automatic transmission MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

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Immedi atelych ang eout ofclo thing
whic hhas been contaminat edwith
electr olyte.
R Ifan aller gicreactio noccur s,seek
medic alatt ent ion immed iately. The
insiderear vie wmir rorand theoutside mirror
on thedr iver's side willautomaticall ygo intoanti-
glar emode iflight from aheadlam phits thesen-
sor ontheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system willno tgo intoant i-glaremo deif:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
R The interior lightin gis switc hedon. FF
r r
ont -passe ng ont
-passe nger out side mirr er
out side mirror par or
par king posit ion king
posit ion
fu nct ion fu
nct ion %
The parking posit ionisavailabl eonl yin vehi-
cles withamemor yfu nct ion.
The parking posit ionmak espar king easier . In
thefo llo wing situations, thefront-passeng er
outside mirrorwill swiv eldo wn wardsin thedir ec-
tion ofthere ar wheel onthefront passeng er's
side:
R The parking position isstor ed (/ page162)
R The front-passeng ermir roris select ed
R Reversege ar iseng aged.
The front -passe nger out side mirrorwill movebac k
to its original position inthefo llo wing situations:
R YoushiT thetransmission toano ther transmis-
sion position
R Youar etrave ling atspeeds greater than
9 mp h(15 km/h)
R Youpr ess thebutt onforth eoutside mirroron
th edr iver's side SS
t t
or or
ing and calling upt ing
and calling upthe par he
par king position oft king
position ofthe he
fr fr
ont-passeng ont-passeng
eroutside mirr er
outside mirror or
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t t
or or
ing ing
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Select thefront-passeng eroutside mirror
using button1. #
Eng agere ve rsege ar. #
Movethefront-passeng eroutside mirrorint o
th edesir edpar king position usingbutton2. 162162
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andvisibility

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edasfoll ow ollo
ws if y s
if you w ou
want t ant
the aut he
aut omatic omatic
tr tr
ansmission t ansmission
to r o
remain inneutr emain
inneutr al al
005C 005C
ev ev
en ift en
ifthe he
v v
ehicle isswitc ehicle
isswitc hed hed
o. o.
ort or
the dr he
driv iv
er's door is er's
door is
opened: opened:
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Depr essthebr ak epedal andengageneutr al
005C when theve hicle isstation ary.
The NPerm anentlyActiveRisk ofRolling
Away message appear sin theinst rument dis-
pla y. #
Release thebr ak epedal. #
Switc ho. theve hicle.
% Ifyo uth en exitth eve hicle leavingth eSmar t-
Ke yin theve hicle, theaut omatic transmission
re mains inneut ral005C.
The parkposition 005Disaut omaticall yre -eng aged
as soo nas one ofthefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hto transm ission position 005Bor005E.
R Youpr ess the005D butt on.
Eng Eng
aging par aging
parkposition P k
position P #
Obser vetheno teson par king theve hicle
(/ page201). #
Depr essthebr ak epedal untiltheve hicle
comes toast ands till. #
When theve hicle isat ast ands till,pr ess but-
to n005D.
Whe nth etransmission positiondisplaysho ws
005D ,th epar kposition iseng aged. Ifno trans-
mission position display005D appear s,secur e
th eve hicle toprev ent itfrom rolling away.
% Depending onthesituation, itma yta ke a
shor ttime until005D iseng aged. Ther efor e,
alw ayspa yatt ent ion tothetransmission posi-
tion displa y.
Pa rk position 005Diseng aged aut omaticall yif one
of thefo llo wing conditions isme t:
R Youswitc hth estationar yve hicle o.intrans-
mission position005Bor005E.
R Youopen thedr iver's door when theve hicle is
at ast ands tillor when drivi ng atave ry low
speed andthetransmission positionis005B or
005E.
R When theve hicle isrolling, youswitc hifo. in
tr ansmiss ionposition 005Bor005E and bring itto
a st ands till. R
Youswitc ho. theengine, bring theve hicle to
a st ands tilland open thedr iver's door when
th eve hicle isstation aryor when theve hicle is
ro lling andthetransmission positionis005C.
R Eng aging parkposition 005Dautomaticall yis
re qu ired bytheve hicle.
% Tomaneuv erwit han open driver's door ,open
th edr iver's door while atast andstill and
eng agetransmission position005Bor005E again.
Eng Eng
aging dr aging
driv iv
e position D e
position D #
Depr essthebr ak epedal andpush theDIRECT
SELECT leve rdo wn past the/r st point of
re sis tance.
Whe nth eaut omatic transmission isin transmis-
sion position 005B,itshiTs thege arsaut omati cally.
