ESP MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

Emer
g Emer
gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the emer g he
emer gency spar ency
sparewheel e
wheel &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident causedby
incor rect wheel andtiredimen sions
The wheel ortiresizes andthetir etype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ewheel tobe replaced maydi.er .The emer -
ge ncy sparewheel orspar ewheel cansigni/-
cantl yim pair drivi ng charact eristics ofthe
ve hicle.
To prev ent hazar dous situations: #
Drive car efull y. #
Neverinst allmor eth an one emer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that di.er s
in size . #
Onlyuse anemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel brie0y . #
Donotdeacti vate ESP ®
. #
Have theemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadi.er entsize replaced
at thenear estquali/ed special istwo rk- shop.
Thenewwheel mustha ve thecor -
re ct dimen sions. %
The emer gency sparewheel isfastene din the
car gocom partmen tunde rth ecar gocom part-
ment 0oor.
% Notfo rMer cedes-Ma ybachve hicles.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson installing anemer -
ge ncy sparewheel:
R The maximum permissibl espeed withan
emer gency sparewheel installed is50 mph
(80 km/h ).
R Donoteq uip theemer gency sparewheel with
sno wch ains.
R Replace theemer gency sparewheel aTersix
ye arsat thelat est, rega rdless ofwe ar.
R Chec kth etir epr essur eof theemer gency
spa rewheel installed. Correct thepr essur eas
necessar y.
% The speci/ed tirepr ess ureis stat ed on the
label oftheemer gency sparewheel.
% V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emoni t e
moni tor or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Ifan emer gency sparewheel isinst alled, th
etir epr essur emonit oring system canno t
function reliabl y.Fo ra few minut esaTer an
emer gency sparewheel isins talled, thesy s-
te m ma yst ill displa yth etir epr essur eof the
re mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy stem again
when theemer gency sparewheel hasbeen
re placed withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page371)
R Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page376)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page373)
R Noteson installing tires (/ page388)
R Inst alling anemer gency sparewheel
(/ page392) Wheels
andtires
399 399

In0atingIn0ating
t t
he emer g he
emer genc yspar enc
yspar ewheel e
wheel *
N NO O
TE TE
Overheati ngdue tothetir ein0 ation
com pressor running toolong #
Donotru nth etir ein0 ation compressor
fo rlong erthan tenminut eswithou tint er-
ru ption. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
The emer gency sparewheel hasbeen installed
cor rectl y.(/ pag e392)
Com plywit hth emanuf acturer'ssafetyno teson
th estic kerof theemer gency sparewheel andon
th etir ein0 ation compressor . #
Remo vethestic kerwit hth elabel 50mph
(80 km/h )fro mthetir ein0 ation compressor
housing anda1x itto theinst rument cluster
wit hin thedr iver's /eld ofvision. #
Remo vethetir ein0 ation compressor from the
st ow agespace underthetrunk 0oor .
(/ page353) #
Pull /ller hose 1and plug 3out ofthetir e
in0 ation compressor housing. #
Inser tplug 7of/ller hose 1inthesoc ket
on thetir ein0 ation compressor andthen turn
it until plug7engages. #
Unscr ewthecap from theva lve on theemer -
ge ncy sparewheel. #
Screw union nut2of/ller hose 1ontoth e
va lve. #
Mak esur eon and o.switc h4 ofthetir e
in0 ation compressor isse tto 0 0
. #
Inser tplug 3inasoc ketin your vehicle.
R 12Vsoc ket:(/ page 140) R
Obser vetheno teson soc kets: (/ page140) #
Press thestar t/s topbutt ononce toswitc hon
th epo we rsuppl y(/ page173). #
Press onand o.switc h4 onthetir ein0 ation
com pressor toI I
.
The tirein0a tio nco mpr esso ris swi tche don .
The tireis in0a ted. The tirepr essur eappear s
on manome ter5. #
Pum pth etir eto thespeci/ed tirepr essur e.
% The speci/ed tirepr essur eis stat ed on the
label oftheemer gency sparewheel. #
When thespeci/ed tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed, press onand o.switc h4 onthe
tir ein0 ation com press orto0 0
.
The tirein0a tio nco mpr esso ris swi tche do.. #
Press thestar t/s topbutt ontoswitc ho. the
po we rsuppl y. #
Ifth etir epr essur eis higher than thespeci/ed
pr essur e,press pressur ere lease valve butt on
6 until thecor rect tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed. 400400
Wheel
sand tires

