2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV child restraint

ch
ild restraint system an dthe statur eofthechild,
PA SSENGE RAIRBA GO FFmaybel it continuous ly
or be o.. Alw ayso bser vethef ollowing informa-
tion. &
W
W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathdueto
incor rect positionin goftheforw ard-facing
ch ild restraint system
If yo us ecur eac hild in aforwa rd-facing child
re straint system on thef ront passenger seat
th at is positioned tooc lose tothec ockpit, in
th ee vent of an accident, thec hild could:
R come int ocontact wit hparts of thev ehi-
cle' sinterior if theP ASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF indicator lam pislit,fore xamp le
R be st ruck bythea irbag if theP ASSENGER
AIR BA GOFFindicator la mpis o. #
Alwaysm ove thef ront passenger seat as
fa rb ackasp ossible and full yretra ct the
seat cushion lengt hadjustment .While
doin gso, alw aysm akes uret hat the
shoulde rbelt st rapisc orrectl yr outed
from thes eat belt outle tofthevehicle to
th es houlder belt guide on thec hild re
straint system .The shoulder belt strap
must be routed forw ards and down wards
from thes eat belt outlet. If necessar y,
adjust thef ront passenger seat accord-
ingl y. #
Alwaysc ompl ywitht he child restraint
system manufactu rer's installation
inst ructions. When /tting
achild restraint system tothef ront
passenger seat, obser vethev ehicle-speci/c infor-
mation (/ page74).
If ap er
If ap erson is sitting on t
son is sitting on t he fr
he fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat::
PA SSENGE RAIRBA GO FFmaybel it continuous ly
or be o., dependin gonthe person' sstature.
Ap erson on thef ront passenger seat must alw ays
obser vethef ollowing information:
R Ifth ef ront passenger seat is occupied byan
adult or aperson wit hastatur ec orresponding
to that of an adult ,the PASSENGE RAIRBAG
OF Findicator la mpmust be o.. This indicates
th at thef ront passenger airbag is enabled.
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator
la mp is lit continuousl y,an adult or person wit
hab uildc orresponding tothat of an adult
mus tnotuse thef ront passenger seat.
Instead, they should use arear seat.
R Ifth ef ront passenger seat is occupied by a
person of smaller statur e(e.g. ateenager or
small adult), theP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFF
indicator la mpis either lit continuousl yor
re mains o., depending on thec lassi/cation.
- Ifth eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator
la mp is o.: mo vethef ront passenger seat
as farb ackasp ossible, or thep erson of
smaller statur eshould use arear seat.
- Ifth eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator
la mp is lit continuousl y:thep erson of
smaller statur eshould no tuse thef ront
passenger seat. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathw hen
th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator
la mp is lit
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator
la mp remains lit aTer thes elf-test, thef ront
passenger airbag is disabled. Occupant saf
ety
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If
th ef ront passenger seat is occupied, alw ays
ensur ethat:
R The classi/cation of thep erson in thef ront
passenger seat is cor rect and thef ront
passenger airbag is enabled or disabled in
accordance wit hthe person in thef ront
passenger seat.
R The person is seated proper lywit hac or-
re ctl yfastened sea tbelt.
R Thef ront passenger seat ha sbeenm oved
as farb ackasp ossible. Be sur
etoalso obser vethef ollowing fur ther rela-
te ds ubjects:
R Child restraint system on thef ront passenger
seat (/ page74)
R Suitable positioning of thec hild restraint sys-
te m( /pag e62) PRE-S PRE-S
AFE
AFE®
®
syst
syst em
em F
F
unction of PRE-S
unction of PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
(anticipat
(anticipat or
oryo ccupant
yo ccupant
pr ot
pr otection)
ection) PRE-SAFE
®
is able todetect cer tain critical driv-
ing situations and implement pre-em ptivem eas-
ures toprotect thev ehicleo ccupants.
PRE-SAFE ®
can implement thef ollowing meas-
ures independentl yofeacho ther:
R Tightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
R Closing thes ide windo ws.
R V
Vehicles wit
ehicles wit hsliding sunr
hs liding sunr oof:
oof: closing thes lid-
ing sunroof.
R V
Vehicles wit
ehicles wit hmemor
hm emor yfunction:
yf unction: movingthe
front passenger seat toam oref avo urable seat
position.
