2010 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET child restraint

"Universal" category child restraint systems can be recognised by their orange approval label.
Approval label on the child restraint system (example)
Suitable seat positions for ISOFIX child seat securing systems
Weight categories
Carry-cot 0: up to
10 kg 0+: up to 13 kg
Size cate-
gory F G E E D C
Equipment ISO/L1 ISO/L2 ISO/R1 ISO/R1 ISO/R2 ISO/R3
Rear seat,
left and right
X
14 X
14 IL
15 IL
15 IL
15 IL
15 Weight category
I:
9to18kg Size category D C B B1 A
Equipment ISO/R2 ISO/R3 ISO/F2 ISO/F2X ISO/F3
Rear seat, left
and right
IL
16 IL
16 IUF
17 IUF
17 IUF
17 14
X: this position is unsuitable.
15 IL: as recommended ,see the following table of "Recommended ISOFIX child seat securing systems".
16 IL:a sr ecommended, see the following table of "Recommended ISOFIX child seat securing systems".
17 IUF: suitable for forward-facing ISOFIX child seat securing systems that belong to the "Universal" category
and are approved for use in this weight category. 52
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Recommende
dchild restraint systems Weight catego-
ries Manufac-
turer Type Approval
number Ord
er nu m-
ber Automatic
child seat
recognition
Group 0+: up to
13 kg Britax
Römer BABY
SAFE
PLUS E1 03 301146
E1 04 301146 A0
00 970 10
00 Yes
Group I:
9to
18 kg Britax
Römer DUO
PLUS E1 03 301133
E1 04 301133 A0
00 970 11
00 Yes
A0
00 970 16
00 No
18 Categ
oryI I/III:
15 to 36 kg Brit
ax
Römer KID E1 03 301148
E1 04 301148 A0
00 970 12
00 Yes
A0
00 970 17
00 No
18 KIDFIX E1 04 301198 A0
00 970 18
00 No
18 A000 970 19
00 Yes
Recommende
dISOFIX child se at securing systems Weight categories
Group 0:
up to
10 kg Group 0:
up to
10 kg Group 0:
up to
10 kg Group 0+:
up to
13 kg Group 0+:
up to
13 kg Group 0+:
up to
13 kg
Size cate-
gory
E F G C D E
Manufac-
turer
- - - - - Britax
Römer
Type
- - - - - BABY SAFE
ISOFIX
PLUS
Type
approval
number
- - - - - E1 04
301146
Category
- - - - - Universal
18
For child restraint systems without automati cchild seat recognition ,move the front-passenger seat to the
rearmost position. Children in th
evehicle
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Risk of injury
Make sure that nob odyc an become trapped
as yo ucloseas idew indow .Ifthere is arisk
of becoming trapped, release the switch or
press it again to open the side window again. G
Risk of injury
Children may injur ethemselves if they open
or close the side windows.
Never leav echildren unsupervised in the vehi-
cle. Always tak ethe key with you when leaving
the vehicle, even if you ar eonly leaving it for
as hort time. G
Risk of injury
Do not leav echildren unsupervised in the
vehicle, even if they ar esecured in achild
restraint system .The children could:
R be seriously or even fatall yinjured on parts
of the vehicle
R be seriously or even fatally injured by pro-
longed exposure to extremely hig hor
extremely low temperatures
If children open adoor, they could:
R seriously or even fatally injure other people
R get out of the vehicle and injure them-
selves, or be seriously or even fatally
injure dbyap assing vehicle
Activate the override feature if children are
travelling in the vehicle. They could otherwise
open side windows while the vehicle is in
motion and thereby injure themselves or oth-
ers. Openin
gand closing th eside win-
dows :
Front left
; Front right
= Rear right
? Rear left
The switches for all side windows are located
on the driver' sdoor. There is also aswitch on
the front-passenger door as well as on the
doors in the rear compartmen tonthe lef tand
right-hand sides for the respective sid ewin-
dow.
X Turn the key to position 2in the ignition
lock.
i You can continue to operate the side win-
dows after you switch off the engine. This
func tion remains active for fiv eminutes or
until one of the doors is opened.
X To open: press the corresponding switch.
X To close: pull the corresponding switch.
i When opening or closing the front side
windows you can start automatic opera-
tion. To do so, press or pull the switch to
just beyond the point of resistance in the
relevan tdirection .You can stop automatic
operation by pressin gorpulling again. 74
Side windo
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Problems wit
hthe soft top Problem Possible causes/consequences and
M Solutions
Th
es oft top will not
open or close. The ignition is not switched on.
X
Make sure that the key is in position 2in the ignition lock. The boot lid is open.
X
Close the boot lid (Y page 83). The boot separator is not closed.
X
Close the boot separator (Y page 83). The roll bar
shave been deployed.
