General Notes; Operator's Manual; Protecting The Environment; Operating Safety - Mercedes-Benz GLC 2020 Operator's Manual

Operator's Manual

This Supplement provides information on all the
important functions of your hybrid vehicle that
are either not described or differ from the
descriptions in the vehicle Operator's Manual.
This information supplements or replaces the
corresponding sections in the vehicle Operator's
Manual. Under no circumstances does the Sup‐
plement replace the Operator's Manual.
This Supplement describes all models, and
standard and optional equipment for your vehi‐
cle, as available at the time of going to press.
Country-specific differences are possible. Bear
in mind that your vehicle may not feature all
functions described here. This is also the case
for systems and functions relevant to safety.
Therefore, the equipment on your vehicle may
differ from that in the descriptions and illustra‐
tions.
The original purchase contract documentation
for your vehicle contains a list of all of the sys‐
tems in your vehicle.
Should you have any questions concerning
equipment and operation, please consult an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
The Operator's Manual, the Supplement and the
Maintenance Booklet are important documents
and should be kept in the vehicle.

Protecting the environment

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ENVIRONMENTAL NOTE Environmental
pollution caused by irresponsible dis‐
posal of the high-voltage battery
A high-voltage battery contains materials
which are harmful to the environment.
Dispose of defective high-voltage bat‐
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teries at a qualified specialist work‐
shop.

Operating safety

Hybrid vehicles have a combustion engine and
an electric motor. The energy supply for operat‐

General notes

ing the vehicle electrically is provided by the
high-voltage on-board electrical system.
& DANGER Risk of fatal injury by touching
damaged high-voltage components
The vehicle's high-voltage on-board electrical
system is under high voltage. If you modify
component parts in the vehicle's high-volt‐
age on-board electrical system or touch dam‐
aged component parts, you may be electro‐
cuted.
The component parts in the vehicle's high-
voltage on-board electrical system may be
damaged in an accident, although the dam‐
age is not visible.
Never carry out changes on the high-
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voltage on-board electrical system.
Never touch component parts in the
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high-voltage on-board electrical system.
After an accident, do not touch any
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high-voltage components.
After an accident, have the vehicle
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transported away.
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