fuel MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

Light
andvisibility Light
andvisibility ............... .........................148 148
Ext erior lighting ............... ............... ............. 148
Int erior lighting ............... ............... .............. 153
Wi ndsh ieldwiperand wind shield washer
sy stem ........................................................ 155
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Ar ea per mea bletoradio waveson the
wind shield ...... ............................................. 163
Infr ared-r e0ectiv ewind shield funct ion ......... 163 ClimatClimat
econt r e
cont rol ol
...... .....................................1 64 164
Ov ervie wof climat econtr olsystems ............ 164
Oper ating theclimat econtr olsystem .......... 165 DrDr
iving andpar iving
andparking king
..................................... 173 173
Dr iving ........................................................1 73
DY NAMI CSEL ECTsw itch... .........................1 88
Au tomatic transmission ...............................1 92
Tr ansf ercase ..............................................1 97
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC...............................1 98
Re fuel ing.....................................................1 99
Pa rking ...... ...... ...........................................2 01
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stem s... ... ......... 209
Tr ailer hitch... ... ...........................................2 77 Ve
hicle towing instructi ons .......................... 281 InsIns
tr tr
umen tdispla umen
tdispla yand on-boar y
and on-boar dcom- d
com-
put put
er er
........................................................... 282 282
No teson theinst rument displa yand on-
boar dcom puter...... .................................... 282
Ov ervie wof ins trument display... ................. 283
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel .................... ...................................... 284
Oper ating theon-boar dcom puter..... ...........2 84
Ov ervie wof displa ysintheinst rument
displa y... ..................................................... 286
Head-u pDispla y... ....................................... 286 MBUX
multimed iasyst MBUX
multimed iasystem em
............................2 89 289
Ov ervie wand oper ation ...............................289
Sy stem settings .......................................... 298
Na vigatio n.......... .........................................302
Te lephone ................................................... 312
Mer cedes meapp ....................................... 316
Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem ....... 323
Ra dio &media ........ .....................................3 26
Sound settings ............................................333 MaintMaint
enance andcar enance
andcare e
....... .......................... 334 334
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y...... .... 334
Engine compartment ................................... 335
Cleaning andcare...... ................................. 341 BrBr
eakdo eakdo
wnassist wn
assist ance ance
.................................350 350
Emer gency .......... .......... .............................. 350
Fla ttir e.......... .............................................351
Batt ery(v ehi cle).......... ................................357
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lsand tir Whee
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No teson noiseorunu sual handl ingchar-
act eristics ................................................... 370
No teson regula rly in spect ing wheel sand
tir es ............................................................ 370
No teson sno wch ains ................................. 371
Ti re pressur e.... .... ....................................... 371
Loading theve hicle .....................................3 76
Ti re labeling ............ .................................... 381
De/n itionofterm sfo rtir es and loading .......386
Changing awheel ........................................ 388
Emer gency sparewheel ...............................3 99 Cont
ents
3 3

1
003E003D Turn sign allights →
149
2 0075 Restr aint system →
480
3 00BB ESP®
OF F →
491
00E5 ESP®
→
491
4 005E Rear foglam p →
149
5 0057 Highbeam →
149
0058 Lowbea m →
148
0060 Parking lamps →
148
6 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
482
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
283
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
486
9 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
486
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
486
A 003D Electricalmalfu nction →
482
B L Distance warning →
489
C 0025 ABS →
491 D
Ù Powe rst eer ing →
481
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
493
F 00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
482
G Fuelleve l →
283
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
486
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
486
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
480
K 00B9 CheckEngine →
482
L ä Suspension (red) →
489
ä Suspension (yello w) →
489 At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps
11 11

1
B-pillarwi th:
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
32
2 Safetyve sts →
350
3 ; mebutton →
316
0053 SOSbutton →
316
4 002F Hazard wa rning light system →
150
5 Chec kingandre/ll ing ope rating 0uids →
408
St artin gassis tance →
360
6 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
363 7
Flat tire →
351
8 Tow- star ting ortowing away →
363
9 Fuel/ller 0apwith:
inf ormation labelonfuel type →
199
Inf ormation labelontirepr essur e →
373
QR code foracces singthere scue card →
32
A Warning triangle →
350
B TIREFIT kit →
353
C Firs t-aid kit(soT side d) →
351 At
aglan ce–Emer gencie sand break downs
19 19

