Mercedes-Benz GL-Class: Towing and tow-starting
- Important safety notes
- Installing/removing the towing eye
- Towing a vehicle with both axles onthe ground
- Transporting the vehicle
- Notes for 4MATIC vehicles
- Recovering a vehicle that has becomestuck
- Tow-starting (emergency enginestarting)
Jump-starting
WARNING
Failure to follow these directions will cause damage to the electronic
components, and can lead
to a battery explosion and severe injury or death.
Never lean over batteries wh ...
Important safety notes
WARNING
If you tow the vehicle, you must use a rigid
towing bar if:
• the engine is not running.
• there is a brake system
malfunction.
• there is a malfunction in the power
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See also:
Precautions on seat belt usage
If you are wearing your seat belt properly
adjusted, and you are sitting upright and
well back in your seat with both feet on the
floor, your chances of being injured or
killed in an accident ...
Brakes
This vehicle has disc brakes. Disc brake pads have built-in wear indicators that
make a high-pitched warning sound when the brake pads are worn and new pads are
needed. The sound can come and go or ...
Fuse box in the engine compartment
► Open the hood.
Illustrated: GL 450 (GL 350 BlueTEC, GL 550 are
similar)
► Remove any existing moisture from the
fuse box using a dry cloth.
► To open: open clamps 2.
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