2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER child seat

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Jump
start ing .................................2 60
Overvi ew....... ................................. 257
Rep lacing .......................................260
Belt
see Seat belts
Belt warni ng....... .................................. 42
Blin dSpot Assist
Activating/d eactivating .................175
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 198
Notes/fu nction..............................163
Blueto oth®
Searchi ngfor amobi lephone ........221
Searchi ngfor amobi lephone
(de vice mana ger)........................... 222
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... .............. .............................217
Tel epho ny....... ...............................221
Brake AssistSyste m
see BAS (Brake AssistSystem)
Brake fluid
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 188
Notes .............................................301
Brake forcedistributi on
see EBD (electronic brakeforce
dis tribu tion)
Brake lamps
Adap tive....... ....................................60
Dis play mes sage ............ ................193
Brake s
ABS ............ ........................ ..............57
Ada ptive Bra keAssi st............ .......... 59
BAS ............ ............ ..........................57
Bra kefluid(no tes)............ .............301
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 183
EBD .............. ....................................63
High -perfo rmance brakesystem ....140
Impo rtant safety notes ............ ......139
Mai ntenance .................................. 140
Pa rking brake............ ....................135
Ri ding tips............ ..........................139
Wa rning lamp ............ .....................210
Breakdo wnassi stanc e
Re flective safety jacket ............ ......251
Whe rewillIfind...? ............ ............ 251
see Flattire
see Towingaway Brightn
esscontrol (instrumen t
cl uster lightin g)........... ........................32
Bulbs
see Repla cing bulbs C
Cal ifornia
Impo rtant notice forreta ilcus-
tomers andlessee s........... ...............24
Cal ling up amalfun ction
see Disp laymess ages
Car
see Vehi cle
Care
Carwa sh ........... .............................246
Exhau stpip e........... .......................250
Exterior lights ....... ......................... 249
Matte finish................................... 248
Notes .............................................245
Pai nt....... ....................................... 247
Pow erwa sher ................................247
Rea rview camera .......................... 250
Sensors ......................................... 250
Was hing byhand ........................... 246
Whee ls....... ....................................249
Windo ws....... ................................. 249
Wip erbla des ....... ........................... 249
CD
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................217
CD player (on-bo ardcomputer) ........173
Ce nter conso le
Lowe rsection .................................. 35
Uppe rsection .................................. 34
Ce ntral locking
Automa ticlocking (on-board
compu ter)....... ...............................178
Locking/u nlocking(SmartKe y)....... .66
Cha nging bulbs
Sid emark erlamps (rear)... ............ 103
Child
Rest raintsyst em.............................. 55
Child seat
For ward- facing restraint system...... 56
On thefron t-passe nger seat ............ 56
Rearwar d-facin gres traint system.... 56 6
Index

Child
ren
Spe cial seat beltretrac tor...............5 4
Child reninthevehi cle
Imp ortant safe tyno tes.................... 53
Cigar ettelight er................................ 229
Cleani ng
Mirr ortur nsign al...........................2 50
Cl imate control
Air-conditi oningsystem .................106
Automa ticclima tecontrol (dual-
zone) .............. ................................108
Control lingautomatica lly....... ........111
Coo ling with airdehu midificati on.. 110
Defrosting thewindows .................113
Defrosting thewindshi eld....... ....... 112
Gene ralnotes ................................ 106
Indica torlamp ....... .........................111
Informati onabo utusi ng auto-
matic climatecontrol ..................... 109
Maxi mum cooling....... ................... 113
Notes onusing the air-conditio n-
ing system .....................................107
Overvi ewofsys tems ......................106
Prob lemwith the rear window
defro ster.............. .......................... 114
Prob lems with cooli ngwith air
dehu midificati on....... ..................... 111
Ref rige rant .....................................303
Ref rige rant filling capa city....... ...... 303
Setting theairdis tribu tion............. 112
Setting theairvents ......................115
Setting theairflow ......................... 112
Setting thetempera ture................111
Switchi ngair-recircu lation mode
on/off ............................................114
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 110
Switchi ngresi dua lhea ton/off ......114
Switchi ngthe rear window
defro steron/off ............................ 113
Switchi ngthe ZONE function
on/off ............................................112
Co ckpit
Overvi ew....... ................................... 31
see Instrument cluster
Co llaps iblespare wheel
Inflati ng....... .................................. 295
see Emergency sparewhe el
Co mbinati onswi tch ....... ..................... 99Co
mpass
Ca librating .....................................238
Ca lling up ....... ................................237
Setting ...........................................238
Co nne ctin gaUSB device
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ...........................................217
Co nsumptio nstatistic s(o n-bo ard
co mputer) .......................................... 170
