ECU MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owner's Guide

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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
poor lysecur edobj ects
The cargocom partmen tco veralone canno t
secur eor restr ain he avyobj ect s,items oflug -
ga ge orhea vyloads.
Yo ucould behit byan unse curedload, partic-
ular lyin theev ent ofabr uptch ang esindir ec-
tio n,sudde nbr aking oran acciden t. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Secur eobje cts,luggage orloads agains t
slipping ortipping over,e.g. byusing tie
do wns, even ifyo uar eusing thecar go
com partment cover. *
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thecar gocom partment
co verwhen loading theve hicle The
cargocom partmen tco verma ybe dam-
ag ed when theve hicle isbein gloaded . #
Donotplace anyobj ects abovethe
lo we redg eof theside windo wsoron the
car gocom partmen tco ver. This
equipm entisavailabl efo rall vehicles excep t
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicles.
Ext Ext
end ing/re end
ing/retr tr
actin gt actin
gthe car he
car gocom go
com par par
tmen t tmen
t
co v co
ver er #
T T
o e o
ext xt
end : end
:pull thecar gocom partment cover
bac kby grab handl e1 and clipitint obr ac k-
et s2 ontheleT and right.
Re Re
tr tr
acti ng acti
ng #
Remo vethecar gocom partment coverfr om
th ebr ac kets on theleT and right. #
Guid eth ecar gocom partment coverfo rw ards
usin gth egr ab handl eunt ilit is fully re tract ed.
The rolled-up cargocom partment covercan be
used intwopositions:
R Folded 45°upwards forloading (fold down
bef orecommencing your jour ney)
R Hor izont alposition
Inst Inst
alling orr alling
orremo emo
ving t ving
the car he
car gocom go
com par par
tment tment
co v co
ver er
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The cargocom partment coveris rolled up. Seats
andstow ing
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tt tt
ac ac
hing/r hing/r
emo emo
ving t ving
the par he
par titioning net titioning
net &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofinjur yor deat hdue to
poor lysecur edobj ects
The partition ing netalon ecann otsecur eor
re str ain he avyobj ect s,items oflug gage or
hea vyloads.
Yo ucould behit byan unse curedload, partic-
ular lyin theev ent ofabr uptch ang esindir ec-
tio n,sudde nbr aking oran acciden t. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Secur eobje cts,luggage orloads agains t
slipping ortipping over,e.g. byusing tie
do wns, even ifyo uar eusing thepar ti-
tioning net. Fo
rsaf etyre asons, alwaysuse apar tition ing net
when transpor tingaload. Thepartition ing netcan
be used withor wit hout cargocom partmen t
enl arge ment
Damag edpar titionin gne ts can nolong erful/ll
th eir function sand must bereplaced. Visit aqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. This
equipme ntisavailabl efo rall vehicles excep t
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicles. Pa
rtitioning netwit hout cargocom partment
enlar gement Pa
rtitioning netwit hcar gocom partment
enlar gement #
T T
o att o
att ac ac
h: h:
extend thepar tition net. #
Attach theto pguide rodto holder s1 onthe
headli ner. #
Eng agehook s2 ineyele ts3 ontheleT and
ri ght. Seats
andstow ing
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No
teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle
(/ page124) .
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page188) . #
Secu rethero of lugg agera ck tothero of rail-
ing. #
Obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
inst ruction s. Cup
holder Cup
holder Swit
c Swit
ching t hing
the coolin gor heatin gfun ction f he
coolin gor heatin gfun ction for t or
the he
t t
em em
per per
atur atur
e-con tr e-con
trolled cupholder onor olled
cupholder onoro. o.
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryby touc hing the
heati ngelem ents
The cup holder 'sheati ngelem entsma ybe
ve ry hot.
Yo ucan burnyo urself onthem. #
Donotto uc hth ecup holder's hotheat-
ing elements. #
Ensur eth at no childr encan acces sth e
cup holder' sho theatin gelemen ts. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto objects inthete mp era-
tur e-contr olledcupholder If
yo uplace objects intoth ete mp eratur e-con-
tr olled cupholder ,th ey ma ybecome dam-
ag ed. #
Donotplace object sint oth ete mp era-
tur e-contr olledcupholder . Cup
holder inthefront cent erconsole Seats
andstow ing
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Cup
holder inthere ar passen gercom partment cen-
te rconsole Cup
holder inthere ar passen gercom partment cen-
te rconsole (Mercedes-Ma ybachfo ur -seat ervehicles) #
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: oncup holder 1,press button
2 repeat edlyuntil theblue (keep cool) orred
(k eep warm)in dicat orlam pon thebutt on
lights up.
