Mercedes-Benz 2008 GL 450 Operator's Manual page 5

Contents
Safety and Security ........................... 73
Occupant safety................................... 74
Air bags .......................................... 76
Occupant Classification System..... 81
Seat belts ....................................... 86
Active head restraint ...................... 90
Rear head restraints....................... 91
Children in the vehicle.................... 91
Blocking of rear door
window operation........................... 98
Panic alarm ........................................ 100
Activating ..................................... 100
Deactivating ................................. 100
Driving safety systems....................... 101
ABS .............................................. 101
BAS .............................................. 103
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ESP ............................................. 103
EBP............................................... 107
4-ETS............................................ 107
Anti-theft systems.............................. 109
Immobilizer................................... 109
Anti-theft alarm system................ 109
Controls in detail ............................. 111
Locking and unlocking ....................... 112
SmartKey ..................................... 112
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 115
Checking the batteries in the
SmartKey or SmartKey with
KEYLESS-GO* .............................. 120
Loss of the SmartKey or
SmartKey with KEYLESS-GO* ...... 120
Opening the doors
from the inside............................. 120
Tailgate/Power tailgate*.............. 121
Automatic central locking ............ 128
Locking and unlocking
from the inside............................. 128
Seats ................................................. 130
Easy-entry/exit feature for
third-row seats ............................. 130
Front seat active head restraints . 133
Rear seats .................................... 133
Lumbar support............................ 137
Multicontour seat*....................... 138
Seat heating*............................... 138
Seat ventilation* .......................... 140
Memory function* ............................. 141
Storing positions into memory..... 142
Recalling positions from memory. 142
Lighting ............................................. 143
Exterior lamp switch .................... 143
Combination switch ..................... 147
Corner-illuminating
front fog lamps*........................... 147
Hazard warning flasher ................ 149
Interior lighting ............................ 149
Door entry lamps ......................... 151
Cargo compartment lamp ............ 151
Instrument cluster ............................. 152
Adjusting instrument
cluster illumination ...................... 153
Resetting trip odometer ............... 153
Tachometer.................................. 153
Outside temperature indicator..... 153