windshield wipers MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

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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
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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) .
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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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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. #
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o sw itc o
sw itchint h
int er er
mitt mitt
entwiping ent
wiping on/o .: on
/o .:press
butt on2.
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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 &
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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
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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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andvisibility

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T T
o r o
remo v emo
ve t e
the wiper blade: he
wiper blade: press release knob
2, pullthewiper blade inthedir ection of
ar ro w 3 and remo ve.
Ins t Ins
talli ng t alli
ng the wiper blades he
wiper blades #
Push thene wwiper blade ontoth ewiper arm
in thedir ection ofarro w 1 untilre lease knob
2 engages. #
Press thewiper blade beyond thepoint of
re sis tance inthedir ection ofarro w 3 onthe
wiper arm.
The wiper blade willengagewit hano tice able
clic kand movefreel yag ain. #
Foldthewiper arm bac kont oth ewindshield.
% Chec kth econdition ofthewiper blades regu-
lar lyand replace them intheev ent ofvisible
damag eor ongoing smearing. RR
eplacing t eplacing
the r he
rear windo ear
windo wwiper blade w
wiper blade &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbecoming trapped 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. RR
emo emo
ving t ving
the wiper blade he
wiper blade #
Switc hth eve hicle o.. #
Foldwiper arm 2 awa yfrom there ar wind ow
until iteng ages inthere placement position. #
Unclip wiper blade 1from wiper arm 2 and
re mo veitin thedir ection ofarro w 3. Lig
htand visibility
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DeactivDeactiv
atingr ating
rear climat ear
climat econtr e
contr ol ol
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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the r he
residual heatonor esidual
heatonoro. o.
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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
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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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#
Switcho. theve hicle. #
Neverto uc hth edang erzones surround-
ing moving components, e.g.thero tation
ar ea ofthefa n. #
Remo vejewe leryand watches . #
Keep items ofclo thing and hair away
fr om moving parts. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom touc hing live
com ponents
The ignition system and thefuel injection sys-
te m oper atewit hahigh voltag e. Youcould
re ceiv ean elect ric shoc k. #
Neverto uc hcom ponents oftheignition
sy stem orfuel injection system when the
ve hicle isswitc hedon. The
livecom pone ntsincl ude thefo llo wing, for
ex am ple:
R Ignition coils
R Fuelinject ors R
Electr iclines totheignition coilsandthefuel
inject ors &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofbur nsfrom hotcom po-
nent partsintheengine compartment
Cer tain com ponent partsintheengine com-
par tment canbevery hot,e.g .th eengine, the
cooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hcom ponent partsdescr ibedinthe
fo llo wing. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom using the
wind shield wiperswhen thehood isopen
If th ewindshield wipersst ar tmo ving when the
hood isopen ,yo ucould betrapped bythe
wiper linkage . #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and theve hicle /rst ifyo uneed toopen
th ehood. Opening
t Opening
the hood he
hood #
Torelease thehood, pullonhandle 1. 336336
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enance andcare

#
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.
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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.
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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

