MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2021 Owners Manual

Ov
ervie wof climat econtr olsystems No
teson climat econtr ol An
interior airfilt er incom binat ionwithth epr e‐
fi lt er intheengine compartmen tmus talw aysbe
used sothat theair con ditionin gsy stem, pollu‐
tion leve lmon itor ing and theair filtration work
cor rectl y.Mak esur eth at thefilt er isins talled
cor rectl yand thefilt er housin gin theengine
com partmen tis closed correctl yus ing thecap
and alwaystightl ysealed wheninoper ation. Use
fi lt er sre comme ndedandapprove dby
Mer cedes-Ben z.Alw aysha ve ser vice workcar‐
ri ed out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ov
ervie wof theair condit ioning control
pa nel The
indic ator lam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor responding functionisactiv ated. Ex
am ple: cont rolpanel fordua l-zone automatic cli‐
mat econtr olwit hstatio naryheat er
1 0082 Setsthedr iver's side temp eratur e
2 A Callsup/exitstheair con ditionin g
menu
Pr essing andholding (approx.fo ur sec onds):
re se ts climat econt rolto thebasic settings
3 H Setstheair flow orswitc hesoffclimat e
cont rol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat ic
mode (/page16 1)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat er
on/of f 7
0072 Switchesair-recir culation modeon/off
(/ page16 2)
8 0056 SwitchestheA/C function on/off
(/ page16 0)
Switc hesresidua lheat on/of f(/ page16 2)
9 Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordua l-zone
au tomatic climatecontr olor 3-zone auto‐
matic climatecontr olwithout statio nary
heat er:0 switches sync hroniz ation
on/ off(/ page16 2)
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel fordua l-zone
au tomatic climatecontr olor 3-zone auto‐
matic climatecontr olwith statio naryheat er:
003B switches statio naryheat eron/of f
A 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside Climat
econ trol 15
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Ov
ervie wof there ar oper ating unit Ex
am ple:US A
1 Setsthete mp eratur e,lef t
2 Setstheair distribution, left
3 Setsclimat econ trol to aut omat icmode
(/ page16 1)
4 Setstheair flow
5 Switches climat econtr olon/of f
(/ page 160)
Switc hesthere sidua lheat on/of f
(/ page16 3)
6 Setstheair distribution, right
7 Setsthete mp eratur e,right The
settings forth esecon dand third row of
seats (equipment- dependent )can bemade via
th ere ar oper atingunit ,th emultimedia system
(/ page16 1) or theMBUX rear table tdepend‐
ing ontheve hicle's equipment. Oper
ating theclima tecont rolsy stem Switc
hingclima tecont rolon/of f #
Toswitc hon: setth eair flow toleve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
Toswitc hof f:se tth eair flow toleve l0 using
th eH button.
% Ifclimat econ trol isswitc hedoff,th ewin‐
do ws mayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchof f
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingtheclima tecont rolin there ar
passe nger comp artment on/off #
Press butt on5.
% When climatecontr olinthesecon dseat row
is switc hedoff,th eindicat orlam pis activ a‐
te dand OFF issho wnonthere ar displa y. Switc
hingtheA/C function onoroffvia the
cont rolpan el The
A/Cfunc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th eve hicle's interior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc hof fth eA/C function onlybr ief ly;ot her‐
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Con densation maydr ip from theunder sideof
th eve hicle when cooling modeisactiv e.This is
no ta sign that ther eis amalfunct ion. Calling
uptheair condit ioning menu Calling
uptheair condit ioning menuusing
th emu ltim edia system #
Sele ctone ofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe A/Cfunc tionvia
the multi mediasy stem The
A/Cfun ction heat s,coo lsand dehumi difies
th eve hicle's interior air. 16
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Climat eco ntro l

#
Call uptheair -co ndition ingmenu
(/ page16 0). #
Select FirstRowofSeats . #
Select A/C. Se
tting climat eco ntr olto aut omatic mode In
automatic mode, these tte mp eratur eis con ‐
tr olled andmaint ained atacon stant leve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the0058 button. #
Toswitc hto manu almode :pr es sth e 0058
butt on.
In aut omatic mode,youcan choose between five
dif fere nt airqu ant ities usin gth eH button.
Au tomatic mode isretained. Au
tomatic allyco ntr olling the climat eco ntr ol
in the rear passe nger comp artment In
automatic mode, these tte mp eratur eis regu‐
lat ed bythete mp eratur eof thedispensed air
and theair flow . #
Press the0058 button(/ page16 0). Se
ttin gthe airdistrib utio n #
Callup theair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page16 0). #
Select arow ofseats. #
Tosetth eair distribut ion: selec t0061,
009C or009B. #
Setth eair flow .
