light MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2021 Owner's Manual

Light
andvisibili ty................................... 143
Ext eriorlighti ng............ ..............................143
Int erior lighti ng........ ......................... .......... 148
Wi ndsh ield wipe rand windsh ield wa sher
sy stem .................. ...................................... 150
Mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 155
Ar ea perm eable toradio wav eson the
winds hield.................................................. 158
Infr ared-r eflectiv ewindshi eldfunction ........ 158 Clim
atecontr ol........................................ 159
Ov ervie wof climat econt rolsy stems ..........1 59
Oper ating theclimat econ trol system ......... 160 Dr
ivin gand parking ................................. 168
Dr iving ............ ............ ........................ ........168
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h... ............... ......... 182
Au tomatic transmiss ion.................... .......... 185
Tr ans fercase ........... ................................... 189
Fu nctio nof the4MA TIC.............................. 191
Re fuel ing...... ............................................... 191
Pa rking .......................................................1 94
Dr iving and drivi ng safety systems .............. 201
Tr ailer hitch <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 269Ve
hicle towing instruct ions .............. ...........2 73 Ins
trum ent Disp layand on-b oard
com puter............ ............. ......................... 274
No teson theIns trument Displayand on-
boar dcom puter.............................. ............ 274
Ins trument Displayove rview .......................2 75
Ov ervie wof thebutt ons onthesteer ing
wheel ..........................................................2 76
Oper ating theon- boar dcom puter............... 276
Ov ervie wof what issho wnonthemulti‐
func tion displa y... ....................................... 278
Hea d-up Display ............ .............................278 MBUX
multimedia system ....................... 28 1
Ov ervie wand oper ation .................. ............ 281
Sy stem settings .............................. ............ 289
Na vig ation .......................................... ........292
Te lephon e........................................ ...........2 99
Mer cedes meand apps....... .............. .........302
Mer cedes -Benz emergency callsy stem ...... 309
Ra dio &media .................................. ...........3 13
Sou ndsettings <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 320 Main
tenance andcare............................. 321
ASS YSTPL US service interva ldispla y.........3 21
Engi necompar tment............ ...................... 322
Cl ea ning andcare............ ...........................328 Br
eak down assista nc e............ ................336
Emerg ency............. .....................................336
Flat tire....... ................................................ 338
Batt ery(v ehi cle) ....... .................................. 343
To w star tin gor towing away <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 349
Elec trica lfus es<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 353 Whe
elsand tires <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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No teson noise orunusua lhandling char‐
act eristic s...................................................3 56
No teson regular lyinsp ecting wheels and
tir es ............................................................ 356
No teson sno wch ains ................................ 357
Ti re pressur e.............................................. 357
Loading theve hicle .................................... 363
Ti re labeling ................................................ 367
Def inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loading ..... 372
Chan gingawheel .......................................3 75
Emerg encysparewh eel............ ..................385 Co
ntents 3

1
Steer ing wheel gearshif tpaddles →
187
2 Comb inationswit ch →
144
3 Instrument Display →
275
4 DIRECT SELEC Tleve r →
185
5 Media display →
281
6 Climat econt rolsy stems →
160
7 Haza rdwa rning light system →
145
8 PASSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam ps →
47
9 Glovebox →
122
A Stor ag ecom partmen t →
122
B Controller forvo lume andswitc hingsound
on/ off →
281
Swit ches theMBUX multimedia system
on/ off →
281
C Calls upnavig ation →
283
D Calls upradio ormedia →
283
E Calls upthete lephon e →
283 F
Cont rolpanel for:
Individu alwheel control(vehicle swit hout off-
ro ad pac kage )or →
240
Manual gearshif ting →
187
AIR MATIC or →
229
E- AC TIVE BODY CONTR OL →
236
Ac tivates /de activatesESP ®
→
203
Do wnhill Speed Regulation →
214
G Calls upfavo rite s →
283
H Calls up vehicle functions →
283
I ActivePa rking Assist →
257
J DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h →
184
K Touc hpad →
283
L Start/ stop butt on →
169
ECO star t/ stop funct ion →
180
M Control pan elforth eMBUX multimedia sys‐
te m →
276 At
aglanc e– Coc kpit 7

N
Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel mechanicall y →
112
O Adjus tsthesteer ing wheel electrically →
113
Swi tches thesteer ing wheel heateron/ off →
113
P Control pan el:
On -bo ardco mp uter →
276
Cr uise contro l →
213 Ac
tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C →
218
Q Diagno stics con nection →
27
R Opens thehood →
322
S Elect ric pa rking brak e →
198
T Light switch →
143 8
Ataglanc e– Coc kpit

