ESP MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2020 Owner's Manual

Wheel
sand tires ...... .................................513
No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................5 13
No teson regular lyinspe cting wheels and
tir es ............................ .................................5 13
No teson sno wch ains ...................... ...........5 14
Ti re pressur e................ .................... ...........5 15
Loadi ngtheve hicle ........................... ......... 522
Ti re labeling .................. .............................. 526
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 531
Cha nging awhee l..... ........... ....................... 534
Emerg encysparewhee l...... ........................ 544
Collaps iblespar ewheel .................. ............ 546 Te
ch nical data............ .............................. 550
No teson tech nica lda ta <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 550
Ve hicle electr onics ...... ..................... ..........5 50
Ve hicle identif ication plate,VIN and
engine number overview ............................ 552
Opera tingfluids ............ .................. ............ 554
Ve hicle data... ............................................. 561
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 565 Di
spl aymes sagesand warning/indi‐
cat orlam ps............................................... 56 7
Displa ymessag es............................ ...........5 67
Wa rning and indic ator lam ps...................... 621 Inde
x......................................................... 636 4
Contents

In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : &
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. #
Obser vethewa rning notic es. +
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesinclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. *
NO
TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. %
Useful instructions orfur ther information
th at coul dbe helpf ulto you.
X In
stru ction
(007B page)Fu
rther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
+ Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
* Corresponding submenus, whichar e
to be select edinthemultimedia sys‐
te m
*M arks acaus e Sym
bols 5

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
201
2 Combi nation swit ch →
156
3 Instrument Display →
301
4 DIRECT SELECT leve r →
196
5 Media display →
337
6 Climat econt rolsy stems →
172
7 Haza rdwa rning light s →
157
8 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p →
47
9 Glovebox →
128
A Stow agecom partment →
128
B Control kn ob forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off →
334
C Calls upnavig ation →
380
D Calls upthera dio →
464
Calls upmedia →
459
E Calls upthete lephon e →
422
F Cont rolpanel for: Individu
alwheel control(vehicle swit hout off-
ro ad pac kage )or →
264
Manual gearshif ting →
201
AI RMA TICor →
250
E- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL →
258
Ac tivates /de activatesESP ®
→
220
Do wnhill Speed Regulation →
233
G Calls upfavo rite s →
356
H Calls up vehicle functions →
347
I ActivePa rking Assist →
283
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
198
K Touc hpad →
337
L Start/ stop butt on →
182
ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
194
M MBUX multimedia system control panel →
337
N Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
119
O Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically →
120 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

1
Spee dometer →
301
2 003E003D Turn signal lights →
156
3 Multifunction display →
306
4 0075 Restra int system →
623
5 Tach ome ter →
301
6 00BB ESP®
OFF →
631
00E5 ESP®
→
631
7 005E Rear foglight →
156
8 0057 Highbeam →
156
0058 Lowbeam →
155
0060 Parking lam ps →
155
9 ÿ Coolan tto oho t/c old →
625
A Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
301
B 0024 Electric pa rking brak e(yello w) →
628
C ± ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st →
244
D 003D Electrica lma lfunctio n →
625 E
L Distance warning →
630
F 0025 ABSmalfun ction →
631
G Ù Electric po we rst eer ing malfunct ion →
624
H 0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
634
I 00B6 Fuelreser vewit hfuel filler cap locat ion
indic ator →
625
J Fuelleve lindic ator
K Elec tric par kingbr ak eapplied (red) →
628
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
L Brak es(red) →
628
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
M 00E9 Seatbeltnotfa stened →
623
N 00B9 CheckEn gine →
625
O ä Suspension malfunction(red) →
630
ä Suspension malfunction(yello w) →
630 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps 11

#
Neverto uc hdamag edcomp onent parts
of high-v oltagecom ponent s. #
Neverto uc hco mp onent partsof high-
vo ltag ecom pone ntsaf te ran accide nt. Ve
hicles witha48 Von-boar delectr icalsystem
con tain high voltag ecom pone nts. These compo‐
nen tsaremar kedwit hahigh voltag elabel: All
workon high voltag ecom pone ntsmus tbe
car ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"The wireless devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis
subje ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible
fo rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"The wireless devices ofthis vehicle
com plywit hIndus try Canada license-e xemp t
RSS standar d(s).Operationis subj ecttothefo l‐
lo wing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma y
no tcause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice s
mu stacc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfer‐
ence that ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (mode l:WMI2 Wireless Mobile Interface):
th is de vice complies withPa rt18 oftheFCC
Ru les." The
name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
peik eracus ticGmbH
Max-Planc k-St r.28-32
61 38 1Fr iedr ichsdor f
Ger man y Diagnos
ticsconnection
The diagno stics con nection isonl yint ended for
th econ nect ionofdiagnos ticdevices ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect equipme nttoadiagn ostic s
con nectionin theve hicle, itma yaf fect the
oper ation ofvehicle systems.
As are sult, theoper ating safetyof theve hi‐
cle could beaffect ed. #
Onlyconnect theve hicle diagnos tics
conn ection todevices whichha ve been Gener
alno tes 27