% Severalair distribution option scan beselec ‐
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
cli mat econtr olforth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth efirs tse at row . Se
tting climat econtr olforthe rear
passe nger comp artment (multime diasys‐
te m) Se
ttin gthe temp eratur e #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page16 0). #
Select Second RowofSeats orThir dRow of
Seats. #
ForMa yba chvehicles: selectSecond Rowof
Seats.
% Maybac hve hicles areeq uipped withone and
tw orow sof seats. #
Setth ete mp eratur e.
Se tting theair flow #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page16 0). #
Select Second RowofSeats orThir dRow of
Seats. #
ForMa yba chvehicles: selectSecond Rowof
Seats.
% Maybac hve hicles areeq uipped withone and
tw orow sof seats. #
Setth eair flow . Climat
eco ntro l 16
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Contr
olling there ar climat eco ntr olaut omat‐
ical ly #
Select REAR AUTO.
Re ar clim atecon trol iscon trolled automat i‐
call y.
Deact ivat ing rear climat eco ntr ol #
Select REAROFF.
Re ar clim atecon trol isdeac tivated. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe climat eco ntr ol
syn chronizat ionfunction viathecontr ol
pa nel Climat
econ trol can besetcen trall yusing the
sync hronization function.Thetemp eratur eand
air distribution setting forth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omatic allyfo rall clima tecontr ol
zones. #
Press the 0 button.
The sync hroniz ation function willbedeactiv ated
if th ese ttings forone oftheot her climat ezones
ar ech ang ed. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe climat eco ntr ol
syn chronizat ionfunction viathemu ltim edia
sy stem Climat
econ trol can besetcen trall yusing the
sync hronization function.Thedriver's settin gs
fo rte mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ion
ar eadop tedaut omatic allyfo rall clima tezone s. #
Callup theair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page16 0). #
Select FirstRowofSeats . #
Select SYNC. Re
mo ving conde nsatio nfrom the windo ws Wi
ndo wsfogg ed up ontheinsid e #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscontinu eto fogup: press the
0064 button.
Wi ndo wsfogg ed up ontheout side #
Swit chon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. Switc
hingair-recir culation modeon/off #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir cul ated.
Air -reci rculati onmod eaut omat icallyswit ches to
fr esh airmode afte rsome time.
% Ifair -recir cula tion mode isswi tched on,the
windo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir cul ation mod eonly briefly. Switc
hingthere sidual heatonoroff Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidua lheat
fr om theengine tocontinu ehea ting orventil at‐
ing thefront com partmen tof theve hicle for
appr oximat ely30 min utes, depen dingonthe
te mp eratur ese t. #
Toactiv ate: press 0056 button.
Re sidua lheat willbeswitc hedoffaut omaticall y. 16
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Switc
hingthere sidual heatinthere ar
passe nger comp artment on/off Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
When there sidua lheat oftheengine isactiv ated
in there ar com partment ,yo ucan heat orventi‐
la te there ar passe nger com partment forapp rox‐
ima tely 30 minu tes. #
Press butt on5 (/ page16 0). Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gio ni zatio n Ioni
zationimpr oves thequ alit yof theve hicle's
int erior air.Ionization oftheint erior airisodor‐
less. #
Call uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page16 0). #
Select AirQua lity. #
Select IONIZAT ION. Fr
ag rance system Se
tting thefrag rance system
Re quirement s:
R Automatic climatecontr olisacti vated.
R The glove boxis closed.
The fragr ance system distribut esapleasant fra‐
gr ance thro ughout theve hicle interior from afla‐
con located intheglov ebo x. #
Call uptheclimat econ trol menu
(/ page16 0). #
Select AirQua lity. #
Select AIRFRESHENER . #
Keep pressing untilthedesir edintensit yis
re ac hed. Inser
tingor remo ving the flacon ofthefra‐
gr ance system &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom liquid per‐
fume
If ch ildr enopen theflacon ,th ey cou lddrink
th eliq uid perfume oritcould come intocon ‐
ta ct with their eyes. #
Donotlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
Consult adoct orimmediat elyifliq uid
per fume hasbeen drunk . #
Ifliq uid perfume comes intocont act
wit hyo ur eyes orskin ,ri nse your eyes
wit hclean water. #
Ifsym ptoms continue, consult adoct or. Climat
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ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue toimproper disposal offull
fl acon s Fu
llflacon smus tno tbe dispo sed
of wit hhouse holdwaste. #
Fu
llflacon smus tbe take nto
a har mfulsubs tance collectio npo int. 1
Cap
2 Flacon #
Toinser t:slide theflacon intoth eholder as
fa ras itwil lgo. #
Toremo ve:af te ropening theglov ebo x,wa it
fo rapp roxima tely se venseco ndsand pullou t
th eflacon . If
yo udo notuse genui ne Mercede s-Benzinterior
pe rfumes ,obse rveth emanuf acturers' saf ety
no tice son theper fume packaging.