Co ntroll er....... ....................................218
Co nve nience closi ng feature .............. 77
Co olan t(e ngi ne)
Che cking theleve l....... .................. 242
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 194
Fill ing capa city....... ........................302
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 301
Temp erature(on-boa rdcom-
pute r,Merced es-AMG SLC43)...... 179
Temp eraturegau ge....... .................168
Warni nglamp ....... .......................... 213
Co oling
see Clima tecontrol
Co pyright .............................................30
Co rnerin glig ht func tion
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 193
Function/notes ................................99
Cruis eco ntrol
Cru isecontrol lever....... ................142
Deactiva ting....... ............................ 143
Displ aymessa ge....... ..................... 200
Driving system ...............................142
Function/notes .............................142
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 142
Setting aspee d....... .......................143
Storing andmaintaining current
spee d....... ......................................142
Cup holde r
Center console ..............................228
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 227
Custo merAssistanc eCe nter
(C AC )....... ..............................................28
Custo merRelati onsDepartment .......28 D
Dash board
see Instrument cluster In
dex
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Overview
...... .................................... 78
Problem (malfunction) ..................... 84
Relocking ......................................... 80
Roof carrier ........................................2 27
Roof switch ....... ................................... 79
Route guidan ce
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... .............. .............................217
Route guidan ceactiv e....... ...............172 S
Safety Childre nin the vehi cle....... .............. 53
see Occupa ntsafe ty
Safety system
see Driving safetysys tems
SD card
Inserting ........................................ 224
Inserting/re moving........................223
Rem oving .......................................224
SD memory card
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ..................... ......................217
Sele cting ........................................ 173
Searc h& Sen d
see also Digita lOpera tor'sMan-
ua l....... ..................... ......................217
Seat
Corre ctdrive r'ssea tposi tion ...........85
Seat belts
Adjusting thedrive r'sand front-
pas senger seatbel t<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 42
Co rrect usag e<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 41
Fas tening <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 42
Imp orta ntsafety guideline s............. 40
Introd uction<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 39
Re leas ing <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 42
Swi tching beltad jus tment on/off
(o n-boa rdcomp uter)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 178
Wa rning lamp <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 208
Wa rning lamp (function) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 42
Se ats
Adju sting (electrica lly) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011[ 87
Adju sting (manually) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011[ 87
Adju sting the4-wa ylu mba rsu p-
por t<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 88
Adju sting theheadres trai nt............ 87Imp
orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 85
Ove rview <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 85
Sea thea ting problem <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011[ 89
Stori ngsetti ngs(memory func-
tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011[ 95
Swi tching AIRSCAR Fon/of f............ 89
Swi tching seathea ting on/of f......... 88
Se lecto rle ve r
Pos itions <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 125
Se nso rs(cleani ng instruc tions) ....... 250
Se rvic emen u(o n-b oard com-
puter) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 176
Se rvic emes sage
see ASSYST PLUS
Se rvic eproduc ts
Bra kefluid<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 301
Co olant (engi ne) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 301
Engine oil<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 300
Fue l<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 299
Imp orta ntsafety notes <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 298
Re friger ant (air-co nditioni ngsys-
tem) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 303
Wa she rflu id<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 302
Se ttin gthe airdistribu tion............... 112
Se tting theairfl ow<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 112
Se tting thedate/ timeformat
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 217
Se ttin gthe languag e
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 217
Se ttin gthe time
see also Digi talOpe rator'sMan-
ua l<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 217
Se ttin gs
Facto ry(on-boa rdcomp uter)......... 179
On-bo ardcomp uter<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011[ 176
SE TUP (on-b oard computer,
Merc edes-AMG vehic les) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011[ 180
Si de impac tair bag <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011[ 45
Si de marker lamp
Ch ang ingbulbs(re ar) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011[ 103
Si de marker lamp(displ aymes -
sag e)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011[ 193
Si de windo ws
Cl ea ning <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 249
Co nveni ence closing fea ture ............ 77 16
In
dex

Panic
alarm X
To activate: press0033button 0043for at
least onesecond.
