key MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owner's Guide

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Ifind icat orlam p4 0ashes green: release
butt ons 1and 3.
The entir ememor yhas been deleted. ElectrElectr
icpar ic
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brak e ak
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unction oft unction
ofthe electr he
electr icpar ic
par king br king
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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
Dr
iving andparking

Ex
am ple: ifth eop tion isswitc hedonand a
ro uteto ane wdes tinatio nhas been calcul a-
te d, this destination would notbe take nint o
ac cou ntforth elear ning function .
Cr Cr
eating ne eating
newt w
themes hemes
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Select ©. #
Select THEMES. #
Select 0081CreateTheme.
The setting swhic har esa vedin theth eme are
sho wn. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select AudioandNaviga tion(Navigation) and
st or eth eactiv ese tting sin theth eme. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select anentr yscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eentr y/eld andcon-
/r m wit h0076. #
Select Save. Sy
st Sy
stem se em
setting s tting
s OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the sy he
syst st
em se em
setting smenu tting
smenu In
thesy stem setting smenu, youcan makese t-
tings inthefo llo wing menus andcontr olele-
ments:
R Displa y
- Styles
- Instr ument lighting
- Displa ybr ightness
- Edg elighting
- Day/night design
R Contr olelements
- Keyboar dlan guageand hand writing recog-
nit ion
- Sen sitiv ityoftheto uc hpad
- Sensitivit yof theTo uc hContr ols
R Voice Contr olSy stem
R Sound
- Entertainment
- Navigatio nand tra1 can no unceme nts -
Telephone
- Voice ampli/ca tiontothere ar
R Con nect ivity
- Wi-Fi,Blue toot h®
,NFC
R Time &dat e
R Langu age
R Units fordist ance
R SoTw areupdat es
R Dataim por t/e xpor t
R PIN protection
R System Reset InfInf
or or
matio non im matio
non impor t por
tant syst ant
system updat em
updat es es
Im
por tant system updates ma ybe nece ssaryfo r
th esecur ityofyour multimedia system's data.
Inst allthese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
multimedia system canno tbe ensur ed.
A sy stem updat econsists ofthre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rinst allation
R Inst allation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e 298298
MBUX
multimedia system

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The conne ctionpr oce durema ydi. erdep end-
ing onthede vice. Followtheinst ruction sth at
ar esho wninthedispla y.Fu rther informatio n
can befound inthemanuf acturer'soper ating
inst ruction s. #
Select Internet Settings. #
Select Connect viaWi-Fi . #
Select Add Hotspo t.
Conn ectingusing aQR code Conn
ectingusing aQR code #
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect usin gQR code. #
Sca nth edispla yedQR code withth ede vice to
be connect ed.
The Wi-Ficonnec tionisest ablished.
Connec tingusing asec ur Connec
tingusing asec urity key ity
key #
Sele cttheop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect Usi ngSecur ity Key. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be connect ed(see themanuf acturer'soper -
ating instruction s). #
Enterthis secur itykeyon themultimedia sys-
te m. #
Con/r mtheentr ywit h¡.
Connecting usingaWPS PIN Connecting
usingaWPS PIN #
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect via WPS PINInput.
The multime dia sy stem gener ates an eigh t-
digit PIN. #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe connect ed. #
Con/r mtheentr y.
Connecting usingabutt Connecting
usingabutt on on
#
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Sele ctCon nect via WPS PBC. #
Sele ct"Conne ctvia WPS PBC" intheop tions
on thede vice tobe connect ed(see themanu-
fa ctur er's oper atingins tructio ns). #
Press theWPS buttononthede vice tobe con-
nect ed. #
Select Continue inthemultimedia system.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating aut ating
automatic connection omatic
connection #
Select Connect viaWi-Fi. #
Select theop tions 0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
ActivatePermanen tInt ernet Connec tion.
Connecti ngwit Connecti
ngwithakno h
akno wnW wn
Wi-F i-F
ine i
ne tw tw
ork or
k #
Select Connec tvia Wi-Fi. #
Select aWi -Fine twork.
The conne ctionis est ablished again.
Con /gur Con
/guring in
g t t
he mul time diasyst he
mul time diasystem asaW em
asaW i-F i-F
iho i
ho t- t-
spo spo
tf t
for e or
ext xt
er er
nal de nal
device s vice
s
The typeof conne ctionest ablished dep ends on
th ede vice tobe connect ed.The function mustbe
suppor tedby themultimedia system and bythe
de vice tobe connect ed.The type ofconnection
est ablished mustbeselect edon themultimedia
sy stem and onthede vice tobe connect ed. #
Select VehicleHotspot. 300300
MBUX
multimedia system