The
origina lpurc hase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof theeq uipment inyour vehicle at
th etime ofdeliv ery.
Sho uldyouha ve anyqu estion sconcer ningequip-
ment andoper ation, please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center.
The Oper ator's Manual, Supplement, further sup-
plement arydocuments andMaint enance Booklet
ar eim por tant doc ume ntsand should bekept in
th eve hicle. MerMer
cedes meapp cedes
meapp NNo o
t t
es about t es
about the on- deman df he
on- deman dfeatu re eatur
e Yo
ucan also activ ateva rious functions (on-
demand featur e)subsequentl yvia Mer cedes me
aTer purchasing your vehicle.
Inf ormatio nis availabl eat anyaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCen ter. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin gon- demand f atin
gon- demand featur eatur
eusing Mer e
using Mercedes me cedes
me RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle hasGPS recep tion . R
The vehicle islin kedto theMer cedes meuser
account.
Or Or
der der
ing and activ ing
and activ ating on-demand f ating
on-demand featur e eatur
e #
Addth edesir edon-demand featur efo rth e
ve hicle totheshopping basketinthe
Mer cedesme Store. #
Com pletetheor der .
The on-demand featur eis activ ated when
oper atingth eve hicle.
Spe edin gup activ Spe
edin gup activ ation ation
#
Switchth eve hicle o.and lockit. #
ATer about 2min utes, unlockth eve hicle and
switc hon theve hicle.
The on-deman dfeatur ehas been activated.
Fo rsome featur es,ano ti/cation alsoappear s
in theve hicle' smult imedi asy stem.
If th eactiv ation wasno tsuccessf ul,repeat the
pr ocess. SerSer
vice andv vice
andvehicle oper ehicle
operation ation
VV
ehicle oper ehicle
operation outside t ation
outside the US he
USAor Canada A
or Canada When
youar eabr oad withyo ur vehicle, observe
th efo llo wing points:
R Service points orreplacement partsma yno t
be availabl eimmed iately.
R Unle aded fue lma yno tbe availabl efo rve hi-
cles withacat alytic converter .Leaded fuel
ma ycause damag eto thecat alytic converter .
R The fuel mayha ve an extremel ylo w oct ane
number .Unsuit ablefuelcancauseengine
dam age.
Some Mercede s-Benz modelsareav ailabl ein
Eur ope thro ugh ourEuropean DeliveryPr og ram.
Fo rmor einf ormation, pleaseconsult anaut hor -
ized Mercedes‑Benz service center,or write to
one ofthefo llo wing address:
In t In
the US he
USA: A:
Mer cedes-Benz USA,LLC
Eur opean DeliveryDepar tment
One Mercedes -Benz Drive
Sandy Springs, GA30328 2424
Gener
alno tes

