2006 MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE seats

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At a glan
ce
St owa gecompa rtments Fu
nction Pa
ge 1 Gl
ove compar tment 355
2 St
owa ge co mpartme nt
und erthe front-passenger
se at
First- aid kit 400
3 Fr
ont-p assenger door
st owage compar tment 4 St
owa ge co mpartme nts
un der the centre armr est 356
5 Cup
holder in the rear seat
armr est 359
6 St
owa ge co mpartme nt
und er th erear se atarmr est
St owa ge co mpartme nt
between therear seats 357
357
7 Stowag
ebox in the rear 358 Fun
ction Page
8 Side
stowa ge
co mp artm ent in the boot
Retaine rfo r the Owner’s
Manua lwallet 360
9 St
orag ewe llbe neath the
boot floor 359
a Side
stowa ge
co mp artm ent in the boot b Dr
iver ’sdo or stowage
comp artm ent c St
owage compar tment
und erthe driv er’s se at
Fi re exti nguish er* 400
d St
owage compar tment in
the centre console
Cup holder* 356
358 Fun
ction Page
e St
owage compar tmentin
the centre console
12 Vso ck et
Ashtr ay/c igarette lighter* 356
362
361
f Luggage net in the
front-
passenger footwell g Ca
rd ho lder on thesun
vi sor 361
h Spectac
lescompar tment
in the overhea dco ntro l
pa nel 355
j Ca
rd ho lder on thesun
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cupant safety i
Inmany cou ntries there are law sconcerning
the use of seat belts and child res train tsys tems.
Th eSR S(S upplemental R estrain
t S yste
m)
co nsists of:
! Warning lamp =
! Belttens ioners
! Beltfor ce limi ters
! Airb ag syst emwith:
! Airbag contro lun it
! Airbags Warn
ing la mp =
Th eS RS perform sa self -test atregul arin-
ter vals when the ignition isswi tche don
an dt he engine isrunning. Mal funct ions
ca nthere fore be de tected ingood tim e.
The = warning lam pinth einst ru ment
clus ter (
= page 12) lig hts up when you
sw itch on the ignition and go esout a few
se co nds after the eng ine is sta rted. Pe
rsons unde r1.50 mtall orunde rtwelve
years of ageca nnot wear the seat belts
prope rly. Th ey therefo rereq uire ad ditional
su itabl erestr aint syst emsfitt ed on appro-
pr iate seatsfo rprotect ionin an accident. Al-
wa ys follow the ma nufact ur er’s installation
in st ru ctions when fitting a childs eat. G
Risk of inj ury A
seat belt onl yof fer s its intend eddegree
of protect ion if the backr estis po sitione das
cl ose to the vertic al aspossi ble and the
occ upantiss itting upr ight .Av oid sea tpos i-
ti ons that do not allow theseat beltto be
ro uted correctl y.Po sition theb ackres t as
close tothe vertical as possible .Don otdrive
with the backrest recline dto ofa rba ck.O th-
er wi se, yo ucouldbe seriously or even fatall y
in jur ed intheev ent ofan accident orsudden
br ak ing. G
Risk of inju ry Th
es eatbe ltca nn otfunc tion correc tly if the
bel torbuckle isdirty or damaged. Keep the
be lt an d bu ckle clean, othe rwise the belt
to ng ue ca nnot engage correctly.
Re gularly ch eckth ese at belts to make sure
th at they:
! are no tdamag ed
! aren otrouted over sharp edges
! arenot trap ped
Otherwise, the bel tco uld tear inthe ev entof
an accident. You or ot herscould be serious-
ly or fatall yin ju re d.
Ha ve se atbelts wh ichh aveb eend amag ed
or subject edtoheav ylo ad sin an accident
re place dan dhave theiranch orag es
ch ec ked.
Me rced es-Ben z recom mendsth at, for saf ety
re as ons ,you only use seat belts which have
bee nspeci allyapproved foryour vehicle by
Me rced es-Ben z. SRS
(Sup ple me ntal Restrai nt
Sy stem) 216_R
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32 Safety
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Your vehicl e is equip pedwi th the fo llowing
airbags:
! Driver’s front airb ag , located in the
steering wheel
! Front-pa ssenger front airb agabov ethe
gl ov e compa rtme nt
! Sidebags on th eouter side of the front
se ats !
Sidebags to the outsi de, ne xtto the
seats in the rear co mpartment
! Windowb agsin the edge of the roof
frame
Ai rb ag deplo yment
T he airbags in flat ewi thin millisec onds. Th e
= warning lamp com eson.
i Ifth e airbag sare deployed, you willhe ar a
bang and a small amount of powder may also be
released .The bang is not harmful toyour heari ng
and thepowder is not hazar dous toyour healt h.
