air condition MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

underbody
paneling.Thesematerials may
ignit eif th ey come intocont actwithho tpar ts
of theex haus tsy stem. #
Have theve hicle checkedand repair ed
immediat elyat aqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
or #
Ifdr ivi ng safetyis im pair edwhil econ -
tin uin gyo ur jour ney,pull overand stop
th eve hicle immed iately, while paying
att ent ion toroad and tra1c cond itions,
and cont actaqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit ha48 Von- boar h
a48 Von- boar delect r d
elect rical syst ical
system em
&
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AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur yby touc hing
damag edhigh-v oltagecom ponents
Ve hicles witha48 Von- boar delect rical sys-
te m cont ainindiv idual high-v oltagecom po-
nen ts.These high-voltagecom ponen tsare
under highvoltag e. If
yo umodify component partsof these high-
vo ltag ecom ponents ortouc hdamag edcom-
ponent parts,youma ybe electr ocuted.
High voltag ecom ponents maybe damag edin
an accident, although thedamag ema yno tbe
visible. #
Neverper form modi/cation sto com po-
nen tpar tsof high- voltag ecom ponents. #
Neverto uc hdamag edcom ponent parts
of high-v oltagecom ponents. #
Neverto uc hcom ponent partsof high-
vo ltag ecom ponents aTeranaccident. Ve
hicles witha48 Von- boar delect rical system
cont ainhigh voltag ecom ponents. Thesecompo-
nents aremar kedwit hahigh voltag elabel: All
workon high voltag ecom ponents mustbecar -
ri ed out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. DeclarDeclar
ationofconf ation
ofconf or or
mity f mity
for wir or
wir eless v eless
vehicle ehicle
com com
pone nts pone
nts US
A:"Radio based device sof this vehicle comply
wit hPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Oper ation issub-
ject tothefo llo wing twoconditions: 1)These devi-
ces mayno tcause harmful interfere nce, and2)
Thes ede vice smust accep tan yint erfere nce
re ceiv ed,includin gint erfere nce that ma ycause Gene
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undesir
edoper ation.Chang esormodi/c ations not
ex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsi blefor
com plian cecould void theuser ’saut hor ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment."
Canada: "Thisvehicle contains licen ce-exemp t
tr ansm itter(s )/recei ver(s) that com plywit hInn o-
va tion, Science andEconomic Development Can-
ada ’slicence-e xemp tRSS(s). Operation issubjec t
to thefo llo wing twoconditions: (1)These devices
ma yno tcause interfere nce. (2)Thes ede vice s
must accep tan yint erfere nce, including interfer-
ence that ma ycause undesiredoper ationof the
de vices." "Lesémetteur s/r écep teur sdans cette
vé hicule sontconforme aux CNR d’Innovation ,
Sci ence set Dé veloppement économiqueCanada
applica blesauxappar eilsradio exem ptsde
licen ce.L’ex ploit ation estautorisée auxdeux con-
ditions suivantes:1) Ces appar eilsnedoiv entpas
pr oduir ede brouillag e;2) Ces appar eilsdoiv ent
accep terto ut brouillag era dioélectr ique subi,
même sile brouillag eest suscep tibled’en com-
pr ome ttrele fonctio nneme nt." Dia
gnos Dia
gnostic sconne ction tics
conne ction
The diagnostic sconne ctionis ate ch nica lint er-
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, inthe
cont extof repair andmaint enance workor for
re adin gout vehicle datain aspecial istwo rkshop.
