MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

Yo
ucan displa yth ecur rent distr ibutionofdrive
to rq ue son allfour wheels inthehead-up display
and intheright-h anddispla yra ng eof theinst ru-
ment displa y.The higher there specti vescale is
/lled, thehigher thecor respond ingdrive to rq ue
is .
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur driving style, 4MA TICcan
neit her reduce therisk ofan acciden tnor override
th elaws ofphysics. 4MA TICcanno tta ke accoun tof
road, weather and tra1c cond itions. 4MATICis
onl yan aid. Youar ere sponsi bleespeci allyfo r
maint ainingasaf edist ance from theve hicle in
fr ont ,fo rve hicle speed, forbr aking ingood time
and forst ay ing inlane.
% Inwintr yro ad cond itions, themaximum e.ect
of 4MA TICcan beachie vedonl yif yo uuse
wint ertires (M+S tires), withsno wch ains if
nece ssary. RR
efueling efueling
RR
efueling t efueling
the v he
vehicle ehicle
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/reor explosion from
fuel
Fu els arehighl y0amma ble. #
Fire ,open 0ames, smokingand creati ng
spar ksmust beavo ided. #
Beforere fuel ing, switcho. theve hicle
and, ifins talled, thestationar yheat er,
and leavethem switc hedo.dur ing refu-
eli ng. &
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ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof inju ryfrom fuels
Fu els arepoisonous andhazar dous toyour
healt h. #
Donotsw allo wfuel orletit come into
cont actwithskin, eyes orclo thing. #
Donotinhale fuelvapor . #
Keep childr enawa yfrom fuel. #
Keep door sand windo wsclosed during
th ere fuel ingproces s.
If yo uor other peopl ecome intocont actwith
fu el, obser vethefo llo wing: #
Immedia tely rinse fuel o.your skin with
soap andwater. #
Iffuel comes intocont actwithyo ur eyes,
immediat elyrinse them thor oughl ywit h
clean water. See kme dica lat tention
imm ediately. #
Ifyo usw allo wfuel, seek medical atten-
tion immediat ely. Do notinduce vomit-
ing. Dr
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Chang eimmediat elyout ofclo thing that
has come intocont actwithfu el. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/reand explosion due
to electr ostatic charge
Electr ostatic charge can ignite fue lva por . #
Beforeyo uopen thefuel /ller capor
ta ke hold ofthepum pnozzle, touc hth e
me tallic vehicle body. #
Toavo idcreating another electr ostatic
ch arge ,do notge tint oth eve hicle again
dur ing there fuel ingproces s. *
N NO O
TE TE
Dama gecaused bythewr ong fuel Ve
hicles withaga solin eeng ine:
Ev en small amoun tsof thewrong fuelcould
re sult indamag eto thefuel system, the
engine andtheemission controlsystem. #
Onlyre fuel with low- sulf urspar k-ignition
engine fuel. This
fuelmaycont ainupto10% ethanol .Yo ur
ve hicle issuit able foruse withE10 fuel.
Ne verre fuel with one ofthefo llo wing fuels:
R Diesel
R Gasoline withmor eth an 10% ethanol by
vo lume, e.g.E15, E85,E100
R Gasoline withmor eth an 3% methanol by
vo lume, e.g.M15, M30, M85,M100
R Gasoline withadditiv escont aining metal
If yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Do notuse diese lto refuel vehicles
wit haga solin eeng ine If
yo uha ve acciden tally re fuel edwith the
wr ong fuel:
R Donotswitc hon theve hicle. Other wise
fu el can entertheengine. Ev
en small amounts ofthewr ong fuel
could result indamag eto thefuel system
and theengine. Therepair costs arehigh. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop. #
Have thefuel tank and fuellines draine d
com pletely. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thefuel system due to
ove r/llin gth efuel tank #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso..
If to omuc hfuel hasbeen added due,for
ex am ple, toafa ulty /llingpum p: #
Donotswitc hon theve hicle. #
Con sult aquali/ed specialistwo rkshop. *
N NO O
TE TE
Fuelma yspr ayout when you
re mo vethefuel pum pnozzle #
Only/ll thefuel tank until thepum pnoz-
zle switc heso.. 200200
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eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
% Donotget intoth eve hicle again during the
re fuel ingproces s.Ot he rw ise, electr ostatic
ch arge could buildupagain.
Obser vetheno teson oper ating0uids andfuel.
