2021 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV warning

Fo
rthis reason, thef ollowing can occur in isolated
cases, depending on thea ids used:
R Medical aids malfunctioning
R Adve rseh ealt he.ects
Obser vethen otes and warnings of them anufac-
turer of them edical aids; if in doubt, contact the
device manufacturer and/or your doctor .Ifthere
is continui nguncer tainty concerning thep ossibil-
ity of medical aids malfunctioning, Mercedes-
Benz AGrecommends using onl yfew electrical
ve hicle systems and/or main taining adistance
from thec omponents.
When chargin gthe high-voltag ebatter y,ke ep a
distance of at least an arm's lengt hbetwe en the
medical aid and thef ollowing components:
R thep owe rsuppl yequipment
This includes chargin gstations in thef ormofa
wa llbo xorap ublicchargin gpoint, fore xam-
ple.
R vehicle component scarrying liv evoltage
This includes thec hargin gcable and the
ch argin gcont rolb ox,for example. Onl
yhaver epair sand maintenance workinthe
area of thef ollowing components car ried out at a
qu ali/ed specialis tworks hop:
R vehicle component scarrying liv evoltage
R transmission aerials
R multimedi asystema nd sound system
If yo uh avea nyqueries or suggestions, consult a
qu ali/ed specialis tworks hop. Im Im
plie dw
plie dwarr
arranty
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NOTE
TEDamag etothevehicle arisin gfrom
violation of these operating inst ructions. Damag
etothevehicle can arise from violation
of these operating inst ructions.
This damag eisnotcoverede ither bythe
Mercedes-Benz implie dwarrant yorbyt he
Ne w‑ or Used- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followt he inst ruction sinthese operat-
ing inst ruction sonp roper operation of
yo ur vehicle as well as on possible vehi-
cle damage. QR code f
QR code f
or r
or rescue card
escue card
QR codes ar eattached in thes ocket0 ap and on
th eo pposit eside on theB -pillar .Intheevent of
an accident, rescue service scan use theQRc ode
to quickl y/nd thea ppropriat erescue car dfor
yo ur vehicle. The cur rent rescue car dcontains the
most impor tant information about your vehicle in
ac ompact form ,e.g.t he routing of thee lectric
lines.
Fu rther informatio ncan be obtaine dathttps://
www.mercedes-benz.de/qr-code Dat Dat
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ehicle Electr
Electr
oniccontr
oni ccontr ol units
ol units
Elect ronic cont rolu nits ar e/tted in your vehicle.
Control units process dat awhich, fore xamp le,
th ey receiv efromv ehicles ensors,g enerat ethem-
sel vesore xchang ebetwe en themsel ves. Some
cont rolu nits ar erequired fort he saf eoperation of
yo ur vehicle, some assis tyou when driving, such
as driver assistance systems, while other senable
con venienc eorinfot ainment functions. 38
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Gene
raln otes

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estr traint syst
aint syst em
em Pr
ot
Pr otection pro
ection pro vided b
vided byt
ythe r
he r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em The
restraint system include sthe following com-
ponents:
R Seat belt system
R Airbags
R Child restraint system
R Chil dseats ecurin gsystems
The restraint system ca nhelpp reve nt thev ehicle
occupants from coming intoc ontact with parts of
th ev ehiclei nterior in thee vent of an accident. In
th ee vent of an accident, ther est raints ystemc an
also reduce thef orces towhic hthe vehicle occu-
pant saresubjected.
As eat belt can onl yprovide theb est le velofp ro-
te ction if it is worncor rectl y.Depending on the
de tected acciden tsituation, seat belt tensioners
and/o rairbag ssupplement thep rotection o.ered
by ac orrectl yw orns eat belt .Seatb elt tensioners
and/o rairbag sarenotd eplo yedine very acci-
dent. In order
fort he restraint system toprov ide the
intended le velofp rotection, eac hvehicleo ccu-
pant mus tobser vethef ollowing information:
R Fasten seat belt scorrectl y.