If yo uuse theheating function ,th eme tal
inser tof thecup holder isheat ed.Once acer -
ta in temp eratur ehas been reac hed, thewa rn-
ing lamplights up.Donotre ac hint oth ecup
holder's metalinser twhen thewa rning lampis
lit. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
press button2 repeat edlyuntil
th eindicat orlam pon thebutt ongoes out. %
Clean there mo vable rubber matonlywit h
clean, lukewa rmwaterand thecup holder
onl ywit hasoT cloth. Soc
ke Soc
kets ts
Usi
ngt Usi
ngthe 12 Vsoc ket he
12 Vsoc ket RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Onlyconnect devices uptoamaximum of
240 W(20 A).
Depe nding on theve hicle equipme nt,th eve hicle
has thefo llo wing 12Vsoc kets:
R Inthestor ag ecom partment inthefront cent er
console
R Inthecar gocom partment 140140
Seats
andstow ing

Ex
am ple: vehicles withind ividual rear seats #
T T
o open : o
open :pull thehandle onrefrig er ator box
1 and fold do wn theco verof there frig er ator
bo x. #
T T
o sw itc o
sw itchon: h
on: pres sbut ton2 repeat edlyuntil
an indicat orlam p(lo wcooling) lightsuportwo
indicat orlam ps(high cooling) lightup. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
press button2 repeat edlyuntil
bo th indicat orlam psgo out. WW
ir ir
eless c eless
char har
ging oft ging
ofthe mobile phoneandcon- he
mobile phoneandcon-
nection wit nection
witht h
the e he
ext xt
er er
ior ant ior
antenna enna
NNo o
t t
es on wir es
on wirelessl elessl
yc y
char har
ging t ging
the mobile phone he
mobile phone &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stow agespaces andmobil e
phon ere cep tacles canno talw aysre tain all
objects within.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects sothat they canno t
be thro wn aroun din suc hsitu ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stow agespaces, parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespaces
bef orestar tin gajou rney . #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk/car gocom part-
ment. Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk of/refrom placin gobj ects
in themobile phonestor ag ecom partment
Placing other objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment couldconstit utea/r e
hazar d. #
Apar tfr om amobile phone, donotplace
an yot her objects inthemobile phone
st or ag ecom partment, especiall yth ose
made ofme tal. 144144
Seats
andstow ing

Ins
t Ins
talli ng/r alli
ng/remo emo
vingt vin
gthe he
0oor 0oor
mats mats
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRis kof accide ntdue toobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. InstInst
alling alling
0oor 0oor
mats mats
#
Movethecor respond ingseat backwards and
la y th e0oor matinthefo ot we ll. #
Press studs 1ontoholder s2. #
Adjust thecor respond ingseat.
% V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hat h
athir hir
dro d
ro w of seats (allv w
of seats (allvehicle s ehicle
s
ex ex
cep cep
tMer t
Mer cedes-M a cedes-M
aybac ybac
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vehicles): ehicles):
To
inst allthe0oor mats ontheth ird ro w of seats, slide
thecor respond ingseat onthesecond
ro w of seats forw ards.
R R
emo emo
ving vin
g0oor 0oor
mats mats
#
Pullth e0oor mato.holder s2. #
Remo vethe0oor mat.
% V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withat h
athir hir
dro d
ro w of seats (allv w
of seats (allvehicle s ehicle
s
ex ex
cep cep
tMer t
Mer cedes-M a cedes-M
aybac ybac
hv h
vehicles): ehicles):
To
re mo vethe0oor mats ontheth ird ro w of
seats, slidethecor respond ingseat onthe
secon dro w of seats forw ards. Se
ats and stow ing
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R
Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full .
R The star terbatt eryis su1cien tly ch arge d.
Char Char
ging t ging
the st he
star t ar
ter batt er
batt er er
ybef y
bef or or
est e
star ar
ting t ting
the he
jour jour
ney ne
y
Yo ucan receiv eamessag eon your smar tphone
when thestat eof charge ofthestar terbatt eryis
lo w. Youcan then star tth eve hicle withth esmar t-
phone tocharge thebatt ery. The vehicle isaut o-
matic allyswitc hedo.aTer tenminut es.
Ens ureth efo llo wing beforestar ting theve hicle:
R The legalstipul ation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin estar ting via
smar tphone.
R Itis saf eto star tan dru nth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu1 ciently full . S S
t t
ar ar
ting t ting
the v he
veh icle (R eh
icle (Rem ot emo
te Online) e
Online) &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofcrushing orentr apment
due tounint entional star ting oftheengine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint ention allydur ing service
or maint enance work. #
Alwayssecur eth eengine against unin-
te ntiona lst ar ting beforeca rryin gout
main tenanc eor repair work. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti-theT alarmsystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated.
R The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
o..
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked.
