lock MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Service Manual

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Todisc onnect: select Disco nnect .
If ap plica ble, themobile phonewillbeaut o‐
maticall yre connect edwhe nth eve hicle is
ne xt star ted. #
Tode-author ize:sel ect Dea utho rize.
In fo rm ation onNearField Comm unication
(NFC)
NFC enabl esshor t-ra ng ewi reless datatransf er
or con nection ofamobile phonewit hth emulti‐
media system.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable without
ha vin gaut hor izedamobi lephon e:
R Trans ferring aURL oracon tact to be viewe d
in themultimedia system (see themanuf ac‐
tur er's oper ating instruction s).
R Setting uptheve hicle's Wi-Fi acce ssdata via
th esy stem settings (/page37 3).
Fu rther information canbeobt ained at:https: //
www .mercedes-benz -mobile.com/
Using themobil eph one withNe arField Com‐
mu nicat ion(NFC)
Re quirement s: R
NFC isact ivat ed on themobile phone(see
th emanuf acturer'soper ating instruction s)
R The mobile phone's screen isswitc hedon
and unloc ked(see themanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s) #
Toconnect amob ilephone: holdtheNFC
ar ea ofthemobile phone(seemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s)on mat 1or
place themobile phoneonit. #
Followtheadditional prom ptson themedia
displa yto connect themobile phone. Con‐
nect themobile phoneinsing letelephon e
mode (/page42 4). Conn ectthemobile
phone intwophone mode(/page42 4). #
Toreplac eamobi lephon e:hol dth eNFC
ar ea ofthemobile phone(seemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s)on mat 1or
place themobile phoneonit. #
Followtheadditional prom ptson themedia
displa yto replace themobile phoneinone or
tw ophone mode(/page42 4). #
Ifre qu ired, confirm thepr om ptson your
mob ilephon e(see themanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s).
% Ifyo ur mob ilephon esuppo rts wir eless
ch argin g,itwill beaut omat icallych arge dvia
NFC when itis con nectedor replaced. A
re qu iremen tfo rth is is that themobile phone
is on themat (/page15 2).
If yo uwa nttocharge amobi lephon ewit hout
con nectingit to themultimedia system, lay it on
th emat without beforehand unblockingthe
scr een.
Fu rther information canbefound at:ht tp s://
www .merced es-ben z-mob ile.com/ 426
MBUX mult imed iasystem

Callin
gup thewe bbr ow ser settings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Browser Setting s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R BlockPop- ups
R Activate Javasc ript
R Allo wCook ies #
Toswitc hafunction on:activ ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hafunction off:deactiv ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on.
Dele ting Interne this tory
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Delet eBrowser Data
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R All
R Cache R
Cook ies
R History
R Entered URLs
R FormDat a #
Select anoptio n. #
Select Yes.
Ma nagi ngbookm arks
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ?.
Selecting abookmar k #
Select anent ry.
Cr eat ing abookm ark #
Sele ctAdd Curre ntPage toBoo kmark s.
The book markis creat ed.
Edit ingabookm ark #
Sele ct0048 afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Edit . #
Enterthename. #
Select 0076.
Dele ting abookmar k #
Select 0048afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
Cl os ingthe brow ser
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ©. Tu
neIn radio Cal
ling up TuneIn radio
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle isconn ectedwithth eMer cedes
me account .
R The TuneIn radio service isactiv ated inthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R The datavo lume isavailable. MBU
Xmult imed iasystem 453

Selec
tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM #
Select .
#
Select ach ann el.
Sa ving ordele tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM
St oring thecur rent channe l #
Press and hold thelogo ofthecur rent statio n
unt ilth eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select AddtoPreset s.
Mo ving ach anne l #
Press and hold ach ann elin thepr ese tsuntil
th eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select MoveHighlighted Station. #
Movethech ann elto ane wposit ion. Dele
tingach anne l #
Press and hold ach ann elin thepr ese tsuntil
th eOp tion smenu appear s. #
Select DeleteHighlighted Station.
Displa yingEPGinformat ionforthe current
ch anne l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z #
Select Electr.Program Guide.
Se tting parental controlforra dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z #
Select ParentalContr ol. #
Determ ine afo ur -di git charact erseq uenc e
and selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are lock ed. Un
loc king ach anne l #
Enterthefo ur -di git charact erseq uenc eand
selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are unlocked.
Music andspor taler tsfunction
This function enables youto prog ram an alertfor
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta tra ck isbeing
pla yedand spor taler tscan besave ddur ing a
liv ega me. Youcan also spec ifyspor taler tsvia
th emenu option .The system then con tinuousl y
sear ches thro ugh allthech ann els. Ifamat chis
fo und withast or ed aler t,yo uwill beinformed .
Se tting music and sportaler ts
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM 5
Z
5 Alert s
Ac tiv atin gthe musi cin fo rm ation functi on #
ActivateMu sic Ale rts 0073.
Se ttin gamusi cale rt #
Select Add Alert. MBUX
multime diasy stem 469