1
003E003D Turn signal light →
144
2 0075 Restra int system →
462
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
470
00E5 ESP®
→
470
4 005E Rear foglam p →
144
5 0057 Highbeam →
144
0058 Lowbeam →
143
0060 Parking lam ps →
143
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
464
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
275
8 0024 Electricpa rking brak e(yello w) →
467
9 003D Electrical malfun ction →
464
A L Distance warning →
469
B 0025 ABS →
470
C Ù Electricpo we rst eer ing →
463 D
0077 Tire pressur emonit or →
472
E 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
464
F Fuelleve l →
275
G Electricpa rking brak e(red) →
467
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
H Brak es(red) →
467
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
I 00E9 Seatbelt →
462
J 00B9 CheckEn gine →
464
K ä Suspen sion(red) →
469
ä Suspen sion(yello w) →
469 At
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1
Sun visors
2 003D Switches thelef t-hand readin glam p
on /of f →
148
3 0033 Switches automatic interior ligh ting con‐
tr ol on/of f →
148
4 004A Switches thefront interior lighting
on/ off →
148
5 0042 Switches there ar interior light ing
on /of f →
148 6
003D Switches theright-h andreadin glam p
on /of f →
148
7 ; mebutt on →
304
8 0053 SOSbutton →
304
9 0057 Opens closesthepanor amaroof wit h
po we rtilt/sli dingpanel →
84
0057 Opens/closes thero ller sunblin d →
84
A Inside rear vie wmir ror →
156 At
aglanc e– Ov erhead control pane l13

1
QRcode foraccessi ngthere scue card →
31
2 Safetyve sts →
336
3 mebutt onand SOS button →
304
4 Hazard warning light system →
145
5 Chec kingand refilling operatingfluids →
394
St artin gassis tance →
347
6 Tow- star tin gand towing away →
350
7 Flat tire →
338 8
Tow- star tin gand towing away →
350
9 Fuelfiller flap withins truct ion labels fortir e
pr essu re,fuel type andQRcode foraccessi ng
th ere scue card →
191
A Warning triang le →
336
B TIRE FITkit →
339
C First-ai dkit (softsided) →
337 At
aglanc e– Em erge ncie sand brea kdo wns 19

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
whi chcan 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
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R Ambien tcon ditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis Gener
alno tes 31

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
Com ponen tsinthere stra int system maybe
activ ated unint entionall yor notdeplo yas
planned inan acciden t. #
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 of
th 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, this ma y
re sult insuf ficie ntly highleve ls of vehicle decel‐
er ation.
Depending onthede tected dep loyme ntsitu a‐
tion, thecom ponen tsof there stra int system can
be activ ated ordeplo yedindepen dentlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Device :fr ont al
im pa ct, rear impact ,side impact ,ro llo ver
R Driver' sai rba g,front passe nger airba g:fron‐
ta lim pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact ,ro llo ver,
fr ont alim pact
R Cushio nbag: front alim pact
R PRE-S AFE®
Im pul seSide: sideimpact Occupa
ntsaf ety 37

The
00E9 seatbeltwarning 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. Airbags
Ov
ervie wof airbags 1
Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Windo wcur tain airbag
5 Side airbag
The installation locationofan airbag isident ified
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled, anairbag canprov ide addition al
pr otect ion forth ere spectiv eve hicle occupant. Pot
entialprotect ion prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee and lowe rleg
R Driver's airbag,front pass engerairb ag:head
and ribcag e
R Windo wcur tain airbag: head
R Side airbag: ribcag eand pelvis &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor fata linj uries
if th efront passeng erairbag isenabled
If th efront passeng erairbag isenabled, a
ch ild on thefront passeng erseat maybe
st ru ck bythefront passeng erairbag during
an acciden t.
NEVE Ruse are ar wa rdfacing child restra int
sy stem onaseat protect edbyan ENABLED
FR ONT AIRB AG infront ofit,this can result in
DEA THorSERIOUS INJURYto thech ild. When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,obse rveth eve hicle-spe‐
cif icinf ormation (/page62). Also, always
obser vetheno teson rear wa rd-faci ng or
fo rw ard-f acin gch ild restra int systems onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t. 42
Occupa ntsaf ety

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 yedvia thePA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat or
lam psafte rth eself-t est:
R ON islit:th efront passeng erairbag may
deplo ydur ing anacciden t.
The indicat orlam pgoes outafte rapp rox‐
ima tely 60 seco nd s.
R ON andOF Far eno tlit :th efront passeng er
airbag maydeplo ydur ing anacciden t.
R OFF islit:th efront passeng erairbag isdisa‐
bled. Itwill then notbe deplo yedin theev ent
of an acciden t.
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 theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shut
offch eckedand repair edimmediat elyat a
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 hwhen
using are ar wa rd-faci ng child restra int
sy stem while thefront passeng erairbag
is enabled
If yo usec ureach ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng
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. Occ
upant safety 47