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. The head restraint
sinthe rea rcompartmen tdon ot retract auto-
matically.
X Lower the head restraint sinthe rea rcompartmen tmanually
(Y page 95). The soft-top mechanism or control system is defective.
X
Close the soft top manually if necessary (Y page 78).
X Visit aqualified specialist workshop. The soft top was opened and closed several times in succession.
The soft-top drive has been deactivated automatically for safety
reasons.
You can open or close the soft top again after approximately ten
minutes.
X
Switch the ignition off and then on again.
X Repea tthe opening or closing procedure. Sliding sunroof (Coupé)
Important safety notes
G
Risk of injury
Make sur ethat nobody can becom etrapped
when closing th esliding sunroof. If there is a
risk of entrapment, release the switch and
push it briefly in any direction to stop the slid-
ing sunroof. G
Risk of injury
Children could injur ethemselves if they oper-
ate the slidin gsunroof.
Never leave children unsupervised in the vehi-
cle. Always take the key with you when leaving
the vehicle, even if you are only leaving it for
as hort time. G
Risk of injury
The glass in the panoram asunroof could
break in an accident. If you are not wearing a
seat belt, there is arisk that you could be Sliding sunroof (Coupé)
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Seats
Important safety notes
G
Ris
kofi njury
The seats can still be adjusted when there is
no key in the ignition lock. For this reason,
children should never be left unsupervised in
the vehicle. They could adjust the seats and
becom etrapped. G
Ris
kofa ccident
Only adjust the driver' sseat when the vehicle
is stationary .You will otherwise be distracted
from the road and traffic condition sand you
could los econtrol of the vehicle as aresult of
the seat moving. This could cause an acci-
dent. G
Risk of injury
Make sure that nobody can becom etrapped
when adjustin gthe seats.
Observ ethe note sonairbags.
Secur echildren as recommended; see the
"Childre ninthe vehicle" section. G
Risk of injury
Make sur ethat the bac kofyour head is sup-
ported at eye level by the cen tralarea of the
head restraint. If your head is not supported
correctly by th ehead restraint ,you coul dsuf-
fer asever eneck injury in the event of an
accident .Never driv eifthe head rest raints are
not engaged and set correctly.
! To avoid damage to the seats and the seat
heating, observe the following information:
R do not spill any liquids on the seats. If
liquid is spilled on the seats, dry them as
soon as possible.
R if the seat cover sare damp or wet, do not
switc hont he seat heating. The seat
heating should also not to be used to dry
the seats. R
clea nthe seat cover sasrecommended;
see the "In terior care" section.
R do not transport heav yloads on the
seats. Do not plac eshar pobjects on the
seat cushions ,e.g. knives, nails or tools.
Th es eats should only be occupied by
passengers, if possible.
R when the seat heatin gisinoperation ,do
not cover the seats with insulating mate-
rials, e.g. blanke ts,c oats, bags, seat cov-
ers, child seats or booster seats.
! When you mov ethe seats, make sur ethat
ther eare no objects in th efootwell or
behind the seats. Otherwise, you could
damage the seats and the objects.
i The head restraint sinthe fron tseats are
fit tedw ith the NECK -PRO system
(Y page 39). For this reason, it is not pos-
sibl etor emov ethe head restraint sfrom
th ef ront seats.
Please contact aMercedes-Ben zService
Cent refor more info rmation.
i Related topics:
R Through-loading feature in the rear
bench seat 19
(folding the rear bench seat
forwards) Adjusting the seats manually and
electrically
:
Backrest angle
; Seat height
19 Only in the Coupé. Seats
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X
Make sur ethat the key is in position 2in
the ignition lock.
X To activate: press button :.
Three red indicator lamps in the button light
up. The blower starts up after apreheating
phas eofseven seconds.
X Press button :repeatedly until the
desired heatin glevel is set.
X To switc hoff:press button :repeatedly
until all th eindicato rlamps go out.
You can use the adjustable fins on the head
restraint to adjust the height of the current of
air blown out according to your height.
Make sure that there are no objects covering
the intake grille on the back of the driver's
seat backrest.
i The blower continues running for seven
seconds to cool down the heating ele-
ments.
i If the battery voltage is too low, AIRSCARF
may switch off. Steering wheel
Important safety notes
G
Risk of injury
The electrically adjustable steering wheel can
still be adjusted when there is no key in the
ignition lock. Therefore, do not leave children
unsupervised in the vehicle, as they could
become trapped if the steering wheel is adjus-
ted. G
Risk of accident
Only adjust the steering wheel when the vehi-
cle is stationary and do not pull away until the
steering wheel adjustment mechanism is
locked in position. You might otherwise drive
without the steering wheel adjustment mech-
anism being locked in position. As aresult,
you could be distracted from road and traffic
condition sbyanunintentional movement of
the steering wheel and thereby cause an acci-
dent.