R PRE-SAFE ®
Sound: pr ovided that them ultime-
dia system is switched on, generating abrief
nois esigna ltos timula tethei nnat eprotective
mechanism of aperson's hearing. *
N
NO OTE
TE Damag ecaused byobjects in the
fo ot we ll or behind thes eat The automatic adjustmen
tofthe seat position
ma yresult in damage tothes eat and/or the
object. #
Stow objects in asuitable place. R
R
e
ev
ver
er sing t
sing t he PRE-S
he PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
syst
syst em measur
em measur es
es If an accident did no
toccur ,the pre-emptive
measures that we re ta kena re re versed.
Yo uw ill need toper form certain settings yourself. #
Ifth es eat belt pre-tensioning is no treduced,
mo vethes eat backrest bac kslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. F
F
unction of PRE-S
unction of PRE-S AFE
AFE®
®
PL
PL US (anticipat
US (anticipat or
oryo ccu-
yo ccu-
pant pr ot
pant pr otection plus)
ection plus) PRE-SAFE
®
PLUS can de tect cer tain impacts, par-
ticular lyan imminent rear impact, and take pre-
em ptivem easures toprotect thev ehicleo ccu- 56
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tsafety

Be dilig
Be dilig
ent
ent
Bea rinm indthat negligence when securing a
ch ild in thec hild restraint system ma yhaves eri-
ous conse quences. Alw aysbed ilige nt in securing
ac hild careful lybefor eevery journe y.
Ne vera llowb abies and children totrave lsitting
on thel ap of ano ther vehicle occupant.
To impr oveprotection forc hildren younger than
12 yearso ld or under 1.5 0minheight,
Mercedes-Ben zrecommends youo bser vethef ol-
lowing information:
R Alwayss ecur ethe child in achild restraint sys-
te ms uitable fort his Mercedes-Benz vehicle.
R The child restraint system must be appropria te
to thea ge,w eight and size of thec hild.
R The vehicle seat mus tbesuitable for/ ttin ga
ch ild restraint system (/ page 62).
Ac ciden tstatistics sho wthat children secured on
th er ear seat saregenerall ysafer than children
secured on thef ront seats. Forthis reason,
Mercedes-Ben zstrongly advise sthat you/ ta
ch ild restraint system toar ear seat. The g
The g ener
ener ic t ic ter
ermc
mc hild r
hild r es
estr
traint syst
aint syst em
em
The generic term child restraint system is used in
th is Owner's Manual. Achild restraint system is,
fo re xamp le:
R ababyc ar seat
R arear ward-facing child seat
R aforwa rd-facing child seat
R achild boos ters eat wit habackrest and seat
belt guide
Mercedes-Benz recommends using achild
boos ters eat wit habackrest.
The child restraint system must be appropria te to
th ea ge,w eight and size of thec hild.
Obse rv
Observ elaw
el aw sa nd leg
sa nd leg al r al req
equir
uir ements
ements
Alw ayso bser vethel egal requ irements when
using achild restraint system in thev ehicle.
Mak esuret hat thec hild restraint system is
appro vedina ccordance wit hthe valid test speci/-
ca tions an dguidelines. Further informatio ncan
be obtaine dataquali/ed specialis tworks hop.
Mercedes-Ben zrecommends that youu se a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centr efor this purpose. Onl
Onl yuse appr ov
yu se appr oved c
ed c hild r
hild r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems
ems
Onl ychild restraint system sthat mee tthe follo w-
ing UNECE standards ar epermitted foru se in the
ve hicle:
R UN-R44
R UN-R129 (i-Size child restraint systems)
In fo rm atio nonc hildrestraint system appro val
categories and de tails on thea ppr oval label on
th ec hild restraint system (/ page63). Det
Det
ecting r
ecting r isk
isks,av
s, avoiding dangoiding dang er
er Secur
Secur
ing syst
ing syst ems f
ems for c
or child r
hild r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems in
ems in
t
t he v
he v ehicle
ehicle
Onl yuse thef ollowing securing systems forc hild
re straint systems:
R theI SOFIX or i-Sizes ecuringrings
R thev ehicle's seat belt system
R theT op Tether anchorages
Fi tting an ISOFI Xorani-Sizechild restraint sys-
te misp referred. 58
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ety

Simpl
yattachin gtothe secu ring rings on thev ehi-
cle can reduce ther isk of /tting thec hild restraint
system incor rectl y.
