ECU MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2021 Manual PDF

Yo
ucan find informa tionon thefo llo wing topics:
R Activati on ofMe rcedes meconnect
R Oper ating theve hicle
R Near estaut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent er
R Other products andservices from Mer cedes-
Benz
Dat ais transf erreddur ing thecon nect iontothe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er(/ page306).
Call ingtheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
usi ng the multi mediasy stem
Re quirement s:
R Access toaGSM networkis available.
R The contract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition mustbe switc hedonsothat
ve hicle datacan betransf erredaut omati‐
cally . Multimedia
system:
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Phone 5
g #
Call Mercedes meconnect.
Af terconf irmation, themultimedia system
sends there qu ired vehicle data.The data
tr ansf erissho wninthemedia display.
Then, youcan selectaser viceand beconn ect ed
to aspec ialistat theMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent er.
% Insome countr ies,orifth eConcier ge
Ser vice isacti ve,yo uwill beconn ect ed
dir ect lywith theMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent er.
The Concierg eSer vice isno tav ailable inall
coun tries. Moreinf ormat ionabout Mercedes
me connectser vices can beobt aine din the
Mer cedes mePortal: http s://
me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Calli ngtheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
af te raut omat icac ciden tor break down
de tection
Re quirement s: R
The vehicle hasdetected anacci dent or
br ea kdo wnsitu ation.
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The hazar dwa rning light sar eswitc hedon.
% This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
The vehicle candetect acci dent orbrea kdo wn
situ ations undercer tain cir cums tances.
In theeve ntan acci dent or brea kdo wnisde tec‐
te d, theemer gency guide sho wssafetyno tesin
th emultimedia system displa y.
Af terqu itting theemer gency guide displ ayon
th emultimedia system, apr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish toget suppor tfr om the
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er. #
Select Call.
R Afteryo ur agr eem ent,or ifth eMer cedes
me connect service "Acciden tand Break‐
do wn Manag ement"is activ e,theve hicle
dat ais transf erredaut omatic ally
(/ page303).
R The Mercedes- BenzCus tomer Cent er
ta ke syo ur call and orga nize sth ebr eak‐
do wn and acciden tassis tance. MBUX
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Data
trans ferif Me rcedes meconnect serv‐
ices areno tact ivat ed
If no Mer cede sme connectser vices areact iva‐
te d, thefo llo wing datais transf erred:
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Time ofthecall
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R Conf irmation ofthedat apr otect ion prom pt
R Coun try ind icat oroftheve hicle
R Setlanguag efo rth emultimedia system
R Telephon enumb erofthecomm unication
platf orm ins talled intheve hicle
If acall ismade fora ser vice appointment via
th eser vice reminder ,th efo llo wing datais also
transmit ted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
If acall ismade afte rau tomatic accide ntor
br eakdo wndetection using themultimedia sys‐
te m, thefo llo wing datais also transm itted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
R Cur rent vehicle location If
Ac cid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme ntis
cal led via thevo ice con trol system, thefo llo wing
dat acan also becalled upfrom theve hicle by
th eMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er:
R Current vehicle location
Data transf erifMer cedes meconne ctser v‐
ices areactiv ated
Onl yif th ere spectiv eser vice isactiv ated will
additional incident-specificdat abe transmitt ed
in thesecon dstag eto enable anoptimal
ser vice.
An ove rview of thedat atransmit tedcan be
fo und inthere spectiv ete rm sof use for
Mer cedes meconn ectservices. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes mePortal: http s://
me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Data processing
The datatrans mittedwit hin thescope ofthecall
is dele tedfrom thepr ocessin gsy stem afte rth e
cal lis finis hed ,in so faras this dat ais no tbeing
used forot her activ ated Mer cedes meconn ect
ser vices.
The incident- specificdat ais processed and
st or ed intheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er and,
ifre qu ired toprocess theinciden t,forw ar‐
ded totheser vice partner aut hor ized bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er.Plea setake
no te ofthedat apr otect ion information onthe
Mer cedes meInterne tpag eat https: //
www .mercedes.me orinthere cor ded mess age
imme diat ely afte rcall ing theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Cent er.
% The recor ded mess ageis no tav ailable in
eve rycou ntry. Ov
ervie wof theMer cedes me&App smenu When
youlog inwit hauser accoun tto the
Mer cedes mePortal, then ser vices andoffers
fr om Mer cedes-Benz willbe available toyou.
Fo rmor einf ormation consult anauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent eror visit theMer cedes me
por tal:htt ps:/ /me .secure.m ercedes -benz.com
% Mak esur eyo ualw ayske ep theMer cedes
me apps updat ed.
Yo ucan callupthemenu usingMercedes me&
Apps inthemultimedia system. MBUX
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Ra
dio &medi a Ov
ervie wof the symb olsand func tions inthe medi amenu Symbo
lD esignation Function
6 PlayS electtostar tor con tinue playbac k.
8 Rest Select topause thepla ybac k.
: Repeating atrac kS electtorepeat thecur rent trac kor theactiv epla ylist.
R Selec tonc e:theactiv epla ylistis repeat ed.