A visual andaudib lealarm istriggered ifthe
alarm system isarmed.
X To deactivat e:press 0033button 0043again.
or X Insert theSmartK eyinto theignition lock.
or X Press theKEYLE SS-GO Start /Stopbutton.
The KEYLE SS-GO key must beinthe vehicle. Occupant
safety Introduct
iontothe restr aintsystem
The restraint systemcanreduce therisk of
vehicle occupants comingintocontactwith
parts ofthe vehicle's interiorinthe event ofan
accident. Therestraint systemcanalso reduce
the forces towhich vehicle occupants aresub-
ject edduring anaccident.
The restraint systemincludes thefollowing
componen ts:
R seat beltsystem
R air bags
The componen tsof the restraint systemwork
in conj unction witheach other. Theycanonly
deploy theirprotect ivefunct ionif,at all times,
all vehicle occupants:
R have fastened theirseatbelts correct ly
(Y page 41)
R have theseat andhead restraint adjusted
properly (Ypage 85)
As the driver, youalso have tomake surethat
the steering wheelisadjusted correctly. Observe
theinformation relatingtothe correct
driver's seatposition (Ypage 85).
You also have tomake surethatanair bag can
inflate properly ifdeploye d(Y page 43).
An airbag supplements acorrect lyworn seat
belt. Asanadditional safetydevice, theairbag
increases thelevel ofprotect ionforvehicle
occupants inthe event ofan accident. For
example, if,inthe event ofan accident, the
protect ionoffered bythe seat beltissufficient,
the airbags arenot deploye d.When anacci-
dent occurs, onlytheairbags thatincrease
protect ioninthat particular accidentsituation
are deploye d.However, seatbelts andairbags
generally donot protect againstobjectspene-
tratin gthe vehicle fromtheoutside.
Inform ationonrestraint systemoperation can
be found under "Triggering ofthe Emergen cy
Tensioning Devicesandairbags"
(Y page 50).
See "Chil dren inthe vehicle" forinformation
on children traveling withyouinthe vehicle as
well ason child restraint systems
(Y page 53). Import
antsafety notes G
WARNING
Modifications tothe restraint systemmay
cause itto no longer workasinten ded.The
restraint systemmaythen notperform its
inten dedprotect ivefunct ionand may failin
an accident ortrigger unexpect edly,for
example. Thisposes anincreased riskof
injury oreven fatalinjury.
Never modify partsofthe restraint system.
Never tamper withthewiring, theelectron ic
componen tsor their software.
If it is necessary tomodify componen tsof the
restraint systemtoaccommodate aperson
with disabil ities,contactanauthorized
Mercedes-B enzCenter fordetails. USAonly:
for further information contactour Customer
Assistanc eCenter at1-80 0FOR-MERCED ES
(1‑800‑3 67‑6372).
Mercedes-B enzrecommen dsthat youonly use
driving aidswhich havebeen approved specifi-
cally foryour vehicle byMercedes-B enz. 38
Occ
upantsafetySafety

Res
traint system warn inglamp
The functi onsofthe restrai ntsystem are
checke dafte rthe igniti onisswi tched onand
at reg ular inter valswh ile the engi neisrunni ng.
The refo re,mal functi onscanbedete cted in
goo dtime .
