light MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Service Manual

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er er
ior light ing ior
light ing InfInf
or or
mation aboutlightingsyst mation
aboutlightingsystems andy ems
andyour our
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esponsibil ity esponsibil
ity The
various lightin gsy stems oftheve hicle are
onl yaids. Thedriver oftheve hicle isresponsi ble
fo rcor rect vehicle illumin ation inaccor dance with
th epr ev ailin glig ht and visibilitycond itions, legal
re qu irements andtra1c situation. Light
switch Light
switch OperOper
ating t ating
the light switc h he
light switc h 0047
0063 LeT-handstanding lights
0048 0064 Right-hand standing lights
0049 0060 Parking lights andlicense platelam p
004A 0058 Automatic drivin glights (prefer redlight
switc hposition) 004B
0058 Lowbeam/high beam
6 005E Switchesthere ar fogligh ton /o .
Whe nlow bea misac tivated, the0060 indicat or
lam pfo rth epar king lights willbedeactiv ated and
re placed bythe0058 low- beam indicat orlam p. #
Alwayspar kyo ur vehicle safelyusin gsu1cie nt
lig htin g,inaccor dance withth ere leva nt leg al
stipula tions.
* N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydis chargin gby oper ating the
st an ding ligh ts Op
erating thestanding lightsovera per iod of
hour sputs astr ain onthebatt ery. #
Wher epossible, switchon theright 0064
or leT 0063 parking light. If
th ebatt eryis insu1c ientlych arge d, thestand-
ing lights orpar king lights willbeswitc hedo.
aut omaticall yto facilit ateth ene xt engine star t. 148148
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andvisibility

The
exterior lightin g(e xc ep tst anding andparking
lights) willswitc ho. automaticall ywhen thedr iv-
er's door isopened.
R Obser vetheno teson surround lighting
(/ page153).
A A
ut ut
omatic dr omatic
driving lights function iving
lights function
When theve hicle isswitc hedon,thepar king
lam ps,low beam anddaytime running lampsare
sw itched onautoma tically dep ending ontheambi-
ent light. &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofaccident whenthelow
beam isswitc hedo.inpoor visibility
When thelight switc his se tto 0058 ,th elow
beam mayno tbe switc hedonautomaticall yif
th er eis fog, sno wor other causes ofpoor visi-
bili tysuc has spr ay. #
Insuc hcases, turnth elight switc hto
0058 . The
automa ticdriving lightsareonl yan aid.Yo u
ar ere sponsi bleforve hicle lightin g. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hing
the r he
rear f ear
fog lam og
lam pson or ps
on oro. o.
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The light switc his in the0058 or0058 posi-
tion. #
Press the 005E button.
Please observethecount ry-sp eci/c laws onthe
use ofrear foglam ps.
% Vehicles withAIR MATIC orE-AC TIV EBOD Y
CO NTR OLwitho.-r oad package :whe nth e
re ar foglam pis sw itched on,o.-road leve l+3
will notbe availabl e.Ifth ere ar foglam pis
sw itched onand o.-road leve l+3 isactiv ated,
th eve hicle willbelowe redto o.-r oad leve l
+2. OperOper
ating t ating
the combination switc he
combination switchf h
for t or
the lights he
lights 1
High beam
2 Turn sign allight, right
3 High-b eam0asher
4 Turn sign allight, leT #
Use thecombination switchto activ ateth e
desir edfun ction. Light
andvisibility
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Swi
tc Swi
tching on high beam hi
ng on high beam #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 or0058
position. #
Push thecombination switchin thedir ection
of arro w 1.
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w beam willbedeactiv a-
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam.
Switc Switc
hing hing
o. o.
high beam high
beam #
Push thecombination switchin thedir ection
of arro w 1 orpull itin thedir ection ofarro w
3 .
High -beam High
-beam0asher 0a
sher #
Pull thecombination switchin thedir ection of
ar ro w 3.
T T
ur ur
nsign allight n
sign allight #
T T
o ind icat o
ind icat e e
br br
ie0y : ie0y
:push thecombination
switc hbr ie0y tothepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ection ofarro w 2 or4.