R Select twice:thecur rent trac kis repeat ed.
R Select thre etimes: thefunc tion isdeactiv ated.
9 Rando mplay bac kS electtopla ybac ktra cksin rando morde r.
00F500F6 Skip
forw ards/ backS electtoskip tothene xt or tothepr ev ious trac k.
ß Options Selecttosho wadditional options.
5 Categor ies Selecttosho wor sear chthro ugh available categor ies(e.g.pla ybac klis ts,albums ,
ar tis ts,et c.).
ª SearchS electtosear chintheactiv emenu. Youcan sear chforar tis ts, genres, moo dsor
vid eos ,fo rex am ple. MBU
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R
The TuneIn Radio service isactiv ated inthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R The datavo lume isavailable.
De pen dingon thecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased.
R Afast Int erne tconnection fordat atransmis‐
sion free ofinterfere nce.
% Newda ta volume canbepur chased
dir ectl yfrom amob ilephone netw ork
pr ov ider viatheMer cedes mePortal.
% The function sand services arecoun try-
dependen t.Fo rmor einf ormation, consultan
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
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Radio #
Select TuneIn Radio.
The TuneIn menu appe ars. The last statio n
se tst ar ts pla ying .
% The connectionqu alit ydepen dson thelocal
mobile phonerecep tion. Se
tting upsatellite radio Re
quirement s:
R Satellit era dio equipment isavailable.
R Regis tration withasat ellit era dio prov ider
has been completed.
R Ifre gis tration isno tincluded whenpurchas‐
ing thesy stem, your credit cardde tails will
be requ ired toact ivat eyo ur acc oun t.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Þ Radio 5
SiriusXM
5 Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation.
The service information screen appear s
sho wing thera dio IDand thecur rent sub‐
scr iptio nstatus . #
Establish ate lephon econ nection . #
Followtheser vice staf f's instruct ions.
The activatio npr oce ssma yta ke up toten
minut es.
% Youcan also have thesat ellit eser vice acti‐
va tedonline. Todo so, please visithttp:// www
.siriusxm. com(USA)orhtt p://
www .siriusxm. ca(Canada). Music
andspor taler ts Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Radio 5
SiriusXM 5
Z
5 Alert s
Se tting music andspor taler ts
This function enables youto progr am analer tfo r
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta trac kis being
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. #
Seta music orspor tsaler t,to be informed of
matc hesintheLiv epr og ram.
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
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#
Select Artists orSong inthedialog window.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Ac tiv atin gspo rtsinf ormat ion #
ActivateActiv ateSpo rtsAlerts 0073.
Se ttin gaspo rtaler t #
Select AddAlert . #
Select thete am nam eor league inthedialog
windo w.
Dele ting ind ivid ualsp orts and music aler ts #
Selec tMan ageMusi cAl ert s.
or #
Selec tMan ageSport sAl ert s. #
Selec tan artist or trac k.
or #
Select ate am. #
Select DeleteSel ect edEntries .
All high light edaler tsaredele ted. Dele
ting allspor tsand music alerts #
Select Manage MusicAlerts.
or #
Select Manage SportsAlert s. #
Select DeleteAll Entries.
All aler tsaredele ted. Sound
settings Ov
ervie wof functions inthesound menu The
setting optio ns and functions available
depen don thesound system installed. Youcan
fi nd outwh ich sou ndsystem isins talled inyour
ve hicle intheDigit alOper ator's Manual.
St andar dsoun dsy stem and Advanced sound
sy stem
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equalize r
- Treble, mid-ra ngeand bass
R Balance andfader
R Volume
- Automatic adjustment Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem and
Bu rm ester®
high-e nd3D surround soun d
sy stem
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equalize r
- Treble, mid-ra ngeand bass
R Balance andfader
R Sound focus
R VIP seats(Bu rmester®
high-end 3Dsurround
soun dsy stem)
R Sound profiles
R Volume
- Automatic adjustment 320
MBUX multime diasystem

th
ose inthetir econ tact surface. Youcan use
TIRE FITin out side temp eratur esdown to-4 °F
(-20 °C). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent whenus ing
tir esea lant
The tiresea lant ma ybe una ble to seal the
tir epr op erly,especiall yin thefo llo wing
cases :
R Ther ear ecut sor punc tures inthetir e
larg erthan damag epr ev iousl ymen ‐
tion ed.
R The wheel rim isdama ged.
R Youha ve driven atvery low tirepr essur e
or on aflat tire. #
Donotcon tinue drivin g. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryand poiso ning
fr om tiresealan t
The tiresealan tis har mfuland caus esirrita ‐
tio n.Do notal lo w itto come intocont act wi
th theskin ,ey es orclo thing, and donot
sw allo wit. Do notinhale tiresealant fumes.
Ke ep thetir esealant away from childr en.
