ESP MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owner's Manual

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Press closing button1 ontheta ilg ate.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withKEYLESS- GO h
KEYLESS- GO #
Press locking button2 ontheta ilg ate.
If aSmar tKey isde tected outsi detheve hicle,
th eta ilg atewill close andtheve hicle willbe
loc ked. #
Press and hold the008B buttonontheSmar t-
Ke y(wit hth eSmar tKey inthevicinity ofthe
ve hicle).
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ehicle swit ehicle
swit hHA NDS- FREE A h
HA NDS- FREE ACCES S CCES
S #
Mak eakic king movement withyo ur foot
belo wthebum per(/ page82).
A A
ut ut
omatic rev omatic
rever er
sing function f sing
function for t or
the t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e
The tailg ateis eq uipped withaut omatic blockage
de tection withare ve rsing function. Ifasolid
object hindersor restr icts theta ilg atewhen itis
closing automaticall y,theta ilg atewill automati-
call yopen again slightl y.Au tomatic blockage
de tection withre ve rsing function isonl yan aid. It
is no ta substitut efo ryo ur att entiv eness whenyou
ar eclosin gth eta ilg ate. #
Duringtheclosing process, makesur eth at no
body partsarein theclosing area. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped
despit ere ve rsing function
The reve rsing function willnotre act:
R TosoT, light and thin objects, e.g./ngers R
Towa rdsth eend oftheclosing procedur e
In these situations inpar ticular ,th ere ve rsing
function cannotpr ev ent someone beingtrap-
ped. #
Ensur eth at no body partsarein the
closin gar ea.
If someon eis trapped, either :
R Press the008B buttonontheSmar tKey .
R Press orpul lth ere mo teoper ating switch
on thedr iver's door .
R Press theclosing orloc king buttononthe
ta ilg ate.
R Pull theta ilg atehandle. Opening
andclosing
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When
theve hicle isswitc hedo.,youcan con-
tinue tooper ateth eside windo ws.
This functi onisavailabl efo rar ound four minut es
or until afront door isopened.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withelectr h
electr icr ic
roller sunblinds ont oller
sunblinds onthe he
leT leT
and r and
right r ight
rear door ear
door s: s:
The buttons forth e
re ar side windowsalso open andclose the
ro ller sunblinds (/page93).
A A
ut ut
omatic rev omatic
rever er
sing function oft sing
function ofthe side windo ws he
side windows
If an obs tacle impedes aside windo wdur ing the
closin gpr ocess, theside windo wwill open again
aut omaticall y.The automa ticreve rsing function is
onl yan aid and isno ta substitut efo ryo ur att en-
tiv eness. #
Duringtheclosing process, makesur eth at no
body partsarein theclosing area. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped
despit eth er ebeing reve rsing protection
on theside windo w
The reve rsing function doesnotre act:
R TosoT, light and thin objects, e.g./ngers. R
Dur ingrese tting .
The reve rsing function cannotpr ev ent some-
one from becoming trapped inthese situa-
tions. #
Duringtheclosing process, makesur e
th at no body partsarein theclosing
ar ea. #
Ifsomeone becomestrapped, press the
0062 buttontoopen theside windo w
ag ain. Con
v Con
venience opening (v enience
opening (ventilating t entilating
the v he
vehicle ehicle
bef bef
or or
est e
star ar
ting ajour ting
ajour ne ne
y) y)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofentr apment whenopen-
ing aside windo w
When opening aside windo w,par tsof the
body could bedraw nin or bec ome trapp ed
be tween theside windo wand windo wframe. #
When opening, makesur eth at nobo dyis
to uc hing theside windo w. #
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif some-
body becomes trapped. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The Smar tKey isin theimmediat evicinity of
th eve hicle. #
Press and hold theÜ buttonontheSmar t-
Ke y.
The follo wing functions areper form ed:
R The vehicle isunl ocked.
R The side windo wsareopen ed.
R The slidingsunr oofisopen ed.
R The pano ramic sliding roof isopened.
R The seat ventila tion ofthedr iver's seat is
switc hedon.
% Ifth ero ller sunblind ofthepanor amicsliding
sunr oofisclosed, thero ller sunblind is
opened /rst.
% Ifth ero ller sunblinds ofthere ar door sar e
closed ,th ero ller sunblinds areopened /rst. 8686
Opening
andclosing

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The roller sunblind canbeopened onlywhen
th epanor amicsliding panelisclosed orina
ra ised position. #
Chec kwhe ther thesliding sunroofcan be
ra ised oropened whenaro of lugg agera ck is
inst alled. #
T T
o st o
star ar
taut t
aut omatic oper omatic
operation: ation:
press the0057
butt onbeyond thepoint ofresis tance orpull
and release it. #
T T
o int o
int err er
rup up
taut t
aut omatic oper omatic
operation: ation:
brie0y press
th e0057 buttoninanydir ection.