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
multimedia system 47
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
th ro ugh oper ationof theMBUX rear tab‐
le toutside theve hicle
If th eMBUX rear table tis oper ated outside
th eve hicle, seats canbemo vedusing the
seat control.Ve hicle occupants andanimals
could become trapped bytheseat adjus t‐
ment . #
Onlyoper ateth eseat control when
inside theve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryas are sult of
th eMBUX rear table tno tbeing secured
in theve hicle
If th eMBUX rear table tis loose intheve hicle
int erior ,it could bethrow nar ou nd and
th er eb yhit vehicle occupants. #
Alw ayssecur elylockth eMBUX rear
ta ble tin thebr ac ketint end edforth at
pur pose . The
MBU Xre ar table tcon sistsof atab let
(/ page47 4) andabrac ketint egr ated inthe
bac kres t(/ page47 5).
If th eta ble thas been pairedwithth emultimedia
sy stem, theMBUX rear table tcan makese ttings
on themultimedia system from there ar
passe nger com partment .
% The function ofoperatin gth emultimedia
sy stem withth epair edtable t,can be
bloc kedin themultimedia system.
The MBUX rear table tcan also beused outside
th eve hicle. Ov
ervie wof theMB UX rear tab let 1
Home button
2 On/of fbutt on
3 Loud er/quiet er butt on
4 SDcardslo t
5 USB port
The MBUX rear table tis an Android Samsun g
ta ble t.The vehicle's multimedia system can be
oper ated withth eMBUX rear table t.Oper ation
of theta ble tis car ried out using theto uc hdis‐
pla y(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s). 47
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MBUX multimedia system

R
freq uent operation inmount ainouste rrain or
on poor road sur faces
R whe nth eengine isoftenleft idling forlong
per iods
R oper ation inpar ticula rly dus tycond ition s
and /orif air -rec ircula tion mod eis freq uen tly
used
In these orsimilar operating conditions ,ha ve the
int erior airfilt er ,engin eair clean er,engin eoil
and oilfilt er etc. chang edmor efreq uent ly.The
tir es mus tbe checkedmor efreq uentl yif th e
ve hicle isoper ated under increased loads. Fur‐
th er information canbeobt ained ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. Batt
erydisconne ctionperiods The
ASSYSTPL US service interva ldisp lay
can onlycalculat eth eser vice dueda te when
th ebat tery isconnect ed. #
Notedown theser vice duedatedispla yedon
th eins trument displaybef orediscon necting
th ebatt ery(/ page47 6). Eng
inecomp artment Open
ing/clos ing thehood &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifth eengine
hood isunlatc hedwhile driving
An unloc kedengin ehood mayopen upwhen
th eve hicle isin mo tion andblockyo ur vie w. #
Neverunla tchth eengine hoodwhile
dr iving. #
Beforeev erytrip, ensur eth at the
engine hoodislatc hed. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
when openingand closingtheengine
hood
When opening orclosing theengine hood,it
ma ysuddenl ydr op intoth eend position .
Ther eis arisk ofinjur yfo ran yone inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. #
Onlyopen orclose theengine hood
when ther ear eno per sons inthe
engine hood's rang eof mo vement. &
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 GRisk ofinju rydue tomo ving
par ts
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment maycon tinue tomo veorsuddenly
mo veagain evenaf te rth eignition hasbeen
switc hedoff,e.g. thecooler fan.
Ma kesur eof thefo llo wing beforeper form ing
ta sk sin theengine compartmen t: #
Swi tchth eignition off. Maint
enanc eand care47
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whento wing
a ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle being tow- star tedor towe d
aw ay ishea vier than theper missible gross
mass ofyour vehicle, thefo llo wing situat ions
can occur:
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/tr ailercombination may
sw erve oreve nov ertur n. #
Ifano ther vehicle istow- star tedor
to we daw ay,its weight mustno texc eed
th eper missible gross mass ofyour ow n
ve hicle. #
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle iden‐
tif ication plate(/ page552). #
Donotopen thedr iver's door orfront
passeng erdoor astheaut omatic transmis‐
sion mayot her wise shiftto position 005Dauto‐
matic ally. #
Installth eto wing eye(/ page509). #
Fasten theto w bar . *
NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect connec‐
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconnect theto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. %
Youcan also attachth eto w bar tothetrailer
hitc h. #
Deact ivat eth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page76 ). #
Donotact ivat eth eHOLD function. #
Deact ivat eth eto w- aw ay alar m(/ page99) . #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st
( / pag e23 1). #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C(/ page200). #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto limi‐
te dsaf ety-re lat ed func tionsdur ing the
to wing proce ss
Saf ety-re lat ed func tionsar elimit edorno lon‐
ge rav ailable inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R theignition isswitc hedoff.
R thebr ak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys‐
te m ismalfu nctioning.
R theener gysupply ortheon- boar delectr i‐
cal system ismalfunct ioning.
When your vehicle isthen towe daw ay,signif ‐
icant lymor eef fort ma ybe requ ired tosteer
and brak eth an isno rm allyre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreely ,bef oreto wing theve hicle
aw ay. Br
ea kdo wnassista nce 50
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NO
TEDama gedue toexcess ive tracti ve
po we r If
yo upull away shar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pull away slo wlyand smoo thly. Lo
adi ng the vehicl efo rtr ans port #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e506). #
Connec tth eto w bar totheto wing eyein
or der toload theve hicle.
% Youcan also attachth eto w bar tothetrailer
hitc h. #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C.
% The automatic transmis sionmaybe locked
in posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr ics.Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e503). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etra nspor ter. #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
Ve hicl eswith ADSPL US (Adap tiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS) &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent when
tr ansp orting vehicles withAd aptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS
The reduced damping forc es on theve hicle
being transpor tedcan cause theve hicle/
tr ailer combination tostar tto swing.
As are sult, when transpor tingvehicles with
th eAd aptiveDam pingSy stem PLUS, the
ve hicle/tr ailercombination mayst ar tto skid.
Conseq uently,yo uco uld lose contro lof your
ve hicle. #
When transpor ting,ensur eth at:
R The vehicle hasbeen loaded onto
th etranspor tercor rectl y R
The vehicle issecur edatall four
wheel swit hsuit able tensi oni ng
st ra ps
R The maximum permissible speedof
35 mph(6 0km/h) isno tex ceed ed
whe ntransp orting *
NO
TEDama getotheve hicle from secur‐
ing itincor rectl y #
Afterloa ding, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheel s.Ot her wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Aminimum distance of8in (20 cm)
up wa rdsand 4in (10 cm) down wards
mus tbe kept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheel saf te r
loading . 508
Breakdo wnassis tance