If yo uco me intoco ntact withth etir esealant,
obser vethefo llo wing: #
Rinse offth etir esealant from your skin
imm ediat elyusin gwa ter. #
Iftir eseal antgets int oyo ur eyes, thor‐
oughl yrinse outth eey es using clean
wa ter. #
Iftir eseal anthas been swallowe d,
immediat elyrinse outth emout hth or‐
oughl yand drink plenty ofwa ter.Do not
ind uce vomiting andseek medica l
att ention immedi ately . #
Cha ngeout ofanyclo thes con tamina‐
te dwit htir esealant immediat ely. #
Ifall ergic react ionsocc ur,seek medical
att ent ion imm ediat ely. *
NO
TEOverhea ting dueto thetir einf la‐
tion compressor running toolong #
Donotru nth etir einf lation compressor
fo rlong erthan tenminu teswit hout
int erru ption. Com
plywit hth emanuf acturer'ssafetyno teson
th est icke ron thetir einf lation compressor .
Ha ve thetir esealant bottle replaced inaqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop everyfive years. #
Donotre mo veanyfo re ign obje ctswhic h
ha ve ent ered thetir e. 34
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Obser
vethefo llo wing pointsdur ing star tin g
assis tance and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cables/c harg‐
ing cables withasuf ficie ntcross -secti onand
insu late dte rm inal clam ps.
R Non-insulat edpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
mus tno tcom eint ocon tactwi th other metal
par tswhile thejum per cables/c harging
cable iscon nect edtothebatt ery/jum p-start
connecti onpoint.
R The jumper cable/c harging cablemus tno t
come intocont actwith anypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning .
R Alw aysmak esur eth at nei ther youno rth e
batt eryis elect rostatic allych arge d.
R Keep away from fire and open flames .
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing pointswhen
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
appr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc‐
tions beforech argin gth ebatt ery. Obser
vetheadditional follo wing pointsdur ing
st ar tin gassis tance:
R Startin gassis tance mayonly beprov ided
using vehicles, batteries orother jumpstar t
de vic es wit hano min alvoltag eof 12 V.
R The vehicles mustno tto uc h.
R Vehicl eswith aga soline engine: Jump-
st ar tth eve hicle onlywhen theengine and
ex haus tsy stem arecold. St
arting assistance andchargin gth e12 V
batt ery Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R Vehicl eswith automatic transmiss ion:
The transmis sionisin posi tion 005D.
R The igniti onand allele ctrical consumer sar e
swi tched off.
R The hood isopen. Ex
am ple:engine compartment #
Slid eco ver1 ofposi tiveclam p2 onthe
jum p-starting con nection point inthedir ec‐
tion ofthear row . #
Con nect posi tiveclam p2 onyour vehicle to
th epositiv epole ofthedonor batteryusing
th ejum per cable/c harging cable. Always Br
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#
Dea ctivateth eto w- aw ay alar m(/ page92) . #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e21 1). #
Shif tth eaut omatic transmiss iontoposition
005C(/ page18 6). #
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. *
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 e350). #
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 transm ission maybe locked
in posit ion005Dintheeve ntofdama getothe
electr ics.Toshif tto 005C ,pr ov ide theon-
boar delectr icalsystem withpo we r
( / pag e34 7). #
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 Br
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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 texc eeded
when transpor ting *
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 .
4MA TICvehicl es/vehicl eswith automatic
tr ansmiss ion #
Mak esur eth at thefront and rear axle scom e
to rest on thesame transpor tatio nve hicle.
* NO
TEDama getothedr ivet ra in due to
inc orrect pos itioning #
Donotpos ition theve hicle abovethe
connecti onpointofthetranspor tve hi‐
cle. To
wing eyesto rage location Ex
am ple: towing eye
To wing eye1 islocat edunder thecar gocom‐
par tmen tfloor . 352
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*
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(/ page355).
* NO
TEDama geormalfunct ionscaused
by mois ture Mois
turema ycause damagetotheelectr ical
sy stem orcause itto malfu nction. #
When thefuse boxis open, makesur e
th at no mois turecan enterthefuse
bo x. #
When closing thefuse box,mak esur e
th at theseal ofthelid isposition edcor‐
re ctly onthefuse box. If
th ene wlyinser tedfuse alsoblows,ha ve the
cau setrace dand rectif ied at aqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforere placing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
R Allelectr icalconsu mersar esw itched off.
R The igniti onissw itched off.
The electr icalfu ses arelocat ed invarious fuse
bo xes:
R Fuse boxin theengine compartmen ton the
lef t-hand sideoftheve hicle, when viewe din
th edir ect ion oftrave l(/ page35 4)
R Fuse boxon thedr iver's side ofthecoc kpit
(/ page355) R
Fuse boxin thefront passeng erfoot we ll
(/ page355)
R Fuse boxin thecar gocom partmen ton the
ri ght-h andside oftheve hicle, when viewe d
in thedir ect ion oftra vel(/ page355 ) Opening
andclosing thefus ebo xin the
engine compartmen t Re
quirement :
R Youne ed adr yclo thand asc rewdr iver .
Obser vetheno teson electr icalfuses
(/ page353).
Opening &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom using the
winds hieldwiper swhile theengine hood
is open
When theengine hoodisopen andthewind‐
shield wipersar ese tin mo tion ,yo ucan be
tr apped bythewiper linkage. 35
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Breakdo wnassis tance