#
Uns crew union nut2of/ller hose 1from
th eva lve. #
Screw theva lve cap oftheemer gency spare
wheel ontoth eva lve ag ain. #
Stow /llerhose 1and plug3 inthelowe r
secti onofthetir ein0 ation compressor hous-
ing. #
Stow thetir ein0 ation compressor intheve hi-
cle. Coll
apsibl espar Coll
apsibl espar ewheel e
wheel NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the collap siblespar he
collap siblesparewheel e
wheel &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tcaused by
incor rect wheel andtiredimen sions
The wheel ortiresizes andthetir etype ofthe
emer gency sparewheel orspar ewheel and
th ewheel tobe replaced maydi.er .The emer -
ge ncy sparewheel orspar ewheel cansigni/-
cantl yim pair drivi ng charact eristics ofthe
ve hicle.
To prev ent hazar dous situations: #
Drive car efull y. #
Neverinst allmor eth an one emer gency
spa rewheel orspar ewheel that di.er s
in size . #
Onlyuse anemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel brie0y . #
Donotdeacti vate ESP ®
. #
Have theemer gency sparewheel or
spar ewheel ofadi.er entsize replaced
at thenear estquali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. Thenewwheel mustha ve thecor -
re ct dimen sions. The
collapsib lespar ewheel isan emer gency
spa rewheel whichis onl ysuit able foruse fora
limit edper iod oftime andinare str icte dmanner
in theev ent ofa0at tire(e.g. untilthenear est
wo rkshop).
The tireside wallsarefo lded when intranspor t
mode. Beforeuse, thecollapsible sparewheel has
to be in0a tedwit hth eaccom panying compressor .Chec
kth etir epr essur eof thecollapsible spare
wheel onceinstalled. Correct thepr essur eas
necessar y.
The maxim um permis siblespe edwithacol lapsi-
ble sparewheel installed is50 mph(8 0km /h).
Do noteq uip th ecollapsible sparewheel with
sno wch ains.
Re place thecollapsible sparewheel aTersixyears
at thelat est, rega rdless ofwe ar.
% V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hatir h
atir epr e
pr essur essur
emoni t e
moni tor or
ing sy ing
sys- s-
t t
em: em:
Ifacollap siblesparewheel isins talled
th etir epr essur emonit oring system canno t
function reliabl y.Fo ra few minut esaTer an
emer gency sparewheel isins talled, thesy s-
te m ma yst ill displa yth etir epr essur eof the
re mo vedwheel. Onlyre star tth esy stem again
when thecollapsible sparewheel hasbeen
re placed withane wwheel.
Be sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page371)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page373) Wheels
andtires
401 401

RR
emo emo
ving t ving
the collapsible spar he
collapsible sparewheel e
wheel The
collapsible sparewheel islocat edunder the
car gocom partmen t0oor . #
Obser vetheinf ormation onmounting tires
(/ page388). #
Open theta ilg ate. #
Open thecar gocom partment 0oor. #
Remo vethecollapsible sparewheel.
Mer Mer
cedes‑Ma cedes‑Ma
ybac ybac
hv h
vehicles ehicles
W W
it it
hout r hout
refr efr
ig ig
er er
at at
or bo or
box: x:
The collapsible spare
wheel islocat edinthecollapsible sparewheel
bag onthecar gocom partment 0oor. #
Obser vetheinf ormation onmounting tires
(/ page388). #
Open thecar gocom partment. #
Loosen thelashing straps. #
Unhook there taining spring hook sof thelash-
ing straps from thebr ac kets. #
Remo vethecollapsible sparewheel bag
to get her withth ecollapsible sparewheel. #
Open thecollapsible sparewheel bagand
re mo vethecollapsible sparewheel.
W W
it it
h r h
refr efr
ig ig
er er
at at
or bo or
box: x:T
he collapsible sparewheel
is locat edinthecollapsible sparewheel bag
inside theopen cargocom partment 0oor. #
Obser vetheinf ormation onmounting tires
(/ page388). #
Open thecar gocom partment. #
Loosen thelashing straps. #
Unhook there taining spring hook sof thelash-
ing straps from thebr ac kets. #
Remo vethecollapsible sparewheel bag
to get her withth ecollapsible sparewheel. #
Open thecollapsible sparewheel bagand
re mo vethecollapsible sparewheel. In0
atin g In0
atin gt t
he collapsible spar he
collapsible sparewheel e
wheel RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Mount thecollapsible sparewheel asdescr i-
bed (/page397). R
Remo vethetir ein0 atio ncom pressor from the
st or ag esp ac eund erthetrunk 0oor
(/ page353).
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto thecollapsible spare
wheel whenlowe ring theve hicle Lo
we ring theve hicle without prev iousl yin0 at-
ing thecollapsible sparewheel candamag eits
ri m. #
In0a tethecollapsible sparewheel using
th etir ein0 ation compressor beforelow-
er ing theve hicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Overheati ngdue tothetir ein0 ation
com pressor running toolong #
Donotru nth etir ein0 ation compressor
fo rlong erthan tenminut eswithou tint er-
ru ption. 402402
Wheels
andtires

