Document Outline

• Introduction
  • Product information
  • Operator's Manual
    • Notes on the Operator's Manual
    • Vehicle equipment
  • Service and vehicle operation
    • Service and literature
    • Information for customers in California
    • Maintenance
    • Roadside Assistance
    • Change of address or ownership
    • Vehicle operation outside the USA and Canada
    • Sport Utility Vehicle
  • Operating safety
    • Safety notes
    • Problems with your vehicle
    • Reporting malfunctions relevant to safety
    • Limited Warranty
  • Data stored in the vehicle
    • Information regarding electronic recording devices
• At a glance
  • Exterior view
  • Cockpit
  • Instrument cluster
    • Overview
    • Warning and indicator lamps
  • Multifunction steering wheel
  • Center console
    • Vehicles without the Off-Road Pro engineering package
    • Vehicles with the Off-Road Pro engineering package
  • Overhead control panel
  • Door control panel
• Safety
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Occupant safety
    • Overview of occupant safety
    • SRS (Supplemental Restraint System)
    • Air bags
    • Occupant classification system (OCS)
    • BabySmart™ air bag deactivation system
    • PRE-SAFE® system
    • NECK-PRO head restraints
    • Resetting triggered NECK-PRO head restraints
    • Seat belts
  • Children in the vehicle
    • Important safety notes
    • Child restraint systems
    • Child-proof locks
  • Panic alarm
  • Driving safety systems
    • Overview of driving safety systems
    • Important safety notes
    • ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
    • BAS (Brake Assist)
    • ESP® (Electronic Stability Program)
    • EBD
    • Distance warning function (vehicles with DISTRONIC)
  • Anti-theft systems
    • Immobilizer
    • ATA (Anti-Theft Alarm system)
• Opening and closing
  • Vehicle equipment
  • SmartKey
    • Important safety notes
    • General information
    • SmartKey functions
    • KEYLESS-GO
    • Changing the settings of the locking system
    • Restoring the factory settings
    • Mechanical key
    • SmartKey battery
    • Problems with the SmartKey
  • Doors
    • Important safety notes
    • Unlocking and opening doors from the inside
    • Centrally locking and unlocking the vehicle from the inside
    • Automatic locking
    • Unlocking the driver's door (mechanical key)
    • Locking the vehicle
  • Cargo compartment
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing from the outside
    • Automatic opening and closing from the outside
    • Automatic opening and closing from the inside
    • Opening the tailgate from the inside
    • Limiting the opening angle of the tailgate
  • Side windows
    • Important safety notes
    • Opening and closing the side windows
    • Opening and closing the hinged side windows
    • Convenience opening
    • Convenience closing
    • Resetting the side windows
    • Problems with the side windows
  • Sliding sunroof
    • Important safety notes
    • Operating the sliding sunroof
    • Problems with the sliding sunroof
• Seats, steering wheel and mirrors
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Correct driver's seat position
  • Seats
    • Important safety notes
    • Adjusting the seats
    • Adjusting the head restraints
    • Adjusting the seats in the second and third row
    • EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature (third row of seats)
    • Adjusting the multicontour seat
    • Adjusting the four-way lumbar support
    • Switching the seat heating on/off
    • Switching the seat ventilation on/off
  • Steering wheel
    • Important safety notes
    • Adjusting the steering wheel manually
    • Adjusting the steering wheel electrically
    • Steering wheel heating
    • EASY-ENTRY/EXIT
  • Mirrors
    • Rear-view mirror
    • Exterior mirrors
    • Automatic anti-glare mirrors
    • Parking position for the exterior mirror on the front-passenger side
  • Memory functions
    • Storing settings
    • Calling up a stored setting
• Lights and windshield wipers
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Exterior lighting
    • Important safety notes
    • Notes on driving abroad
    • Light switch
    • Combination switch
    • Hazard warning lamps
    • Headlamp cleaning system
    • Active light function
    • Headlamps fogged up on the inside
  • Interior lighting
    • Overview of interior lighting
    • Automatic interior lighting control
    • Manual interior lighting control