Diag nosticdevice sshould ther efor eonl ybe con-
nect edinaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tocon-
nect ingdevices tothediagnost icscon-
nection
If yo uconnect devices tothediagnost icscon-
nection oftheve hicle, thefunction ofvehicle
sy stems andoper atingsaf etyma ybe
im pair ed. #
Forsaf etyre asons, werecommen dth at
yo uonl yuse and connect products
appr ovedby your aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Center. &
W W
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. *
N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydisc harging from using devi-
ces connect edtothediagnost icsconnec-
tion Using
devices atthediagnost icsconnection
dr ains thebatt ery. #
Chec kth ech arge leve lof thebatt ery. 2828
Gener
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re
cor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esitua-
tions, suchas an airbag deployment orhitting a
ro ad obs tacle, datath at will assis tin und erstand-
ing howave hicle' ssy stems perform ed. The EDR
is designed torecor ddat are lat ed tovehicle
dynami csand safetysy stem sfo ra shor tper iod of
time, typicall y30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesig nedtorecor dsuc h
dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front passeng er
seat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all) thedr iver wa sdepr essin gth e
acceler ator and/ orbrak epedal and
R Howfast theve hicle wastrav eling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under standing
of thecir cumst ances inwhic haccidents andinju-
ri es occur .NO TE: EDR datais recor ded byyour
ve hicle onlyif anon -trivial cras hsitu atio nocc urs;
no dat ais recor ded bytheEDR under normal driv-
ing conditions andnoper sonal data(e.g. name,
ge nder ,ag eand accid ent locatio n)isrecor ded.
Ho wev er,ot her parties,suc has law enf orcemen t,could
combin eEDR datawit hth etype ofper son-
all yidentif yingdataro utinel yacq uired dur ing a
cr ash inve sti gation.
To read dat are cor ded byan EDR, special equip-
men tis requ ired, and acces sto theve hicle orthe
EDR isneeded .In addition totheve hicle manu -
fa ctur er,ot her partiesth at have thespecial equip-
ment, suchas law enf orcement, canread the
inf ormation byaccessin gth eve hicle ortheEDR.
EDR datama ybe used incivil andcriminal mat-
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructio n,acciden t
claims andvehicle safety. Sinc eth eCr ash Data
Re trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract data
fr om theEDR iscommer ciallyav ailabl e,
Mer cedes- BenzUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormation byunaut horized
Mer cedes-Benz personnel.
MBUS Awill notshar eEDR datawit hot her swit h-
out theconsent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased ,wit hout theconsent oftheles-
see. Excep tions tothis repr esent ation include
re sponse sto subpoe nasbylaw enf orcement ;by
fe der al,stat eor local government ;in connect ion
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lving MBUS Aor its
subsidia ries and a1liat es;or,as requ ired by
la w.
Wa rning: TheEDR isacom ponent oftheRe str aint
Sy stem Module.Ta mp ering with,altering, modify -
ing orremo vingth eEDR component mayre sult in
a malf unct ionoftheRe str aint System Modulean d
ot her systems.
St atelaws orregula tions rega rding EDRs that
con0ict withfe der alregula tion arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheev ent ofsuc hcon0 ict,the
fe der alregula tion governs. As ofDecemb er2016 ,
17 stat es have enact edlaws relating toEDRs. CopCop
yr yr
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ormation onlicense forfr ee and open-sour ce
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dat acar rier inyour vehicle docume ntwa lletand
wit hupdat eson thefo llo wing websit e:
https:// www.mercedes-benz. com/opensour ce3636
Gener
alno tes

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof climat w
of climat econtr e
contr olsyst ol
systems ems
NNo o
t t
es on climat es
on climat econtr e
contr ol ol
An
interior air/lter incombination withth epr e/l-
te rin theengine compartment mustalwaysbe
used sothat theair conditioning system, pollution
le ve lmonit oring and theair /ltratio nwo rkcor -
re ctl y.Use /ltersre commen dedandappr oved by
Mer cedes-Be nz.Alwaysha ve maint enance work
car ried out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the air cond itioni ng cont r he
air cond itioni ng cont rol pane l ol
pane l The
indicat orlam pson thebutt ons indicat eth at
th ecor respond ingfunct ion isactiv ated. Con
trol pane lfo r3-zone automatic climatecontr ol
wit hstationar yheat er(exa mp le)
1 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thedr iver's
side
2 A Callsuptheair conditioning menu
3 H Setstheair0o wor switc heso.climat e
contr ol
4 0058 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page166)
5 0064 Defrosts thewindshield
6 006C Switchesthere ar wind owheat eron/o.
7 0072 Switches air-recir culat ionmode on/o.