Dispose ofthege nui ne Mer cedes-B enzinterior
pe rfume flacon when itis em ptyand donotre fill
it.
Re fillable flacon #
Unscr ew thecap oftheem ptyflacon . #
Filltheflacon withamax imum of0.5fl.oz.
(1 5 ml). #
Screw thecap backon totheflacon .
Alw aysre fill th eem ptyre fillable flacon withth e
same perfume. Observethesepar ateinf orma‐
tion shee twit hth eflacon . Inf
orma tion onthewindsh ieldheat er The
winds hieldheaterisswit ched on aut omati‐
cally ifth e 0064 buttonisactiv ated.
In addition, itis aut omaticall yswitc hedonwhen
neces sary. 16
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Climat eco ntro l

Air
vents Ad
jus tingthe fron tair vents &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsand fros tbit e
due tobeing tooclose totheair vents
Ve ry hotor very cold aircan flow from theair
ve nts. #
Makesur eth at all vehicle occupants
alw aysmaint ainasuf ficie ntdist anc e
fr om theair vents. #
Ifnece ssary,dir ect theair flow to
ano ther area oftheve hicle interior . To
guar anteetheflow offresh airthro ugh theair
ve nts intoth eve hicle interior ,com plywit hth e
fo llo wing:
R Alw ayske ep theve nts and vent grille sin the
ve hicle interior free.
R Keep theair inle tfr ee ofdeposits
(/ page328).
R Optimum climatecomf ortis ac hie vedwit h
th eair vents inthecent erposition . #
Toopen orclose centerair vents: turn
cont roller 2upordown asfaras itwil lgo. #
Toopen orclose sideairvents: turncon‐
tr oller 2tothelef tor right asfaras itwil l
go. #
Toadjus tth eair direction: holdairvent 1
in thecent erand moveitup ordown orto
th elef tor right. Ad
jus tingthe rear air vents Air
vents inthecent ercons ole Climat
econt rol 16
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Air
vents intheB-pillar Air
vents above thesecon dand third ro w of seat s
(all vehicles exceptMer cedes- Maybac hve hicles) #
Tosetth eair flow directio n:hol dair
ve nt 1 inthecent erand moveitacc ord‐
ing ly. #
Toopen orclose: turnth econ troller 2as
fa ras itwil lgo. Air
vents above thesecon dro w of seat s,towa rds
th ecar gocom partmen t(Mer cedes- Maybac hve hi‐
cles) #
Toopen orclose: turncon troller 1asfar
as itwill go. 16
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Opening
orclosing theair vent inthegl ove
bo x
* NO
TEDama getotemp eratur e-sen sitive
objec tsintheglove box Te
mp eratur e-sen sitiveobjec tsstor ed inthe
gl ove boxma ybe damag edbytheair vent
lo cat edinside it. #
Close theair vent wh en youheat the
ve hicle. #
Athigh outside temp eratur es,open the
air vent and switchon theA/C func‐
tion . The
automatic climatecon trol mus tbe switc hed
on tocool theglove box. #
Toopen orclose: turncon troller 1ofair
ve nt 2 clockwise orcoun ter-cloc kwise. Cl
ima tecontr ol16
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Dr
ivin g No
teson Mer cedes- AMGvehicl es Obser
vetheno teson thefo llo wing addition al
to pics intheSupplement ,as youma yot her wise
fa ilto recogni zedangers:
R Emo tion Start
R AMGAC TIVE adaptivespor tsuspension sys‐
te m Switc
hingonthepo we rsupp lyor theigni‐
tion (without engine star t) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tochildr enleftunat tende din the
ve hicle
If ch ildr enarelef tunsuper visedintheve hi‐
cle, they cou ld,in pa rticular :
R Open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R Getout and bestru ck byoncom ingtraf‐
fi c. R
Ope rate vehicle equipment andbecome
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion, forex am ple by:
R Releasing thepar king brak e.
R Chang eth etra nsmiss ionposition .
R Startth eve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunat tende din the
ve hicle. #
When leaving theve hicle, alwaysta ke
th eSmar tKey wit hyo uand lockth e
ve hicle. #
Keep theSmar tKey out ofreac hof chil‐
dr en. Also
obser vethe"No teson pets intheve hicle".
Re quirement s:
R theSmar tKey islocat edintheve hicle and
th eSmar tKey batt eryis no tdisc harged.
R thebr ak epedal isno tdepr essed. #
Toswitc hon thepo we rsupp ly:pr ess but‐
to n1 once .
Yo ucan activat eth ewindshield wipers,for
ex am ple.
The powe rsupp lyis switc hedoffag ain ifth efo l‐
lo wing condition sar eme t:
R youopen thedr iver's door .
R youpr ess button1 twice mor e. 16
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