    • Crash-responsive emergency lighting
  • Changing bulbs
    • Important safety notes
    • Overview: changing bulbs/bulb types
    • Changing the front bulbs
    • Changing the rear bulbs
    • Setting the headlamps
  • Windshield wipers
    • Important safety notes
    • Switching the windshield wipers on/off
    • Switching the rear window wiper on/off
    • Replacing the wiper blades
    • Problems with the windshield wipers
• Climate control
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Overview of climate control systems
    • Important safety notes
    • Control panel for the dual-zone automatic climate control
    • Control panel for the multi-zone automatic climate control
  • Operating the control systems
    • Switching the control on/off
    • Switching cooling with air dehumidification on/off
    • Setting climate control to automatic
    • Setting the temperature
    • Setting the air distribution
    • Setting the airflow
    • Switching the MONO function on/off
    • Defrosting the windshield
    • Defrosting the windows
    • Rear window heating
    • Activating/deactivating air-recirculation mode
    • Switching the residual heat on/off
  • Setting the air vents
    • Important safety notes
    • Setting the center air vents
    • Setting the side air vents
    • Setting the rear-compartment air vents
• Driving and parking
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Notes on breaking-in a new vehicle
    • The first 1000 miles (1500 km)
  • Driving
    • Important safety notes
    • SmartKey positions
    • Starting the engine
    • Pulling away
    • Problems with the engine
  • Automatic transmission
    • Important safety notes
    • DIRECT SELECT lever
    • Transmission position display
    • Transmission positions
    • Gearshifting
    • Driving tips
    • Steering wheel paddle shifters
    • Shift ranges
    • Problems with the transmission
    • Transfer case
  • Refueling
    • Important safety notes
    • Gasoline
    • Diesel
    • Refueling
    • Emergency fuel filler flap release
    • Problems with the fuel and fuel tank
    • AdBlue®
  • Parking
    • Important safety notes
    • Switching off the engine
    • Parking brake
    • Parking up the vehicle
  • Driving tips
    • General driving tips
    • Engine oil
    • Brakes
    • Driving on wet roads
    • Winter driving
    • Driving off-road
    • Driving in mountainous terrain
    • Driving abroad
  • Driving systems
    • Cruise control
    • DISTRONIC
    • Level control
    • ADS (Adaptive Damping System)
    • PARKTRONIC
    • Rear view camera
    • Blind Spot Assist
  • Off-road driving systems
    • 4MATIC (permanent four-wheel drive)
    • DSR (Downhill Speed Regulation)
    • Off-road drive program
    • LOW RANGE
    • Differential lock
  • Towing a trailer
    • Notes on towing a trailer
    • Coupling up a trailer
    • Towing a trailer
    • Decoupling a trailer
    • Permissible trailer load and drawbar noseweight
    • Trailer power supply
• On-board computer and displays
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Important safety notes
  • Displays and operation
    • Tachometer
    • Outside temperature display
    • Speedometer with segments
    • Operating the on-board computer
    • Multifunction display
  • Menus and submenus
    • Menu overview
    • Standard display menu
    • Audio menu
    • Navigation menu
    • Off-road menu
    • Settings menu
    • Additional functions menu
    • Trip computer menu
    • Telephone menu
  • Display messages
    • Hiding display messages
    • Message memory menu
    • Safety systems
    • Brakes
    • Lights
    • Engine
    • Driving systems
    • Tires
    • Vehicle
    • SmartKey
  • Warning and indicator lamps in the instrument cluster
    • Brakes
    • Seat belts
    • Safety systems
    • Engine
    • Driving systems
    • Tires
• Loading, stowing and features
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Loading guidelines
  • Stowage compartments
    • Important safety notes
    • Stowage compartments in the front
    • Stowage compartments in the rear
  • Stowage areas
    • Parcel nets
    • Enlarging the luggage compartment
    • Securing cargos
    • Luggage compartment cover
    • Cargo net
    • EASY-PACK load-securing kit
    • Roof carrier
  • Features
    • Cup holder
    • Sun visors
    • Rear panorama roof roller sunblind
    • Ashtray
    • Cigarette lighter
    • 12 V sockets
    • 115 V socket
    • mbraceThe system is called TELEAID in Canada.