Onl yre fuel with fuel that has atleas tth eoct ane
number speci/ed intheinf ormation labelinthe
fuel /ller 0ap. Othe rw ise, engine outputcanbe
re duced andfuelconsum ption incr eased. 1
Fuel/ller 0ap
2 Brac ketfo rfuel /ller cap
3 Fueltype
4 QRcode forre scue card
5 Tire pressur eta ble #
Press onthebac kar ea offuel /ller 0ap1. #
Turn thefuel /ller capcount er-cloc kwise and
re mo veit. #
Inser tfuel /ller capfrom aboveintobr ac ket
2 . #
Com pletely inser tth epum pnozzle intoth e
ta nk /ller nec k,hook inplace andrefuel . #
Only/l lth efuel tank until thepum pnozzle
switc heso.. #
Replace thecap onthe/ller neckand turn
cloc kwise untiliteng ages audibl y. #
Close fuel/ller 0ap1. PP
ar ar
king king
PP
ar ar
king t king
the v he
vehicle ehicle
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GRisk ofaccident andinjur y
caused byan insu1cie ntlysecur edvehi-
cle rolling away
If th eve hicle isno tsecur elypar kedsu1-
cient ly,it can rollawa yin an uncon troll ed way
eve nat asli ght downh illgradien t. #
Onuphil lor downhil lgr adien ts,turnth e
fr ont wheel sso that theve hicle rolls
to wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts mo ving. Dr
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Appl yth epar king brak e. #
Switc hth etransmission toposition 005D. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk of/recaused byhot
ex haus tsy stem parts
Flammab lemat erials suchas lea ves, grass or
twig sma yign ite. #
Park theve hicle sothat no 0ammable
mat erial can come intocont actwithho t
ve hicle compone nts. #
Inpar ticu lar,do notpar kon drygr ass-
land orhar vested grain /elds. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
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. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle duetoitro ll-
ing awa y #
Alwayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro lling
awa y. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue totheve hicle lowe ring VV
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hAIRMA h
AIRMA TICorE-A TIC
orE-ACTIV EBOD CTIV
EBOD Y Y
C C
ON TR ON
TROL: OL:
The vehicle canlowe rbecause of
te mp eratur edi.er ences orlong ernon-oper a-
tional times. Thiscancause damag eto par ts
of thebody . #
When stopping theve hicle andwhen
dr ivi ng o., mak esur eth at ther ear eno
obst acles suchas curbs under orinthe
immediat evicinity ofthebody . 202202
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#
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby pressing the
br ak epedal. #
Ongradien ts,turnth efront wheels sothat the
ve hicle willrollto wa rdsth ecurb ifit star ts
mo ving. #
Appl yth eelectr icpar king brak e. #
Eng agetransmission position005Dinast ation-
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page194). #
Switc ho. theve hicle bypressing button1. #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly . #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan stilloper -
at eth eside windo wsand thesliding sunroof
fo rappr oximat elyfo ur minut esifth edr iver's
door isclosed.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan stilloper -
at eth eside windo wsand thepanor amicslid-
ing sunr oofforappr oximat elyfo ur minut esif
th edr iver's door isclosed. GarGar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener PrPr
og r og
ramming butt amming
buttons f ons
for t or
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener e
door opener &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iescaused by
ex haus tga ses
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses, suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling th
ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and leads topoisoning . #
Neverru nth eve hicle and,ifpr esen t,the
st at iona ry heat erind oor swit hout su1-
cient ventila tion. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yby becoming
tr apped whenopening andclosing a
ga rage door
When youoper ateor prog ram aga rage door
wit han integratedga rage door opener ,per -
sons canbecome trapped orstruckby the
ga rage door ifth ey stan dwi thin its rang eof
mo vement. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at nob ody iswit hin
th era ng eof thega rage door's move-
ment. Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing thega rage
door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op andre ve rsing featur e
R Door swhic hconf orm to thecur rent U.S.
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Bef
oreprog ramming thega rage door opener ,par k
th eve hicle outsidethega rage .Mak esur eth at the
ve hicle isswitc hedonbut notst ar ted.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
gar ageor out side thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The vehicle isswitc hedon.
R The vehicle hasnotbeen star ted.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailabl ewhen theve hicle isswitc hedon. #
Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofthe
re mo tecont rolhas thefrequency rang eof
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA )
R 4112A -MUAHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 0ashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforeth eindi-
cat orlam p0ash esyello w. #
Release thepr ev iousl ypr essed button.
Indicat orlam p4 continues to0ash yello w. #
Point remo tecont rol5 from adist ance of
0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) towa rdsbutt on
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button6 ofremo tecont rol
5 until oneofthefo llo wing signals appears:
R Indicat orlam p4 lights upgreen continu-
ousl y.Prog ramming iscom plete.