(/ page167) 8
0056 Switches theA/C function on/o.
(/ page165)
Switc hesresidual heaton/o.
(/ page167)
9 Vehicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hstation-
ar yheat er:003B switchesstationar yheat er
on/ o.
Ve hicles withcont rolpanel fordual-zone or3-
zone automatic climatecontr olwit hout sta-
tionar yheat er:0 switchessync hroniza-
tion on/o.(/ page167)
A 0082 Setsthete mp eratur eon thefront
passeng erside
% Dual-zone automatic climatecontr oleq uip-
ment isavailabl efo rall vehicles excep t
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicles. 164164
Clim
atecont rol

OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the r he
rear oper ear
oper ating unit ating
unit Ex
am ple: USA
1 Setsthete mp eratur e,leT
2 Setstheair distr ibution, leT
3 Setsclimat econtr olto aut omati cmode
(/ page166)
4 Setstheair0o w
5 Switc hesclimat econtr olon/ o.
(/ page165)
Switc hesresidual heaton/o. (/page167)
6 Setstheair distr ibution, right
7 Setsthete mp eratur e,right The
settings forth esecond andthird ro w of seats
(eq uipme nt-dep ende nt)can bemade viathere ar
oper atinguni t,themultimedia system
(/ page166) ortheMBUX rear table tdepending
on theve hicle' seq uipme nt. OperOper
atingt atin
gthe climat he
climat econt r e
cont rol syst ol
system em
Swi
tc Swi
tching climat hing
climat econt r e
cont rol ol
on/o. on/o.
#
T T
o switc o
switc hon: h
on: setth eair0o wto leve l1 or
higher usingtheH button. #
T T
o switc o
switc h h
o.: o.:
setth eair0o wto leve l0 using
th eH button.
If climat econtr olisswitc hedo.,thewindo ws
ma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchclim ateco ntrol
o. onlybr ie0 y. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the clim at he
clim ateco ntr e
co ntrol int ol
inthe r he
rea r ea
r
pa sseng pa
sseng ercom er
compa r pa
rtme nt tme
nton/o. on/o.
#
Press button 5.
% Whe ncli mat econ trol inthesecond seatrow
is switc hedo.,theindicat orlam pis activ ated
and OFF OFF
issho wnonthere ar displ ay. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the A/C function he
A/C functionon /o. on/o.
using t usi
ng the air he
air
con dition ing con tr con
dition ing con trol pan el ol
pan el Th
eA/ Cfunc tionhe ats, co olsand dehumidi/e s
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc ho. theA/C function onlybr ie0y ;ot her -
wise, thewindo wsmayfo gup mor equ ickl y.
Condensation maydr ip from theunder sideofthe
ve hicle when coolingmode isactiv e.This isno t
ind icati veofamalfunct ion. Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu he
air condition ingmenu Calling
upt Calling
upthe air condition ingmenu usingt he
air condition ingmenu usingthe he
multimedia syst multimedia
system em
#
Select oneofthete mp eratur edispla ysatthe
lo we redg eof themedia display. Climat
econtr ol
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AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe A/Cfun ction viat he
A/Cfun ction viathe he
mult imedia syst mult
imedia system em
Mul
timed iasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
First Rowof Sea ts
The A/Cfun ction heats, coolsanddehumid i/es
th eve hicle' sint erior air. #
Select A/C. SeSe
tting climat tti
ng climat econt r e
cont rol t ol
to aut o
aut omati cmode omati
cmode In
aut omati cmode, these tte mp eratur eis con-
tr olled andmaint ained ataconst antleve lby the
air suppl y. #
Press the0058 button. #
T T
o switc o
switc ht h
to manual mode: o
manual mode:press the 0058
butt on.
In aut omatic mode,youcan choose between /ve
di.er entairquant ities usin gth eH button.
