light MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2020 Owner's Manual

Light
andvisibili ty................................... 155
Ext eriorlighti ng............ ..............................155
Int erior lighti ng........ ......................... .......... 160
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem .................. ...................................... 162
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011001100110011001100110011> 166
Oper ating thesun visor s... .......................... 169
Ar ea perm eable toradio wav eson the
winds hield.................................................. 170
Infr ared-r eflectiv ewindshi eldfunction ........ 170 Clim
atecontr ol......................................... 171
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 71
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 172 Dr
ivin gand parking .................................. 181
Dr iving ............ ............................................181
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... .........................1 96
Au tomatic transmiss ion.............................. 199
Tr ans fercase ........... ................................... 204
Fu nctio nof 4MA TIC<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...........206
Re fuel ing...... .............................................. 206
Pa rking .......................................................2 08
Dr iving anddriving safetysy stems .............. 218 Tr
ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Ve hicle towing instruct ions .............. ...........3 00 Ins
trument Displa yand on-b oard
co mp uter ...... ............................................301
Ins trument Displayove rview ............ ...........3 01
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................3 02
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter.............. 303
Ad jus ting thedesign oftheIns trument
Displa y... .......................................... ..........3 04
Sho wing display cont entontheins tru‐
ment cluster..... .............................. ............ 305
Ov ervie wof disp lays on themultifunc ‐
tion displa y... .................................... ..........3 06
Ad jus ting theins trument lighting ................3 07
Menus andsubmenus ................................ 307
Head-up Display... ....................................... 314 Vo
ice Contr olSy stem ............................... 31 6
No teson oper ating safety...........................3 16
Oper ation .......................................... ..........3 17
Using theVo ice Cont rolSy stem effec‐
tiv ely <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011>...319 Esse
ntialvo ice com mand s.........................3 20 MBUX
multimedia system ...................... 334
Ov ervie wand oper ation .............................. 334
Sy stem settings .......................................... 369
Na vig ation .................................................. 380
Te lephon e...................................................4 21
Online andInterne tfunctions ..................... 449
Media ......................................................... 456
Ra dio .......................................................... 463
Sound .........................................................4 71
MBUX rear table t........................................ 473 Maint
enanc eand care..... ........................ 476
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y.........4 76
Engi necompar tment............ ...................... 477
Clean ingand care.......................................4 83 Br
eakdo wnassi stance ............................ 494
Flat tire....... ................................................ 494
Batt ery(v ehi cle) ....... .................................. 499
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Elec trica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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tents 3

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

Swi
tches thesteer ing wheel heateron/ off →
121
P Control pan elfor:
On-boar dcom puter →
302
Cr uise control →
232
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
237 Q
Diagno stics con nection →
27
R Opens thehood →
477
S Electricpa rking brak e →
215
T Light switch →
155 8
Ataglanc e– Coc kpit

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

1
Sun visors →
169
2 003D Switches thelef t-hand readin glam p
on /of f →
160
3 0033 Switches automatic interior ligh ting con‐
tr ol on/of f →
160
4 004A Switches thefront interior lighting
on/ off →
160
5 0042 Switches there ar interior light ing
on /of f →
160 6
003D Switches theright-h andreadin glam p
on /of f →
160
7 ; mebutt on →
442
8 0053 SOSbutton →
442
9 0057 Opens/closes thepanor amaroof wit h
po we rtilt/sli dingpanel →
89
0057 Opens/clos esthero ller sunblin d →
89
A Inside rear vie wmir ror →
168 At
aglanc e– Ov erhead control pane l13