R Indi catorlam p4 0ashes green. Prog ram-
ming wassuccessf ul.Additionall y,syn-
ch ronizati onofthero lling code withth e
door system must becar ried out. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 does notlight upor0ash
gr een: repeat thepr ocedur e. #
Release allofthebutt ons. 204204
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The remo tecont rolfo rth edoor drive is no t
included inthescope ofdeliv eryof thega rage
door opener .
Sync Sync
hr hr
onizin gt onizin
gthe r he
rolling code olling
code
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The door system uses aro lling code.
R The vehicle mustbe within rang eof thega rage
door ordoor drive.
R The vehicle aswellas per sons andobjects are
locat edoutside thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . #
Press thepr og ramming buttononthedoor
dr ive unit.
Initiat eth ene xt step within appr oximat ely
30 seconds. #
Press prev iousl ypr og rammed button1, 2
or 3 repeat edlyuntil thedoor closes.
When thedoor closes, prog ramming iscom-
ple ted.
% Please alsoread theoper ating instruction sfo r
th edoor drive. T T
r r
oubleshoo oubleshoo
tingwhen pr ting
when progr og
ramming t amming
the r he
remo te emo
te
cont r cont
rol ol
#
Chec kif th etransmitt erfreq uency ofremo te
cont rol5 issuppor ted. #
Replace thebatt eries inremo tecont rol5. #
Hold remo tecont rol5 atvarious angles from
a dist ance of0.4 in(1 cm) to3in (8 cm) front
of theinside rear vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test
ev eryposition forat least 25seconds before
tr ying another position. #
Hold remo tecont rol5 atthesame angles at
va rious distances infront oftheinside rear-
vie wmir ror.Yo ushould test everyposition for
at leas t25 secon dsbef oretrying another
position. #
Onremo tecont rolsth at transmi tonl yfo ra
limit edper iod, press button6 onremo te
cont rol5 again beforetransmiss ionends. #
Angle theant enna lineofthega rage door
opener unittowa rdsth ere mo tecont rol.
% Itis possible that older garage door scanno t
be oper ated using there mo tecont rolin the
inside rear vie wmir roreve naT er youha ve
successf ullyper form ed themeasur esdescr i- bed
above.If th is isthecase, contactthe
Home Link®
Ho tline .
% Supp ortand additi ona linf orma tion onpro-
gr ammin g:
R Ontheto llfree HomeLink ®
Ho tline on
1-800-355-3515
R OntheInt erne tat https://
www .homelink .com/mer cedes
Opening orclosing t Opening
orclosing the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor e
door
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The correspond ingbutt onisprog rammed to
oper ateth edoor . #
Press and hold buttons 1, 2or3 until the
door opens orcloses. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 0ash esyello waTer
appr oximat ely20 seconds: press and hold the
pr ev iousl ypr essed buttonagain until thedoor
opens orcloses.
Clear Clear
ingt ing
the g he
gar ar
ag ag
edoor opener memory e
door opener memory #
Press and hold buttons 1and 3.
Indicat orlam p4 lights upyello w. Dr
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Ifind icat orlam p4 0ashes green: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entir ememor yhas been deleted. ElectrElectr
icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e FF
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(appl e
(appl ying ying
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident andinjurydue
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. The
electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis applied ift e
is applied ifthe tr he
trans- ans-
mission isin position mission
isin position 005D 005D
and one oft and
one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing wing
conditions is conditions
isful/lled : ful/lled
:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The seat belttongue isno tinse rted intheseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat andthedr iver's
door isopened.
R The transf ercase isin theL L
O O
W RAN W
RAN GE GE
posi-
tion.
% Toprev ent application: pullthehandle ofthe
electr icpar king brak e(/ page207). In
t In
the f he
follo ollo
wing situations, t wing
situations, the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king king
br br
ak ak
eis also applied: e
is also applied:
R The HOLD function iske eping theve hicle sta-
tion ary.
R ActivePa rking Assist iske eping theve hicle
st ation ary.
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis bringing
th eve hicle toast ands till.
R Inaddit ion,one oft In
addit ion,one ofthe f he
follo ollo
wing conditions wing
conditions
mus mus
tbe t
be ful/lle d: ful/lle
d:
- The vehicle isswitc hedo..
- The seat belttongue isno tinse rted inthe
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat and
th edr iver's door isopened.
- Ther eis asy stem malfunction.