R Sit in an almost up right sea tposition wit htheir
bac kagainst thes eat backrest.
R Sit wit htheir feet resting on the0 oor ,ifp ossi-
ble.
R Alwayss ecur epersons under 1.5 0mtall in an
additional restraint system suitable for
Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl etoda ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjuries and fatalities in every
accident situation. In particular ,the seat belt and
airbag generall ydon otprotect against objects
penetrating thev ehiclef romt he outside. It is also
no tp ossible tocomple tely rule out ther isk of
injur ycaused bythea irbag deploying. Limit Limit
ations of t
ations of t he prot
he pr otection pro
ection pro vided b
vided byt
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r
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estr traint syst
aint syst em
em &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathdueto
modi/cation stot he restraint system
Ve hicle occupants ma ynolongerbep rotected
as intended if alterations ar emade tothe
re straint system. #
Nevera lter thep arts of ther est raints ys-
te m. #
Nevertamper wit hthe wiring or an yelec-
tronic component parts or their soT-
wa re. If it is necessar
ytomodifythev ehicletoa ccom-
modat eaperson wit hdisabilities, contact aquali-
/ed specialist workshop.
Mercedes-Ben zrecommends that youu se driving
aids whic hhave been appr ovedfor your vehicle by
Mercedes-Benz. Occupant sa
fety
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R
R
es
estr traint syst
aint syst em functionality
em functionality When
thev ehicleiss witched on, aself-tes tisper-
fo rm ed, during whic hthe 6 restraint system
wa rning lam plights up. It goes out no later than a
few seconds aTer thev ehicleiss tarted. The com-
ponents of ther est raints ystema rethen func-
tional. Malfunctioning r
Malfunctioning r
es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em Am
alfunction has occur redint herestraint sys-
te mi f:
R the 6 restraint system warning lam pdoes
no tlight up when thev ehicleiss witched on
R the 6 restraint system warning lam plights
up continuousl yorrepeatedl yduring ajourney &
D DAN AN GER
GER Risk of fatalinjuries due to
re straint system malfunctions
Co mp onent sintherestraint system ma ybe
acti vatedu nintentionall yornotdeplo yasp lan-
ned in an accident. In thee vent of an acci-
dent, theh igh-voltag eon-boar delectrical sys-
te mm aynotbed eactivated as intended. Yo
um aysu.er an electric shoc kifyoutouch
th ed amaged components of theh igh-voltage
on-boar delectrical system. #
Have ther est raints ystemc heckeda nd
re paired immediatel yataquali/ed spe-
cialist workshop. #
ATer an accident, switc ho.the vehicle
immediatel y. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he r
he res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em in an accident
em in an accident Ho
wt he restraint system worksd epends on the
se verity of thei mp act de tected and thea pparent
type of accident:
R Frontal impact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activation thre sholds fort he component sof
th er est raints ystema redeterm ined based on the
ev aluation of thes ensor values measured at vari-
ous points in thev ehicle. This processisp re-emp-
tiv einn ature. The triggering/deployment of thecomponents of
ther est raints ystemm usttake
place in good time at thes tart of thec ollision.
Fa ctor swhichc an onl ybeseen and measured
aTer acollision has occur redc anno tplayad eci-
siv er ole in airbag deployment. Nor do they pro-
vide an indication of airbag deployment.
The vehicle ma ybedeformed signi/cantl ywithout
an airbag bein gdeploye d. This is thec ase if only
parts whic hare re lativel yeasil ydeformed are
a.ec teda nd ther ateofv ehicled eceleration is
no th igh. Con versely, an airbag ma ybedeployed
ev en though thev ehicles u.ersonlym inor defor-
mation. If very rigid vehicle parts suc haslongitu-
dinal membe rsareh it,this ma yresult in su1-
cientl yhigh le vels of vehicle deceleration.