The opening/ closingprocess willbestopped.
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ehicles wit ehicles
withapanor h
apanor amicsliding sunr amic
sliding sunroof: oof:
The
aut omatic raising featur eis availabl eonl ywhen
th esliding sunroofisclosed orraised.
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ehicles wit ehicles
without apanor hout
apanor amicsliding sunr amic
sliding sunroof: oof:
The
aut omatic opening andraising featur esareav aila-
ble onlywhen thesliding sunroofisclosed. #
T T
o v o
ventilat entilat
et e
the v he
vehicle int ehicle
inter er
ior ior
: :
ra ise theslid-
ing sunr oof.
The roller sunblind willopen slightl y. Oper Oper
ating t ating
the r he
roller sunblin df oller
sunblin dfor t or
the sliding sun- he
sliding sun-
r r
oof fr oof
from t om
the r he
rear passeng ear
passeng ercom er
com par par
tment tment
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T T
o open: o
open: press button1. #
T T
o close: o
close: pullbutton1.
% When thesliding sunroofisopen, itwill close
/r st. Toclose thero ller sunblind, youmust
pull button1 again. If
yo upr ess orpull button1 beyond thepoint of
re sis tance, youwill star taut omatic operation in
th edir ection inqu estion .Yo ucan stop automatic
oper ation bypushing orpulling thebutt onagain.
A A
ut ut
omatic rev omatic
rever er
sing function oft sing
function ofthe sliding sun- he
sliding sun-
r r
oof oof
If an obst acle obstr uctsthesliding sunroofduring
th eclosing process, thesliding sunroofwillopen
ag ain automaticall y.The automa ticreve rsing func-
tion isonl yan aid and isno ta substitut efo ryo ur
att entiv eness. #
Duringtheclosing process, makesur eth at no
body partsarein theclosing area. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped
despit eth ere ve rsing function beingactive
In par ticular ,th ere ve rsing function doesnot
re act:
R TosoT, light and thin objects, e.g./ngers.
R Towa rdsth eend oftheclosing procedur e.
R Duringrese tting . 9090
Open
ingand closin g

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Duringtheclosing process, makesur e
th at no body partsarein theclosing
ar ea. #
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif some-
body becomes trapped.
or #
Brie0y press thebutt oninanydir ection
dur ing automatic operation.
The closing process willbestopped. AA
ut ut
omatic rev omatic
rever er
sing function oft sing
function ofthe r he
roller sunblind oller
sunblind
If an obst acle obstr uctsthero ller sunblind during
th eclosing process, thero ller sunblind willopen
ag ain automaticall y.The automa ticreve rsing func-
tion isonl yan aid and isno ta substitut efo ryo ur
att entiv eness. #
When closing thero ller sunblind, makesur e
th at no body partsarein thera ng eof mo ve-
ment. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped
despit ere ve rsing function
In par ticular ,th ere ve rsing function doesnot
re act tosoT, light and thin objects, e.g./n-
ge rs. #
When closing thero ller sunblind, make
sur eth at no body partsarein thera ng e
of mo vement. #
Release thebutt onimmediat elyif some-
body becomes trapped.
or #
Brie0y press thebutt oninanydir ection
dur ing theaut omatic closing process.
The closing process willbestopped. AA
ut ut
omatic function sof t omatic
function sof the sliding sunr he
sliding sunroof oof
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The term "slidin gsunr oof" also refers to the
panor amaroof wit hpo we rtilt/sliding panel.
R R
ain closing function whendr ain
closing function whendriving iving
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ehicles wit ehicles
withapanor h
apanor amar ama
roof wit oof
withpo w h
po wer tilt/ er
tilt/
sliding panel: sliding
panel:Ifit star ts to rain, thera ised sliding sunr
oofwillautomaticall ybe lowe redwhile the
ve hicle isin mo tion .
A A
ut ut
omati clow omati
clower er
ing funct ion ing
funct ion
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ehicle swit ehicle
swit hapanor h
apanor amar ama
roof wit oof
withpo w h
po wer tilt/ er
tilt/
slidi ngpane l: slidi
ngpane l:If th esliding sunroofisraised atthe
re ar,it will automati callybe lowe redslightl yat
higher speeds. Atlow speeds, itwill beraised
ag ain automaticall y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp edby
aut omati clowe ring ofthesliding sunroof
At highe rspeeds, thera ised sliding sunroof
will automaticall ybe lowe redslightl yat the
re ar. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody reac hes intoth e
slidi ngsunr oof'srang eof mo vement
while theve hicle isin mo tion . #
Ifsomebo dybecome strapped, brie0y
push thesliding sunroofbutt onforw ards
or bac kwards. Open
ingand closin g
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RR
oller sunblinds oller
sunblinds ExtExt
endin gor re ending
orretr tr
acti ngt acti
ngthe r he
roller sunbl indsont oller
sunbl indsonthe he
r r
ear side windo ws ear
side windo ws &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp edwhen
ex tending orretracti ngthero ller sunblind
Body partscould become trapped inthe
sw eep ofthero ller sunblind whenitis being
ex tended orretract ed. #
Mak esur eth at no body partsarein the
sw eep ofthero ller sunblind whenitis
being extended orretract ed. #
Ifsom eone becomestrapp ed, brie0 y
pr ess thebutt onintheopposit edir ec-
tion.
