MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

R
Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
ro ad sur face and aclear stre tchof road
C Sport
R Con tinues too.er stability butwithaspor ty
se tup
R Allo wsthespor tydriver amor eactiv edr iving
sty le
R Onlysuit able forgood road cond itions, adr y
ro ad sur face and aclear stre tchof road
A Comfor t
R Comf ortable and economical driving
R Balance between traction andstability
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
£ Maybach
R Onlyav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Ma ybachve hicles
R Highes tdr ivi ng comf ortfo rcomf ortable and
luxur ioustrav el
; Eco
R Particular lyeconomical driving
R Balance between traction andstability R
Recommen dedforall road cond itions
N Curve
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withE‑ AC TIV E
BOD YCON TROL
R Com fortable drivi ng withcur vetilting function
R Balanc ebe tween tracti onand stabil ity
R Recommen dedforall road cond itions
F Offroad
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withO.-roadpack-
ag e
R Interve nes later ifth er eis ove rste er ing or
under steer ing, thus improv ing traction
R Suit able foreasil ynego tiable o.-road terrain,
suc has dirttr ac ks,gr av el or sandy surfaces
R Notsuit able foruse onpublic roads
G Offroad+
R Onlyav ailabl efo rve hicles withO.-r oadpack-
ag e
R Interve nes later ifth er eis ove rste er ing or
under steer ing, thus improv ing traction R
Suit able forro ugh terrain, suchas steep
and/ orune vente rrain orfordr iving onrock y
te rrain
R Notsuit able foruse onpublic roads
% Mer Mer
cedes- Ma cedes-
Maybac ybac
hv h
vehicle s: ehicle
s:in thedr ive pr o-
gr ams F andG, theex tendib lerunning
boa rdsre main retract ed orretract ifth ey have
alr eady been extended .
% Dep ending onthesituation, thecy linder can
be brie0y deactiv ated inthedr ive pr o-
gr ams ; andA, dependingon the
engine.
% The ESP®
se tting sin thedr ive pr og rams ;
and A aredesign edforst ability .Ther efor e,
ch oose oneofthese driving prog rams, espe-
ciall ywhen transpor tingroof loads, intrailer
oper ation andwhen theve hicle isfully loaded
or fully occupi ed.
Depen dingon thedr ive pr og ram, thefo llo wing
sy stems chang eth eir charact eristics:
R Drive
- eng ineand transmi ssionmanag ement
- ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C Dr
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ESP ®
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withAIRM A h
AIRM ATIC orE‑A TIC
orE‑ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODY Y
C C
ONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
- Suspen siontuning
- Vehicle leve l
R Electr icpo we rst eer ing NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the r he
roof load displa y oof
load displa y Cer
tain drive pr og rams and ESP®
se ttin gsare
unsuit ablefortr anspor tingaro of load.
If one ofthese drive pr og rams isse tor select ed,
th eW symbol issho wnasawa rning. When
th is symbo lis sho wn, theselect eddrive pr og ram
is no tsuit able fortr anspor tingaload onthero of.
The follo wing drive pr og rams area.ect ed:
R Spor t Spor
tdr ive pr og ram
R Spo r Spo
rt + t
+ dr ive prog ram
R Indi vidual Indi
vidual drive pr og ram wit hth eESP ®
se tting
Spor tor Spor t+ %
The symbol isalso showninthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R Within theth emes ifacor respond ingdrive
pr og ram issaved
Fo rmor einf ormation onthemes see.
R Within there se tdispla yif th epr ev iousl y
activ edr ive pr og ram isunsuit ableforth e
tr ansp ortof aroof load
Fo rfur ther information onthere se tdis-
pla y,see (/ page191). Se
lect ingt Se
lect ingthe dr he
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram am
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Press DYNAMI CSEL ECTsw itch1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drive pr og ram select edappear sin the
inst rument displa y. 190190
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gur Con/
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ICSELECT (multimedia sy AMIC
SELECT (multimedia sys- s-
t t
em) em)
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle
5 DYNAMIC SELECT
Se Se
tting dr tting
driv iv
e pr e
pr og r og
ram I am
I #
Select Individu alConfigu ration. #
Select andseta cat egor y.