Dependin gonthe detected deployment situation,
th ec omponents of ther est raints ystemc anbe
acti vatedord eployedi ndependentl yofeach
ot her:
R Seat belt tensioner :fro ntal impact, rear
impact, side impact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passenger airbag: frontal
impact
R Knee airbag: frontal impact 44 44
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ety

R
Push thel ap belt down as farasp ossible
across your hips and pull tight wit hthe shoul-
der section of theb elt. Neverrout ethe lap
belt across your abdomen.
Pregnant women must also take particular
car ew itht his.
R Neverrout ethe seat belt across sharp, poin-
te d, abrasiv eorfragile objects.
R Onlyone person should use eac hseat belt at
an yo ne time.
R Nevers ecur eobjects wit haseat belt if the
seat belt is also bein gused byone of thev ehi-
cle' soccupants.
Also ensu rethat no objects, e.g .acushion,
ar ee verp laced between aperson and the
seat.
If ch ildren ar etrave lling in thev ehicle, be sur eto
obser vethei nst ruction sand saf etyn otes on
"Children in thev ehicle" (/ page58).
Alw ayso bser vethei nst ruction sfor loading the
ve hicle when securing objects, lug gage or loads
(/ page118). Limit
Limit
ations of t
ations of t he prot
he pr otection pro
ection pro vided b
vided byt
ythe seat
he seat
belt
belt &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathdueto
incor rect seat position
The seat belt will no to.er thei ntended le vel
of pr otection if youh ave notm oved thes eat
backrest toan almos tvertical position.
In particular ,you ma yslip under thes eatbelt
and injur eyourself. #
Adjust thes eat proper lybefor ebegin-
ning your journe y. #
Alwayse nsu rethat thes eat backrest is
in an almost vertical position and that
th es houlder section of your seat belt is
ro uted across thec entr eofy our shoul-
der. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathw hen
additional restraint system sare no tused
fo rp ersons wit hasmaller stature
Pe rsons under 1.50 mtall cann otwe arthe
seat belt cor rectl yw ithout asuitable addi-
tional restraint system. #
Alwayss ecur epersons under 1.5 0mtall
in as uitable restraint system. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Riskofi njuryord eathdueto
damaged or modi/ed seat belts
Seat belts canno tprovide pr otection in thef ol-
lowing situations:
R thes eat belt is damaged, has been modi-
/ed, is extremel ydirty ,blea ched or dyed
R thes eat belt buckle is damaged or
ex tremel ydirty
R modi/cation shave been made tothes eat
belt tensioner ,sea tb elt anchorag eorseat
belt retractor
Seat belts ma ysustain non-visible damag ein
an accident, e.g. due toglas ssplinters. 46
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ty

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NO
OTE
TE Deployment of components of the
re straint system when thef ront passenger
seat is unoccupied and aseat belt is
buckled When
thef ront passenger seat is unoccupied
and thes eat belt tongue of thes eat belt is
engaged in thes eat belt buckle, components
of ther est raints ystemm aydepl oyunnecessa-
ri ly on thef ront passenger side, e.g. thes eat
belt tensioner. #
Onlybuckle thes eat belts as intended. %
Obser vethen otes on st owagea reas
(/ page118).
Informatio non/ttingachild restraint system
an donc hildren tr avelling in thev ehiclec an
be found in the" Children in thev ehicle" sec-
tion (/ page62). Seat belt adjus
Seat belt adjustm
entfun ction
tmen tfun ction V
V
ehicle swit
ehicle swithP RE-S
hP RE-SAFE
AFE ®
®
:
:aTer afront seat belt
has been fastened, thea utomatic seat belt adjust- ment ma
yappl yac ertain tightening forc e. Do not
hold thes eat belt tightl ywhile it is adjusting.