The opening orclosing process will
br ie0y bestopped. Theroller sunblind
will then retur nto its star ting position. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused byobjects Objects
cancause thero ller sunblind tomal-
fun ction. #
Ensur eth at thero ller sunblind canmove
fr eel y. The
roller sunblinds forth ere ar side windowscan
be oper ated withth ebutt ons forth eside windo ws
in thedr iver's door andinthere ar door s. 1
Rear leT side window/roller sunblind
2 Rear right sidewind ow/roller sunblind #
T T
o close fully o
close fully: :
br ie0y pullthecor respond ing
butt onwhen theside windo wisclosed. #
T T
o open fully o
open fully: :
br ie0y press thecor respond ing
butt on. Ant
i-t Ant
i-theT heT
prot pr
otection ection
FF
unction oft unction
ofthe immobilizer he
immobilizer The
immobilizer prev ents your vehicle from bein g
st ar tedwit hout thecor rect Smar tKey .
The imm obilizer isaut oma tically ac tivated when
th eve hicle isswitc hedo.,and deact ivat ed when
th eve hicle isswitc hedon.
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke theSmar t-
Ke ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Anyone can
st ar tth eve hicle ifava lid Smar tKey has been leT
insi detheve hicle.
% Intheev ent theengine cannotbe star ted(yet
th eve hicle ’sbatt eryis ch arge d), thesy stem is
no toper ational. Contactanaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Centeror call
1-800-F OR-MER Cedes (intheUS A)or
1-800-387- 0100(inCanada). Opening
andclosing
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AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat electr er
seat electr ically icall
y
fr fr
om t om
the r he
rear passeng ear
passeng ercom er
com par par
tment tment
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T T
o select t o
select the fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat: :
pr ess but-
to n1.
Whe nth eindicat orlam plights up,thefront
passeng erseat isselect ed. #
Adjust thefront passeng erseat using thebut-
to ns on thedoor operating unitinthere ar
passen gercom partment (/page102). %
Mer Mer
cedes-Ma cedes-Ma
ybac ybac
hv h
vehicles: ehicles:
ifth efront
passeng erseat isin thefo re most position ,
yo ucan setth eseat backrest atave ry stee p
an gle .Th iswillpro videabe tter forw ardvie w
fr om there ar passen gercom partment.
Despit eth esteep angle oftheseat backrest,
a per son mayoccup yth efront passeng er
seat. AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the 4-w a he
4-w ay lumbar support y
lumbar support 1
Higher
2 SoTer
3 Lowe r
4 Firm er #
Use buttons 1to4 toadju stthecont ourof
th ebac krest. Seats
andstow ing
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Call upthese tting swit hth ememor yfunction
(/ page121).
% Youcan usethere ar passen gercom partment
ch ild safetyloc kto disable this function
(/ page68).
% The legrest willfo ld do wn ifov erloaded. Ifth is
is thecase, fold up theleg rest andeng ageit. AA
tt tt
ac ac
hing andr hi
ng andrem o em
ovin gt vin
gthe addition alcu shion of he
addition alcu shion of
t t
he leg r he
leg rest est
Us
eth eadditional cushiononlywhen theve hicle
is station ary. The additional cushionis in theve hi-
cle. #
T T
o att o
att ac ac
h: h:
place theadditional cushiononthe
leg rest. #
Pullth eru bber straps laterall yove rth eleg
re st. #
T T
o r o
rem ov emo
ve: e:
remo vetheru bber straps from the
leg rest andstow theadditional cushionsafely
in theve hicle. FF
oldi ngt oldi
ngthe r he
rear seats ont ear
seats onthe secon dro he
secon dro w of seats w
of seats
f f
or w or
war ar
ds and bac ds
and backelect r k
elect ricall y icall
y &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toseat
bac kres ts folded forw ards
If th eseat backrest ofthere ar seat isfolded
fo rw ards, persons intheth ird ro w of seats
ma yhit par tsof theseat mechanism, espe-
ciall yin theeve ntofan accid ent, brak ing
ma neuv eror abr uptch ang eof dir ecti on. #
Ifth er eis aper son intheth ird ro w of
seats, there ar seat infront ofthem must
be folded backto thedr iving position
bef oreth ejour neybegins. #
Persons intheth ird ro w of seats should
no tre st their legs onaseat backrest
th at has been folded forw ards. Alw
aysensu rethat all vehicle occupan tshave
th eir seat belts fastene dco rrectl yand aresitting
pr oper ly.Pa rticular attention mustbepaid tochil-
dr en. 104104
Seats
andstow ing

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Ifyo uuse anindividual userpro/le andhave
se tyo ur body size,this inf ormation iscar ried
ove rfo rth eeasy entryand exitfeatur e.This
will cause thedr iver's seat andsteer ing wheel
to mo veintoth ecor rect positi onautomati-
call y. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof massag w
of massag epr e
pr og r og
rams ams
R
Hot Relaxing Back Combin ationofheat and
massag e.Itstar ts by massaging thebac k.In
addit ion,wa rm pressur epoints become
no ticeable, star ting inthepel vic area.
