2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA SUV headrest

center
ofthe headrestra intmus tsu ppo rt
the headat abou tey elevel .
R Move thedriver' sand front-pa ssenger seats
as far back aspos sible.The driver' ssea t
pos ition mus tal low thevehi cletobe driven
saf ely.
R Only holdthe stee ring wheelon the outsid e.
Thi sal low sthe airba gto be fullydep loyed.
R Alw aysle an against the backrest whiledri v-
ing. Donot lean forw ardorlean against the
doo ror sid ewi ndow .You may otherwisebe
in the deployment areaof the airba gs.
R Alw ayskeep your fee tin the footw ellin
front ofthe seat.Do not putyo ur fee ton the
da shb oard, for exa mpl e.You rfee tmay oth-
erw isebeinthe deployment areaof the air
ba g.
R For this reason, alwa yssecu reper sons less
than 5ft (1.50 m)tallin suita ble res traint
sy ste ms. Uptothishe ight, the seat belt
cann otbe worncorr ectly.
If ach ild is trave ling inyour vehic le,als o
ob serve the follow ingno tes :
R Alw aysse cur echi ldren undertwe lveyears
of ageand less tha n5 ft (1.5 0m) tallin suit-
ab lechi ldres traint syste ms.
R Ch ild res traint syste ms should pre ferablybe
ins talled on the rearpa sse nge rcomp art-
ment seats .
R Secu reachi ldto the front-pa ssenge rse at
onl ywh en the front-pa ssenge rfro ntairba g
is disa bled ,and thenonl yin area rward-
fa cing childres traint syste m. The front-
pa sse nge rfro ntairba gis disa bled when the
PASSEN GERAIRBAG OFFindicator lamp is
li t conti nuously(Y page 40).
R Alw aysob serve the instructio nsand safety
note son the "Occu pant Clas sific ati on Sys -
tem (OCS) "(Y page 47) and on"Child ren
in the vehicle" (Y page 53)in ad ditio nto
the childres traint syste mma nuf actu rer's
ins tallatio nand opera ting instructio ns.
Ob jec tsinthe vehic leinteri ormay restric t
the airbag fromfun ctioningco rrec tly.To
av oid ris ks res ulting fromthe spee dof the air
ba gas itde ploy s,veh icleoccu pants must
ens urethe followi ng points . Befo
recomm encingyour jou rney ,ens uretha t:
R the reareno peop le,ani ma lsor objects
be twe enthe vehicleoccu pants and anair
ba g
R the reareno objects betwe enthe seat, door
and B-pillar
R the reareno hard objects ,e.g .coa tha nge rs,
ha ngi ng on the grabha ndl esorcoa thoo ks
R no acc essor ies, su ch ascup holders, are
atta chedto the vehiclewi thi nthe deploy -
ment area ofan airba g,e.g .to doors ,si de
wi ndo ws,rea rpa sse nge rcomp artment side
trim orside walls
R no heavy, sha rp-e dged orfra gile ob jects are
in the pockets ofyour clo thing. Store such
ob jects inasu ita ble place G
WA
RNING
If yo umod ifythe cove rof an airba gor affix
ob jects such assticker sto it,the airba g
can nolonge rpe rfo rm itsinte ndedfu nctio n.
The reisan incr easedris kof inju ry.
Nev ermod ifythe cove rof an airba gor affix
ob jects toit. G
WA
RNING
Sens orstocontro lthe airba gs arelocate d
in the doors .Mod ificati ons orwo rknot per-
for med correctlyto the doors ordoor panel -
ing ,as wellas dama geddo ors ,can lead to
the functio nof the senso rsbeing impaire d.
The airba gs might therefore not functio n
pro perly any mor e.Co nse quentl y,the air
ba gs cann otpro tect vehicleoccu pants as
the yar ede signe dto do.The reisan
incr easedris kof inju ry.
Nev ermod ifythe doors orparts ofthe
do ors .Alw aysha ve workon the doors or
do or panel ing carriedou tat aqu alifi ed spe-
cia list wo rksh op.
Fro ntair bag s !
Do
not place heavyob jects onthe front-
pa sse nge rse at. Thiscou ldcau sethe sys-
tem toidenti fythe seat as being occu pied .
In the eventofan acc ident, therestraint
sy ste ms onthe front-pa ssenge rsi de maybe
trig gered and have tobe rep laced . Oc
cupant safety
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WARNING
If the drive r'sseat isnot engag ed,itcoul d
move forwardsasfar asthe next catch dur-
ing movement suchasbraki ngorabru pt
changes ofdire ction. Asaresu lt,you would
be pus hed against yourseat beltby the
unsecu reddrive r'sseat.
This couldcaus eyou tolose control ofthe
vehicl e.The seat beltcannot protect as
intended andcouldresu ltin add itiona l
injury .
There isarisk ofan accide ntand injury .
Before everyjourney ,make surethatthe
drive r'sseat isfull yengag ed.
Observe thesafety noteson"Air bags"
(Y pag e44) and "Children inthe vehicl e"
(Y pag e53). G
WARNING
If the drive r'sseat isnot engag ed,itcoul d
move unexpe ctedlywhilethe vehicl eis in
motion. Thiscouldcaus eyou tolose control
of the vehicl e.There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Alwa ysmake surethatthedrive r'sseat is
engag edbefore starting thevehicl e. G
WARNING
You couldlose control ofyou rvehicl eif you
do the followi ngwhi ledrivi ng:
R adju stthe drive r'sseat, headrestrai nt,
steering wheelor mirrors
R fasten theseat belt
There isarisk ofan accide nt.
Adjust thedrive r'sseat, headrestrai nt,
steering wheeland mirror andfasten your
seat beltbefore starting theengine. G
WARNING
If you adju stthe seat heightcarel essly,you
or other vehicleoccupa ntscoul dbe trappe d
and thereby injured.Chi ldre nin particu lar
coul daccide ntallypress theelectrica lseat
adju stment buttons andbecome trapped.
There isarisk ofinjury . Whil
emoving theseats, makesurethatyour
hands orother bodyparts donot getunder
the leve rasse mbly ofthe seat adjustment
system.
! To
prevent damagetothe seats andthe
seat heati ng,obser vethe followi ngnotes:
R Do not spillliq uid sonto theseats. Drythe
seats assoon aspossi bleifliq uid does
get spilled onthe seats.
R Ifthe seat covers aredamp orwet, donot
swi tch onthe seat heati ng.Also, donot
use theseat heati ngtodry the seats.
R Cle anthe seat covers asrecommende d;
see the"Interio rcare" section.
R Do not transport heavyloa dson the
seats. Donot placepointed objectson
the seat cushi onssuch asknives, nailsor
tools. Where possible,use theseats only
for carryi ngpass engers.
R When operatingtheseat heati ng,donot
cover theseats withinsulating materia ls,
e.g. blankets, coats,bags,protective cov-
ers, child seats orbooster seats.
R When theseat heati ngisswi tched on,the
seat surfa cecan bedama gedasaresu lt
of objects being placed onthe seats, for
exampl e,seat cushi ons,child seats and
protective coversnotapproved by
Mercede s-Benz.
! Make
surethatthere arenoobjects inthe
footwel lunder orbehi ndthe seats when
moving theseats back. There isarisk that
the seats and/or theobjects couldbe dam-
age d.
i Further related subjects:
R Ca rgo compartment enlargement (folding
dow nthe rear seats) (Ypag e254) Seats
93Seats,steering wheeland mirrors Z