Mercedes-Benz GLB Owner's Manual page 199

196 Driving and parking
If the F drive program is selected: select
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another drive program.
Switch DSR off.
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Apply the brakes to dry them after fording.
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Check that the service brake is working nor‐
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mally after a long downhill stretch.
Clean the following components every time
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after driving off-road:
licence plate number
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headlamps and tail lamps
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tyres, wheels and wheel arches
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underbody
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After driving through sand, mud, water or
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gravel, have the following components
checked and cleaned:
brake discs and brakepads
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Tyres and wheels
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axle joints
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ECO start/stop function
Operation of the ECO start/stop function
Mercedes-AMG vehicles: observe the notes in
the Supplement. You could otherwise fail to rec‐
ognise dangers.
The engine is switched off automatically in the
following situations if all vehicle conditions for
an automatic engine stop are met:
vehicles with manual transmission: you
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brake the vehicle, shift into neutral i when
travelling at a low speed and then release the
clutch pedal.
vehicles with automatic transmission:
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you brake the vehicle to a standstill in trans‐
mission position h or i.
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
if you switch on the HOLD function in transmis‐
sion position h or i, the engine will automati‐
cally stop in the following situations:
you stop behind a vehicle that is pulling
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away.
you stop at a stop sign when there is no vehi‐
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cle in front of you.
you turn the steering wheel hard at a low
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speed.
% In transmission position k, the engine is
not switched off automatically even when
the HOLD function is switched on.
The engine is restarted automatically if:
vehicles with automatic transmission: in
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transmission position h, you release the
brake pedal when the HOLD function is not
active.
vehicles with automatic transmission:
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you shift into transmission position h or
k.
you depress the accelerator pedal.
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you engage drive program B or F.
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an automatic engine start is required by the
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vehicle.
ECO start/stop function symbols in the multi‐
function display:
the symbol è (green) appears when the
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vehicle is at a standstill: the engine was
switched off by the ECO start/stop function.