Ai rb ag depl oymen tsl ows down and re-
st ricts the movement of the vehi cle occu-
pant.
Wh enthevehicl eocc upant makesconta ct
with the front ands ide airb ag s,ho tg as
fl ows out of the airb ags.Thi sredu cesthe
fo rc eac ting on the occu pant’s he adand
ch est.Th eairbags are thus def lated afte r
the accid ent. !
Mov ethe front -pas seng erseat as far
back aspossibl e, especiallyifch ildr en
ar es itti ng orsecured inarestraint sys-
te m on it.
! Rearward -facing chil drestraint syst ems
mu stnotbe fitted to the front-p assen-
ge rseat ifthe front airba gon the front-
pass engerh as notbeen dea ctivat ed .
Th ef ront passeng er's front air bagis au-
tomati cally de activate din
Me rcede s-Be nz veh icle sif ach ild re-
straint syste mwith automati c childs eat
recog nition is fitt ed tothe fr ont- passen-
ge r seat ofa vehi cle eq uippe dwith auto-
ma tic child seat recognition an dthe
9 indi cator lamp is on.
! Ifafo rwar d-facin gchi ldrest raintsystem
is fitted tothe front -pas seng er seat,the
fr ont-passenge rse at mu st be moved as
fa rb ackas poss ible.Ev en with th ese at
in this posi tion, theb eltmust be routed
fo rwards in thedir ection of trav elan d
pul led tigh t.
! Do not lean forward s, e.g. ove r the pad-
ded boss of thesteer ing whee l,pa rtic u-
larly when the vehicle is in motion.
! Do not pu tyo ur fee ton the dashboa rd. !
Onlyho ldthe steering wheel by the rim.
This all owsthe airb agtodepl oyfully.
You could be inju re dif th eairb ag isde-
pl oy ed andyou are holdingthe inside of
the stee ring wheel.
! Do not lean on thed oorsfrom inside the
vehi cle.
! Do not plac eany objects on theairbags
or between the airbags and the veh icle ’s
occ upants.
! Do not pl acean y objec tsbet ween the
seat backr ests and th edoors.
! Donot hang an yha rd object s, e.g. coat
hang ers, on thegr ab handl esor coat
hooks.
It is no tpossible to ruleout the risk ofinju-
ri es caused byan airbag dueto th ehigh
sp ee dw ith which theairb agis re quired to
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ar einte grate dinto the side of the roof
fr am eand deploy in the area between the
A-pill ar an d the C-pillar.
1 Windowbag
Windowbags 1are depl oyed:
! atthes tart of an accident wi thhigh ve-
hicle accele ratio nor decele ratio nin a
la teral direc tion
! on the side on whi chan impact occ urs
! indepe ndently of the front airbags
! regard lessof wh ethe r the front-
pa sseng erseat is occupied or not
! ifthe ve hicle ove rtur ns on both sides
an d the syste mdetermine sth at win-
dowb ag deployment can of fer add itio n-
al protection to tha tpr ovide dby the
seat belt i
Youcanfind furthe r information about how
th e airbags work on (
=page 32).
You can find fur ther info rmation abou tbelt ten-
sioners and bel tforce limiters on ( =page 29).
Preventiv eoccu pant safety (PRE-SAFE ®
)
in itiates pre ventive measures incertain
ha zardou s si tuations foryo ur safety.PR E-
SA FE®
interven esin:
! emergenc ybra king situati ons, e.g. if
Brak eAs sist BAS (
=page 47)is acti-
va ted orBrak eAs sist BASPlus*
(= page 47)in te rve nesp owerfully
! critica ldr ivin g situa tions, e.g. wh ere
the vehicle under steers or ove rste er s
be cause itha sex ceeded physical limits
In these cases, PR E-SAFE ®
in itiates th efo l-
lo wing measures if youar ed riving faster
tha n30 km /h:
! itmo ves th efront-passenger seattoan
op timum position (
=page 231) if itis
in an unfavou rablepo sition !
itincr ea ses the air pressure inthea ir
ch amb ers (side bol ster s of the seat
cushion andba ckr est)of the multi-c on-
tou r* (
=page 216) or dy nami cdri ving
seats* ( =page 218)
! if the vehicle un derstee rsor ove rs-
te er s, the sl iding/tilting sunroof
( = page 349) and the front side win-
dows ( =pa ge 254) alsoclose
au toma tically toleave a residu algap
If the hazardous situ ation passes without
resul ting inan ac cident,P RE- SAFE ®
redu c-
es the pressure in th eair cha mbers ofthe
mu lti-contou r seatsor dyna mi cdriving
seats *. Itispo ssible toundo all the adjust-
me ntsin itiated by PRE-SAFE ®
.