- The powe rsuppl yis insu1c ient.
- The vehicle isstation aryfo ra lengt hy
per iod.
When theelectr icpar king brak eis applied, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
lights upintheinst rument cluster. 206206
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The electric par king brak eis no taut oma tically
app lied ifth eve hicle isswitc hedo.bythe
EC Ostar t/s topfun ction.
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
e(r e
(releasing eleasing
aut aut
omaticall omaticall
y) y)
The electr The
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak ak
eis r e
is released whent eleased
whenthe he
f f
ollo ollo
wing condition sar wing
condition sar e e
ful/lled: ful/lled:
R The driver's door isclosed.
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The transmission isin position 005Bor005E and
yo udepr esstheacceler ator pedal oryoushiT
fr om transmiss ionposition 005Dto005B or005E
when onleve lgr ound.
R Ifth etransmission isin position 005E,theta il-
ga te must beclosed.
R The seat belttongue isinse rted intoth eseat
belt buckleofthedr iver's seat.
If th eseat belttongue isno tinse rted intoth e
seat beltbuckleofthedr iver's seat, oneofthe
fo llo wing conditions mustbeful/lled :
- YoushiT from transmiss ionposition 005D.
or -
Youha ve prev iousl ydr iven atspeeds
gre ater than 2mp h(3 km /h).
Wh entheelectr icpar king brak eis released, the
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicatorlam p
in theinst rument clustergoes out.
Appl Appl
ying/ r ying/
releasing t eleasing
the electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
brak e ak
e
manuall y manuall
y
Appl Appl
ying ying #
Push handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam plights upintheinst rument cluster.
% The electric par king brak eis onl ysec urely
app lied ifth ere d0049 (USA)or0024 (Can-
ada) indicat orlam pis lit continu ously.
R R
eleasing eleasing
#
Switc hon theve hicle. #
Pullhandl e1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica-
to rlam pin theinst rument clustergoes out.
Emer g Emer
gency br ency
braking aking
#
Press and hold handle 1.
As long astheve hicle isdrivi ng ,th ePlea se
Rel ease Parking Brakemessag eis displa yed
and there d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada)
indicat orlam p0ash es.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toast and-
st ill, theelectr icpar king brak eis applied. The
re d0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indicator
lam plights upintheinst rument cluster. Dr
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or or
mati ononcoll ision det mati
ononcoll ision detecti ononapar k ecti
ononapar ked ed
v v
ehicl e ehicl
e If
acoll ision isde tected when theto w- awa yalar m
is armed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill receiv ea
no ti/cation inthemultimedia system when you
switc hth eve hicle on.
Yo uwill receiv einf ormation aboutthefo llo wing
points:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situation canlead toinadv ertent
ac tivatio n:
R The parkedve hicle ismo ved, forex am ple, ina
tw o-s tory garage .
% Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar minorder to
pr ev ent inadv ertent activatio n.Ifyo udeacti-
va te theto w- awa yalar m,coll isionde tection
will also bedeactiv ated.
% Ifth ebatt eryis se verely disc harged, thefunc-
tion forde tectin gacollisi ononapar kedve hi- cle
isaut omati callydeact ivat ed tofacilit ate
th ene xt engine star t.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing situa-
tions:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, for
ex am ple, ifan out side mirroris torn o. orthe
paint isdamag edbyake y
R Animpac tocc ursat low spe ed
R The electric par king brak eis no tapp lied NNo o
t t
es on par es
on par king t king
the v he
vehi cle f ehi
cle for an e or
an ext xt
ende d ende
d
per per
iod iod
If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysu.er damag eth ro ugh disuse.
The 12Vbatt eryma yalso beimpair edordam-
ag ed byhea vydisc harging.
% Further informatio ncan beobt aine dat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. SS
t t
andb andb
ymode (e y
mode (ext xt
ensi onoft ensi
onofthe st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
y's y's
per per
iod out ofuse) iod
out ofuse) SS
t t
andb andb
ymode funct ion y
mode funct ion
% This funct ion isno tav ailabl efo rall models.
If standb ymode isactiv ated, ener gyloss willbe
minimized during extended periodsof non-op era-
tion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-oper ational timeappear sin
th emedia display.
R The conne ctionto onlin eser vices isint errup-
te d.
R The ATA(ant i-the Tala rm system) isno tav aila-
ble.
R The interior motionsenso rand tow- awa y
alar mfunct ionsar eno tav ailabl e.
R The funct ion forde tectin gcollisi onsona
par kedve hicle isno tav ailabl e. 208208
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