    • Garage door opener
    • Compass
    • Floormat on the driver's side
    • Infrared-reflecting windshield
• Maintenance and care
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Engine compartment
    • Hood
    • Radiator
    • Engine oil
    • Checking and adding other service products
  • Service
    • Service interval display
  • Care
    • Notes on care
    • Exterior care
    • Interior care
• Roadside assistance
  • Vehicle equipment
  • After an accident
  • Where will I find...?
    • First-aid kit
    • Vehicle tool kit
    • "Minispare" emergency spare wheel
  • Flat tire
    • Preparing the vehicle
    • TIREFIT kit
    • Changing a wheel and mounting the spare wheel
    • MOExtended run-flat system
  • Battery
    • Important safety notes
    • Charging the battery
  • Jump-starting
  • Towing and tow-starting
    • Important safety notes
    • Installing/removing the towing eye
    • Towing the vehicle with both axles on the ground
    • Transporting the vehicle
    • Notes on 4MATIC vehicles
    • Recovering a vehicle that has become stuck
  • Fuses
    • Important safety notes
    • Before changing a fuse
    • Fuse box in the cockpit
    • Fuse box in the engine compartment
    • Fuse box in the cargo compartment
    • Engine emergency off
• Tires and wheels
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Important safety notes
  • Directives to be observed
  • Maintenance and care of wheels and tires
    • Checking wheels and tires
    • Service life of tires
    • Tire tread
    • Storing tires
    • Cleaning tires
  • Tire pressures
    • Tire pressure information
    • Important notes on tire pressures
    • Tire pressure too low or too high
    • Checking the tire pressures
    • Tire pressure loss warning system (Canada only)
    • Tire pressure monitoring system (USA only)
  • Maximum tire pressures
  • Loading the vehicle
    • Instruction labels for tires and loads
    • Maximum permissible gross vehicle weight rating
    • Number of seats
    • Steps for determining the maximum cargo
    • Vehicle identification plate
    • Trailer load/noseweight
  • Maximum tire load
  • Direction of rotation
  • Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Overview of tire quality standards
    • Tread wear
    • Traction
    • Temperature
  • Interchanging the wheels
  • Tire labeling
    • Overview of tire labeling
    • Tire size designation, load-bearing capacity and speed index
    • Load index
    • DOT, Tire Identification Number (TIN)
    • Characteristics of the tire
  • Definitions for tires and loading
    • Structure and condition of the tire
    • Bar
    • DOT (Department of Transportation)
    • Average weight of the vehicle occupants
    • Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards
    • Recommended tire pressure
    • Increased vehicle weight due to optional equipment
    • Wheel rim
    • GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating)
    • Speed index
    • GTW (Gross Trailer Weight)
    • GVW (Gross Vehicle Weight)
    • GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating)
    • Maximum weight of the laden vehicle
    • Kilopascal (kPa)
    • Load index
    • Unladen weight
    • Maximum tire load
    • Maximum permissible tire pressure
    • Maximum load on one tire
    • PSI (pounds per square inch)
    • Aspect ratio
    • Tire pressure
    • Tire tread
    • Tire bead
    • Sidewall
    • Weight of optional extras
    • TIN (Tire Identification Number)
    • Load bearing index
    • Traction
    • TWR (permissible trailer drawbar noseweight)
    • Wear indicator
    • Distribution of the vehicle occupants
    • Maximum permissible payload weight
  • Wheel/tire combinations
    • Points to remember
    • Tires of the same dimensions
    • Spare wheel
• Technical data
  • Vehicle equipment
  • Genuine Mercedes-Benz parts
  • Warranty
  • Vehicle identification plates
    • Vehicle identification plate with vehicle identification number (VIN) and paint code number
    • Vehicle identification number (VIN)
    • Engine number
  • Service products and capacities
    • Important safety notes
    • Capacities
    • Fuel
    • AdBlue®
    • Engine oil
    • Refrigerant of the air-conditioning system
    • Brake fluid
    • Coolant
    • Windshield and headlamp cleaning system
  • Vehicle data
    • Vehicle data, GL 350 BlueTEC (164.825)
    • Vehicle data, GL 450 (164.871)
    • Vehicle data, GL 550 (164.886)
  • Internet
  • Editorial office