P9
1.60-3161-31 PRE-SAFE
®
(pre ventive oc cupant
safe ty) 216_R
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38 Safety
Oc
cupant safety Ch
ild restraint syst ems
Mercedes -Ben zre co mm ends th atyou only
use the chi ldrestra intsyst ems list edon
( = page 41).
"Universal"ca tegory childrestraint sys-
te ms are recog nisa ble by an orange ap-
pro vallabel onthe restra intsyst em its elf. G
Risk of inj ury To re
duce therisk of serious or fatal inju ry to
a chi ldin th e eve ntofan acc iden t,br ak ing
or sudde nch an ge indire ction:
! always secure childr en less than 1.50 m
tall or under 12 years of agein spe cial
chi ldrestr aint sy stem s on a su itable
se at in the vehi cle be causeth ese at
be lts ar en ot designed for per sonsof
this si ze
! donotallow chil dren under12 years of
ag e to sito nthe front- passen gerse at
un less they are secu redin a child re-
straint syste mwith automati c childs eat
reco gnition in a vehicle equippe dwith
au tomatic chil dseat recog nition in the
fr ont-passenge rse at (indi catedby the
9 warninglamp on the dash-
boa rd). !
neveral low child rento trav elin the ve hi-
cle whi lesittin gon the la pof ano ther
occ upant. Itwo uld no tbe pos sibl eto re-
strain the childd ueto the forc esoccu r-
ri ng in th e eve nt ofan acc iden t,heav y
br ak ing or sudden ch ange indire ction.
Th ey ma ybe thrown againstpa rts ofthe
ve hicle interi or andbe seriou sly or fata l-
ly injured
! allvehicle occupants must always have
th eirse at belts fa stened correctly
! If achild re straint system is fitted to the
fr on t-pass enger se at,ma ke su rethe
fr on t-pass enger se atismo ved as far
ba ck aspossible G
Risk of inju ry If
th ech ild re straint system isnot fitted cor-
re ctly to a suitab lesea t,th echil dm aynot be
secu red in the event ofan ac ciden tor su d-
den br aking an dma y be seriously or fata lly
in ju re d. Therefor e,when fittin gach ild re-
straint syste m,you must observ ethe ma nu-
fa ct urer’s inst alla tion inst ru ctions fort he
child restraint syste m. Ch
ild restraint syste ms should prefer ably be
fitte dto the rear se ats. The childi sgener ally
be tter protec ted there.
Ne verpl ac e ob jects,e.g. cushions ,un der
th ech ild re straint system .The entire base of
th echild restraint syste mmustalways be
re sting on th eseatc ushion.
A child restraint syste m mustnot be used
wi thou t the genuine cover design ed fo rit.
Onl yre plac e damaged cover swith ge nu ine
co vers.
On there ar seats, only usechild restraint
syst ems that have been reco mmen dedfor
use inMe rcedes -Ben zv ehic les. 216_R
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Suita bleseats
1 Onlyuse chi ldrestr aint syste mswith automa tic
child seat reco gn ition.
2 Movethe fro nt-pas senge rse at to its rea rmostand
up permo stpositio n.Mo ve th ehe ad restrai ntto its
up permo stpositio n. We
ight and ageca tego ries Ch
ild restra int syst emonthe front-
passeng erseat Ch
ild restra intsyst emonthe le ft and
righ tre ar seat Ca
tegory 0:
up to approx imate ly9months as
reco mmended 1 Un
iver sal oras recomme nded Ca
tegory 0+:
up to13 kg
up to approx imate ly18 months as
reco mmended 1 Un
iver sal oras recomme nded Ca
tegory I:
9 to 18 kg
be tweenapp roxima tely 8m onthsand
4y ears Unive
rsal2
or as re commend ed Un
iver sal oras recomme nded Ca
tegory II /III:
15 kg to 36kg
bet ween approx im ately 3½ and 12years Unive
rsal2
or as re commend ed Un
iver sal oras recomme nded 216_R
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42 Safety
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Wa rningstick ers Automa
tic ch ildseat rec ognition
1 9 warning lamp
Th ef ront-passeng erseat sens or system
au toma tica lly iden tifies whethe raspecial
Mercede s-Be nz child se atwith autom atic
ch ild seat re cognition has been fitted. The
9 warning lamp nextto theinstru- G
Risk of inj ury On
the fr ont-pass enger seat, only usechild
re straint syste ms with auto matic chi ldseat
re cognition which arerecom mended for
Me rcedes -Ben z.You canobt aini nfor mation
ab out this from anyMe rced es-Ben zSe rvice
Cen tre.