Swi tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
rest est
or or
ation disp la at
ion disp lay on or y
on oro. o.
#
Activateor deac tivateRequest atStart.
F F
unctio non: unctio
non: thene xt time theve hicle isstar teda
pr om ptappear sasking whether thelast activ e
dr ive pr og ram should berestor ed .If th eEC O
st ar t/s topfun ction wasdeacti vated, an additional
pr om ptappear sasking ifth efunction should
re main deactiv ated.
% The prom ptappear sonl yif th epr ev iousl y
activ ese ttings deviat efrom thestandar dse t-
tings.
F F
unction unction
o.: o.:
thene xt time theve hicle isstar ted
th eA drive pr og ram isse taut omaticall y.The EC
Ostar t/st opfuncti onisac tivated aut oma ti-
ca lly.
% This functi onmust beactivated foreac huser
pr o/le separ ately. Onl ywhen this function is
activ ated will thedr ive pr og ram and ECO
st ar t/s topse ttin gfo rth epr ev ious journeybe
sa vedfo rth ere specti veuser pro/le. DisplaDispla
yingv ying
vehicle data ehicle
data Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Vehicle.
The vehicle datais displ ayed. DisplaDispla
yingengin edat a ying
engin edat a Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Engine.
The engin edat ais displa yed.
% The actual (maximum) values that can beach-
ie ve dfo rengine outputandengine torq ue
ma yde viat efrom thecer ti/ed values within th
ecount ry-sp eci/c guidelin es forper missible
to ler ances (basis:UN-ECE No.85orcount ry-
speci/c guideli nes).
In0uencing variables that can in0uence this
ar e, forex am ple:
R Sealeve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outsi detemp eratur e
R Oper ating temp eratur eof theengine
% The values displa yedser veonl yas orient a-
tion. Thevalues forengine outputandengine
to rq ue sho wnonthemedia displayma yde vi-
at efrom theactual values. Calling
upt Calling
upthe fuel consum p he
fuel consum ption indicat tion
indicat or or
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info #
Select Consumption.
The current and averag efuel consum ption is
displa yed. Dr
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DisplaDispla
yingt ying
the he
O.r O.r
oad oad
Scor e Scor
e Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Info
Use theO.r oad Scor eonl yfo ro.- road drivi ng
and noton publ icroads. When choosing the
ro ute, take intoaccount theve hicle charact eris-
tics, thegr ound condition sand your driving skills.
Do notle tth esy stem distr actyoufrom what is
happening onthero ute. #
Select Offroad Score.
A menu appear s.Youcan star ta ne wtrip.
Fu rther funct ionsar eav ailabl ein thelowe rmenu
bar :
R Displa yth ecur rent trip via thero utesymbo l.
R Displa ya list ofall notesfo rth ecur rent trip
usi ng thelist icon.
In thelist, ano te isdispla yedwit hatime
st am p,thenumber ofpoints currentl yac h-
ie ve dand theno te text.
R Displ aythera nking byclic king onthesymbol
fo rth ewinner's podium. The
ranking listshow sth efo llo wing informa-
tion:
- Pro/le name andpro/le pictur e(if availa-
ble)
- The num berofpoin tsobt aine d
- Dateand time ofthecom pletedtrip
- The places forgold, silve rand bronze
S S
t t
ar ar
ting orending ane ting
orending ane wtr w
trip ip
The "Start ne wtrip" functi onisavailabl ewhen the
ve hicle isstation aryand theengine isrunning. #
Selec tSt art new trip.
The displa y"T rip and tips" appear s.
