Driving and parking, Off-road driving systems – Mercedes-Benz G-Class 2015 User Manual

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Only engage the differential locks when:

R

you are driving at walking pace.

R

the driven wheels are not spinning.

R

you are not driving on a firm road surface.

General notes
The switches are located on the center con-

sole.

:

Function indicator lamps (red)

;

Differential lock for the front axle

=

Differential lock for the transfer case

?

Differential lock for the rear axle

A

Activation indicator lamps (yellow)

Engage the differential locks:

R

off-road

R

to deactivate ABS, 4ETS, ESP

®

and BAS

while off-road

R

when fording

For further information on driving off-road,

see (

Y

page 158).

i

You can engage the differential locks in

the following order: =, ?, ;.

Differential lock for the transfer case

X

To engage: switch the transfer case to the

LOW RANGE off-road driving position

(

Y

page 186).

X

Press switch =.

If the transfer case is in the LOW RANGE

off-road position, the yellow activation indi-

cator lamp under switch = lights up.

The å warning lamp in the instrument

cluster lights up.
If the differential is locked, the red function

indicator lamp above switch = lights up.
In the multifunction display you see the:

ABS not available Differential

ABS not available Differential

Locked

Locked

message.

The е!ч warning lamps light up

in the instrument cluster.
The differential lock for the transfer case is

engaged.
4ETS, ESP

®

, BAS and ABS are deactivated.

The vehicle's ability to steer is severely

restricted. Drive carefully and accelerate gen-

tly for optimum traction.

i

You can now engage the differential lock

for rear axle ? and the differential lock for

front axle ; as required.

Differential lock for the rear axle

X

To engage: press switch ?.

Yellow activation indicator lamp A lights

up first, followed by red function indicator

lamp : of switch ?.
The differential lock for the rear axle is

engaged.

Differential lock for the front axle

X

To engage: press switch ;.

First, the yellow activation indicator lamp

lights up, followed by the red function indi-

cator lamp.
The differential lock for the front axle is

engaged.

Disengaging the differential locks

You can disengage the differential locks in the

following order: ;, ?, =.

X

To simultaneously disengage all differ-

ential locks: press switch =.

Yellow activation indicator lamps A and

red function indicator lamps : go out.

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Off-road driving systems

Driving

and

parking

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