R Hot Relaxing Should er:Combination ofheat
and massa ge.It star ts by massaging the
shoulde rs.In add ition, warm pressur epoints
become noticeable, star ting inthepel vic area.
R Activating Massage:Activating massagewit h
upw ard-mo vingmassagewa ves.
R Clas sic Massa ge:Re laxing backmass age.
R Wave Massag e: Re gener ating massag evia
ma ssag ewav esacr oss thebac kand inthe
seat cushion . R
Mob ilizi ng Ma ssa ge: Mobi lizing massag ewit h
upw ard-mo vingmassag ewa ves. Can promo te
deeper respir ation andhence improve circula-
tion andblood pressur e.
R Active Workout,Backre stand Active Work-
ou t,Cu shi on: These prog rams requ ire yo ur
cooper ation.Alternating between tensing and
re leasing helpstoimprov eblood 0owto your
muscles .Pr ess against apr essur epoint as
soon asyoufe el it. Selecting
t Selecting
the massa g he
massa ge pr e
pr og r og
ram f am
for t or
the fr he
front seats ont
seats Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Massa ge #
Select amassa geprog ram (/ page113). #
Startth epr og ram forth edesir edseat 0065. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the massa g he
massa ge int e
int ensity ensity
: :
switc hHigh
Intensity onoro. .
% Forth ere ar seats, themassa geprog ram can
be select edon thefo llo wing devices (ifavaila-
ble):
R Onthere ar displ ays The
selecti oncanbe made forth ere ar
seats onthesecond andthird ro ws of
seats.
R OntheMBUX rear table t
The selection ismade inthesame wayas
on there ar displ aysfo rth ere ar seats on
th esecond row of seats. RR
ese ese
tting seat se tti
ng seat setting s tti
ng s Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Comfort 5
Sea tCo mfort #
Select Î forth edesir edseat. #
Con/ rmthepr om pt. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the seat heating he
seat heating on/o. on/o.
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofburnsdue torepeat edly
switc hingontheseat heating
Re peat edlyswitc hingontheseat heating can
cause theseat cushion andseat backrest pad-
ding tobecome very hot. Se
ats and stow ing
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OperOper
ating t ating
the r he
rear seat viat ear
seat viathe memor he
memor yfun ction y
fun ction
in t in
the r he
rear passeng ear
passeng ercom er
com par par
tment tment
SS
t t
or or
ing ing
#
Press button1.
The rear seat isselect edifth eindicat orlam p
in thebutt ondoes notlight up. #
Adjust there ar seat usingth ebutt ons inthe
door contr olpanel (/page102). #
Brie0y press memor ybutt onMand, within
th re eseconds, press either prese tposition
butt on0037 orT.
The setting sfo rth ere ar seat arestor ed inthe
cor respond ingprese tposit ion.
% Youcanno tst or ean yse ttings onthebutt on
fo rstr aight ening thefull yre clin edpositi on. Callin
gup Callin
gup #
Press button1.
The rear seat isselect edifth eindicat orlam p
in thebutt ondoes notlight up. Seats
andstow ing
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#
Press correspond ingprese tposit ionbutt on
0037 orT.
The rear seat willmovetothestor ed position. OperOper
ating t ating
the fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat andr er
seat andrear seats ear
seats
via t via
the memor he
memor yfunction int y
function inthe r he
rear passeng ear
passeng er er
com com
par par
tment tment
RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Forselecting thefront passeng erseat :th e
po we rsuppl yis switc hedon
St St
or or
ing ing #
Press button1.
The rear seat isselect edifth eindicat orlam p
in thebutt ondoes notlight up. #
Adjust there ar seat usingth ebutt ons inthe
door contr olpanel (/page102). #
Press button1.
When theindicat orlam plights up,thefront
passeng erseat isselect ed. #
Adjust thefront passeng erseat using thebut-
to ns on thedoor operating unitinthere ar
passen gercom partment (/page97). #
Ensur eth at theindicat orlam pin butt on1
lights up. 122122
Seats
andstow ing