Au tomatic mode isretained. AA
ut ut
omaticall omaticall
ycontr y
contr olling t olling
the climat he
climat econtr e
contr olin ol
in
t t
he r he
rear pass eng ear
pass engercom er
com par par
tment tment
In
aut omatic mode,these tte mp eratur eis regula -
te dby thete mp eratur eof thedispensed airand
th eair0o w. #
Press the0058 button(/ page165). SeSe
tting t tting
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibution ibution
Multimedia
system:
4 Climate Menu #
Call uptheair conditioning menu
(/ page165). #
Select aro w of seats. #
T T
o se o
se tt t
the air dis he
air distr tr
ibut ion: ibut
ion:select 0061,009C
or 009B. #
Setth eair0o w.
% Severalair distr ibution options canbeselec-
te dat thesame time,forex am ple tosetth e
climat econt rolfo rth ewindshield andthe
fo ot we llssimult aneousl y.
The 0061 clima tecont rolfo rth ewindshield
can onlybe select edforth e/r st seat row. SeSe
tting clim at tti
ng clim ateco ntr e
co ntrol f ol
for t or
the r he
rea rpa sseng ea
rpa sseng er er
co m co
mpa r pa
rtme nt(multimed iasyst tme
nt(multimed iasystem ) em
) Mul
timediasystem :
4 Clima teMen u5
Second Row ofSeats
Se Se
tting t tti
ng the t he
tem em
per pe
rat ure at
ure #
Sele ctSe cond Row ofSeats orThir dRow of
Se ats .
% Maybac hve hicles areonl yeq uipp edwithone
and tworo ws ofseats. #
Setth ete mp eratur e.
Se Se
tting t tting
the he
air0o w air0o
w #
Select Second RowofSeats orThird Rowof
Seats.
% Maybac hve hicles areonl yeq uipp edwithone
and tworo ws ofseats. #
Setth eair0o w.
Contr Contr
olling t olling
the r he
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr olaut ol
aut omaticall y omaticall
y #
Select REARAUTO.
Re ar climat econt rolis contr olled automati-
call y. 166166
Climat
econtr ol

DeactivDeactiv
atingr ating
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
#
Select REAROFF.
Re ar climat econt rolis deactiv ated. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
onization function onization
functionon/o. on/
o.via via
t t
he air conditioning contr he
air conditioning controlpanel ol
panel Climat
econtr olcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The temp eratur eand air
distr ibution setting forth edr iver's side willbe
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat econtr ol
zones. #
Press the0 button.
The sync hronization functionwillbedeactiv ated if
th ese tting sfo rone oftheot her climat ezon esare
ch ang ed. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hing
the sync he
sync hr hr
oni zation funct ion oni
zation funct ion on/o. on/o.
via via
t t
he mult imedi asy st he
mult imedi asy stem em
Mul
time diasystem:
4 Clima teMenu 5
Firs tRo wof Sea ts
Clim atecont rolcan besetcentr allyusing thesyn-
ch ronizati onfuncti on.The driver's settings for te
mp eratur e,air quant ityand airdistribut ionare
adop tedaut omaticall yfo rall climat ezones. #
Select SYNCandswitc hon oro.. RR
emo emo
ving condensation fr ving
condensation from t om
the windo ws he
wind ows WW
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the inside he
inside #
Press the0058 button. #
Ifth ewindo wscont inueto fogup: press the
0064 button.
W W
indo w indo
ws f s
fogg ogg
edup on t ed
up on the outside he
outside #
Switc hon thewindshield wipers. #
Press the 0058 button. SwitcSwitc
hingair hing
air-r -r
ecir ecir
culation mode culation
modeon/o. on/
o. #
Press the0072 button.
The interior airwill berecir culat ed.
Air -recir culati onmode automatical lyswitc hesto
fr es hairmo deaTer awh ile. %
Ifair-re cir culati onmode isswitc hedon,the
wind owsma yfo gup mor equ ickl y. Swi tchon
ai r-re cir culati onmode onlybr ie0y . Swit
c Swit
ching t hing
the r he
residual heatonor esidual
heatonoro. o.
RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle ispar ked.
It is possible tomak euse ofthere sidual heat
fr om theengine tocont inueheatin gor ventila ting
th efront com partment oftheve hicle forappr ox-
imat ely30 minut es,depending onthete mp era-
tur ese t. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press 0056 button.
