ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owner's Manual

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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent due tounsuit a-
ble ball neck
If yo uinst allan unsuit ableballneck,thetrailer
hitc hand there ar axle maybe overloaded.
This cansigni/can tly im pair thedr iving char-
act eristics and thetrailer maybecome loose.
Ther eis arisk offata linjur y. #
Onlyins talla ball neckth at com plies
wit hth eper missible dimensions andis
designed forth ere qu irements oftrailer
oper ation. #
Donotmodify theball neckor thetrailer
hitc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheident i/cationplat esand inthe"Tec h-
nical data"section under"Tra iler hitc h"forth e
to wing vehicle (/page420) . &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GSw ervin gof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationduetoincr eased speed
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle/ trailer
combin ation. The
vehicle/ trailer combin ationmayev en tip
ov er. #
Under nocircumst ances should youtry
to str aigh tenth eve hicle/ trailer combi-
nat ion byincr easing thespeed. #
Reduce your speed anddonotcount er-
st eer . #
Ifnecessar y,appl yth ebr ak es. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theengine asare sult of
ove rheating #
Ifyo ure tro/t atrai le rhi tc h, mo di/ca -
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be necessar y,depending ontheve hicle
model .
When retro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa steni ng point son thech assis. Re
tro/tti ngatrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
tr ailer loadisspeci/ edinyour vehicle docume nts.
If th is is no tth ecase, theve hicle isno tappr oved
fo rtr ailer operation. Fu
rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop.
Fo ra de tach able trailer coupl ing,it is essen tialto
com plywit hth eoper ating instruction sof the
tr aile rcoup lingmanuf acturer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notconnect thetrailer totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed.
Obser vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngue weight:
R Donotuse ato ngue weight that exceeds or
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongue weight
R Use ato ngue weight asclose aspossible to
th emaximum tongue weight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible towing capacity
R Perm issible rear axle load oftheto wing vehi-
cle
R Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehicle
R Perm issible gross weight ofthetrailer
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer 278278
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vigatio nsy stem
Inc lina tion, gradien tand compass
Av erag econsum ption
G-me ter
3 Centr aldispla yar ea
Speedome ter
Se tsp ee din thedr iver assist ancesystem,
e.g. cruise contr ol
Wa rnings from driver assist ancesystems, e.g.
dist ance warning
4 Right displa yar ea
Tr a1c Sign Assis t
Ve hicle leve l
Di.er ential
Dist ribution ofthedr ive to rq ue s,4MA TIC
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Assis tant dis pla y
5 Toadju sttheposition, brightness andlowe r
displa yar ea
6 Inde xpoints
7 Lowe rdispla yar ea (exa mp le:leT displa yar ea) Displa
yar eas 2to4 that areno tre qu ired can
be hidden.
% Inaudio mode, thestation name ortrac kwill
be sho wntemp orarily when theaudio source
is being activelyoper ated. Inaddition, thelat-
est calls willbedispla yedwhen thete lephone
list ontheinst rument displa yis activ elyoper -
at ed. #
Swipe upwards on theleT-h andTouc hCon-
tr ol. #
Press theleT-h andTouc hContr ol. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the Head-up Displa he
Head-up Display y
on/ o. on/
o.via t via
the mul- he
mul-
timedia syst timedia
system em
Multimedia
system:
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Settin gs5
Quick Access #
Select HUD.
The Head-up Displayis activ ated. 288288
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ument displayand on-boar dcom puter

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o o
t t
es on t es
on the dashc am he
dashc am *
N NO O
TE TE
Bef oreusing thedashc am Yo
uar eleg allyre sponsi bleforoper ation and
use ofthedashc amfunction s.The legal
re qu irements relating tooper ation anduseof
th edashc amcan vary depending onthecoun-
tr y in whic hth edashc amisoper ated. Ther e-
fo re ,obser vetheleg alrequ irements, inpar tic-
ular thedat apr otection regula tions ,in your
countr y.
Fo rth is reason, beforeusin gth edashc am
inf orm yourself about there gula tion details for
th ere specti vecount ry.
This functi onisno tper mitt edinall cou ntries. #
Obs erve thecount ry-sp eci/c regula -
tions . Selec
tingaUSB de Selec
tingaUSB device f vice
for avideo r or
avideo reco r eco
rding with ding
with
t t
he das hcam he
das hcam RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements : ements
:
R Atleast oneUSB device isconnect edwithth e
multimed iasystem . Mult
imedia system:
4 © 5
Merced esme &Apps
5 Dashca m #
Sele cttheUSB device.