The correspond ingturnsign allight will 0ash
th re etimes. #
T T
o indicat o
indicat econtinuousl y e
continuousl y: :
push thecombina-
tion switc hbe yond thepoint ofresist ance in
th edir ection ofarro w 2 or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLane ChangeAssi st:
R Atur nsigna lindica toractiv ated bythe
dr iver ma ycontinu eto oper atefo rth e
dur ation ofthelane chang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat eddirectl ybef orehand
but alane chang ewa sno timmed iately
possibl e,thetur nsignal indicat orma yacti-
va te aut omati cally. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe hazar he
hazar dw d
war ar
nin glig hts nin
glig hts #
Press button1.
The hazar dwa rning lights willswitc hon automati-
call yif:
R The airbag hasbeen deployed.
When thetur nsignal indicat orisactiv ated, the
hazar dwa rning lights willbeinterrupted. 150150
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andvisibility

CorCor
ner ner
ing light ing
light CorCor
ner ner
ing light function ing
light function The
corner ing light improve sth eillumination of
th ero ad ove ra wide angle inthetur ning direc-
tion, enabling better visibility ontight curves, for
ex am ple. Itcan beactiv ated onlywhen thelow
beam isswitc hedon.
The function isactiv eunder thefo llo wing condi-
tions:
R Atspeeds below25 mph(4 0km /h)wh en the
tur nsigna llight isswi tched onorthesteer ing
wheel istur ned R
Atspeeds between 25mph(40 km/h) and
45 mph(7 0km /h)wh en thesteer ing wheel is
tur ned
R R
oundabout andint oundabout
andinter er
section function : section
function :th ecor ner-
ing light willbeactiv ated on both sides based on
an evaluat ionoftheve hicle' scur rent GPS posi-
tion. Itwil lre main activeunti laTer theve hicle has
leT thero undabout ortheint ersection. AA
ctiv ctiv
eheadlam e
headlam ps ps
AA
ctiv ctiv
eheadlam e
headlam psfunction ps
function R
The headlam psfollo wthesteer ing move-
ments. R
Releva nt areas arebe tter illu mina teddur ing a
jour ney.
The functi onsareac tivewh en thelow beam is
switc hedon.
Depending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,th ecour se
of thelane inwhic hyo uar edr iving willalso be
ev aluat edand theactiv eheadlam psfunction will
adjust thelight inadv ance. AA
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assist e
Highbeam Assist AA
dap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assis e
Highbeam Assistfunction t
function &
W W
ARNING ARNING
Riskofaccident despiteAd ap-
tiv eHig hbeam Assist
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistdoes notre act to:
R Road user swit hout lights, e.g.pedes trians
R Road user swit hpoor lightin g,e.g .cy clis ts
R Road user swhose lightin gis obs truct ed,
e.g .by abar rier
On very rare occasions, AdaptiveHig hbeam
Assis tma yfa ilto recogn izeother road user s Lig
htand visibility
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wit
hth eir ownligh ting, orma yre cogn izethem
to olat e.
In these, orinsimilar situations, theaut omatic
high beam willnotbe deactiv ated orwill be
activ ated despit eth epr esence ofother road
user s. #
Alwaysobser vethero ad and tra1c con-
dit ion scar efull yand switc ho. thehigh
beam ingood time. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistcann ottake into
account road, weather ortra1c cond itions.
De tection maybe restr icte din thefo llo wing
cases :
R Inpoor visibility ,e.g. fog, hea vyrain or sno w
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistis onl yan aid. Youar e
re sponsi bleforadjustin gth eve hicle' slig htin gto
th epr ev ailin glig ht, visibilityand tra1c cond itions. Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assistaut omati callyswitc hes
be tween thefo llo wing types oflight:
R Lowbeam
R High beam
At speeds great erthan 19 mph (30km/h) :
R Ifno other road user sar ede tected, thehigh
beam willswitc hon automaticall y. The
high beamwil lsw itcho. automa tically in the
fo llo wing cases :
R Atspeeds below16 mph(2 5km /h)
R Ifot her road user sar ede tected
R Ifstre et lighting issu1cien t
At speeds great erthan appr oximat ely31 mph
(50 km/h ):
R The headlamp rang eof thelow beam isregu-
lat ed aut oma tically bas edon thedist ance to
ot her road user s.