When securing achild wit hthe integ rateds eat
belt of theI SOFIX or i-Sizec hildrestraint system,
al wa ys compl ywitht he permissible gross weight
fo rt he child and child restraint system
(/ page 67).
A
A dv
dv ant
ant ag
ageofar
eofar earw
earwar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hild r
hild res
estrtraint sy
aint sy s-
s-
t
t em
em
It is preferable totranspor tababyoras mallchild
in as uitable rear wa rd-facing child restraint sys-
te m. In this case, thec hild sits in theo pposite
direction tothed irection of tr avel and faces bac k-
wa rds.
Babies and small children ha vecomparatively
we ak nec kmuscle sinrelation tothes ize and
we ight of their head. The risk of injur ytothe cer-
vica lspine during an accident can be reduced in a
re ar wa rd-facing child restraint system. Alw
ay
Alw ayss ecur
ss ecur eac
eac hild r
hild r es
estr
traint syst
aint syst em corr
em correctly
ectly &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathdueto
incor rect ins tallation of thec hild restraint
system
Th ec hild can then no tbep rotected or
re strained as intended. #
Be su retocompl ywitht he manu factur-
er's installation inst ruction sfor thec hild
re straint system an dits correct use. #
Mak esuret hat thee ntir ebase of the
ch ild restraint system al ways rests on
th es itting sur face of thes eat. #
Neverp lace objects (e.g. cushions)
under or behind thec hild restraint sys-
te m. #
Use child restraint system sonlyw itht he
original co verd esigned fort hem. #
Alwaysr eplace damaged co vers with
ge nuine co vers. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yordeath due to
unsecured child restraint system sinthe
ve hicle
If th ec hild restraint system is incor rectl y/ tted
or no tsecured, it can come loose.
The child restraint system coul dbe0ung
aroun dand hit vehicle occupants. #
Alwaysi ns tallch ild restraint system scor-
re ctl y,even when no tinuse. #
Alwaysc ompl ywitht he child restraint
system manufactu rer's installation
inst ructions. R
Alwayso bser vethec hild restraint system
manufactu rer's installation and operating
inst ruction sasw ell asthev ehicle-speci/c
information:
- Fitting theI SOFIX or i-Sizec hildrestraint
system tother ear seat (/ page67).
- Securing thec hild restraint system wi th
th es eat belt on ther ear seat
(/ page72). Occupan
tsafety
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-
Securing thec hild restraint system wi th
th es eat belt on thef ront passenger seat
(/ page75). Obser vethes peci/c
inst ruction sfor ther ear ward-facing and
fo rw ard-facing child restraint systems
(/ page 74).
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied,
ensure, bo thbefor eand during thej our-
ne y,that thes tatus of thef ront passenger
airbag is cor rect fort he cur rent situation
(/ page53).
R Obser vethew arnin glabels in thev ehiclei nte-
ri or and on thec hild restraint system.
R Alsosecur eTop Tether if present.
Do no
Do no tmodify t
tm odify t he c
he child r
hild r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions tothec hild restraint system
Th ec hild restraint system can no lon gerfunc-
tion proper ly.T his poses an increased risk of
injur y. #
Neverm odify achild restraint system. #
Onlya1x accessories whic hhaveb een
speciall yappr ove dfor this ch ild restraint
system bythec hild restraint system's
manufactu rer. Mercedes‑Benz
recommends Mercedes-Benz
car eproducts forc leaning child restraint systems
re commended byMercedes-Benz.
Onl
Onl yuse c
yu se c hildr
hil dr es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems whic
ems whic har
harein
ein
pr
pr ope rw
ope rwor
orking condition
king condition &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yordeath caused
by theu se of damaged child restraint sys-
te ms
Child restraint system sortheirretaining sys-
te ms that ha vebeen subjected tostres sinan
accident ma ynotbe able toper form their
intended pr otectiv efunction.