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Sele ctCon nect De vic eto Veh icleHo tspot.
Co nnec tingusing WPS PINg Co
nnec tingusing WPS PINgene r ene
rat ion at
ion #
Sele ctCon nect via WPS PINGeneration. #
EnterthePIN showninthemedia displayon
th ede vice tobe connect edand con/ rm.
Connecting usingWPSPINentry Connecting
usingWPSPINentry #
Select Connect viaWPS PINInput. #
EnterthePIN that issho wnontheex tern al
de vice 'sdispl ayon themultimedia system.
Connecting usingabutt Connecting
usingabutt on on
#
Select Connect viaWPS PBC. #
Press thepush buttononthede vice tobe
connect ed(see themanuf acturer'soper ating
inst ruction s). #
Select Continue .
Conn ectingusing asecur Conn
ectingusing asecur itykey ity
key #
Sele ctCon nect De vic eto Veh icleHo tspot.
A se cu rity keyis disp laye d. #
Select theve hicle from thede vice tobe con-
nect ed.The vehicle isdispl ayedwit hth e
DIR ECT -MBU XXXX XXnetworkname . #
Enterthesecur itykeywhic his sho wninthe
media displayon thede vice tobe connect ed. #
Con/r mtheentr y.
Connecting usingNFC Connecting
usingNFC #
Select Connect viaNFC. #
ActivateNFC onthemobile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instruction s). #
Hold thede vice tobe connect edattheve hi-
cle's NFCinterface. #
Select Finis hed.
The mobile device isno wconn ectedtothe
multimed iasystem hotspo tvia NFC.
Gener Gener
atingane ating
ane wsecur w
secur itykey ity
key #
Sele ctVeh icleHo tspot . #
Sele ctGen erateSe cur ity Key .
A co nnec tionwi llbe establishe dwi th the
ne wly creat edsecur itykey. #
T T
o sa v o
sa ve asecur e
asecur itykey ity
key: :
sele ctSave.
When ane wsec urity keyis saved, all existin g
Wi -Ficonnec tionsareth en disconnect ed.If
th eWi -Ficonnec tionsarebeing re-est ab-
lish ed, thene wsecur itykeymus tbe entere d. Sy
st Sy
stem languag e em
languag e NNo o
t t
es on t es
on the syst he
system languag e em
languag e
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan-
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announcements. Theselect edlanguag ea.ect s
th ech aract ersav ailabl efo rentr y.The navig ation
anno uncements areno tav ailabl ein all lang uages.
If alang uageis no tav ailabl e,thena vig ation
announcements willbeinEnglish.
Se Se
tting t tting
the syst he
system languag e em
languag e
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 00A7 Langua ge #
Setth elanguag e. 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
Maint
enance andcare

To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle, observethefo l-
lo wing when usingapo we rwa sher :
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) awa yfrom theve hicle. Other wise,
th eta ilg atecould openunintentionall y.
R Maint ainadist anceof atlea st11.8 in(30 cm)
to theve hicle.
R V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hdecor h
decor ativ ativ
ef e
foil: oil:
Parts of your
ve hicle areco veredwit hadecor ativefo il.
Maint ainadist ance ofatleast 27.6in(70 cm)
be tween thefo il-co veredpar tsof theve hicle
and thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher .Mo vethe
po we rwa sher nozzlearoun dwhils tclean ing.
The waterte mp eratur eof thepo we rwa sher
mus tno tex ceed 140°F(60°C) .
R Obser vetheinf ormation onthecor rect dis-
ta nce intheeq uipment manufacturer'soper -
ating instruction s.
R Donotdir ect thenozzl eof thepo we rwa sher
dir ectl yat sensi tivepar ts,suc has tires, gaps,
electr icalcom ponent s,batt eries, light sources
and ventila tion slits. WW
as hing t as
hing the v he
vehi cle b ehi
cle by ha nd y
ha nd *
N NO O
TE TE
Engine damagedue towa tering ress #
Take car eno tto point thewa terje t
dir ectl yto wa rdsth eair inle tgr ille belo w
th ehood. Obser
vetheleg alrequ irements, e.g.inanumber
of countr ies,washing byhand isonl yper mitt edin
special lydesignat edwash bays. #
Use amild clean ingagent ,e.g .car sham poo. #
Washtheve hicle withluk ewarm wa terusing a
soT carspong e.When doingso,donot
ex pose theve hicle todirect sunlight. #
Carefull yhose theve hicle o.withwa terand
dr yusing ach amois.
% Obser vetheno teson thecar eof vehicle
par ts(/ page346). NNo o
t t
es on pain tw es
on pain twor or
k/mat t k/mat
te e
/nish /nish
paintw pain
twor or
kcar e k
car e To
avo iddamaging thepaintw orkand interfering
wit hth edr iving assist ancesystems, please
obser vethefo llo wing notes: P P
aint aint
R Insect remains: soakwithinsect remo verand
ri nse o.thetreat edareas aTer wards.
R Birddr oppin gs:soak withwa terand rinse o.
aT erwa rds.
R Tree resin, oils, fuels and greases: remo veby
ru bbing gentl ywit haclo thsoak edinpe tro-
leum ether orlighter 0uid.
R Coolan tand brak e0uid: remo vewit hadam p
clo thand clean water.
R Tarst ains: usetarre mo ver.
R Wax:use silicone remo ver.
R Donotatt achsti ckers, /lms orsimilar materi-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qua li/ed specialist workshop.
R Remo vedirtimmediat ely, wher epossibl e.
Mat t Mat
te e
/nish /nish
R Onlyuse carepr oduct sappr oved for
Mer cedes-Be nz.
R Donotatt achstic kers,/lms orsimil armat eri-
als. Onlyha ve /lm attached tothebum perat
a qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. 344344
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tenanc eand care