% The system's optical senso ris locat edbehin d
th ewindshield neartheov erhead control
panel.
Switc Switc
hingA hing
Adap dap
tiv tiv
eHighbeam Assis e
Highbeam Assist t
on/ o. on/
o.
Switc Switc
hingon hing
on #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 position. #
Switc hon thehigh beam usingthecombina-
tion switc h.
If Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assistis activ ated,
th e00CE indicat orlam pwill light upon the 152152
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andvisibility

cent
raldispla ysection oftheinst rument dis-
pla y.
Swi tc Swi
tching hi
ng o. o.
#
Switcho. thehigh beam usingthecombina-
tion switc h. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the da he
daytime r ytime
runnin glam unnin
glam ps ps
on/ o. on/
o. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Light
5 Daytime Run.Lights #
Switc hth efunction onoro.. SeSe
tting t tting
the e he
ext xt
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting switc swit
ch-o . h-o
.dela dela
ytime y
time RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The light switc his in the0058 position. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Light
5 Ext erior Lighting Delay #
Setth eswit ch-o. delay time .
Wh entheve hicle engineisswitc hedo.,the
ex terior lightin gwill beactiv ated forth ese t
time. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the sur r he
sur round lighting ound
lighting on/o. on/
o. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Light
5 Locator Lighting
When Locator Lighting isactiv e,theex terior light-
ing lights upfor40 seconds aTertheve hicle is
unl ocked. When youstar tth eve hicle, thesur -
ro und lighting isdeactiv ated and theaut omatic
dr iving lights areactiv ated.
Illuminat Illuminat
edr ed
runnin gboar unnin
gboar ds: ds:
when thesur round
lighting isswitc hedon,theillumination oftheru n-
ning boardsis activ ated when adoor isopen ed.If
th edoor isno tclosed, theru nning boardcour tesy
lig htin gis aut omati callydeacti vatedaTer 40sec-
onds. #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction . IntInt
er er
ior lighting ior
lighting AA
djus djus
ting t ting
the int he
inter er
ior lighting ior
lighting FF
r r
ont ov ont
over er
head contr head
controlpanel ol
panel 1
003D Front leTreadin glam p
2 0033 Automatic interior lighti ngcontr ol
3 004A Front interior lightin g
4 0042 Rear interior lightin g
5 003D Front right readin glam p Lig
htand visibility
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#
T T
o switc o
switc h h
on/o. : on/o.
:pr ess button1 –5
accor dingly.
Contr Contr
olpanel int ol
panel inthe gr he
grab handl e ab
handl e 1
003D Rear readin glam p #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
on/o.: on/o.:
press button1. AA
djus djusting
t ting
the ambient lighting he
ambient lighting Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set tings 5
Light
5 Am bient Lighting
Se Se
tting t tting
the color he
color #
Selec tColor . #
Setth edesir edcolor .
A A
djus djus
ting t ting
the br he
brightness ightness
#
Select Brightness.
Ad just thebr ightness.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the br he
brightness f ightness
for zones or
zones #
Select Brightness. #
Select Brightness Zones.
The ACCENT, AMBIANCE andROOF zones
can besetsepar ately.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin gmult i-colorlight ing atin
gmult i-colorlight ing #
Select Color. #
Select Mul ti-col or. #
Select acolor combin ation. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin gmult i-coloranimat ion atin
gmult i-coloranimat ion #
Select Color. #
Select Mul ti-col orAnima tion.
The chosen color combination willchang eat
pr ede/ned interva ls.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating w ating
welcome lighting elcome
lighting #
Select Color. #
Select Welcome.
When theve hicle isunl ocked, aspecial ambi-
ent lightin gseq uence willrun.
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating depende ncyonaircond itioning se ating
depende ncyonaircond itioning set- t-
tings tings
#
Selec tColor . #
Selec tClimate .
If ch ang esaremade tothete mp eratur ese t-
ting intheve hicle, thecolor oftheambient
lighting willchang ebr ie0y . 154154
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htand visibility

Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the int he
inter er
iorlig hting io
rlig hting switc sw
itch- o. h-
o. delay de
lay
tim e tim
eon /o. on/o.
Mu
ltim ed iasystem :
4 © 5
Setting s5
Light
5 Inter iorLi ghti ngDel ay #
Switchth eswit ch-o. delay time onoro..