The follo wing information isdispla yed:
R theve hicle inclinat ioninlon gitudin aldir ec-
tion inper cent (%)
R thelat eral inclination oftheve hicle in
deg rees (°)
R thecur rentl yac hie vedscor efo rth eongo-
ing trip
R atip forth eupcoming driving maneuv er #
T T
o st o
stop t op
the displa y he
displa y: :
select Endtrip.
An evaluat ionofthetrip isdispla yed. Itsho ws
th eac hie vedscor eand amessag e,forex am-
ple Gre atjob! . AA
ut ut
omati ctr omati
ctransmi ssion ansmi
ssion DIREC
TSEL ECT lev DIREC
TSEL ECT lever er
FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe DIREC TSEL ECT lev he
DIREC TSEL ECT lever er
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue toincor -
re ct gearshiTing
If th eengine speedishigher than theidle
speed andyoueng ageth etransmission posi-
tion 005Bor005E, theve hicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo ueng ageth etransmission position
005B or005E when theve hicle isat ast and-
st ill, alw aysdepr essthebr ak epedal
/r ml yand donotacceler ateat thesame
time. 192192
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&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent and injur ydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple.
In addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. Use
theDIRECT SELECT leve rto switc hth etrans-
mission position. Thecurrent trans missionpos i-
tion isdis pla yedin theinst rument displa y. 005D
Park position
005E Reversege ar
005C Neutral
005B Drive position Eng Eng
aging rev agin
gre ver er
se g se
gear R ear
R #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rupw ards past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Eng Eng
aging neutr aging
neutralN al
N #
Dep ress thebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rup ordown tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
% ToshiT intoneu tral 005C withth eve hicle
switc hedon,push theselect orleve rup or
do wn forse veralseconds tothe/r st point of
re sis tance.
Subs equentl yre leasing thebr ak epedal willallow
yo uto mo vetheve hicle freel y,e.g. topush itor
to w itawa y. Dr
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PrPr
oce edasf oce
edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
#
Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary.
The NPerm anentlyActiveRisk ofRolling
Away message appear sin theinst rument dis-
pla y. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, theaut omatic transmission
re mains inneut ral005C.
The parkposition 005Disaut omaticall yre -eng aged
as soo nas one ofthefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hto transm ission position 005Bor005E.
R Youpr ess the005D butt on.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page201). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but-
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplaysho ws
005D ,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno trans-
mission position display005D appear s,secur e
th eve hicle toprev ent itfrom rolling away.
% Depending onthesituation, itma yta ke a
shor ttime until005D iseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ent ion tothetransmission posi-
tion displa y.
Pa rk position 005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth estationar yve hicle o.intrans-
mission position005Bor005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle is
at ast ands tillor when drivi ng atave ry low
speed andthetransmission positionis005B or
005E.
R When theve hicle isrolling, youswitc hifo. in
tr ansmiss ionposition 005Bor005E and bring itto
a st ands till. R
Youswitc ho. theengine, bring theve hicle to
a st ands tilland open thedr iver's door when
th eve hicle isstation aryor when theve hicle is
ro lling andthetransmission positionis005C.
R Eng aging parkposition 005Dautomaticall yis
re qu ired bytheve hicle.
% Tomaneuv erwit han open driver's door ,open
th edr iver's door while atast andstill and
eng agetransmission position005Bor005E again.
Eng Eng
aging dr aging
driv iv
e position D e
position D #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rdo wn past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Whe nth eaut omatic transmission isin transmis-
sion position 005B,itshiTs thege arsaut omati cally.
This depends ,am ong other things, onthefo llo w-
ing fact or s:
R The select eddrive pr og ram
R The positionof theacceler ator pedal
R The driving speed 194194
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Manua
l Manua
lg g
ear ear
shiTin g sh
iTin g PP
er er
ma nent se ma
nent setting (v tting
(vehi cleswit ehi
cleswit h h
O. -R O.
-Road oad
pack- pac
k-
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or E-ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
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* NO NO
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e/de activ e/de
activat at
e: e:
pull rock er switc h1.