The 0075 restrai ntsystem warning lamp on
the instru ment cluster lights upwhen the igni-
tion isswi tched on.Itgoe sou tno later than a
few seco ndsafterthe vehicleis star ted. The
comp onents ofthe restrai ntsystem arein
ope rationa lrea diness .
A mal functi onhasoccu rredifthe 0075
res trai ntsystem warning lamp:
R doe snot light upafte rthe igniti onis
swi tched on
R doe snot gooutafte ra few seco ndswith the
engi nerunni ng
R lights upagain wh ile the engi neisrunni ng G
WARNI
NG
If the restrai ntsystem ismal functi oning,
res trai ntsystem components maybetrig -
ger edunintentio nallyor may notdeployas
intend edduring anacci dent. Thiscan affect
for exa mpl ethe Emerg encyTensioning
Devi ceorthe airba g. Thi spos esan
incre ased riskof inju ryor eve nfata linju ry.
Have therestrai ntsystem checke dand
rep aired inaqu alifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p
as soo nas pos sible. PA
SSE NGER AIRBAG indic ator lamp PASSENG
ERAIR BAG ONindicator lamp 0043
and PASSENG ERAIR BAG OFFindicator
la mp 0044are partof the Occu pant Clas sif ica -
tion System (OCS). The
indicator lamps displ aythe statu sof the
front-p asseng erfront airba g.
R PASSENG ERAIR BAG ONlights upfor 60
seco nds, subse quently bothindicator lamps
are off(PASSEN GERAIRBAG ONand OFF) :
the front-p asseng erfront airba gis ab leto
dep loyin the eventofan acci dent.
R PASSENG ERAIR BAG OFFlights up:the
front-p asseng erfront airba gis dea ctiva ted.
It wi llthen notbedep loye din the eventof
an acci dent.
If the PASSENG ERAIR BAG ONindicator lamp
is off, only thePASSENG ERAIR BAG OFFindi-
cato rla mp showsthe statu sof the front-
pa sse nger front airba g. The PASSENG ERAIR
BAG OFFindicator lamp may belit continu -
ou sly orbe off.
Depe nding on the person inthe front-
pa sse nger seat,the front-p asseng erfront air
ba gmus tei ther bedea ctiva tedorena bled;
see thefollowi ng points. Youmus tmake sure
of this both before and during ajou rney .
R Chi ldre nin achi ldres train tsys tem:
wh ethe rthe front-p asseng erfront airba gis
ena bled ordea ctiva teddepends onthe
insta lled childres trai ntsystem, andtheage
and size ofthe child.The refo re,besure to
obs erve thenotes onthe "Occup antClas sif i-
cati onSys tem (OCS)"(Ypage 46)and on
"C hildre nin the vehicle" (Y page 53).
The reyouwi llal so find instr uctions onrea r-
wa rdand forw ard-faci ngchildres trai ntsys-
tems onthe front-p asseng ersea t.
R Allothe rpers ons:dep endi ngon the classi-
fica tion ofthe person inthe front-p asseng er
sea t,the front-p asseng erfront airba gis
ena bled ordea ctiva ted(Ypage 46). Be
su re to obs erve thenotes on"Se at
bel ts“ (Ypage 39)and "Airba gs"
(Y page 43). Thereyoucan also find infor-
mati ononthe corre ctsea tpos ition. Se
at belts
In troduc tion Sea
tbel tsare the most effective meansof
res tricti ngthe move ment ofveh icleoccu pants
in the eventofan acci dent orthe vehiclerol l-
ing over.Thi sred uce sthe riskof veh icleoccu -
pa nts comi nginto conta ctwith parts ofthe
veh icleinter ioror bei ng ejecte dfrom thevehi-
cle .Furth ermore,the seatbel thel pstokeep Oc
cupan tsafe ty
39Safety Z

the
vehicleoccu pant inthe best po sitio nin
rel ation tothe airba g.