Dep
endingonthetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R General vehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐
bac k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of
fur ther dat apr ocessin goccur sis de term ined by
th epr ov ider ofthespecif icapp used. Whichse t‐
ting syo ucan make,ifan y,depends onthespe‐
cif icapp andtheoper ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exch ang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionisenabled viatheve hi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitor via con‐
nect edmob ile end device s(e.g .sma rtphones). Onlin
efunc tionscan beused viathewir eless
ne tworkcon nect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bytheman‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eser vice sof themanuf acturer,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe
manuf acturerinasui table place (e.g.Operator's
Manual, websit eof themanuf acturer)along with
th ere leva nt data protect ion information .Pe r‐
sonal datama ybe used forth epr ov ision of
onlin eser vice s.Dat ais exc hang edvia asecur e
conn ection, e.g.themanuf acturer'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal datais collect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathepr ov ision ofser vice s
exc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper missions or
wit hpr ior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afe e) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies totheent ire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexclu des ,in pa r‐
ticu lar, leg allypr escr ibed functionsand service s. Th
ird pa rty ser vice s
If it is possibl eto use onlineser vices from other
pr ov ider s,these services areth ere sponsibili ty
of thepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject tothat
pr ov ider's datapr otect ion conditions andterm s
of use. Themanuf acturerhas noinfluence on
th econ tent exch ang ed.
Fo rth is reason ,please asktheser vice prov ider
fo rinf ormation aboutthetype, extent and pur‐
po se ofthecollect ionand useofper sonal data
when services arepr ov ided bythird par ties . MB
UX multim edia system/M ercedes me
connect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX multi‐
media system orMer cedes meconnect ,addi‐
tion aldat aabout theve hicle's operation, theuse
of theve hicle incer tain situat ions,and theloca‐
tion oftheve hicle maybe com piled bythe
MBUX multimedia system orMer cedes mecon‐
nect .
Fo radd itional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmult imed iasystem" sectionand/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. 32
Gener alno tes

Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to
ve hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrave ling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by yo
ur vehicle onlyif anon- trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat ais recor ded bytheED Runder
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag eand acciden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Ho wever,ot her parties, suchas law
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdatawit hth e
typ eof personally identifying dataro utin ely
acq uired dur ing acr ash inve stigation .
To read dat are cor ded byan EDR,spec ialequip‐
men tis requ ired, and access totheve hicle or
th eED Ris needed. Inaddition totheve hicle
manuf acturer,ot her parties that have thespecial
eq uipment, suchas law enf orcemen t,can read
th einf ormation byacc essi ngtheve hicle orthe
EDR.
EDR data ma ybe used incivil andcrimina lmat‐
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructi on,acci ‐
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since theCr ash
Dat aRe trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract
da ta from theED Ris comm erciall yav ailable,
Mer cedes-Ben zUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormatio nby unaut horized
Mer cedes-Ben zper son nel. MB
USAwill notshar eED Rdat awit hot her swit h‐
out thecon sent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased, without thecon sent oftheles‐
see. Excep tion sto this repr esent ation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylaw enf orcem ent;by
fe der al,stat eor loc algo vernment ;in connection
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lvin g MBUS A
or its subsidia ries and affiliat es; or,as requ ired
by law.
Wa rning: TheEDRis acom pone ntofthe
Re stra int System Module. Tamp ering with,alt er‐
ing, modifying orremo ving theED Rcom ponen t
ma yre sult inamalfunction oftheRe stra int Sys‐
te m Modu leand other systems.
St atelaws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict withfe der alregulation arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheeve ntofsuch conf lict, the
fe der alregulation governs. As ofDecember
20 16 ,17 stat es have enact edlaws relatin gto
EDRs . Ge
ner alno tes 33