If ar earw ard-facing child res trai nt syst em is
used onthefro nt-pas seng er seat,it mus tbe
a sp ecia lMe rcedes -Ben zre arwa rd-fa cing
chil dseat with au tomatic chil dseat recogni-
ti on. P6
8.60-2140-31 If an
yother type ofrearwa rd-fa cing child re-
st raint system is used on the fr ont-pas sen-
ge rse at, thefron t-pa ssen gerairbag is not
dea ctivat ed andth ech ild co uld be se riousl y
or fatall y in jure db yth einflating air bag.To
dr aw attention tothis dang er, there is an ap-
propr iate wa rningst icker ontheda shboa rd
as we llas on bot hsides of thesun visor on
th epass engerside.
If afo rw ard-facin gchi ldrestr aint sys tem
with outau toma tic child seat recogni tion is
us ed on th efront-pas senge rseat, make
su re thefront-passenge rse at ismove d toits
re armo st position.
Do not leave children un supervi sedin the
ve hicle, even ifthey are secu redi n a child
re stra int system.
! They wo uld be unable to rescue them-
se lves if danger threatened, e.g .exces-
si ve heat.
! They could be injur ed on movi ng pa rtsin
th e ve hicle, e. g.seats.
! They could open the do orsand thereby
enda nger them selves andot hers. Do not pl
acean yob jects under thec hild
re stra int syst em,e. g. a cushion. Th eentire
base of th echi ldrestr aint syst emmust al-
wa ysbe re sting onthe vehi clese at cushion.
An incorrectly fitt ed chil drestraint system
canno tperform itsprotective function in the
eve ntofan ac cident, and could even lead to
in ju ries.
P68.10-3547-31 216_R
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
me ntclu ster wil lbe lit ifthi sis th eca se.
The front -pas se nger fron tairbag isdeac ti-
vate d.
iThe windowb ag,th e sidebag and theb elt
te nsioner on the fron t-passenger side are still ac-
ti ve even if the fron t-passeng erfront airbag
is deac tiva ted. ISOFIX
child se atsecu ring syst emin the
rear
IS OF IXis a stan da rdised secu ring syst em
fo rspecial chi ldse ats in ther ear.The reare
se cu ring rings fort wo childrestraint sys-
te ms between the seatcushion and the
ba ckrest on the le ftand right-ha nd side sof
the outer re arseats. G
Risk of inju ry If the
9 warning lamp does notlig ht
up wh enthe chil drestraint syste misfitted,
this meansth efront -pas senge rfr ont airbag
ha s no tbeen dea ctivat ed . The ch ild could
suff erlife- threat eningi njur ies if thef ront-
pa sseng erfront airbag is inflat ed .If the
warn ing lamp does no tlight up,proce ed as
fo llow s:
! Donotu se a rearwa rd-fa cing child re-
str aint syst emonthefron t-pas seng er
se at.
! Fita rearwa rd-faci ng ch ild restrai ntsys-
tem on a su itab lerear seat.
or !
Only usea forward -facing chi ldrestrain t
syst emon th efront-pas senge rseat and
move thefron t-pass enger seat to its
rear most position.
! Have the automa tic ch ild se at reco gn i-
ti on checked ataq ualified sp ec iali st
workshop which hasth ene cessary spe-
ci alis t knowledge andto ols tocarry
ou tthe work requ ired .Me rced es-Benz
re co mmend sth at youuse a
Me rced es-Benz Service Ce ntre for this
pu rpose. In pa rticular ,wo rk rele vant to
saf ety or on saf ety-relate dsystems
must becar ried out at a qualifie dsp e-
cia list wor ksho p.
To ensure that the automa tic ch ild se at
recog nition system functions correct ly,n ev-
er pla ceobjects (e.g.acu shion) under
th ec hild restr aint syst em.Th een tire base
of thechi ldrestr aint sys tem mu st alw aysbe
rest ingo nth e veh icle seat cushion. Anin-
cor rectly fitted child restraint sys tem cannot
perfo rmits protec tive fun ction in the event
of an accident, and cou ldeven le adto inju-
ries. G
Risk of inj ury Ac
hild restraint sys tem secu red by the
IS OFIX childseat se curing syste mdoe snot
pr ovid esuffi cien tpr otecti onforc hild ren
weighi ngmo re th an22 kg. For this re ason,
do not secure childr enweig hing mo rethan
22 kgin a child re straint system secure d by
th eIS OFIX child seat securing syste m. Ifthe
chil dweighs morethan 22 kg, sec urethe
chil drestrai nt sys temu sing alap- sh ould er
bel t. 216_R
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