This depends ,am ong other things, onthefo llo w-
ing fact or s:
R The select eddrive pr og ram
R The positionof theacceler ator pedal
R The driving speed 194194
Dr
iving andparking

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The navig ation ser vice sop tion isavailabl e,
subscr ibedtoand activ ated intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The tra1c light dat aser vice belon gstothe
scope ofthena vig ation services.
The current vehicle positionand thedir ection of
tr av el aretransmitt edvia thecommunication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetra1c
light dataser vice prov ider .The prov ider gather s
dat afrom tra1c lights whichtransmit their chang -
ing phases. Whentheve hicle approaches aninter-
secti onwithne tworke dtra1c lights, datais trans-
mitt edtotheve hicle.
A se ttur nsign alleT orright and lane recommen -
dation sdur ing activ ero uteguidance areta ke n
int oaccount forth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand is
no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle funct ions,systems
or com pone nts. Ple ase note that thedispla yed
dat ais no tav ailabl ein all tra1c areas and maybe
inco rrect.
Cer tain light signal systems automaticall yadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent tra1c situa- tion.
Thiscanlea dto asudde nch ang ein the
count down displa y.
The informa tion intheInstr ument Displayis
sho wnaTer selecting thedispla ycont ents inthe
Assi stance men u.Ifano ther menu isselect ed,the
tr a1 cligh tco un tdow nis no tdis pla yed.
Also obser vethefo llo wing information:
R select aspeed adaptedto thetra1c, sur-
ro undings andweather cond itions
R obser veactual tra1c signs
R obser veappli cable tra1c rules and regula -
tions
Pleas eobs erve theno teson drivi ng systems and
yo ur responsi bility.Yo ucould other wise failto rec-
ogn izedang ers.
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
The displa ydoes notappear inthefo llo wing situa-
tions, forex am ple:
R Ther eis no tra1c light dat aav ailabl e.
R The time remainin gunti lth ene xt green phase
is less than tensec onds . R
Eme rgency vehicles orlocal publictranspor t
ar elocat edinthevicinity oftheint ersection.
R The datatransmission from theve hicle has
been interrupted.
R The tra1c lightsystems arelocat edinacon-
str uction sitear ea orareunder going mainte-
nance.
R The light signal system ismalfunctionin g.
R The subscr iption totheser vice hasexpir ed. SwitcSwitc
hingt hing
the he
tr tr
a1c a1c
lightinf light
infor or
mation displa mation
displayon y
on
or or
o. o.
Multimedi
asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance #
Switc hTraffi cLight Information onD or
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iving andparking
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Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipp edwithth eMer cedes-Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCa ll"). This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan accident. eCall
in no wayre places assistanceprov ided from dial-
ing 911.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonlyfunctions inareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailabl efrom
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins u1cient net-
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov ider s
ma yre sult inan emer gency callno tbeing trans -
mitt ed.
eCa llis ast anda rdfeatur ein your Mer cedes-Benz
ve hicle. Inorder tofunc tionas intend ed,th esy s-
te m relies onthetransmission ofdat ade tailed in
th e"Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem data
tr ans mission"sec tion that follo ws (/ pag e325).
To disable eCall,acust omer mustvisitanaut hor -
ized Mercedes-Benz Service depar tment todeac-
tiv ateth eve hicle' scommun icationmodul e. Deact
iv Deact
ivation oft ation
ofthis modul epr ev his
modul epr ev ents t ents
the activ he
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ofanyand allMer y
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he deactiv he
deactiv ationofeCall, aut ation
ofeCall, automatic omatic
emer g emer
gency calland manual emerg ency
calland manual emergency callwill ency
callwill
no no
tbe av t
be availabl e. ailabl
e.
The vehicle mustbe switc hedonbeforean aut o-
matic emergency callca nbe made.
% eCallis ac tivated atthefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes- Benzdeale r.Plea senote that inthe
ev ent owner ship of theve hicle istransf erred
to ano ther ow ner inits dea ctivated stat e,
eCa llwil lre main deactiv ated unless thene w
ow ner visitsan aut hor ized Mercedes-Be nz
dea lership to reactiv ateth esy stem. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the Mer he
Mer cedes-Benz emerg cedes-Benz
emergency call ency
call
sy st sy
stem em
eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
accident andthear riva lof emer gency service sat
th esit eof theaccident. Ithelps locatean acci-
dent sitein places that aredi1cu ltto access.
Ho wev er,ev en ifave hicle iseq uipp edwitheCall ,
th is does notmean thesy stem isON .As suc h, eCall
doesnotre place dialing 911intheev ent of
an accident.
An emer gency callca nbe made aut oma tically or
ma nual ly.
Onl ymak eemer gency calls ifyo uor other sar ein
nee dof rescue. Donotmak ean emer gency callin
th eev ent ofabr eakdo wnorasimilar situation.
Messag Messag
eson t es
on the displa y he
displa y
SOS NOTREAD Y:theve hicle isno ton oreCall not
av ailabl e.