The seat beltsy ste mcomp rises:
R Sea tbe lts
R Emer gency Tensi oni ng Devi cesand seat belt
for ce limi ters
If the seat beltis pu lled quickl yor sha rplyby
the seat beltgu ide, the inertia reello cks. The
be ltstra pcann otbe extra ctedanyfurthe r.
The Emer gency Tensi oni ng Devi cetighte nsthe
se at beltin an acc ident, pulling the beltclo se
ag ainst the body.How everit do es not pullthe
veh icleoccu pant back inthe directi onofthe
ba ckre st.
The Emer gency Tensi oni ng Devi cedoes not
corr ectaninco rrectseat positio nor the rout-
ing ofan inco rrectly faste ned seat belt.
Wh entrig gered ,a se at beltfor ce limi ter helps
to red uce theforce exe rted bythe seat belton
the vehicleoccu pant.
The seat beltfor ce limi ters aresy nchro nized
wi th the frontairba gs which absor bpa rtof
the decel era tionfor ce. Thiscan reduce the
for ce exe rted onthe vehicleoccu pants durin g
an acc ident.
! If
the front-pa ssenge rse at isnot occu pied ,
do not engagethe seat belttong ueinthe
bu ckle onthe front-pa ssenge rse at. Othe r-
wi se ,in the eventofan acc ident theEmer -
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Devi ceand theside
im pact airba g,in ad ditio nto othe rsy ste ms,
ma ybe trig gered and have tobe rep laced .
Impo rtant safety notes The
useof seat belts and childres traint sys-
tems isreq uired bylaw in:
R all50 states
R the U.S. territories
R the Distric tof Co lumbi a
R allCa nad ian pro vinces
Even where thisis not required bylaw, allveh i-
cle occu pants should corr ectlyfa ste nthe ir
se at belts befor esta rtin gthe journey . G
WA
RNING
If the seat beltis not worncorr ectly,itcan-
not perfo rm itsinte ndedpro tecti vefunctio n.
An inco rrectly faste ned seat beltcan also
cau seinju ries,for exa mpl e,inthe eventof an
acc ident orwh en bra king orcha nging
di rec tionab ruptl y.Th ispo sesan incr eased
ris kof inju ryor eve nfa tal inju ry.
Alw aysens uretha tal lveh icleoccu pants
ha ve the irse at belts faste ned correctlyand
ar esitting properly.
The comp onents ofthe restraint syste mwo rk
in conju nctionwi th each othe r.Th ey can only
de ploy the irpro tecti vefunctio nif, at alltim es,
al lveh icleoccu pants:
R ha ve faste ned theirse at belts corr ectly
(Y page 41)
R ha ve the seat and head res traint adjus ted
pro perly (Ypage 85) G
WA
RNING
The seat beltdo es not offerthe intended
le vel ofpro tecti onifyo uha ve not mov edthe
ba ckre stto an almos tver tica lpo sitio n.
Wh enbra king orinthe eventofan acc ident,
yo ucou ldslid e und erne aththe seat beltand
su sta inab do men orneck injuries,for exa m-
pl e. Thispo sesan incr easedris kof inju ryor
eve nfa tal inju ry.
Adju stthe seat pro perly befor ebe ginning
yo ur jou rney .Alw aysens uretha tthe back-
res tis in an almos tver tica lpo sitio nand that
the shoulde rse ctio nof your seat beltis
rou ted across thecente rof your sho ulde r. G
WA
RNING
Pe rso nsless tha n5 ft (1.5 0m) tallcann ot
we arthe seat beltcorr ectlywi thou tan addi-
tio nal and suita ble res traint syste m. Ifthe
se at beltis not worncorr ectly,itcann otper-
for mits inte ndedpro tecti vefunctio n.An
inco rrectly faste ned seat beltcan also cau se
inju ries,for exa mpl e,inthe eventofan acc i-
de nt or wh en bra king orcha nging directi on
ab ruptl y.Thi spo sesan incr easedris kof
inju ryor eve nfa tal inju ry.