R
Engl ish:https:/ /www.tc.gc.ca/r ecalls
R Frenc h:https://www .tc.gc.ca/rappels LimitLimit
edW ed
War r ar
ranty anty
* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle arisin gfrom
vio lati on ofthese oper ating instruction s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from violati on
of these oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Be nzimplie dwa rrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheinst ruction sin these oper at-
ing inst ruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi-
cle damag e. QR
code f QR
code for r or
rescue card escue
card
QR codes areatt ached inthefuel /ller 0apand on
th eopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theev ent of
an accident, rescue service scan usetheQR code
to quickl y/n dth eappr opriatere scue cardfo r yo
ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcont ains the
most impor tant informa tion aboutyour vehicle in
a com pact form ,e.g .th ero uting oftheelectr ic
lines.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat http s://
www .mercedes- benz.de/ qr-code . DatDat
ast a
stor or
ag e ag
e DatDat
apr a
pr ocessin gin t ocessin
gin the v he
vehicle ehicle
Elect
r Elect
roni ccont r oni
ccont rol uni ts ol
uni ts
Elect ronic cont rolunits areinst alled inyour vehi-
cle. Control uni tsprocess datawhic h,forex am-
ple, they receiv efrom vehicle senso rs,ge ner ate
th emsel vesor exch ang ebe tween themsel ves.
Som econt rolunits arere qu ired forth esaf eoper -
ation ofyour vehicle, some assistyo uwhen driv-
ing, suchas driver assist ancesystems, while oth-
er senab lecon venienc eor infotainm entfunct ions.
The follo wing prov ides youwit hge ner alinf orma -
tion rega rding datapr ocess ingintheve hicle.
Ad ditional information rega rding exactl ywhic h
dat ain your vehicle arecolle cted, savedand
tr ansmitt edtothird par ties, andforwhat purpose, can
befound intheinf ormation directl yre lat ed to
th efunction alch aract eristics inqu estion intheir
re specti veOper ator's Manual. Thisinformation is
also availabl eonl ine and, depen dingon theve hi-
cle equipme nt,dig itall y.
P P
er er
sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni queve hicle
identi/cation number.Depen dingon thecountr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation numbercan beused by,
fo rex am ple, government alaut hor ities todeter-
mine theidentity oftheow ner .Ther ear eot her
possibi lities touse datacollect edfrom theve hicle
to identify theow ner ordriver ,suc has thelicense
plat enumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssed bycont rol
units maybe attr ibut able toaper son or,und er
cer tain conditions, becomeattribut able toaper -
son. Depe nding on whic hve hicle dataar eav aila-
ble, itma ybe possibl eto mak einf erences about,
fo rex am ple, your driving behavior,yo ur location,
yo ur routeor your use patterns. 3232
Gener
alno tes

R
When theve hicle istowing atrailer andther e
is arisk ofare ar impact
The system will notini tiat ean ybr aking applicatio n
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Whilst driving
or
R When entering orexiting apar king space while
using ActivePa rking Assist FF
unction ofPRE-S unction
ofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
Im Im
pulse Side pulse
Side If
an imminent sideimpact isde tected, PRE-
SA FE®
Im pulse Sidecanpre-em ptivel ymo vethe
fr ont seat vehicle occupan t'suppe rbody towa rds
th ecent eroftheve hicle. Itdoes this by rapidl y
in0a tingan air cushion intheout erseat sidebol-
st er oftheseat backrest ontheside onwhic hth e
im pact isanticipat ed.This increases thedist ance
be tween thedoor andtheve hicle occupan t.
If PR E-S AFE ®
Im pulse Side has been deployedor
is faulty ,th ePRE-SAFE ImpulseSide Inoperative
See Operator's Manual(/page424) displa y
messag eappear s. AA
ut ut
omatic measur omatic
measures es
aTer aTer
anaccident an
accident
Depending onthetype andseverity of theacci-
dent, anddepending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,
th efo llo wing measur escan beimplement ed,for
ex am ple:
R Automatic braking (post-collision brak e)
R Activating thehazar dwa rning light system
R Trigg ering anaut omatic emergency call
(/ page323)
R Switc hingo.theengine
To star tth eve hicle again, switc hth eve hicle
o. and ononce more(/ page174) .Depen d-
ing onthetype andseverity of theaccident,
yo uma yno long erbe able tostar tth eve hicle.
R Switching o.thefuel suppl ysy stem
R Unloc kingtheve hicle doors
R Lowe ring theside windo ws
R Displa yingtheemer gency guide inthemulti-
media system displa y
R Switc hingontheint erior lighting F F
unction oft unction
ofthe pos he
post-collision br t-collision
brak e ak
e
Depending ontheaccident situation, thepost-col-
lision brak ecan minimize these verity of afur ther
collision oreve navo idit.
If an accident isde tected, thepost-collision brak e
can implement automatic braking. Whentheve hi-
cle has come toast ands till,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis aut omaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th efo llo wing actions:
R Braking morestr ongl yth an aut omati cbr aking
R Fully depr essing theacceler ator pedal with
fo rc e SafSaf
el el
ytr y
trans por ans
porting c ting
chi ld r hi
ld ren int en
inthe v he
veh icle eh
icle Alw
ay Alw
aysobser v s
obser ve when c e
when childr hildr
enar en
aretrav e
traveling int eling
inthe he
v v
ehicle ehicle
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Also strictl yobser vethesaf etyno tesfo rth e
speci/c situation .In this wa yyo ucan recog-
niz epo tential risk sand avoiddang ersif ch il-
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
(/ page54). Occupan
tsaf ety
53 53