#
Pull conn ector4 and thehose outofthe
housin g. #
Unscr ew thecap from theva lve on thecol-
lapsible sparewheel. #
Screw union nut1ofthehose ontoth e
va lve. #
Mak esur eon and o.switc h3 ofthetir e
in0 ation compressor isse tto 0 0
. #
Inser tconn ector4 intoth ecig arette light er
soc ketor intoa12 Vsoc ket(/ page140) in
yo ur vehicle. #
Switchon thepo we rsuppl y(/ page173). #
Press onand o.switc h3 onthetir ein0 ation
com pressor toI I
.
The tirein0a tio nco mpr esso ris swi tche don .
The tireis in0a ted. The tirepr essur eis sho wn
on manome ter2. #
Pum pth etir eto thespeci/ed tirepr essur e.
% The speci/ed tirepr essur eis print ed on the
ye llo wlabel ofthecollapsible sparewheel. #
When thespeci/ed tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed, press onand o.switc h3 onthe
tir ein0 ation com press orto0 0
. #
Ifth etir epr essur eis higher than thespeci/ed
pr essur e,press pressur ere lease valve butt on
5 until thecor rect tirepr essur ehas been
re ac hed. Wheel
sand tires
403 403

*
N N
O O
TE TE
Engine damageca use dby an inco r-
re ct oil /lter,incor rect oil oradditi ves #
Donotuse engin eoils oroil /ltersot her
th an those whic hmee tth especi/c ations
necessar yfo rth epr escr ibed service
int erva ls. #
Donotalt er theengine oiloroil /lter in
or der toachie velong erchang eint erva ls
th an prescr ibed. #
Donotuse addit ives. #
Have theengine oilchang edaTer the
pr escr ibed interva ls. Mer
cedes-Benz recommen dshavin gth eoil
ch ang edataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
Onl yuse engineoils appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle by
Mer cedes-Be nz.
Qua lityand capac ityofengine oil Qua
lityand capac ityofengine oil
Engine oil Engine
oilspe ci/cation s spe
ci/cation s Mode
l Mode
l MB-Fr MB-F
reig eig
abe orMB- abe
orMB-
Appro v Appro
val al
GL S450 4MATIC 229.51,229.5 2,
229.6 1,229.7 1
229.7 2*
GL S580 4MATIC 229.52
229.6 1* Engine
oil Engine
oilspe ci/cation s spe
ci/cation s(Mer (Mercede
s‑Ma ced
es‑Ma ybac yb
ac h) h)
Mode
l Mode
l MB-Fr MB-F
reig eig
abe orMB- abe
orMB-
Appro v Appro
val al
Mer cedes-Ma ybac h
GL S600 4MATIC 229.5 *
Re commen dedforlo we stpo ssible fue lco n-
su mp tion (lowe stSA Eviscosity classineac h
case; observepossible restr iction sof the
appr ovedSA Eviscosity classes).
To achie vethelowe stpo ssible fue lco nsum ption,
it is recommen dedtouse theengine oilspeci/c a-
tion smar kedin theta ble forth elowe stSA Evis-
cosity class.Possible restr iction sof theappr oved
SA Eviscosity classesmustbeobser ved.
The follo wing values referto an oilchang e,incl ud-
ing theoil /lter.
Engine oil Engine
oil/lling /lling
capac ity capac
ity ModelModel
Capacity Capacity
GL S450 4MATIC 8.9USqt(8.5 liter s)
GL S580 4MATIC 10.0USqt(9.5 liter s) Engine
oilcapac ity(Mer Engine
oilcapac ity(Mer cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
h) h)
ModelModel
Capacity Capacity
Mer cedes-Ma ybach
GL S600 4MATIC 10.0
USqt(9.5 liter s) 412412
Te
ch nica ldat a