For thisrea son ,al wa yssecur epe rso ns
und er5ft (1.5 0m) tallin suita ble ad ditio nal
res traint syste ms. 40
Oc
cupant safetySafe ty

If
achild younger thantwelve yearsold and
under 5ft (1.5 0m) inheight istravelin gin the
vehic le:
R always securethe child inachild restraint
syst emsuitable forthis Merc edes- Benz
vehic le.The child restraint systemmust be
appropr iatetothe age, weight andsize of
the child.
R always observethe instruct ions andsafet y
not eson "Children inthe vehic le"
(Y page 53)inaddition tothe child
rest raint systemmanuf acturer' sinst allation
and operat inginst ruct ions
R always observethe instruct ions andsafet y
not eson the "Occ upant Classific ationSys-
tem (OCS)" (Ypage 46) G
WARN
ING
The seat belts maynotperf orm theirint en-
ded protective func tion if:
R the yare damaged, modified,extreme ly
dirt y,bleache dor dyed
R the seat beltbuck leisdamaged or
ext reme lydirt y
R the Emergen cyTens ionin gDev ices, belt
anc horage sor iner tiareels havebeen
modif ied.
Seat belts maybedamaged inan acc ident ,
althoug hthe damage maynotbevisible, e.g.
due tosplint ersofglass. Modifie dor dam-
aged seatbelts maytearorfail, e.g. inan
acc ident .Modifie dEm ergen cyTens ionin g
Dev ices could accident allytrigger orfail to
deploy whennecessary. Thisposes an
inc reased riskofinjury oreven fatalinj ury.
Never modifythe seat belts ,Em ergen cyTen-
sion ingDev ices, beltanchorage sand inertia
reels. Make surethattheseat belts are
undamage d,not worn outand clean .Follow-
ing anacc ident ,have theseat belts checked
immed iatelyataqualified specialist work-
shop.
Only useseat belts thathave been approv ed
for your vehic leby Merc edes- Benz. Prop
eruse oftheseat belts Obser
vethe safet ynot eson the seat belt
(Y page 40).
Ev ery vehic leocc upant mustobservethe fol-
lowing notestoens ure aproper lyworn seat
belt canprov idefull prot ection. Also make
sure thatallvehic leocc upant sare always
wearin gthe seat beltcorrectlywhile thevehi-
cle isin mot ion.
When fastenin gthe seat belt, always make
sure that:
R the seat beltbuck leton gue isinse rted only
int othe belt buck lebelon gingtothat seat
R the seat beltispulled tightacro ssyour body
Av oid wearin gbulky clothing ,e.g. awint er
coat .
R the seat beltisnot twist ed
Only thencan theforces which occurbe dis-
tr ibuted overthearea ofthe belt.
R the shoulder sectionofthe belt isrout ed
acro ssthe centerofyour shoulder
The shoulder sectionofthe seat beltshould
not touc hyour neckor be rout edunder your
arm orbehin dyour back.
R the lapbelt istaut andpasses acrossyour
lap aslow down aspossible
The lapbelt must always berout edacro ss
your hipjointsand notacro ssyour abdo-
men .This applies particularly topregn ant
women .If nec essary, pushthelapbelt down
to your hipjointand pullittigh tusing the
shoulder sectionofthe belt.
R the seat beltisnot rout edacro sssharp,
point edorfragile objects
If you have such itemslocat edon orinyour
clot hing ,e.g. pens ,keys oreyeglasses ,
sto rethe seinasuitable place.
R only oneperso nis using aseat belt
Inf ant sand childr enmust nevertravel sit-
tin gon the lapofavehic leocc upant .In the
even tof an acc ident ,the ycould becrus hed
betwee nthe vehic leocc upant andseat belt.
R obje ctsare neversecur edwith aseat beltif
the seat beltisalso being usedbyone of
the vehic le'soccupant s
Also ensure that thereare neverobje cts
betwee naperso nand theseat, e.g.cush-
ions .
Seat belts areonly intended tosecur eand
rest rain vehic leocc upant s.Always observethe
not esinthe "Stowage options/com partmen ts" Occupa
ntsaf ety
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