Re sidual heatwillbeswitc hedo.automati cally. Swi
tc Swi
tching t hi
ng the r he
res idua lhe at int es
idua lhe at inthe r he
rea rpa sseng ea
rpa sseng er er
co m co
mpa r pa
rtme nt tme
nton/o. on/o.
RR
eq equir ui
rem ents: em
ents:
R Theve hicle ispar ked.
When there sidual heatoftheengine isactiv ated
in there ar com partmen t,yo ucan heat orventila te Climat
econtr ol
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BrBr
ea king-in not ea
king-in notes es
To
preser vetheengine during the/r st
1,000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drive at varying road speeds andengine
speeds .
R Donotdr ive at speeds great erthan 85 mph
(140 km/h ).
R Drive th eve hicle indrive pr og ram A
or ;.
R ShiT tothene xt highest gear attheve ry latest
when theneedle reac hes thelast third bef ore
th ere dar ea intheta ch ome ter.
R DonotshiT down manuall yin order tobrak e.
R Avoid overstraining theve hicle, e.g.dr ivi ng at
fu llth ro ttle.
R Donotdepress theacceler ator pedal pastthe
pr essur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease theengine speedgraduall yand
acceler ateth eve hicle tofull speed aTer
1, 000 miles (1,500 km).
Thi salso applies when theengine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced. Please
alsoobser vethefo llo wing breaking-in
no tes:
R Incer tain driving anddriving safetysy stem s,
th esensor sadjust automaticall ywhile acer -
ta in dist ance isbeing driven aTer theve hicle
has been deliveredor aTer repair s.Fu llsy s-
te m e.ectiv enessisno tre ac hed untilth eend
of this teac h-in process.
R Brak epads, brak ediscs andtires that are
eit her newor have been replaced onlyac hie ve
op timum braking e.ect andgrip aTer several
hund redkilome ters of drivin g.Com pensat efo r
th ere duced braking e.ect byappl ying great er
fo rc eto thebr ak epedal. NNo o
t t
es on op es
on optimized acceler timized
acceleration ation
If
all necessar yre qu irements andactiv ation con-
ditions areful/lled ,th ebest possible acceleration
can beachie vedfrom ast andst ill.
Do notuse theop timized accelerationonpublic
ro ads. Individual wheels couldspinandyoucould
lose contr olof theve hicle. Thereis an incr eased
ri sk ofskiddin gand/ oracciden t. Be
sureto obser vethesaf etyno tesand informa-
tion onESP ®
(/ page212) . Pul
lingawa Pulli
ngawa ywit y
wit hop h
op tim ized accel er tim
ized accel erati on ati
on &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofskidd ing and having an
accid entfr om wheel sspin ning
When youuse optimized acceleration,individ-
ual wheels couldspinandyoucould losecon-
tr ol of theve hicle.
If ESP ®
is deact ivat ed, ther eis arisk ofskid-
din gand acciden t. #
Mak esur eth at no per sons orobs tacles
ar ein theclose vicinity ofyour vehicle. RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasbeen brok en in(/ page177 ).
R The vehicle andtires arein good condition.
R Youar eon ahigh-g rip roadw ay.
R The engine andtrans missionar eat nor mal
ope rating temp eratur e. Dr
iving andparking
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#
Obser vethech ang edvehicle heightwit h
add-o nro of equipment . NNo o
t t
es on dr es
on drivin gwit ivin
gwit har h
aroof load, tr oof
load, trailer orfull y ailer
orfull y
laden v laden
vehicle ehicle
When drivin gwit haloaded roof lugg agera ck or
tr ailer aswellas withafull yladen orfull yoccu-
pied vehicle, theve hicle' sdr ivi ng and steer ing
ch aract eristics chang e.
Yo ushould bearthefo llo wing inmind:
R Donotex ceed theper missible roof load and
to wing capacity .Also obser vethete ch nica l
dat ain thepr int ed Oper ator's Manual.
R Evenl ydistr ibuteth 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.