% When USBdevices containmultiple partitions,
re cor ded video/les areno talw aysdispla yed
in there cor ding list.
Mer cedes-B enzrecommen dsthat youuse
USB devices withone partition. SS
t t
ar ar
ting orst ting
orstopping videor opping
videorecor ecor
ding wit ding
witht h
the he
dash cam dash
cam RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R AUSB device isconnect edwithth emultime-
dia system .
R The vehicle isswitc hedon. Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Mer cedesme &Apps
5 Dash cam #
Ifse veralUSB devices areconnect edwithth e
multimed iasystem, select aUSB device
(/ page311). #
Sele cttheIndividu alRecordi ngorLoop
Recordi ngrecor ding mode.
If Indi vidualRe cordi ngisselect edand the
memor yis full there cor ding stops.
If Loop Recordi nghas been select ed,several
shor tvid eo /les arere cor ded. When themem-
or ylimit isreac hed, theoldest video/leis
dele tedand recor ding iscont inued aut omati-
call y. #
T T
o st o
star t ar
t: :
select StartRecord ing.
The lengt hof there cor ding issho wn. The
Ple ase donot remo vethe stora gemed ium.
messag eappear s.The video/le isstor ed on
th eUSB device. #
T T
o end: o
end: select EndRecordi ng. MBUX
multimedia system
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A
repor tma yappear inthefo llo wing cases :
R Forth eIndividu alRecordi ngrecor ding mode:
th ememor yis full orther ear eonl ya few
minut esrecor ding time availabl e.The video
re cor ding stops orwill bestopped imminently.
Chang eth eUSB device ordele teavid eo /le.
R Ifavid eo recor ding hasstar tedand anational
bor der isde tected, theNational Border
Crossed .Plea seobserve thecountry-spe-
cific regul ations onvideo recording. message
appear s.
This function isno tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
R The camer ais no tfu nct ional,theCame ra
Unavail ablemessag eappear s.
Ha ve thecamer ach eckedin an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. TT
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elephon y elephon
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t t
es on t es
on telephon y elephon
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofdist raction from oper at-
ing integratedcommunication equipment
while theve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atecommunica tionequipment inte-
gr ated intheve hicle when drivi ng ,yo ucould
be distr acted from thetra1c situation. This
could alsocause youto lose contr olof the
ve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofan accid ent from oper-
atin gmobil ecommun icationequipme nt
while theve hicle isin mo tion
Mobi lecommun ications device sdis tract the
dr iver from thetra1c situation. Thiscould also
cause thedr iver tolose contr olof theve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com-
munications devices when theve hicle is
st ation ary. #
Asave hicle occupan t,onl yuse mobil e
commun ications device sin thear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthere ar
passen gercom partment. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating mobi lecom munic ationequipme ntin
th eve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d 312312
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elephone menuov elephone
menuover er
vie w vie
w 1
Blue toot h®
de vice name ofthecur rentl ycon-
nect edmob ilepho ne/of themobile phone
2 Blue toot h®
de vice name ofthecur rentl ycon-
nect edmob ilepho ne/of themobile phone
(tw ophone mode)
3 Batteryst atus oftheconnect edmobile phone
4 Sign alstr engt hof themobile phonenetwork
5 Options 6
Device manag er
7 Messag es
8 Numer icalpad
9 Cont actsear ch T T
elephon elephon
yoper y
oper ating modes ov atin
gmodes over er
vie w vie
w
Depending onyour equipment, thefo llo wing tel-
ephon yoper ating modes areav ailabl e:
R Amobil ephon eis conn ectedtothemultime-
dia system viaBlue toot h®
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multimedia system

R
Twomobile phones areconnect edwithth e
multimed iasystem viaBlue toot h®
(tw ophon e
mode ).
- Youcan useallthefunction sof themulti-
media system withth emobile phoneinthe
fo re ground.
- Youcan receiv eincomi ngcalls andmes-
sag eswithth emobile phoneinthebac k-
gr ound.
Yo ucan interch ang eth emobile phonein
th efo re ground andbackground.
Connecting amobile phone Connecting
amobile phone
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Blue toot h®
is activ ated on themobile phone
(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc-
tion s).
R Bluetoo th®
is activ ated on themultimedia sys-
te m. Mult
imedia system:
4 © 5
Phone
Sear c Sear
ching f hing
for amobile phone or
amobile phone #
Sele ctí. #
Sele ctConnect NewDevice .
Conn ecting amobile phone Conn
ecting amobile phone
Au thor ization follo ws using securesim ple pair ing. #
Select amobile phone.