R The windo wsand slidingsunr oofareclosed . #
Startth eve hicle usingth esmar tphone.
ATer everyengine star t,theengine runs for
te nminut es. Yo
ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsecutiv e
st ar ting attem pts. Youmust star tth eengine with
th eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar tth eve hicle
ag ain withth esmar tphone.
Yo ucan switc ho. theve hicle atanytime asfol-
lo ws :
R Viath esmar tphone app
R Bypressing theÜ orß buttononthe
Sma rtKe y
% Further informatio ncan befound inthe
smar tphon eapp.
Se cur Se
cur ing t ing
the v he
vehicle ag ehicle
agains ains
tst t
st ar ar
tin gbef tin
gbef or or
ecar ry- e
car ry-
ing out maint ing
out maint enance orr enance
orrepair w epair
wor or
k: k:
#
Switc hon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
or #
Open aside windo wor thesliding sunroof. 176176
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*
N N
O O
TE TE
Increased weardue tooptimize d
acceler ation When
pulling away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,all com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in aresub-
ject edtoave ry high load.
This canlead toincr eased component wear. #
Donotalw ayspull awaywit hop tim ized
accel erati on. #
Eng ageth e005B drive position (/page194). #
Movethesteer ing wheel tothestr aight-ahead
position. #
Select thespor tiest availabl edr ive pr og ram
B orC(/ page190). #
Deactiv ateESP ®
(/ page214) . #
Depr essand hold thebr ak epedal /rml ywit h
yo ur leT foot . #
With your right foot ,fu lly depr esstheacceler -
at or pedal. #
ATer nomor eth an /vesecon ds,take your leT
fo ot quickl yo. thebr ak e, but keep theaccel-
er ator pedal depressed.
The vehicle pullsawa yat maxim umaccel era-
tio n. #
Switchon ESP®
onc eth eacceler ationproce-
dur eis com plete.
Endin gop Endin
gop timiz edacceler timiz
edacceler ation ation
#
Remo veyour foot from theacceler ator pedal. #
Reactiv ateth eESP ®
.
% ATer youpull away wit hop timi zed acceler a-
tion ,com pone ntsof thedr ivet ra in can
become very hot,whic hmean sth at optimi zed
acceler ationva lues maybe reac hed again
onl yaTer afew minut es. NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin g ivin
g &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal. This
jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoincor -
re ct foot we ar
Incor rect foot we arincl udes, forex ample:
R Shoe swith platform soles
R Shoe swit hhigh heels
R Slipper s
Ther eis arisk ofan acciden t. #
Alwayswe arsuit able foot we arso that
yo ucan oper ateth epedals safely. 178178
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iving andparking

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rof displa y4. Therang edis pla yeddoes not
indicat ea/x ed reduction inconsum ption. ECEC
OAssis O
Assist function (v t
function (vehicles wit ehicles
with48 Von-boar d h
48 Von-boar d
electr electr
icalsyst ical
system) em)
EC
OAssist analyzes datafo rth eve hicle' sex pec-
te dro ute. This allowsthesy stem tooptimall y
adjus tth edr iving styleforth ero uteahead ,sa ve
fuel and recuper ate.
EC OAssis tis displa yedon theAssistance
menu(/ page284). 1
Event ahead
2 Distance displa yfo rth eev ent ahead
3 "Foo to. theacceler ator" prom pt Displa
yable routeev ents 1 The
segments ofdist ance displa y2 showthe
dist ance totheev ent ahead asfollo ws :
R Afew segme ntslig ht up: theev ent ahead is
near .
R Man ysegments lightup:theev ent ahead is
fur ther awa y.
When theve hicle nearsth eeve nt,ECOAss istwill
ca lcu lateth eop timal speed formaximum fuel
econom yand recuper ativeener gybased onthe
dist ance, speed andgradien t.The Foot offthe
Accel eratormessag e3 appear sin theinst ru-
ment displa y.The /rst segm entsinfront ofthe
ve hicle willturngr een. Theremainin gsegment s
will initiallyst ay whit e.Ifyo uta ke your foot o. the
acceler ator pedal ingood time,th ere mainin gseg-
ments onthedispla ywill success ivel ytur ngr een
until theev ent shownisreac hed. Thedrivet ra in
will besetfo rmaximum fueleconom y.Re cuper a-
tion willcharge thebatt ery. Re cuper ationwillbe
adap tedto theselect eddrive pr og ram.
The event willbesho wnfora shor ttime aTer it
has been passed .If th er eis no response tothe
Foot offthe Accele ratorprom pt,th esegments
will remain white. Dr
ivin gand parking
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DisplaDispla
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the he
O.r O.r
oad oad
Scor e Scor
e Multimedia
system:
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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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iving andparking