If indicat orlam pis lit, manual shiTingis acti-
va ted. The current gear isdispl ayedin the
inst rument displa y.
T T
em em
por por
ar ar
yse y
se tting tting
#
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
pull steer ing wheel paddle shiTer
1 or2.
Manual shiTingis activ ated fora shor ttime.
Tr ansmi ssionposition0063and thecur rent gear
appear intheinst rument displa y. #
T T
o deactiv o
deactiv at at
e: e:
pull steer ing wheel paddle
shiTer 2and hold itin place.
Tr ansmi ssionposition005Bappear sin the
inst rument displa y. %
Toper manentl yshiT thege arsmanu allyin
dr ive pr og ram = usingthesteer ing wheel
paddle shiTers,select the0063 setting forth e
tr ansm ission.
Sh iTin g Sh
iTin g #
T T
o o
shi T shi
Tup: up:
pull steer ing whe elpad dleshiTer
2. #
T T
o o
shi T shi
Tdo do
wn: wn:
pull steer ing whe elpad dle
shi Ter 1. Gea
r Gea
rshi T shi
Tr r
ecom menda tion ecom
menda tion The
gearshiT recommen dationassistsyo uin
adop tinganeconomica ldr iving style. Dr
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Ifge arshiT recommen dation1appear sne xt
to thetransmission positiondisplay,shiT to
th ere commen dedgear. Using
kic Using
kickdo kdo
wn wn
#
Maxim umacceler Maxim
umacceler ation: atio
n:depr esstheacceler a-
to rpedal beyond thepr essur epoint.
To protect against engine overrev ,th eaut omatic
tr ansmission shiTsuptothene xt gear when maxi-
mum enginespeed hasbeen reac hed. Glide
mode funct ion Glide
mode funct ion *
N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGve hicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. %
Mer Mer
cedes-M a cedes-M
aybac ybac
hv h
vehicles: ehicles:
theGlide mode
function isno tav ailabl e.
Wi th an ant icipat orydr ivi ng style, Glide mode
helps youto reduce fuelconsum ption. Glide
mode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The combustion engineisdisconnect edfrom
th edr ivet ra in and continues torunin neutr al.
R The trans missionpos itiondis pla y005B issh ow n
in green.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
with48 Von-boar h
48 Von-boar delectr d
electr icalsyst ical
system: em:
th ecombustion enginecanbeswitc hedo..
All oftheve hicle funct ionsre main active.
Glide mode isactiv ated ifth efo llo wing conditions
ar eme t:
R Drive pr og ram ; isselect ed.
R The speed iswit hin asuit able rang e.
R The road' scou rseis suit able, e.g.nosteep
uphill ordownhill inclines ortight curves.
R Ther eis no trailer hitched uptothetrailer
hitc h,and nobicy clerack inst alled.
R Youdo notdepr esstheacceler ator orbrak e
pedal (exc ep tfo rlight brak eapplications) .
% Glide mode canalso beactiv ated ifyo uha ve
select edthe"Eco" setting forth edr ive in the
dr ive pr og ram =. Glide
mode isdeactiv ated again ifone ofthecon-
ditions isno long erme t.
Glide mode canalso beprev ent edbythefo llo wing
par ame ters:
R Incline
R Downhi llgr adien t
R Temp eratur e
R Height
R Speed
R Oper ating status oftheengine
R Tra1c situatio n 196196
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r r
ansf ansf
ercase er
case FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe tr he
transf ansf
ercase er
case &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskiddi ngand havin gan
acciden twhen inLO WRAN GEonslipper y
ro ad sur faces
The wheels canblockand thus lose traction
on slipper yro ad sur faces, particul arly in the
fo llo wing situations:
R ifyo ure lease theacceler ator pedal when
th eve hicle isin mo tion .
