Mercedes-Benz GLC 200 4MATIC Owner's Manual page 455

452 Technical data
Off-road driving
Also observe the notes on driving off-road, driving
in mountainous terrain and fording (
Fording
* NOTE Water damage from fording
Water can enter the engine bay and the vehi-
cle interior in the following cases:
The maximum permissible fording depth
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for driving through standing water is
exceeded.
A bow wave forms during fording.
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Water pools when fording moving water.
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Do not exceed the maximum permissible
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fording depth.
Drive slowly through the water.
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Keep in mind that driving through moving
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water reduces the permissible fording
depth due to the pooling of water.
page 187).
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The maximum permissible fording depth
ready-to-drive loading condition is 30 cm.
Ready-to-drive loading condition means:
Full fuel tank
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All fluids are topped up
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With driver in vehicle
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Notes on the angle of approach/departure
The specified values are maximum values for vehi-
cles that are in ready-to-drive loading condition.
The values depend on the vehicle tyres and vehi-
cle weight.
Ready-to-drive loading condition means:
Full fuel tank
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All fluids are topped up
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With driver in vehicle
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On vehicles with AIRMATIC, loads up to the maxi-
mum payload have no influence on the approach/
departure angles.
1 in
Not for plug-in hybrid:
Angle of approach/departure
Model
All models
1 front 2 rear
21.2° 21.8°