Sma
r Sma
rtK ey tK
ey DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
Á
Obtain aNew Key *H
aveth eSmar tKey replaced. #
Consult aqua li/ed specialist workshop.
Á
Re place Key Batte ry *T
heSmar tKey batt eryis disc harged. #
Replace thebatt ery(/ page72).
Á Key NotDetected (white
displa ymessag e) *T
heSmar tKey iscur rentl yunde tected. #
Chang eth elocation oftheSmar tKey intheve hicle. #
Ifth eSmar tKey isstill notre cogn ized,place itin themar kedspace forst ar ting withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e175). Displa
ymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
427 427

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
Á
Key NotDetected (red dis-
pla ymessag e) *T
heSmar tKey canno tbe detected and mayno long erbe intheve hicle.
The Smar tKey isno long erintheve hicle andyouswitc ho. theve hicle:
R Youcan nolong erstar tth eve hicle.
R Youcanno tcentr allyloc kth eve hicle. #
Ensu rethat theSmar tKey isin theve hicle.
If th eSmar tKey detection function hasamalfu nctiondue toast ro ng radio signal source: #
Stop theve hicle immed iatelyin accor dance withth etra1c conditions. #
Place theSmar tKey inthemar kedspace forst ar ting theengine withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e175).
Á
Don't Forget YourKey *A
warning tone willals osou nd. This message reminds youto take your Smar tKey withyo uwhen youlea vetheve hicle.
Á
Key BeingIniti alize dPlea se
Wa it *T
hevehicle isprocessin gin order toteac hin thene wSmar tKey . #
Waituntil process ingiscom plete. 428428
Displa
ymessa gesand warning/in dicatorlam ps

DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Soluti ons Soluti
ons
Pla cethe Key inthe
Marked SpaceSeeOpera -
tor's Manua l *S
mar tKey detection ismalfu nctionin g. #
Chang eth elocation oftheSmar tKey intheve hicle. #
Place theSmar tKey inthemar kedspace forst ar ting theengine withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e175). LightsLights
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Solut ions Solut
ions
:
Check LeftLow
Beam (exa mp le) *T
hecor respond inglight sour ceisdef ecti ve. #
Drive on car efull y. #
Visit aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop immed iately.
% LED light sources: thedispla ymessag efo rth ecor respond inglight appear sonl ywhen allthelight-emittin gdiodes
in thelight arefa ulty .
: Malfu nction See Opera-
tor’s Manual *T
heexterior lightin gis malfunct ioning. #
Consult aquali/ edspecialist workshop. Displ
aymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps
429 429

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ehicle ehicle
DisplaDispla
ymessag y
messag es P es
Possible causes/conseq ossible
causes/conseq uencesand uences
and0050 0050
Solution s Solution
s
Update Successfull yCom-
pleted *I
nst allatio nof thesoTw areupdat ehas been success fullycom pleted(/ page298).
Upda teFail edSoftware
Rema insUnchanged *A
ner ro roccur reddur ing installation ofthesoTw areupdat e(/ page298).
The prev ious soTw arere lease remains inplace.
Upda teFail ed
*Aner ro roccur reddur ing installation ofthesoTw areupdat e(/ page298).
Mak eaMer cedes mecall viatheove rhead contr olpanel (/page316).
0072
Vehicle ReadytoDrive
Switch theIgnition Off
Before Exiting *Y
ouarelea ving theve hicle inare ady -to-dr ive stat e. #
Getout oftheve hicle, secureit ag ains tro lling awayand take theSmar tKey wit hyo u. #
Ifyo udo notlea vetheve hicle, switcho. theelectr icalconsumer s,e.g. theseat heating. Other wise, the12‑ Vbat-
te ry ma ydisc hargeand star tin gth eengine maybe possible onlywit hth ehelp ofasecond battery(jum pstar t).
Running BoardsNotRetrac-
ted Pay Attention to
Excess WidthofVehicle *M
ercedes-Ma ybachve hicles: theru nning boardsar eno tre tract ed.
R The running boardscan beretract ed via themultimedia system onlywhen theve hicle isstatio nary(/ page78) .
R The running boardsand theside skirtmust befree ofdir t,ice and snow.Other wise, they areunab leto retract. #
Clea nth eru nning boards(/ page346). 432432
Displ
aymessag esand warning/in dicatorlam ps