Re
mo ving and inst alli ng hub caps Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isprepar edfora whee lch ang e
(/ page53 8).
Pla stic hub cap #
Toremo ve:tur nth ecent ercoverof thehub
cap count er-cloc kwise andremo vethehub
cap. #
Toins tall: makesur eth at thecent ercover
of thehub capistur ned count er-cloc kwise. #
Position thehub capand turnth ecent er
co vercloc kwise untilthehub capengages
ph ysicall yand audibly . Alum
inum hubcap #
Toremo ve:po sitio nsoc ket2 onhubcap
1.
% The socketcan befound inthetir e-c hang e
to ol kit. #
Position wheel wrenc h3 onsoc ket2. #
Usingwheelwr enc h3, turnhu bcap 1
cou nter-clo ckwise andremo veit. #
Toins tall: posit ionhub cap1and turnunt il
it is com pletely flush withth ewheel. #
Position socket2 onhubcap 1. #
Attach wheel wrenc h3 tosoc ket2 and
tig hten thehub capclockwise.
Specif iedtight ening torq ue: 18lb-f t
(25 Nm). Ra
ising theve hicl ewhe nch angi ngawhe el Re
quirement s:
R Ther ear eno per sons intheve hicle.
R The vehicle hasbeen prepar edfora whee l
ch ang e(/ page53 8).
Im por tant noteson using thejac k:
R Use onlya ve hicle-specif icjac kth at has
been approvedby Mer cedes-Ben zto raise
th eve hicle.
R The jackis onl ydesigned forra ising and
holdin gth eve hicle fora shor ttime whilea
whee lis being chang edand notfo rmaint e‐
nance workund ertheve hicle.
R The jackmus tbe placed onafirm ,fl at and
no n-slip surface. Ifneces sary,use alar ge,
fl at, load- bearing,no n-slip unde rlay . Wheels
andtires 539

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NO
TEVehicle damag efrom thejac k If
yo udo notposi tionth ejac kcor rectl yat
th eappr opriatejac ksuppor tpoint ofthe
ve hicle, thejac kcould tipove rwit hth eve hi‐
cle raised. #
The jackis design edexclu sively for
jac king uptheve hicle atthejac ksup‐
por tpoint s. #
Take thera tche twrenc hou tof thetir e-
ch ang eto ol kit and place iton thehe xagon
nut ofthejac kso that theletter s"A UF" are
visible. #
Position jack2 atjac ksuppor tpoint 1. #
Turn ratche twr enc h3 clockwise untiljac k
2 sitscom pletely on jacksuppor tpoint 1
and thebase ofthejac klies evenlyon the
gr ou nd . #
Con tinue totur nra tche twr enc h3 unti lth e
tir eis raised amaxim umof1.2 in (3 cm) off
th egr ound. #
Loosen andremo vethewheel (/page54 2). Mer
cedes-Ma ybachve hicl es: Re
quirement s:
R The running boards arere tract ed
(/ page 79)
R The stone chipping protect ive co vers are
re mo ved(/ page538 ) #
Position jack2 atjac ksuppor tpoint 1. Wheels
andtires 54
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