Heigh
twh en ope ned andheadr Heigh
twh en ope ned andheadroom (Mer oom
(Merced es- ced
es-
Ma Ma
ybac yb
ac h) h)
Mode
l Mode
l 1 1
Heigh t Heigh
t
wh en wh
en
ope ned* ope
ned* 2 2
Hea d- Hea
d-
r r
oom * oom
*
Mercedes -Maybac h
GL S600 4MATIC 85.0
in
(2 159 mm)
- 87.9 in
(2 234 mm) 76.5
in
(1 944 mm)
- 79.4 in
(2 019 mm) *Wh
enthere ar-en dlowe ring isac tivated, theva l-
ues arecor respond inglylowe r.
V V
ehicle dimensions ehicle
dimensions All
models All
models
Ve hicle length2 05.0in
(5207 mm)
Ve hicle length, AM GStyling 205.2in
(5213 mm)
Ve hicle widthincl udin gouts ide
mir rors 84.9
in
(2157 mm) All
models All
models
Maximum vehicle height(AIR -
MA TIC) 74.
3in
(1888 mm)
Maxim umvehicle height(O.-
ro ad pac kage ) 75.9
in
(1928 mm)
Minimum vehicle height(high-
wa ydr ivin g leve l) 71.7
in
(1823 mm)-
72.3 in
(1838 mm)
Wheelbas e1 23.4in
(3135 mm)
Maximum ground clearance
(AIRMA TIC) 10.1
in
(259 mm)
Maximum ground clearance
(O.- road pac kage ) 11.3
in
(289 mm)
Minimum ground clearance
(AIR MATIC/ O.-roadpackage ) 6.8
in
(174 mm)
Tu rning radius 41.1T
(12.52 m) VV
ehicle dimensions (Mer ehicle
dimensions (Mercedes‑Ma cedes‑Ma
ybac ybac
h) h)
MerMer
cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
hGL h
GL S600 S
600
4MA 4MA
TIC TIC
Ve hicle length2 04.9in
(5205 mm)
Ve hicle widthincl udin goutsi de
mir rors 84.9
in
(2157 mm)
Maximum vehicle height 74.3in
(1888 mm)
Min imum vehicle height(high-
wa ydr ivin g leve l) 72.3
in
(1838 mm)
Wheelbas e1 23.4in
(3135 mm)
Maximum ground clearance 8.2in
(210 mm)
Mini mum ground clearance 5.3in
(135 mm)
Tu rning radius 41.1T
(12.52 m) Te
ch nica ldat a
417 417

WW
eights andloads eights
andloads Please
note that forth especi/ed vehicle data:
R Items ofoption aleq uipme ntincr ease thecurb
we ight andreduce thepa yload.
R Vehicle-spe ci/cweight information canbe
fo und ontheve hicle identi/cation plate
(/ page407) .
R R
oof load oof
load All
model s All
model s
Maxim umroof load 220lb(100 kg) RR
unni ngboar d unni
ngboar d All
models All
models
Maximum load 440lb(200 kg) O.-rO.-r
oad oad
dr dr
ivin g ivin
g FF
or or
ding depth ding
depth
* NO NO
TE TE
Dama gecaused bywaterwhen
fo rd ing In
thefo llo wing cases watercan pene trat eint o
th eengine compartment andvehicle interior :
R The maximum permissibl efo rd ing dep this
ex ceeded whendrivi ng throu ghstandi ng
wa ter.
R When driving thro ugh thewa tera bo w
wa ve form s.
R Wateraccumula teswhen drivi ng thro ugh
ru nning water. #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
fo rd ing dep thand drive slo wly thro ugh
th ewa ter. The
speci/ed value indicat esthemaximum per-
missible ford ing dep thfor:
R Vehicles that arere ady todrive
R slowdriving thro ugh standing water Dr
iving thro ugh 0owing waterre duces theper mis-
sible ford ing dep thdue totheaccumulation of
wa ter.
Obser vetheno teson o.-r oad drivi ng and ford ing
(/ page182). FF
or or
ding depth ding
depth Mode
l Mode
l 1 1
F F
or or
ding depth ding
depth
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIRMA h
AIRMA TIC TIC
Ra ised leve l1 9.7in(50 cm)
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with h
O.- r O.-
road oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e e418418
Te
ch nica ldat a