Sma
r Sma
rtK ey tK
ey OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof Smar w
of Smar tKe tK
ey fun ctions y
fun ctions &
W W
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. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theSmar tKey caused by
magne tic/elds #
Keep theSmar tKey awa yfrom strong
ma gne tic /eld s. Ve
hicle keywit hpan icalar m
1 Locks
2 Indicatorlam p 3
Unloc ks
4 Opens/clo sestheta ilg ate
5 Panic alarm
% Ifind icat orlam p2 does notlig ht up aTer
pr essin gth eÜ orß button,thebatt ery
is we ak orpossibl ydisc harged. Re place the
batt eryas soon aspossible.
Re place theke ybatt ery(/ page72).
The keyloc ksand unlocks thefo llo wing compo-
nents:
R Door s
R Fuel/ller 0ap
R Tailg ate
If th eve hicle isno topen edwithin appr oximat ely
40 seconds aTerunloc king,itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eT protection isactiv ated again.
Do notke ep theke yto get her with elect ronic devi-
ces orme talobjects. Thiscana.ec tth eke y's
fu nct ionality.
Do notke ep theke yin thete mp eratur e-contr olled
cup holder .Ot her wise, theke ywill notbe reliabl y
de tected. 7070
Openi
ngand closin g

AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe acous he
acous ticloc tic
locking king
v v
er er
i/- i/-
cation cation
signal sign
al Mul
timed iasystem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehi cle #
Activateor deac tivateAco ustic Lock. ArAr
ming/dis ar ming/dis
arming t ming
the panic alarm he
pani calar m RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The vehicle isswitc hedo.. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press button1 forappr oximat ely
one second.
A visual andaudible alarmistrigg ered. #
T T
o deactiv o
deactiv at at
e: e:
brie0y press button1 again.
or #
Press thestar t/s topbutt on.
A Smar tKey belongin gto theve hicle mustbe
de tected intheve hicle. Chang
ingt Chang
ingthe unloc he
unlocking se king
setting s tti
ng s Po
ssible unlocking funct ionsof theSmar tKey :
R Centr alunloc king
R Unloc kingthedr iver's door andfuel/ller 0ap #
T T
o switc o
switc hbe h
be tw tw
een se een
setting s: tting
s:press theÜ
and ß buttons simult aneousl yfo rappr ox-
imat elysix seconds untiltheindicat orlam p
0ash estwice.
Op tions ifth eunloc kingfunction forth edr iver's
door andfuel/ller 0aphasbeen select ed:
R T T
o unloc o
unloc kt k
the v he
vehicle centr ehicle
centrally all
y: :
pr ess the
Ü buttontwice.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withKEYLES S-GO: h
KEYLES S-GO:ifyo uto uc hth e
inner surface ofthedoor handle onthedr iv-
er's door ,onl yth edr iver's door andthefuel
/ller 0apareunloc ked. DeactivDeactiv
atingt ating
the fun ction oft he
fun ction ofthe Smar he
Smar tKey tK
ey VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withKEYLESS -GO: h
KEYLESS -GO:ifyo udeactiv ateth e
func tionof theSmar tKey ,th eKEYLESS -GOfunc-
tions arealso deactiv ated. Access ordrive aut hor -
izat ion byKEY LESS-G Oisthen no long erpossible
wit hth at par ticu larSmar tKey .Ac tivateth efunc-
tion oftheSmar tKey so that all its funct ionswill
ag ain beavailabl e.
Yo ucan also deactiv ateth efunction oftheSmar t-
Ke yto reduce theener gyconsum ption ofthe
Sma rtKe yif yo udo notuse theve hicle oraSmar t-
Ke yfo ran extended period oftime . #
T T
o dea ctiv o
dea ctivat at
e: e:
press theß buttononthe
Sma rtKe ytwi ce inqu ick succes sion.
The Smar tKey indicat orlam p0as hes twice
br ie0y andlights uponce. #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e: e:
press anybutt onontheSmar tKey .
% When theve hicle isstar tedwit hth eSmar tKey
in themar kedspace ofthecent erconsole,
th efunction oftheSmar tKey isaut omatically
activ ated (/ page175). Opening
andclosing
71 71