Yo uc an activat eand deactivat ethe seat belt
adjustme ntfunction using them ultimedia system
(/ page48). A
A
ctiv
ctiv ating/deactiv
ating/deactiv ating seat belt adjus
ating seat belt adjustmen tvia
tment via
t
t he multimedia syst
he multimedia syst em
em Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle #
Activat eord eactivate Belt adjustment. R
R
eleasing sea tbelts
eleasing sea tbelts #
Press ther elease button in thes eat belt
buckle and guide thes eat belt bac kwitht he
seat belt tongue. Seat belt w
Seat belt w
ar
arning function f
ning function f or t
or the dr
he dr iv
iver and fr
er and fr ont
ont
passeng
passeng er
er The
ü seatbelt warning lam pinthe Inst ru-
ment Displa yisareminder that all vehicle occu-
pant smustw ear their seat belts cor rectl y. In addition
,awarnin gtone ma ysound.
As soo nasthe driver and front passenger fasten
th eir seat belts, thes eat belt warning goes out. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he r
he rear seat belt st
ear seat belt st atus display
atus display The
rear seat belt status displ ayis onl yavailable
fo rc ertain countries. When
thev ehicleiss witched on, ther ear seat
belt status displa yinforms youf or ac ertain
amount of time whic hrear seat belt is no tfas-
te ned. 48
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fety

Yo
uc an immediatel ydismiss ther ear seat belt
status displa yusing theb ackb utton on thel eT-
han dside of thes teering wheel (/ page248).
If av ehicleo ccupantunfastens aseat belt in the
re ar while thev ehicleism otion ,the rear seat belt
status displ ayappear sagain.
In addition ,awarnin gtone ma ysound. In this
case, ther ear seat belt status displa ycanno tbe
hidden using theb ackb utton on thel eT-hand side
of thes teering wheel. Airbags
Airbags
Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie wofa irbags
wofa irbags 1
Knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passenger airbag
4 Windo wairbag
5 Side airbag
The installatio nlocatio nofana irbag is identi/ed
by theA IRB AG symbol.
When enabled, an airbag can pr ovide additional
pr otection fort he respecti ve vehicle occupant. Po
tential pr otection pr ovided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee and lo werleg
R Driver's airbag, front passenger airbag: head
and ribcage
R Windo wairbag :head
R Side airbag :ribcag eand pelvis &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of inju ryor deat hifthe co-
driver airbag is enabled
If th ec o-driver airbag is enabled, achild on
th ec o-driver seat ma ybestruckbyt he co-
driver airbag during an accident.
NEVE Rusearear ward-facing child restraint
system on aseatw ithanE NABLED FRONT
AIR BAG; DEATH or SERIOUS INJUR Ytothe
CHILD can occur. When /tting
achild restraint system tothef ront
passenger seat, obser vethev ehicle-speci/c infor-
mation (/ page75).A lso ,alway so bser vethe
no tesonr earward-facing or forw ard-facing child
re straint system sonthe front passenger seat
(/ page74). Occupant saf
ety
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Inf
Inf
or
ormation on aut
mation on aut omaticfr
omati cfront passeng
ont passeng er airbag
er airbag
shut
shut o.
o.
The front passen gera irbag can onl ybedeployed
in an accident if theP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFF
indicator la mpis o.. If thef ront passenger seat is
occupied, mak esure, bo thbefor eand during the
journe y,that thes tatus of thef ront passenger air-
bag is cor rect (/ page53).
* NO
NO TE
TEDeployment of components of the
re straint system when thef ront passenger
seat is unoccupied In an accident,
thec omponents of the
re straint system ma ydepl oyunnecessaril yon
th ef ront passenger side if:
R Ther eareheavy objects on thef ront
passenger seat.
R The seat belt tongue is engaged in thes eat
belt buckle of thef ront passenger seat and
th ef ront passenger seat is unoccupied. #
Stow objects in asuitable place. #
Onlyone person should use eac hseat
belt at an yone time. Dependin
gonthe detected acciden tsituation, the
wind owairbag on thef ront passenger side may
deplo y.The airbag is deplo yedr egardless of
whe ther thef ront passenger seat is occupied. Pr
ot
Pr otection pro
ection pro vided b
vided byt
ythe airbags
he airbags Depending on
thea ccident situation, an airbag
ma ysupplement thep rotection o.ered byac or-
re ctl yfastened sea tbelt. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Riskofi njuryord eathdueto
an inco rrect seat position
If yo ud eviat ef romt he cor rect seat position,
th ea irbag canno tperform its intended pr otec-
tiv ef unction.