Wh enthis function isactiv e,theint erior light-
ing lights upfora shor ttime aTer theve hicle
is loc ked. WW
indshield wiperandwindshield w indshield
wiperandwindshield washer syst asher
system em
SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the windshield wiper he
windshield wipers s
on/ o. on/
o. 0047
005AWindsh ieldwiperso.
0048 0062 Automatic wiping ,nor mal
0049 0063 Automatic wiping ,fr eq uent
004A 00AA Continuous wiping,slo w
004B 00A9 Continuous wiping,fa st #
Turn thecombination switchto thecor re-
spond ingposit ion0047-004B. #
Sing lewipe/ w Si
ng lewipe/ washing : ashing
:push thebutt ononthe
combin ationswitchin thedir ection ofarro w
1 .
R 00D3 Singlewi pe
R 00D4 Wiping withwa sher 0uid
% Obser vetheno teson washing theve hicle ina
car wash (/ page341) .
V V
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hMA h
MA GIC VISION C GIC
VISION CONTR ONTR
OL: OL:
inposi-
tion 0048or0049 ,th ewindshield washing process is
aut omati callytrigg ered ifdir tis de tected on the
wind shield unless theCheck WasherFluid mes-
sag eis being displayed. Light
andvisibility
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Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
rea rwi ndo ea
rwi ndo wwipe r w
wipe ron /o. on/o.
1
00E2 Singlewi pe /w ashing
2 00C5 Inte rm ittent wiping #
Single wipe: Single
wipe:press button1 tothepoint of
re sis tance. #
T T
o wip ewit o
wip ewit hw h
was her as
her 0uid: 0u
id: press button1
be yond thepoint ofresis tance. #
T T
o sw itc o
sw itchint h
int er er
mitt mitt
entwiping ent
wiping on/o .: on
/o .:press
butt on2.
V V
ehi cleswit ehi
cleswit hr h
rain sens or ain
sens or: :
The wipeint erva l
aut omati callyadap tsto thedr iving conditions.
The 00C5 symbol willappear ontheinst ru-
ment clusterwhen there ar wind owwiper is
switc hedon. RR
eplaci ngt eplaci
ngthe wind shield wiperblades he
wind shield wiperblades &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbecomi ngtrapped ifth e
wind shield wipersar eswitc hedonwhile
wiper blades arebein gre placed
If th ewindshield wipersbegin tomo vewhile
yo uar ech ang ingthewiper blades, youcan be
tr apped bythewiper arm. #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and vehicle beforech ang ingthewiper
blades. MoMo
ving t ving
the wiper ar he
wiper arms int ms
intot o
the r he
replacement posi- eplacement
posi-
tion tion
#
Switc hth eve hicle onand then o. again
immediat ely. #
Within around 15seconds, press and hold the
00D4 buttononthecombination switchfo r
appr oximat elyth re eseconds (/page155).
The wiper arms will moveintoth ere placement
position.
R R
emo emo
ving t ving
the wiper blades he
wiper blades #
Foldthewiper arms away from thewindshield. 156156
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#
Hold thewiper arm wit hone hand. With the
ot her hand, turnth ewiper blade awayfrom
th ewiper arm inthedir ection ofarro w 1 as
fa ras itwill go. #
Slide catch2 inthedir ection ofarro w 3
unt ilit eng ages inthere mo valposition. #
Remo vethewiper blade from thewiper arm in
th edir ection ofarro w 4. Ins
t Ins
tallin gt allin
gthe wiper blades he
wiper blades #
Inser tth ene wwiper blade intoth ewiper arm
in thedir ection ofarro w 1. #
Slide catc h2 inthedir ection ofarro w 3
unt ilit eng ages intheloc king position. #
Mak esur eth at thewiper blade isseat edcor -
re ctl y. #
Foldthewiper arms bac kont oth ewindshield. #
Switc hon theve hicle. #
Press the00D4 buttononthecombination
switc h.
The wiper arms will retur nto their original
positions. #
Switc ho. theve hicle.
% Chec kth econdition ofthewiper blades regu-
lar lyand replace them intheev ent ofvisible
damag eor ongoing smearing. Light
andvisibility
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