It ma ybet he case that thec hild cann otbe
proper ly restrained. #
Alwaysi mmediatel yreplace child
re straint system sthat ha vebeen dam-
aged or in volved in an accident. #
Have thes ecuring systems fort he child
re straint system schec kedata quali/ed
specialis tworks hop befor einstalling a
ch ild restraint system again. A
A
v
voi dd ir
oi dd irec ts unlight
ec ts unlight &
W
WARNING
ARNING Riskofb urns whe nthe child
seat is exposed todirect sunlight
If th ec hild restraint system is exposed to
direct sunlight or heat, parts could heat up.
Children could su.er burns from these parts,
particular lyon me tallic parts of thec hild
re straint system. #
Alwaysm akes uret hat thec hild restraint
system is no texposed todirect sunlight. #
Protect thec hild restraint system wi th a
blank et,for example. #
Ifth ec hild restraint system ha sbeen
ex posed todirect sunlight, allo witto
cool befor esecuring achild int oit. #
Neverlea ve children unattended in the
ve hicle. 60 60
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tsafety

R
Notesona utomati cfront passen gera irbag
shuto. (/ page52).
Centr
Centr er
erear seat (second seat ro
ear seat (second seat row)
w)
Securing system:
7 Vehicle seat belt (/ page71) App
rov
Approv al cat al categor
egories f
ies for c
or childr
hil dr es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems
ems Onl
Onl
yuse app rov
yu se appr oved ced c hild r
hild r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems
ems
Onl ychild restraint system sthat mee tthe follo w-
ing UNECE standards ar epermitted foru se in the
ve hicle:
R UN-R44
R UN-R129 (i-Size child restraint systems)
Iden ti/cation
Identi/cation on t
on the c
he c hild r
hild r es
estr
traint sy st
aint syst em
em
In fo rm atio nabout thea ppr oval catego ry,w eight
categor yand appr oval number ,for example, is on
th ea ppr oval label on thec hild restraint system.
Ther emaybe fu rther informatio nsuchast he ISO-
FIX size categories, dependin gonthe appr oval
catego ryofthec hild restraint system. Approv
Approv al cat
al categor
egoriesina ccor
ie sina ccordanc ewit
danc ewithU N-R44
hU N-R44 Exampl
eofana pprova llabel
R U
Univniv er
ersal:
sal: child restraint system sinthe "Uni-
ve rsal" catego ryarea ppr ove dfor installation
in vehicles. The ycan be used, in accordance
wit ho verviews ofthes uitability of seats for
securing child restraint systems, on seats
labelled U, UF or IU F. The identi/ca
tionIUF refers to ISOFIX child
re straint system sinthe "Uni versal" categor y.
Thes echild restraint system smusta lsobe
secu redu sing TopT ether or suppor tpoints.
R Semi-U Semi-U niv niver
ersal:
sal: child restraint system sinthe
"Semi-Universal" categor ymayonl ybeu sed if
th ev ehiclea ndvehicle seat ar elisted in the
ch ild restraint system manufactu rer's vehicle
model list.
R V Vehicle-speci/c: ehicle-speci/c: child restraint system sinthe
"vehicle-speci/c" categor ymayonl ybeu sed if
th ev ehiclea ndvehicle seat ar eliste dint he
ch ild restraint system manufactu rer's vehicle
model list. Occupan
tsafety
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Approv
Approv
al cat
al categor
egories in accor
ies in accor dancewit
danc ewithU N-R129
hU N-R129 Example of an app
rova llabel
R i‑Size:
i‑Size: child restraint system sinthe "i‑Size"
categor yareappr ovedfor installation in vehi-
cles wit hi‑Size mountin gbrack ets. The ycan
be used ,inaccordanc ewitho verviews ofthe
suitability of seats fors ecuring child restraint
systems, on seat slabelle di‑U. Th
eidenti/ca tioni‑U refer stoi‑Size child
re straint system sinthe "Uni versal" categor y.
Thes echild restraint system smusta lsobe
secu redu sing TopT ether or suppor tpoints.
Observ
Observ et
ethe suit
he suit ability of v
ability of v ehicle seats
ehicle seats
Depending on thea ppr oval catego ry,t her eare
fo rw ard-facing and rear wa rd-facing child restraint
systems. Thei ruse can be restric tedf or cer tain
ve hicle seats:
R Suitability of seats fora ttaching ISOFIX child
re straint system s(/ page 64)
R Suitability of seats fors ecuring i‑Sizec hild
re straint system s(/ page 66).
