four wheel drive MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2021 Owners Manual

#
Pull the LLO
O W RAN
W RAN GE
GE1 rock er switch.
Indicator lamp 2will 0ash. The shiT requ est
st ay s active for a maximum of 30 seconds. If
all requ irements for shiT operation are not ful-
/lled within this time, the indicator lamp 2
switches o. again and the shiT operation
must be star ted again. #
ShiT the transmission toposition i.
If shiT operation is successful, the message
LOW RANGE on appears inthe instrument
cluster, an audible signal sounds and indicator
lamp 2and an indicator lamp in the inst ru-
ment clus ter light up continuousl y.#
ShiT the transmission toposition h.
% Ifyo u switch o. theve hicle in LOW RANGE, it
re mains in LOW RANGE the next time you
start the engine.
% You will not be able toswitch on LOW RANGE
if drive prog ram C orB is switched on.
The vehicle switches todrive prog ram A. In t
In t he on-r
he on-r oad position,
oad position, shiT
shiTt
to HIGH RAN
o HIGH RAN GE
GE
Re quirements:
R The vehicle is star ted and you are not driving
fa ster than 50 km/h. #
Pull the LLO
O W RAN
W RAN GE
GE1 rock er switch.
The shiT requ est st ays active for a maximum
of 30 seconds. If all requ irements for shiT
operation ha venot been ful/lled within this
time, shiT operation must be star ted again. #
ShiT the transmission toposition i.
If shiT operation is successful, the message
LOW RANGE off appears inthe inst rument
cluster, an audible signal sounds and the indi-
cator lamps go out. #
ShiT the transmission toposition h. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he 4MA
he 4MATIC
TIC
4MATIC ensures that all four wheels are driven.
To get her with ESP ®
and 4ETS, 4MATIC impr oves
th e traction of your vehicle whene ver a driven
wheel spins due toinsu1cient traction. Yo
u can display the cur rent distribution of drive
to rque s on all four wheels in the head-up display
and in theright-hand display range of the inst ru-
ment display . The higher there specti vescale is
/lled, the higher the cor responding drive torque
is.
If yo ufa ilto adapt your driving style, 4MATIC can
neither reduce therisk of an accident nor override
th e la wsof ph ysics. 4MATIC cannot take account Driving and parking
215 215

#
Bring theve hicle toa standstill bypressing the
brake pedal. #
Ongradients, turn the front wheels so that the
ve hicle will rollto wa rdsth eke rb if it starts
moving. #
Apply the electric parking brake. #
Engage transmission position jin a station-
ary vehicle with the brake pedal applied
(/ page 210). #
Switch o. theve hicle bypressing the1 but-
to n. #
Release the service brake slo wly. #
Get out of theve hicle and lock it.
% When you park theve hicle, you can still oper-
ate the side windo wsand the sliding sunroof
fo r appr oximately four minutes if the driver's
door is closed.
% When you park theve hicle, you can still oper-
ate the side windo wsand the panoramic slid-
ing sunroof for appr oximately four minutes if
th e driver's door is closed. Gar
Gar
ag
age door opener
e door opener Pr
Pr
ogr
ogr amming butt
amming butt ons f
ons for t
or the g
he g ar
arag
ag e door opener
e door opener &
D
DAN
AN GER
GER Risk of fatal injuries caused by
ex haust gases
Combustion engines emit poisonous exhaust
ga ses such as carbon monoxide. Inhaling
th ese exhaust gases is hazardous tohealth
and leads topoisoning. #
Never lea vetheve hicle or, if present, the
stationa ryheater running in an enclosed
space without su1cient ventilation. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injury bybecoming
trapped when opening and closing a
ga rage door
When you operate or prog ram a garage door
with an integ ratedga rage door opener, per-
sons can become trapped or struck bythe
ga rage door if they stand wi thin its range of
mo vement. Driving and parking
223 223

#
Secure theve hicle on all four wheels
with suitable tensioning straps. #
Do not exceed the maximum permissible
speed of 60 km/h when transporting. *
N
NOOTE
TE Damage totheve hicle from secur-
ing it inco rrectly #
ATer loading, theve hicle must be
secured on all four wheels. Otherwise,
th eve hicle could be damaged. #
A minimum dis tance of 20 cm upwards
and 10 cm down wards must be kept to
th e transport platform. #
Secure theve hicle on all four wheels aTer
loading. 4MA
4MA
TIC v
TIC v ehicles/v
ehicles/v ehicles wit
ehicles wit h aut
h automatic tr
omatic tr ans-
ans-
mission
mission #
Make sure that the front and rear axles come
to rest on the same transpor tation vehicle.
* N
NOOTE
TE Damage tothe drive train due to
incor rect positioning of theve hicle #
Do not position theve hicle abo vethe
connection point of the transport vehi-
cle. T
T
o
o wing ey
wing eye st
e st or
orag
ag e location
e location Example:
towing eye
To wing eye1 is located under the load compart-
ment 0oor. 396
396
Breakdown assistance