Cop
yright Fr
ee and open- sourcesof tware In
fo rm atio non lice nsefo rfr ee and open-sou rce
sof twareused inyour vehicle canbefound on
th edat acar rier inyour vehicle document wallet
and withupdat eson thefo llo wing websit e:
htt p:// www .mercedes- benz.com/open source Re
gis tere dtrademar ks R
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is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSIG, Inc.
R DTS™ isare gis tere dtra demar kof DT S,Inc.
R Dolb y®
and MLP ™arere gis tere dtrademar ks
of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
R Bab ySmar t™,ESP®
and PRE-S AFE®
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R HomeL ink®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof
Johnson Controls.
R iPod ®
and iTune s®
arere gis tere dtra demar ks
of Apple Inc. R
Burmes ter®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Bur mes terAu diosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoft®
and Windo wsMedia ®
arere gis‐
te re dtra demar ksofMicr osoftCor poration.
R SIRIUS ®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Sir ius
XM Radio Inc.
R HD Radio™ isare gis tere dtrademar kof iBiq‐
uity Digit alCor poration.
R Graceno te®
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R ZAGA TSurve y®
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Generalno tes

Seat
belts Pr
otection prov ided bytheseat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrect lybef ore
st ar tin gajo ur ne y.Asea tbe ltcan only prov ide
th ebes tle ve lof protect ion ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
inc orrectl yfa stened seatbelt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectly ,it can‐
no tper form itsintended protect ive func tion.
In addition, anincor rectly fastened seatbelt
can also cause injuries,forex am ple, inthe
ev ent ofan acciden tor when braking or
ch ang ingdirect ion sudden ly. #
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occu‐
pants have their seat belts fastened
cor rectl yand aresitti ngprope rly. Alw
aysobser vetheins truction sabout thecor‐
re ct driver's seatpos ition and adjus ting theseat
(/ page10 1). In
order forth ecor rectly wornseat belttopro‐
vide theint ended leve lof protect ion, eachve hi‐
cle occupant mustobser vethefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R The seat beltmustno tbe twis tedand must
fi t tig htly and snuglyacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted unde r
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
Pr egn ant women mustals ota ke par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts. R
Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. Neverall ow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitt ing onthelap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwaysobser vethe
ins truct ions forloa ding theve hicle when
secur ingobject s,lugg ageor loads
(/ page12 7).
Als oensu rethat no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eeve rpla ced between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseatb eltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract or(/ page 58).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page52). 38
Occupant safety

Yo
ur feet ma yot her wise beinthedeplo y‐
ment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle,
obser vetheadditional notes(/ page52).
R Alw aysst ow and secureobj ect scor rectl y.
Objects intheve hicle interior maypr ev ent an
airbag from func tioningcorrectl y.Eac hve hicle
occupant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo w‐
ing inpar ticular :
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobje cts
be tween theve hicle occupants andanair‐
bag.
R Ther ear eno object sbe tween theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther ear eno har dobjec ts,e.g. coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handles orcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ypar ts,suc has mobile
na vig ation devices, mobile phones orcup
holder s,att ached totheve hicle within the
deplo yment area ofan airbag, e.g.onthe
coc kpit, onthedoor ,on theside windo wor
on theside walltrim. In
addition ,no con nectingcables, tensi oni ng
st ra ps orretainin gst ra ps mus tbe routed or
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo y‐
ment area ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywith
th eaccessor ymanuf acturer'sinstallation
ins truct ions and, inpar ticular ,th eno teson
suit able places forins tallation .
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfra gile
obje ctsin thepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobject sin asuit able place. Limit
edprotection prov ided byairbags &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomodif i‐
cations totheairbag cover
If yo umod ifytheco verof an airb agoraffix
object ssuc has sticke rs to it,theairbag may
no long erfunc tion correctly . #
Nevermodify theco verof an airb agand
do notaf fix obje ctstoit. The
installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page42). &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Uns uitable seat covers can obstruct orpre‐
ve nt thedeplo yment ofair bags integr ated
int oth eseats.
Conseq uently,theair bags cannotprotect
ve hicle occupants asthey aredesig nedto
do. Inaddition, operation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erair bag shut offma ybe
re strict ed. #
Yousho uld onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions ofthesensor sin thedoor paneling
Sens orsto contr oltheairbags arelocat edin
th edoor s.Modif ication sor wo rknotpe r‐
fo rm ed cor rectl yto thedoor sor door panel‐
ing, aswellas damag eddoor s,can lead to
th efunc tion ofthesensor sbeing impair ed.
The airbags mightther efor eno tfunc tion
pr oper lyan ymor e. 44
Occupant safety