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Have workor repair sto decor ativefo ils car -
ri ed out ataqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop,
e.g .in an aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen ter. NN
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t t
es on car es
on car eof v e
of vehicle par ehicle
parts ts
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofentr apment ifth ewind-
shield wipersar eswitc hedonwhile the
wind shield isbein gclean ed
If th ewindshield wipersar ese tin mo tion
while youar ecleaning thewindshield orwiper
blades, youcan betrapped bythewiper arm. #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and theve hicle beforeclean ingthewind-
shield orwiper blades. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofbur nsfrom theta ilpipe
and tailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
become very hot.Ifyo ucome intocont act
wit hth ese partsof theve hicle, youcould burn
yo urself. #
Alwaysbe par ticu larlycar efular ound the
ta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and super -
vise childr enespecia lly closel yin this
ar ea. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hing them. To
avo iddamag eto theve hicle, observetheno tes
on cleaning andcareof thefo llo wing vehicle
par ts:
Wheel sand r Wheel
sand rims ims
R Use waterand acid-fr eeallo ywheel cleaner s.
R Donotuse acidic alloywheel cleaner sto
re mo vebrak edust .This could damag ewheel
bolts andbrak ecom ponent s.
R Toavo idcor rosion ofthebr ak ediscs and
br ak epads, drive th eve hicle fora fe w minu tes
aTer clean ingbeforepar king it.The brak e
discs andbrak epads warm upand dryout.
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indo ws indo
ws
R Clean thewindo wsinside andoutside witha
dam pclo thand withaclean ingagent recom-
mende dfo rMer cedes-Benz. R
Donotuse dryclo thsor abr asiv eor sol vent-
bas edcleaning agents toclean theinside of
windo ws.
% ATe rch ang ingthewiper blades ortreating
th eve hicle withwa x,clean thewindshield
th or oughl ywit hcleaning agents recommen -
ded forMer cedes-Benz. Failur eto obser vethe
appli catio nins tructi ons mayre sult indamag e,
smear marksorblindin gspo ts.
% Remo veextern al fogging ordirton thewind-
shield infront ofthemultifun ctioncamer a.
Ot her wise, driving systems anddriving safety
sy stems maybe impair edornotav ailabl e
(/ page209).
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iper blade s iper
blade s
R Movethewiper arms intoth ere placement
position (/page156).
R With thewiper arms folded out,clean the
wiper blades withadam pclo th.
% Mak esur eth at thewiper blades arecoat ed.
The coating canleaveresidue son aclo th.Do
no tru bth ewiper blades excessiv elyor clean
th em toooTen. 346346
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enance andcare

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When closing thefuse box,mak esur e
th at theseal ofthelid ispositioned cor-
re ctl yon thefuse box. If
th ene wly inser tedfuse alsoblows,ha ve the
cause traced andrecti/ed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop.
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforere placing afuse:
R The vehicle issecur edagains tro lling away.
R Allelec trica lcons umersareswitc hedo..
R The vehicle isswitc hedo..
The elect rical fuse sar elocat edinvarious fuse
bo xes:
R Fuse boxin theengine compartment onthe
leT-h andside oftheve hicle, when viewe din
th edir ection oftrav el (/ page368)
R Fuse boxon thedr iver's side ofthecoc kpit
(/ page369)
R Fuse boxin thefront passeng erfoot we ll
(/ page369) R
Fuse boxin thecar gocom partment onthe
ri ght-h andsideof theve hicle, when viewe din
th edir ection oftrave l(/ page369) Opening
andclosing t Opening
andclosing the fuse bo he
fuse boxin t x
in the engine he
engine
com com
par par
tment tment
RR
eq eq
uir uir
ement ement: :
R Youneed adr yclo thand ascr ewdriver .
Obser vetheno teson elect rical fuse s
(/ page367).
Openi ng Openi
ng &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryfrom using the
wind shield wiperswhen thehood isopen
If th ewindshield wipersst ar tmo ving when the
hood isopen ,yo ucould betrapped bythe
wiper linkage . #
Alwaysswitc ho. thewindshield wipers
and vehicle beforeopen ingthehood. #
Remo veanyex istin gmoistur efrom thefuse
bo xusing adr yclo th. #
Loosen screws2 and remo vefus ebo xlid 1
fr om theto p.
Closing Closing
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Chec kwhe ther theseal ispositioned correctl y
in thelid. 368368
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Tr actio ngr ade ........................................3 81
Tr ead weargrade ................................. .. 381
Un familiar handling .............................. .. 370
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indshield indshield
Defr osting..... ......................................... 164
Infr ared re0ectiv e................................... 163
Ra dio waves... ........................................1 63
Re placing thewiper blades .....................1 56
Re placing thewiper blades (MAGIC
VISION CONTR OL).................................1 58
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washer asher
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No tes... .................. ................................ 414
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Re placing thewiper blades (MAGIC
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Sno wch ains ............ .............................. 371
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iper blade s iper
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Re placing (MAGIC VISION CONTR OL).....1 58
Re placing (windshield) ............................ 156
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Fu nctio n/no tes... ................................... 144
Mobi lephone ......... ................................ 145
Mobi lephone (rear passen gercom-
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