A code isdispla yedin themultimedia system
and onthemobile phone. #
Ifbo th codes match,con/r mthecode onthe
mobile phone.
F F
uncti onsint uncti
onsinthe t he
telephon elephon
ymenu y
menu
In thete lephon ymenu youha ve thefo llo wing
functions, forex am ple:
R Makin gcalls, e.g.:
- R Accep ta call
- k EndCall
- i Create Confer. Call
- Accep tingor rejec ting awa iting call R
Managing contacts, e.g.:
- Downloading mobilephonecontacts
- Managing thefo rm atof acont act's name
- Savin gacont actasafa vo rite
R Receivi ngand sendi ngmessag es,e.g.:
- Using there ad-al oudfunct ion
- Dict atingane wmessag e MB
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sy
stem. Also foruse withtw ophone modewith
smar tphone integration, onlyone additiona l
mobi lepho necan beconnec tedusing Bluetoot h®
wit hth emultimedia system.
The fullrang eof functi onsforSmar tphone Inte-
gr atio nis onl ypossibl ewit han Interne tconn ec-
tio n.The appr opriateappli catio nmus tbe down-
loaded onthemobile phonetouse Smar tphone
Int egration. Themobi lepho nemust beswi tched
on and connec tedto aUSB portwit hth eç
symbol onthemultimedia system using asuit able
cable.
Apps forSmar tphone Integration
R Apple CarPla y®
R Andr oidAuto
% Forsaf etyre asons, the/r st activ ation of
Smar tphone Integration onthemultimedia
sy stem must becar ried out when theve hicle
is station aryand thepar king brak eis applied.
Yo ucan star tApple CarPla y®
or Andr oidAuto
fr om thede vice manag er. %
Mercedes-Benz recommen dsdiscon necting
th econnecting cableonlywhen theve hicle is
st ation ary.
Ov Ov
er er
vie vie
wof tr w
of transf ansf
err er
red v ed
vehicle data ehicle
data
When usingSmartphone Integration, certain vehi-
cle datais transf erredto themobile phone. This
enables youto get thebest outofselect edmobile
phone services. Vehicle datais no tdir ectl yacces-
sible .
The follo wing system information istransmitt ed:
R SoTw arere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com-
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone.
To do this, and toassign severalve hicles tothe
mobile phone, ave hicle identi/er israndom lyge n-
er ated.
This hasno conne ctionto theve hicle identi/ca-
tion number(VIN) andisdele tedwhen themulti-
media system isrese t(/ page302). The
follo wing driving status datais transmitt ed:
R Transmi ssionpositionengaged
R Distinctio nbe tween parked, standst ill,rolling
and driving
R Day/night modeoftheinst rument cluster
R Drive type
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter howcon-
te nt isdis pla yedto cor respond tothedr iving sit-
uation.
The follo wing position datais transmitt ed:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direction
R Acceler ation directio n
This datais used bythemobile phonetoimprove
th eaccur acyofthena vig ation (e.g.forcontinua-
tion inatunnel). 322322
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Sym
bol Sym
bol Designa tionF Designation
Function unction
Z Setting sS electtomak ese ttin gs.
© HomeSelectto retur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocall upmessagin g.
2 Fullscr een Selecttoswitc hto full screen mode. The
follo wing functions andsettings areav ailabl e
in themedia menu:
R Connecting extern al dat astor ag emedia with
th emultimedia system (e.g. using USBor
Blue toot h®
)
R Playing back audio orvid eo /les AA
ut uthor hor
izing aBlu et izing
aBlue too th oo
th® ®
audio de audio
device f vice
for media or
media
pla pla
ybac k ybac
k RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R Bluetoo th®
is activ ated on themultimedia sys-
te m and audio equipment . R
The audio equipment supportstheBlue toot h®
audio pro/les A2DPand AVRC P.
R The audioeq uipm entis"vis ible "fo rot her devi-
ces.
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Med ia5
Blu etoo th5
00A5
Wi th Blue toot h®
audio ,yo ucan playbac kmusic
/les from anextern al dat astor ag emediu m,e.g.
yo ur smar tphone, usingtheMBUX multimedia
sy stem. #
Topla ybac kaudio /lesusing themultimedia
sy stem, author ize theex tern al dat astor ag e
mediu mon theMBUX multimedia system. A A
ut ut
hor hor
izing ane izing
ane wBlue t w
Blue too th oo
th® ®
audio de audio
device vice
#
Select Connect NewDevice. #
Select anaudio device .
Au thor ization star ts. Acode isdispla yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentical, con/rmonthe
audio equipme nt. #
Select Only asBlu etoo thAud ioDevi ce.