1
QRcode foraccessi ngthere scue card →
30
2 mebutt onand SOS button →
442
3 Haza rdwa rning light s →
157
4 Chec kingand refilling operatingfluids →
554
St artin gassis tance →
503
5 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
506 6
Flat tire →
494
7 Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
206
8 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
506
9 TIREFIT kit →
495 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 19

be
tween you, your dealer ,or Mer cedes-Ben z
US A,LLC.
To cont actNHT SA,yo uma ycall theVe hicle
Saf etyHo tlin e to ll-f reeat 1-8 88-327-4 236
(TT Y:1-800-42 4-9153);go tohttps: //
www .safercar .go v;or write to :Ad minis trat or ,
NHT SA,400 SeventhSt reet,SW .,Wa shingt on,
DC 20590, USA.
Yo ucan also obtain other information about
mo torve hicle safetyfrom: http s://
www .saf er car .gov Limit
edWa rranty
* NO
TEDama getotheve hicle arising
fr om violation ofthese oper ating instruc‐
tion s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from viola‐
tion ofthese oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zim plied warrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheins truction sin these oper at‐
ing instruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi‐
cle damag e. QR
code forre scue card
The QRcode issecur edinthefuel filler flap and
on theopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theeve nt
of an acci dent, rescue services canusetheQR
code toquickl yfind theappr opriatere scue card
fo ryo ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcon‐
ta ins themos tim por tant informa tionab ou tyo ur
ve hicle inacom pact form ,e.g. thero utin gof the
electr iclines.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained athttps: //
www .mercedes-benz .de/qr-code. Data
storage Electr
oniccontr olunit s Ele
ctro nic contr oluni tsareins talled inyour vehi‐
cle. Some ofthese areneces saryfo rth esaf e
oper ation ofyour vehicle, whilesome assistyo u when
drivin g(dr iver assis tance systems). In
addition, your vehicle prov ides comfort and
ent ertainm ent func tions,whic har ealso made
possible byelectr oniccontrol units.
Elect ronic contr oluni tscont ain da ta memor ies
whic hcan temp orarily orper manent lystor e
te ch nica linf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle's operat‐
ing stat e, com ponent loads, maintenance
re qu iremen tsand tech nica leve nts orma lfunc‐
tio ns.
In gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R Operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R Status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R Malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e 30
Gener alno tes

Re
stra int system functiona lity When
theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed, during whic hth e0075 restra int sys‐
te m wa rning lam plight sup. Itgoes outnolater
th an afe w sec ond saf te rth eve hicle isstar ted.
The com ponen tsof there stra int system areth en
func tional. Malfu
nctioning restra int system A
malfun ction has occurredin there stra int sys‐
te m if:
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
does notlight upwhen theignition is
switc hedon
R The 0075 restra int system warning lam p
light sup con tinuousl yor repeat edly during a
jour ney &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tions inthere stra int system
If th ere stra int system ismalfunct ioning,
re stra int system com ponen tsma ybe trig‐ ge
redunint entionall yor ma yno tdeplo yas
int ended during anacciden t.This mayaf fect
th eEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device sor air‐
ba gs, forex am ple. #
Have there stra int system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. Fu
nction ofthere stra int system inan acci‐
dent Ho
wthere stra int system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of acciden tantic ipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Sideim pact
R Rollover
The activ ation thre sholds forth ecom ponen tsof
th ere stra int system arede term ined based on
th eev aluatio nof thesensor values measur edat
va rious points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-
em ptive in nat ure. The trigg ering/ deplo yment ofth
ecom ponen tsof there stra int system mus t
ta ke place ingood timeatthest ar tof thecolli‐
sion.
Fa ctor swhi chcan only besee nand measured
af te ra colli sion hasoccur reddo notpla ya deci‐
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindic ation ofairbag deployment .
The vehicle maybe def ormed signif icantl ywit h‐
out anairbag beingdeployed. This isthecase if
onl ypar tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed
ar eaf fect ed and thera te ofvehicle deceler ation
is no thigh. Conversely ,an airbag maybe
deplo yedev en though theve hicle suffers onl y
minor deformation. Ifve ry rigid vehicle parts
suc has longitudinal membersar ehit, forex am‐
ple, this ma yre sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of
ve hicle deceler ation. 36
Occupant safety

