobe obser vedcan befound in
th efuse assignmen tdiagr am.
Fu se assignment diagram: onthefuse boxin
th ecar gocom partmen t(/ page51 2).
* NO
TEDama geormalfunct ionscaused
by mois ture Mois
turema ycause damagetotheelectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfu nction. 51
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Brea kdo wnassista nce

Tr
ansmis sion Di
spla ymessag es
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Apply Brake toShift from
'P' *
Yo uha ve attem pte dto shif tth etra nsmiss ionout ofpar kposition 005Dand intoano ther tra nsmiss ionposition . #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Select transmiss ionposition 005B,005Eorneutr al005C.
To Deselec tP or N,
Depress Brakeand Start
En gine *
Yo uha ve attem pte dto shif tth etra nsmiss ionout ofpar kposition 005Dorneutral 005Cand intoano ther tra nsmiss ion
position . #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Chang eth etra nsmiss ionposition . #
Startth eengine.
Only Shift to'P' when Vehi-
cle isStationary *
Pa rk position 005Dcan beeng aged onlywhen theve hicle isstatio nary. #
Tostop, depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontopar kposition 005Dwhile theve hicle isstatio nary.
App lyBra ketoShi ftto 'R' *
Youha ve attem pte dto select transmission position005E. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Select transmiss ionposition 005E.
Driver 'sDoor Open &
Transm issionNotinPRisk
of Vehicle RollingAway *
The driver's door isno tfully closed andtransmiss ionposition 005B,005Eorneutr al005C isselect ed. #
Select parkposition 005Dwhen switchingoffth eve hicle. 58
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Displa ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
N Permanen tlyAct ive Risk
of Rolling Away *
While theve hicle isrolling orwhile youar edr ivin g,ne utral 005Chas been engage d. #
Tostop, depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontopar kposition 005Dwhile theve hicle isstatio nary. #
Tocontinu edr ivi ng, select transm ission position 005B or005E.
Servi ceRequire dDo Not
Shif tGe ars VisitDeal er *T
hetransmission ismalfunctionin g.The transmission positioncannolong erbe chang ed. #
When transm issionposit ion005Bisselec ted, con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop anddonotch ang eth etra ns‐
mission position. #
Forall other transmission positions,parkth eve hicle safely. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop orbreakdo wnservice.
Reversing NotPossible
Service Required *
The transmission ismalfunctioning. Thetransmission position005Ecanno tbe select ed. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
Transmission Malfunction
Stop *
The transmission ismalfunctioning. Thetransmission shiftsto neu tral 005C automatical ly. #
Stop theve hicle immediat elyinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi tions. #
Depr essthebr ak epedal. #
Engage par kposition 005D. #
Consult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Displa
ymessag esand warning/ indic ator lam ps 585