R Suitability of seats fora ttaching belt-secured
ch ild restraint system s(/ page 71) F
F
itting an ISOFIX or i-Size c
itting an ISOFIX or i-Size c hild r
hild res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em
on t
on t he
heleT
leT and r
and r ight r
ight r ear seats
ear seats Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie wofs uit
wofs uitability of t
ability of t he seats f
he seats for att
or attac
aching
hing
ISOFIX c
ISOFIX c hild r
hild res
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems
ems
ISOFIX is astandardised securing system fors pe-
ciall ydesigned child restraint systems.
® Thes ymbo lindicates seat ssuita blef or
attaching an ISOFIX child restraint system
in acco rdance wit hUNR44 (/ page63).
At tach onlychild restraint system sthat are
appr ovedina ccordance wit hUNR44 as
per thef ollowing ISOFIX tables.
Carr
Carr yco
ycotf
tfor second and t
or second and t hir
hirdr ow
dr ow sofs eats
sofs eats Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r LeT/r
ight r ight rear seat
ear seat
F–I SO/L1 X
G–I SO/L2 X
XN otsuitable foranI SOFIX child restraint system in this we ight
gr oup and/or size class. 64
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ety

W
W
eight gr
eight group 0(up t
oup 0(up t o10k
o10k gand up t
ga nd up t oappro
oa ppro x. 6
x. 6
mont
mont hs) f
hs) for second and t
or second and t hir
hirdr ow
dr ow sofs eats
sofs eats Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r
LeT/r
ight r
ight rear seat
ear seat
E–I SO/R1 IL
IL Sui table forI SOFIX child restraint systems acco rding tothet able
in "Overvie woftherecommended child restraint systems", or if the
ve hicle and thes eat ar elisted on thec hild restraint system manu-
fa cturer's vehicle model list. W
W
eight gr
eight group 0+ (up t
oup 0+ (up t o13k
o13kgand up t
ga nd up t oappro
oa ppro x.
x.
15 mont
15 mont hs) f
hs) for second ro
or second rowofs eats
wofs eats Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r LeT/r
ight r ight rear seat
ear seat
E–I SO/R1 IL
D–I SO/R2,
ISO/R2X IL Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r
LeT/r
ight r
ight rear seat
ear seat
C–I SO/R3 IL (1)
IL Sui table forI SOFIX child restraint systems acco rding tothet able
in "Overvie woftherecommended child restraint systems", or if the
ve hicle and thes eat ar elisted on thec hild restraint system manu-
fa cturer's vehicle model list.
(1) When using achild restraint system of size class (ISO/R3),
mo vethef ront seat int othe highes tposition. Mak esuret hat the
seat backrest of thefront sea tdoesn otrest against thec hild
re straint system. W
W
eight gr
eight group 0+ (up t
oup 0+ (up t o13k
o13kgand up t
ga nd up t oappro
oa ppro x.
x.
15 mont
15 mont hs) f
hs) for t
or thir
hirdro
dro wofs eats
wofs eats Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r
LeT/r
ight r
ight rear seat
ear seat
E–I SO/R1 IL
D–I SO/R2,
ISO/R2X X Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r
LeT/r
ight r
ight rear seat
ear seat
C–I SO/R3 X
IL Sui table forI SOFIX child rest raint systems according tothet able
in "Overvie woftherecommended child restraint systems", or if the
ve hicle and the seat ar eliste dont hechild rest raint system manu-
fa cturer's vehicle model list.
XN otsuitable foranI SOFIX child restraint system in this we ight
gr oup and/or size class. W
W
eight gr
eight group 1(9–18 k
oup 1(9–18 kga nd appro
ga nd appro x.9m ont
x. 9m onths
hs
up t
up t o4y
o4y ear
ears) f
s) for second ro
or second rowofs eats
wofs eats Size class –
Size class –
Eq Eq
uipment
uipment LeT/r
LeT/r
ight r
ight rear seat
ear seat
D–I SO/R2,
ISO/R2X IL
C–I SO/R3 IL (1)
B–I SO/F2 IUF
B1 –ISO/F2X IUF Occupan
tsafety
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