Door
s Door
s UUn
loc nloc
king/open ingt king/open
ingthe door he
door sfr s
from t om
the inside he
inside #
T T
o unloc o
unloc kand open afr k
and open afront door ont
door : :
pull door
handle 2.
Loc king pin1pops upwhen thedoor is
unloc ked. #
T T
o unloc o
unloc kar k
arear door ear
door : :
pull there ar door han-
dle.
The locking pinpops upwhen there ar door is
unl ocked. #
T T
o open ar o
open arear door ear
door : :
pull there ar door handl e
ag ain. Cen
tr Cen
trall all
yloc y
loc king andunloc king
andunlocking t king
the v he
vehicle fr ehicle
from om
t t
he insi de he
insi de #
T T
o unl oc o
unl ock: k:
press button1. #
T T
o loc o
loc k: k:
press button2.
% Mer Mer
cedes-Ma ced
es-Ma ybac yb
ac hv h
vehi cles: ehi
cles:thebutt ons are
also locat edon thefront passeng erand rear
door s.
This does notloc kor unl ockth efuel /ller 0ap. The
vehicle isno tunl ocked:
R Ifyo uha ve loc kedth eve hicle usingth eSmar t-
Ke y
R Ifyo uha ve loc kedth eve hicle usingKEY LESS-
GO LocLoc
king /unloc king
/unlocking t king
the v he
vehicle wit ehicle
withKEY LESS-GO h
KEY LESS-GO RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R The Smar tKey isoutside theve hicle.
R The distance between theSmar tKey and the
ve hicle does notex ceed 3T (1 m).
R The driver's door andthedoor onwhic hth e
door handle isused areclosed.
* NO NO
TE TE
Vehicle damag edue tounint en-
tional opening oftheta ilg ate R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur eclean er #
Deacti vate thefunction oftheSmar tKey
in these situations.
or 7474
Opening
andclosing

1
Detection rang eof thesensor s
If se veralconsecutiv ekic king movements areno t
successful, waitte nsec onds .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impai redor ma yno tfun ction
in thefo llo wing cases :
R The sensor sar edir ty,e.g. duetoroad salt or
sno w.
R The kicking movement ismade usingapr os-
th etic leg. The
tailg atecan open orclose unintentionall yin
th efo llo wing situations:
R Aper son's arms orlegs aremo ving inthesen-
sor detection rang e, e.g. when polishing the
ve hicle orpic king upobj ects.
R Objects aremo vedor placed behind theve hi-
cle, e.g.th ehose ofafuel dispenser ,a ch arg-
ing cable, orlug gage
R Clam pingstraps, tarp sor other coverings are
pull edove rth ebum per.
R Apr otectiv emat withalengt hre ac hing over
th etrunk silldown intoth ede tection rang eof
th esensor sis used.
R The protectiv emat isno tsecur edcor rectl y.
R Workisbeing doneonthetrailer hitch,trailer s
or rear bicy clerack s.
Deacti vate thefunction oftheSmar tKey
( / pag e71) ordo notcar rytheSmar tKey about
yo ur per son insuc hsituations. Limiting
t Limiting
the opening angleoft he
opening angleofthe t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e AA
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
Yo ucan limit theopening angleoftheta ilg atein
th eto phalf ofits opening rang eup toapoin t
shor tly bef oreth eend position. #
Stop theopening procedur eof theta ilg ateat
th edesir edposition. #
Press and hold theclosing buttonontheta il-
ga te until youhear ashor tacoustic signal.
The opening anglelimiterwill beactiv ated. The
ta ilg atewill then stop inthestor ed position
when opened.
To open theta ilg atefull y,pull thehandle onthe
outside oftheta ilg ateag ain aTer ithas stopped
aut omaticall y.
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