The Bluetoo th®
audio equipme ntisconn ected
wit hth emultimedia system. MBUX
multimedia system
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#
Ensur eth er eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis deac tiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion/h eating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y. R
Inaut omati ccar washes withcon veyorsys-
te ms:
- Neut ral005C iseng aged.
- Ifyo uwo uld liketo lea vetheve hicle while
it is bein gwa shed, makesur eth eSmar t-
Ke yis locat edintheve hicle. Thepark
posit ion005Disother wise automati cally
eng aged.
% Toprev ent damag eto thetir es and wheels,
dr ive str aight andinto thecent eroftheguide
ra ils ofthecar wash.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise.
A A
ut ut
omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfordr iv-
ing intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash mode
can beactiv ated ataspeed ofup to12 mph
(20 km/h )(/ pag e343).
The follo wing settings aremade whencarwash
mode isactiv ated:
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in. R
Toprev ent thewindshield washer system from
st ar tin gup aut omati cally,thera in sensor is
deactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isdeacti vated.
R Mer Mer
cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
hv h
vehicles: ehicles:
theru nning
boa rdsar ere tract ed.
R The aircondi tioning system isse tto air-recir -
culat ionmode.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisdea ctivated.
R V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewca mer w
ca mer a: a:
thefront
imag eis activ ated aTer approx.eight seconds.
R V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithAIRMA h
AIRMA TIC: TIC:
theve hicle israised
to themaximum possiblechassis
le ve l(/ page249).
If rising take slon gerth an 25 secon ds,thefo l-
lo wing messa geappear son themultifun ction
displa y:
Preparation forAutom aticCarWash Incom-
plete SeeMedia Display .AT ersome time,the
ve hicle automati callycont inuesrising .
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hE- A h
E- ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
the
ve hicle israised tothemaximum possible
ch assis leve l(/ pag e257). 342342
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enance andcare

If
rising take slon gerth an 25 secon ds,thefo l-
lo wing messa geappear son themultifun ction
displa y:
Preparation forAutomat icCar Wash Incom-
plete SeeMedia Display .AT ersome time,the
ve hicle automati callycont inuesrising .
If one ofthese tting scanno tbe select ed,this is
displa yedby a% behindth ere specti veset-
tin g.
Ab ove aspeed of12 mph(2 0km /h)ca rwa sh
mode isaut omati callydeacti vated.
The follo wing settings arere se twhen carwash
mode isdeacti vated:
R The outside mirrors arefo lded out.
R The rain sensor isactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isactiv ated.
R The aircondi tioningsystem isse tto fres hair
mo de.
R Parking Assist PARK TRON ICisrese tto the
pr ev iousl yselect edsetting.
R Mer Mer
cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
hv h
vehicles: ehicles:
theru nning
boa rdsre main retract ed. R
V V
ehic leswit ehic
leswithsur r h
sur round vie ound
viewcam er w
cam era: a:
thefront
imag eis deactiv ated atspeeds above11 mph
(18 km/h ).
R V V
ehicl eswit ehicl
eswithAIR MA h
AIR MATIC : TIC
:th eve hicle islowe red
to thepr ev iousl yse tch assis leve l.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withE- A h
E- ACTIVE BOD CTIVE
BODYC Y
CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
the
ve hicle islowe redto thepr ev iousl yse tch assis
le ve l. AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingaut ating
automatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The vehicle isstation ary.
R The engine isrunning.
Multim ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Quick Access
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating aut ating
automa ticcarw oma
ticcarw as hmod e as
hmod e #
Selec tAut omat icCar Wash Mode. #
Selec tSt art.
If one ofthese tting scanno tbe select ed,this is
displa yedby a% behindth ere specti veset-
tin g. %
Foran overvie wof these tting smade when
activ ating automatic carwash mode
(/ page341).
Deacti v Deacti
vatin gaut atin
gaut omati ccar w omati
ccar wash mode ash
mode #
Select Stop.
The automati ccar wash setting sar ere se t.
% The automati ccar wash mode isaut omati cally
deacti vatedas soon asaspeed of12 mph
(20 km/h )is exceeded. NNo o
t t
es on using apo w es
on using apo wer w er
washer asher
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofan acciden twhen using
po we rwa sher swit hro und-spr aynozzles
The waterje tcan cause extern all yin visi ble
damag e.
Com ponentsdamag edinthis wa yma yun ex-
pect edlyfa il. #
Donotuse apo we rwa sher withro und-
spr aynozzles . #
Have damag edtires orchassis parts
re placed immediat ely. Maint
enanc eand care
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