Dur inganactiv eemer gency call, app ears
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan /ndmor einf ormation onthere giona l
av ailabi lityof eCall at:http s://www .mercedes-
ben z-mobil e.com/e xtra/ecal l/
% Ifth er eis amalfunction intheMer cedes-Benz
emer gency callsy stem (e.g.ama lfunct ion
wit hth espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS
butt on), acor respond ingmessag eappear son
th edispla yin theinst rument cluster. MBUX
multimed iasystem
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Atowing speed of30 mph(5 0km /h)
mu stno tbe exceeded. #
Atowing distance of30 mile s(50 km)
must notbe exceeded. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden twhen towing a
ve hicle whichis toohea vy
If th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor towe dawa y
is hea vier than theper missible gross mass of
yo ur vehicle, thefo llo wing situations can
occur :
R The towing eyema ybecome detach ed.
R The vehicle/ trailer combin ationmay
sw erve orrollo ver. #
Beforeto w- star ting ortowing away,
ch eckif th eve hicle tobe tow- star tedor
to we dawa yex ceeds theper missible
gr oss mass. #
Information ontheper missible gross mass of
th eve hicle canbefound ontheve hicle identi-
/cation plate(/ page407) . #
Donotopen thedr iver's door orfront
passeng erdoor asthetransmission mayot h-
er wise shiTtoposition 005Dautomaticall y. #
Installth eto wing eye(/ page366). #
Fasten theto wing device .
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue toincor rect conn ec-
tion oftheto w bar #
Onlyconn ecttheto w rope ortow bar to
th eto wing eyes. %
Youcan also attachth eto w bar tothetrailer
hitc h. #
Deactiv ateth eaut omatic locking mechanism
(/ page76). #
Donotactiv ateth eHOLD function . #
Deactiv ateth eto w- awa yalar m(/ page95). #
Deact ivat eAc tiveBr ak eAssi st(/ page237). #
ShiTthetransmission toposition 005C
(/ page193). #
Release theelectr icpar king brak e. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetolimit ed
saf ety-re lat ed functions during theto wing
pr ocess
Saf ety-re lat ed functions arelimit edorno lon-
ge rav ailabl ein thefo llo wing situations:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
R The brak esy stem orpowe rst eer ing sys-
te m ismalfun ctioning.
R The ener gysuppl yor theon-boar delectr i-
cal system ismalfunctionin g.
When your vehicle istowe daw ay,signi/cantl y
mor ee.or tma ybe requ ired tosteer and
br ak eth an isnor mall yre qu ired. #
Use ato w bar . #
Mak esur eth at thesteer ing wheel can
mo vefreel ybe fore towing theve hicle
awa y. 364364
Br
eakdo wnassist ance

*
N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agedue toexcessiv etractiv e
po we r If
yo upull awayshar ply, thetractiv epo we r
ma ybe toohigh andtheve hicles couldbe
damag ed. #
Pullawa yslo wly and smoo thly. Loading
t Loading
the v he
vehic lef ehic
lefor tr or
transpo rt anspo
rt #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e363). #
Connect theto wing device totheto wing eye
in order toload theve hicle.
% Youcan also attachth eto w bar tothetrailer
hitc h. #
ShiT theaut omatic transmission toposition
005C.
% The automatic transmission maybe lockedin
position 005Dintheev ent ofdamag eto the
electr ics.ToshiT to005C ,pr ov ide theon-boar d
electr icalsystem withpo we r(/ page360). #
Load theve hicle ontoth etranspor ter. #
ShiT theaut omatic transmission toposition
005D. #
Use theelectr icpar king brak eto secur eth e
ve hicle agains tro lling away. #
Onlysecur eth eve hicle bythewheels.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withADS PL h
ADS PLUS (A US
(Adap dap
tiv tiv
eDam e
Dam ping Sy ping
Sys- s-
t t
em PL em
PLUS) US)
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident whentrans-
por ting vehicles withAd aptiveDam ping
Sy stem PLUS
When transpo rting vehicles withAdaptive
Dam pingSy stem PLUS, theve hicle/ trailer
combin ationmaybeg into rock and star tto
skid. #
Load theve hicle correctl yont oth e
tr ansp orter. #
Sec ureth eve hicle onallfour wheels
wit hsuit able tensio ning straps . #
Donotex ceed themaximum permissible
speed of35 mph(6 0km /h)wh en tran s-
po rting. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle from secur -
ing itinco rrectl y #
ATer loading, theve hicle mustbe
secur edon allfour wheels. Other wise,
th eve hicle could bedamag ed. #
Amin imum distance of8in (20 cm)
upw ards and 4in (10 cm) down wards
must bekept tothetranspor tplatf orm. #
Secur eth eve hicle onallfour wheels aTer
loading. Br
eakdo wnassist ance
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