*
NO
TEDep loym ent oftheEmer gency
Te nsi oni ng Device andside airba gwh en
th efront passeng erseat isunocc upied If
th eseat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckleoftheunocc upied front
passeng erseat, theEmer gency Tensi oni ng
De vice andtheside airbag mayalso deplo y
in theev ent ofan acciden talong withot her
sy stems. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Seat
beltadjustm ent function Ve
hicl eswith PRE-S AFE®
:If th efront seat belt
is no tpulled tightlyacr oss your body ,th eseat
belt adjus tmentma yaut omaticall yapply acer‐
ta in tigh tening forc e. Do nothold theseat belt
tight lywhile itis adjus ting.
Yo ucan activat eand deac tivateth eseat belt
adjus tmentfunc tion using themultimedia sys‐
te m (/ page41 ). Re
leasing seatbelts #
Press there lease buttonintheseat belt
buc kleand guide theseat beltbackwit hth e
seat belttongu e. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gse at beltadjus tment
vi athe multi mediasy stem Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Vehicle #
Activateor deacti vate Belt Adjus tment . Sea
tbe ltwa rning funct ionforthe driver and
fr on tpass enger The
00E9 seatbeltwarning lam pin theIns tru‐
ment Displa yis are minder that all vehicle occu‐
pants mustwe artheir seat belts correctly .
The 00E9 seatbel twa rning lam plight sup forsix
seconds everytim eth eve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor s
ar eclosed andthedr iver and front passeng er ha
ve fastened their seat belts, theseat belt
wa rning goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning
light sup dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mp h
(25 km/ h)and thedr iver's orfront
passeng erseat beltisno tfa stened.
R The driver or front passeng erunf astens their
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion. Occupant
safety 41

Fu
nction ofthePA SSEN GERAIRBAGindic a‐
to rlam ps Se
lf-te st of aut oma ticfront passeng erair bag
shu toff
When theignition isswitc hedon,aself-t estis
per form ed dur ing whic hth etw oPA SSENGER
AIR BAGON and OFFind icat orlam pslight up
simul taneou sly. The
status ofthefront passeng erairbag isdis‐
pla yedaf te rth eself-t est:
R PASSENGER AIRBAGON light sup for
60 seconds ,sub sequently both indic ator
lam psareof f(P AS SENGER AIR BA GON and
OF F): thefront passeng erairbag isable to
deplo yin theev ent ofan acciden t.
R PASSENGER AIRBAGOF Flight sup con tinu‐
ousl y:thefront passeng erairbag isdisabled.
It will then notbe deplo yedin theeve ntofan
acci dent.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGON indicat orlam pis
of f,on lythePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam psho wsthest atus ofthefront passeng er
airbag. ThePASSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat or
lam pma ybe litcon tinuousl yor be off.
If th ePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find icat orlam p
and the0075 restra int system warning lam p
light upsimult aneousl y,thefront passeng erseat
ma yno tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotins tall
a ch ild restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have aut omat icfron tpasse nger airbag
shut offch eckedand repair edimmediat elyata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
atus displa y
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, ensure,
bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,that thest a‐
tus ofthefront passeng erairbag iscor rect for
th ecur rent situa tion.
Af terin st alli ng are ar wa rd-faci ng child
re stra int system onthefront passeng er
seat :PA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Fmus tbe litcon ‐
tin uousl y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
using are ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem when thefront passeng erfront
airbag isenabled
If yo usec ureach ild inare ar wa rd-facin g
ch ild restra int system onthefront passeng er
seat andthePA SSENGER AIRBAGOF Find i‐
cat orlam pis off,th efront passeng erairbag
can deplo yin theeve ntofan acci dent.
The child could bestru ck bytheairbag.
Alw aysensur eth at thefront passeng erair‐
bag isdeactiv ated. The PASSENGER AIRBAG
OFF indicat orlam pmus tbe lit. Occupant
safety 47