Eac hvehicleo ccupantmustm akes ureoft he
fo llowing:
R Fasten seat belt scorrectl y.Pregnant
wo men must take particular car etoensure
th at thel ap belt ne verlies across the
abdomen. R
Adoptthe cor rect seat position and keep
as fara wa yasp ossible from thea irbags.
R Obser vethef ollowing information. #
Alwaysm akes uret hat ther ea reno
objects between thea irbag and vehicle
occupant. To
avo idther isk sresulting from thed eployment
of an airbag, eac hvehicleo ccupantmusto bser ve
th ef ollowing information in particular:
R Befor estarting your journe y,adjust your seat
cor rectl y;thed rive r's seat and front
passenger seat should be mo vedasf ar back
as possible.
When doin gso, alw ayso bser vethei nforma-
tion on thec orrect driver's seat position
(/ page102).
R Onlyhold thes teering wheel bythes teering
wheel rim. This allo ws theairbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alwaysl ean agains tthe seat backrest when
th ev ehicleisinm otion .Don otlean forw ards
or agains tthe door or side wind ow.You may 50 50
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ety

ot
herwise be in thed eployment area of the
airbags.
R The occupants mus talway sk eep their feet on
th e0 oor .Don otput your feet on thec ockpit,
fo re xamp le.Your feet ma yotherwise be in the
deployment area of thea irbag.
R Ifch ildren ar etrave lling in thev ehicle, observe
th ea dditional no tes( / pag e58).
R Alwayss towa nd secur eobjects cor rectl y.
Objects in thev ehiclei nterior ma ypreve nt an air-
bag from functioning cor rectl y.Eac hvehicleo ccu-
pant mus talway sm akes ureoft hefollowing in
particular:
R Ther eareno people, animals or objects
between thev ehicleo ccupants and an airbag.
R Ther eareno objects between thes eat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther eareno har dobjects, e.g. coat hangers,
hanging on theg rabh andles or coat hooks.
R Ther eareno accessories, suc hasmobilenavi-
ga tion devices ,mobile phones or cup holders,
within thed eployment area of an airbag, e.g. on
thec ockpit, on thed oor ,ont he side win-
do woront he side trim.
In addition ,noconnecting cables, tensioning
straps or retaining straps must be routed or
attached tothev ehiclew ithinthed eployment
area of an airbag. Alw aysc ompl ywitht he
accessor ymanu facturer's ins tallation inst ruc-
tion sand, in particular ,the no tesons uitable
places fori nstallation.
R Ther eareno heavy ,sharp-edged or fragile
objects in thep ockets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobjects in asuitable place. Limit
Limit
ations of t
ations of t he prot
he pr otection pro
ection pro vided b
vided byairbags
ya irbags &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions tothec ove rofana irbag
If yo um odify thec ove rofana irbag or a1x
objects suc hasstickers to it,thea irbag may
no longer function cor rectl y. #
Neverm odify thec ove rofana irbag and
do no ta1x objects toit. The installation location of an airbag is identi/ed
by
theA IRB AG symbol (/ page49).
Objects in thed eployment area of an airbag may
pr ev ent thea irbag from functioning cor rectl y. &
W
W ARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yfromo bjects in
th ed eployment area of an airbag
Objects in thed eployment area of an airbag
can hinder or pr event thec orrect deployment
of thea irbag.
The airbag ma ythen depl oyin an uncontrolled
manner and ma yevenc ause additional inju-
ri es tothev ehicleo ccupants bydeploying.
This ma ybethe case in particular if thea irbag
is integ ratedi ntot he seat. #
Alwayss towa nd secur eobjects cor-
re ctl y. #
Befor ecomme ncingyour journe y,make
sur ethat no objects ar estowe dint he
deployment area of an airbag. Occupant saf
ety
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