However, the steerability of the vehicl eisnot
affected. Adjusting th
esteerin gwheel man-
ually :
Release lever
; To adjus tthe steering wheel height
= To adjust the steering wheel position
(fore-and-af tadjustment)
X Push release lever :down completely.
The steerin gcolum nisu nlocked.
X Adjus tthe steering wheel to the desired
position.
X Push release lever :up completely.
The steering column is locked.
X Chec kifthe steering column is locked.
When doing so, tr ytopush the steering
wheel up or down or try to move it in the
fore-and-aft direction. Steering wheel
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X
Make sur ethat the vehicle is stationary and
that the key is in position 2in the ignition
lock.
X Press button ;for the exterior mirror on
the front-passenger side.
X Engage reverse gear.
The exterior mirror on the front-passenger
side moves to the preset parkin gposition.
X Use adjustment button =to adjust the
exterior mirror to aposition which allows
you to see the rea rwheel and the kerb.
The parkin gposition is stored.
i If you shift the transmission to another
position ,the exterior mirror on the front-
passenger side returns to the drivin gposi-
tion.
i You can also stor ethe parkin gposition
using memory button M?.
X With the key in position 2in the igni-
tion lock and with the exterior mirror
on the front-passenger side activated,
use adjustment button =to set the
exterior mirror such that the rear
wheel and ker bare visible.
X Press memory button M? and one of
th ea rrow sona djustment button =
within three seconds.
The parking position is stored if the
exterior mirror does not move.
If the mirror moves out of position, repeat
the steps.
Calling up astore dparkin gposition set-
ting X
With the key in position 2in the ignition
lock and the exterior mirror on the front-
passenge rside activated, engage reverse
gear.
The exterior mir roront he front-passenger
side moves to the store dparking posi tion. The exterior mir
roront he front-passenger
side moves bac ktoits original position:
R as soo nasyou exceed aspeed of
10 km/h
R about ten seconds after you have disen-
gaged rev ersegear
R if you press button :for the exterior mir-
ror on the driv er'sside Me
mo ry functions Storing settings
With the memory function ,you can store up
to three differen tsettings, e.g. for three dif-
ferent people.
The followi ngsettings ar estore dasa single
mem orypreset:
R position of the seat ,backrest and head
restraint
R driver's side: steerin gwheel position
R driver' sside: position of the exterior mir-
ror so nthe driver' sand front-passenger
sides G
Risk of injury
The memor yfunction can still be used when
the key has been removed. For this reason,
children should never be left unsupervised in
the vehicle. They could otherwise become
trapped when adjusting the seat or the steer-
ing wheel. G
Risk of accident
Only use the memory function on the driver's
side when the vehicle is stationary. Other-
wise, you could be distracted fro mthe traffic
conditions by the steering wheel and seat
moving of their own accord, and as aresult
cause an accident. Memory functions
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vating th
eEASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature, make
sure that nobody can become trapped.
Do not leave children unsupervise dinthe
vehicle, even if they ar esecur edinac hild
restraint system .The chil dren could open the
driver's door and thereby unintentionally acti-
vat ethe EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature and
becom etrapp ed.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Convenience submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Easy Entry/Exit feature.
You will see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Switching th ebelta djustmen ton/off
Fur ther information on belt adjust ment
(Y pag e42).
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing whee ltoselect the Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Convenience submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Belt adjustment: function.
You will see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Switching the fold in mirrors when lock-
ing function on/off
If you switch on the Fold mirrorsinwhen
locking: function, th eexterior mirror sfold
in when you lock the vehicle. When you
unloc kthe vehicle and then open adoor, the
exterior mirror sfold out again.
If you have switched the function on and you
fold the exterior mirror sinusing the button
on the door (Y page 101), they will not fold
out automatically. The exterior mirrors can then only be folded out usin
gthe button on
the door.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to selec tthe Settings menu.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Convenience submenu.
X Press the abutton to confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to selec tthe
Fold mirror sinwhen locking: func-
tion.
Yo uw ill see the selected setting: onor
off.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
Resetting to factory settings For safety reasons, not all function
sare reset:
the Limit speed (winter tyres): func-
tio ninp ermanen tSPEEDTRONIC can only be
set in the Vehiclesubmenu. If you want to
reset the Daytimedriving lamps: in the
Light submenu, yo umust turn the key in the
ignition lock to position 1.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Settingsmenu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Factor ysetting submenu.
X Press the abuttontoc onfirm.
The Rese tall settings? message
appe ars.
X Pres sthe : or9 button to select
No orYes.
X Press the abutton to confir mthe selec-
tion.
If you hav eselected Yes,the multifunction
display shows aconfirmation message. Menu
sand submenus
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