R ifo.-r oad ABSint erve nes when brak ing. #
Neverselect theLO WRAN GEo.-road
ge ar when drivi ng on slipp eryro ad sur fa-
ces. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen the
tr ansf ercas eis in neutr alpos ition
The vehicle mayro llawa yun inte ntiona lly if yo u
do notwa ituntil thetransf ercase shiTopera-
tion iscom plete. #
Waituntil thetransf ercase shiTopera-
tion iscom plete. This
functi onisonl yav ailabl ein vehicles withO.-
ro ad pac kage .
ShiT thetransf ercase totheon-r oad position
HIGH RAN HIGH
RANGE GE
orintoth eL L
O O
W RAN W
RAN GE GE
o.-road
ge ar.
Do notswitc ho. theengine during shiT operation
and donotshiT theaut omatic transmission to
ano ther position.
ShiT ShiT
r r
ang ang
es es
R HIGH RAN HIGH
RANGE: GE:
Road posit ionforall nor mal on-
ro ad drivi ng situ atio ns
R LO LO
WRAN W
RAN GE: GE:
O.-road gear fordr iving o.-
ro ad, when ford ing and onsteep uphill or
do wnhill inclines
Pr oper tiesoftheLO WRAN GEo.-road gear:
R Reduced maximum permissible speed:
31 mph(5 0km /h)
R Incr ea sedtrac tivepo we r R
Changing thetransmission ratio byafa ct or of
about thre e
R Incr eased drive to rq ue
Do notus eLO WRAN GEinthefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R When driving onpublic roads. Dr
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ShiTi
ng ShiTi
ngt t
he tr he
transf ansf
ercase er
case ShiTi
ng ShiTi
ngt t
o t o
the LO he
LOWRAN W
RAN GE GE
o.-r o.-
road oad
g g
ear ear
Re
quirements:
R Youar eno tdr iving onapa vedor public road.
R The vehicle isstation ary. #
Pull L L
O O
W RAN W
RAN GE GE
1 rock er switc h.
Indicat orlam p2 will 0ash .The shiT requ est
st ay sactiv efo ra maximum of30 seconds. If
all requ irements forshiT operation areno tful-
/lled within this time, indicat orlam p2
switc heso.again and theshiT operation
must bestar tedag ain. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005C.
If shiT operation issuccessful, theLOW
RANGE Onmessag eappear son theinst ru-
ment cluster,an audible signalsounds and
indicat orlam p2 and anindicat orlam pin the
inst rument clusterlight upcontin uously. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005B.
% Ifyo uswitc ho. theve hicle inLO WRAN GE,it
re mains inLO WRAN GEthene xt time you
st ar tth eengine.
% Youwill notbe able toswitc hon LOWRAN GE
if dr ive pr og ram C orB isswitc hedon.
The vehicle switchestodrive pr og ram A. In
t In
the on-r he
on-r oad position , oad
position ,shiT shiT
t t
o HIGH RAN o
HIGH RANGE GE
Re quirements:
R The vehicle isstar tedand youar eno tdr iving
fa ster than 31 mph(5 0km /h). #
PullL L
O O
W RAN W
RANGE GE
1 rock er switc h.
The shiT requ est stay sactiv efo ra maximum
of 30 seconds. Ifall requ irements forshiT
oper ation have notbee nfu l/lled within this
time, shiToperation mustbestar tedag ain. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005C.
If shiT operation issuccessful, theLOW
RANGE Offmessag eappear son theinst ru-
ment cluster,an audible signalsounds andthe
indicat orlam psgo out. #
ShiT thetransmission toposition 005B. FF
unction oft unction
ofthe 4MA he
4MA TIC TIC
4MA TICensur esthat all four wheels aredr iven.
To get her withESP ®
and 4ETS,4MA TICimprove s
th etraction ofyour vehicle whene vera dr iven
wheel spinsduetoinsu1c ienttraction. 198198
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