No t No
tes on dr es
on driving onsalt-tr iving
onsalt-tr eat eat
edr ed
roads oads
The braking e.ect islimit edon salt-tr eatedroads. Ther
efor e, obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tosalt build-up onthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, thebr aking distance canincrease
consider ablyor result inbraking onlyon one
side
R Main tain amuc hgr eat ersaf edist ance tothe
ve hicle infront
To remo vesalt build-up :
R Brak eoccasion allywhile paying attent ion to
th etra1c conditions
R Carefull ydepr essthebr ak epedal attheend
of thejour neyand when star ting thene xt jour -
ne y
N No o
t t
es on h es
on hydr ydr
oplaning oplaning
Hydr oplaning cantake place onceacer tain
amount ofwa terhas accumula tedon thero ad
sur face.
Obser vethefo llo wing notesdur ing heavyprecipi -
ta tion orincondi tions inwhi chhydroplaning may
occur :
R Reduce speed
R Avoid tireru ts R
Avoid sudden steer ing movements
R Brak ecar eful ly
% Also observe theno teson regula rly ch ecking
wheels andtires (/ page370).
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on driving t iving
thr hr
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wat at
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on the r he
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ace ace
Wa terwhic hhas entered intoth eve hicle can
damag eth eengine, electricsand transmission.
Wa tercan also entertheair intakeof theengine
and cause engine damage.
Obser vethefo llo wing ifyo umust drive th ro ugh
wa ter:
R Obser vethemaximum permissible ford ing
dep th(/ pag e418).
R Drive at amaximum speedof6mp h
(10 km/h );wa tercan other wise enterthe
ve hicle interior oreng inecom partmen t.
R Vehicles trave ling infront, oroncoming vehi-
cles, cancreat ewa veswhic hma yex ceed the
maximum permissible depthofthewa ter.
The brak ing e.ect ofthebr ak es isreduced aTer
fo rd ing. Brak ecar efull ywhile paying attention to Dr
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Inpar kingga rage sor on roads withsteep
uphil lor downhil lgr adien ts.
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles infront ,suc has
bicy cles ormo torc yc les.
In addition, onslipper yro ads, braking oracceler -
atin gcan cause oneorseveralwheels tolose
tr action andtheve hicle could then skid.
Do notuse ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cin
th ese situations. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident from acceler a-
tion orbraking byActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cma yacc el-
er ateor brak ein thefo llo wing cases ,fo r
ex am ple:
R Ifth eve hicle pullsawa yusin gAc tiveDis-
ta nce AssistDIS TRON IC.
R Ifth estor ed speed iscalled upand iscon-
sider ablyfa ster or slowe rth an thecur -
re ntl ydr iven spe ed. R
IfAc tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cno
long erdetects ave hicle infront ordoes
no tre act toreleva nt obje cts. #
Alwayscar efull yobser vethetra1c con-
ditions andbeready tobrak eat all
times. #
Take intoaccount thetra1c situation
bef orecalling upthestor ed speed. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoinsu1-
cient deceler ationbyActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cbrak es your
ve hicle withupto50% ofthepossible deceler-
ation. Ifth is deceler ationisno tsu1cien t,
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Caler tsyou
wit havisu aland acous ticwarning. #
Adjust your speed andmaint ainasuit a-
ble distance from theve hicle infront . #
Brak eth eve hicle yourself and/or take
ev asiv eactio n. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tif de tection
fun ction ofActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cis im pair ed
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cdoes not
re act orhas alimi tedre actio n:
R when drivi ng on adi.er entlane orwhen
ch ang inglane s
R topedest rians, anim als,bicycles orsta-
tio nar yve hicles, orune xpect edobs tacles
R tocom plextra1c condi tions
R tooncoming vehicles andcrossin gtra1c
As are sult ,Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
ma yneit her givewa rnings norinterve ne in
suc hsitu atio ns. #
Alwaysobser vethetra1c conditions
car efull yand react accor dingly. OperOper
ating A ating
Activ ctiv
eDist e
Dist ance Assis ance
AssistDIS t
DIS TR TR
ONIC ONIC
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eq eq
uir uir
ement s: ement
s:
R The electr icpar king brak eis released.
R ESP ®
is activ ated and isno tint erve ning. 222222
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