All
mod els All
mod els 1 1
Fr Fr
ont ont
2 2
R R
ear ear
O.-r oadleve l22 5° 24°
O.- road leve l32 7°-28° 25°-26° Angle
ofappr Angle
ofappr oac oac
h/depar h/depar
tur tur
e(Mer e
(Mer cedes‑Ma y- cedes‑M
ay-
bac bac
h) h)
MerMer
cedes-Ma y- cedes-M
ay-
bac bac
hGL h
GL S600 S
600
4MA 4MA
TIC TIC
1 1
Fr Fr
ont ont
2 2
R R
ear ear
Nor mal leve l2 4°21°
Ra ised leve l2 7°25° *Depending
onthetir esize.
Maximum gr Max
imumgradien tclimb ingabili ty adien
tclimb ingabili ty
The vehicle' sgr adien tclimb ingabili tydepen dson
th ewe ight distr ibution intheve hicle, thete rrain
cond itions and thero ad sur face condi tions.
The speci/ed value applies when:
R The vehicle isready todrive
R The L L
O O
W RAN W
RAN GE GE
o.-road gear ofthetransf er
case iseng aged R
The road sur face condi tionsand thus thetrac-
tion aregood
A gradien tclimb ingabili tyof 100% correspond sto
an incl ine of45°.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng inmoun tainous ter-
ra in (/ page182).
Gr Gr
adient climbing ability adient
climbing ability ModelModel
Maximumgr Max
imumgradi- adi-
ent climb ingabil- ent
climb ingabil-
ity ity
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hout hout
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e e
80%
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit h h
O.-r O.-r
oad oad
pac k pac
kag ag
e e
When LOWRAN GEo.-road
ge ar iseng aged 100% GrGr
adien tclimb ingabili ty(Mer adien
tclimb ingabili ty(Mer cedes‑ Ma cedes‑
Maybac ybac
h) h)
Mod
el Mod
el Maximumgr Max
imum gradi- adi-
ent climb ingabil- ent
climb ingabil-
ity ity
Mer cedes- Maybac hGL S
600 4MATIC 80% TT
r r
ailer hitch ailer
hitch Gene
r Gene
ral no t al
no tes on t es
on the tr he
trailer hitch ailer
hitch Modi/cations
totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle model .
The retro/tti ngofatrai le rhi tc his on lyper missi-
ble ifato wing capacity isspeci/ed inyour vehicle
docume nts.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop. TT
o o
wing capacit y wing
capacit y The
tongue weight isno tincluded intheto wing
capacity . 420420
Te
ch nica ldat a

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es es
IntrIntr
oduction oduction
NNo o
t t
es about displa es
about displaymessag y
messag es es
Displa ymessag esappear ontheinst rument dis-
pla y.
Displa ymessag eswithgr aphic symbols aresim-
pli/ed intheOper ator's Manual andmaydi.er
fr om thesymbols ontheinst rument displa y.The
instr umentdis pla ysh ow shigh- prior ity displa y
messag esinred. Cer tain displa ymessa gesar e
accom paniedbyawa rning tone.
Plea seactin accor danc ewit hth edispla ymes-
sag esand follo wtheadditional notesin theOper -
at or's Manual.
Fo rsome displaymessag es,symbols willalso be
sho wn:
R Õ Further informatio n
R 00A4 Hidedispl aymessag e
Wi th theleT-h andTouc hContr ol,youcan select
th ere specti vesymbol byswipin gto theleT or
ri ght. Press ing Õ displa ysfur ther information onth
emedia display.Press the00A4 symbol tohide
th edispla ymessag e.
Yo ucan hide low- prior ity displa ymessag esby
pr essing thebac kbutt onP ortheleT-h and
To uc hContr ol.The displa ymessa geswill then be
st or ed inthemessag ememor y.
Re ctif yth ecause ofadispla ymessag eas quickl y
as possible.
High-pr iority displa ymessa gescann otbe hidden.
The instrument displaywill showthese displa y
messag esper manentl yuntil thecause ofthedis-
pla ymessag ehas been recti/ed.
Callin gup sav Callin
gup saved displa ed
displa ymessag y
messag es es
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Service5
1Mes sage
If th er ear eno displa ymessag es,No Messag es
will appear ontheinst rument displa y. #
Scroll thro ugh thedispla ymessag esby swip-
ing upw ards ordown wardson theleT-h and
To uc hContr ol. #
T T
o e o
exit t xit
the messa g he
messa ge memor y e
memor y: :
pr ess thebac k
butt onP. Displa
ymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
423 423