2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS belt

RR
eleasing seatbelts eleasing
seatbelts #
Press there lease buttonintheseat belt
buc kleand guide theseat beltbackwit hth e
seat belttongue. Seat
beltw Seat
beltwar ar
ning functi onf ning
functi onfor t or
the dr he
driv iv
er and fr er
and front ont
pas seng pas
seng er er
The
00E9 seatbelt warning lampin theInstr u-
ment Displa yis are minder that all vehicle occu-
pant smus twe artheir seat belts correctl y.
The 00E9 seatbel twa rning lamplights upforsix
seconds everytime theve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor sar e
closed andthedr iver and front passeng erhave
fa stene dth eir seat belts, theseat beltwarning
goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning lights
up dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mph(2 5km /h)
an dth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat beltis
no tfa stene d. R
Thedr iver or fron tpa sseng erunfast enstheir
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion . Air
bags Air
bags OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof airbag s w
of airbag s 1
Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Front passeng erknee airbag
5 Windo wcur tain airbag
6 Side airbag The
installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled,anairbag canprov ide additional
pr otection forth ere spect ive ve hicle occupan t.
Po tential protection prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee andlowe rleg
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: head
and ribcag e
R Side airbag: ribcag e,also pelvis forfr ont seat
occupants
R Windo wcur tain airbag: head
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor deat hifth eco-
dr iver airbag isenabled
If th eco-dr iver airbag isenabled, ach ild on
th eco-dr iver seat maybe struckby theco-
dr iver airbag during anaccident. Occupant
safety
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NEVER
useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onase at with an ENA BLED FRONT
AIR BAG; DEA THorSER IOUS INJUR Yto the
CH ILD ca nocc ur. Whe
ninst alling ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page59). Also,alw aysobser ve
th eno teson rear wa rd-faci ng orforw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system son thefront passeng er
seat.
Inf Inf
or or
mation onaut mation
onautomatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o. o.
The front passeng erairbag canonlybe deplo yed
in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iso.. Ifth efront passeng erseat is
occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the
jour ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag iscor rect (/ page45) . *
N NO O
TE TE
Deplo yment ofcom pone ntsofthe
re str aint system when thefront passeng er
seat isunoccupied In
an accident, thecom ponents ofthe
re str aint system maydepl oyunnecessar ily on
th efront passeng erside if:
R Ther ear ehea vyobjects onthefront
passeng erseat.
R The seat belttongue iseng aged intheseat
belt buckleofthefront passeng erseat and
th efront passeng erseat isunoccupied. #
Storeobjects inasuit able place. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Dependin
gon thede tected acciden tsituat ion,the
wind owcurtain airbag onthefront passeng erside
ma ydeplo y.The airbag isdep loye dre ga rdless of
whe ther thefront passeng erseat isoccupied. Pr
ot Pr
otectiv ectiv
ecapac ityoft e
capac ityofthe airbags he
airbags Depending
ontheaccident situation, anairbag
ma ysupplement thepr otection o.eredbyacor -
re ctl yfa stene dse at belt. &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof injuryor deat hdue to
an inco rrect seat position
If yo ude viat efrom thecor rect seat positi on,
th eairbag cannotper form itsintended protec-
tiv efunction .
Eac hve hicle occupan tmus tmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.Pregna nt
wo men must take par ticular careto ensur e
th at thelap belt neverlies across the
abdome n.
R Adoptth ecor rect seat positi onand keep
as farawa yas possi blefrom theairbags.
R Obser vethefo llo wing information. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at ther ear eno
objects between theairbag andvehicle
occupan t. 4242
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tsaf ety

In
addit ion,th eoper ation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erairbag shuto.could be
re str icte d. #
Youshould onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond -
ing seats byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue tomalfun c-
tioni ngsensor sin thedoor
The function oftheairbags canbeimpair ed
due tomodi/cation sor incor rect wo rkper -
fo rm ed on thedoor sor door trim, orifth e
door sar edamag ed. #
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. #
Alwaysha ve workon thedoor sor door
tr im car ried out ataqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue todeplo yed
airbag
A depl oyedairbag nolong ero.er san ypr otec-
tion. #
Have theve hicle towe dto aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. SS
t t
atus oft atus
ofthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger fr er
front airbag ont
airbag FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe aut he
aut omati cfr omati
cfront passen g ont
passen ger airbag er
airbag
shut shut
o. o.
The automati cfront passen gerairbag shuto.is
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat is
occupied byaper son orach ild restr aint system .
Th efron tpa sseng erairb ag andfron tpa sseng er
kn ee airb ag areena bled ordisa bled acco rdingl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
objects undertheco-dr iver seat
Objects trapped undertheco-dr iver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunction oftheaut omatic
co-dr iver airbag shuto.ordamag eth esy stem. #
Donotst or ean yobjects undertheco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco-dr iver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no objects aretrapped
und ertheco-dr iver seat. When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page59). Also,alw aysobser ve
th eno teson rear wa rd-faci ng orforw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system son thefront passeng er
seat (/page59).
A per son onthefront passeng erseat must
obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y(/ page37 ).
R Sitinan almost upright seat position withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
The front passeng erairbag mayot her wise bedis-
abled bymist ake, forex am ple, inthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R The front pass engertransf ersth eir weight by
suppor tingth emsel veson ave hicle armr est. 4444
Occupan
tsaf ety

&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
incor rect positi oningof thefo rw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system
If yo usecur each ild inafo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system onthefront passeng erseat
th at isposit ioned tooclose tothecoc kpit, in
th eeve ntofan accid ent, thech ild could:
R come intocont actwithth eve hicle interior
if th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp islit, forex am ple
R bestru ck bytheairbag ifth ePA SSENGE R
AI R BA GOF Find icat or lamp iso.. #
Alwaysmo vethefront passeng erseat as
fa rbac kas possible andfullyre tract the
seat cushion lengthadju stment .While
doin gso, alwaysmak esur eth at the
shoulde rbelt stra pis cor rectl yro uted
fr om theseat beltoutle tof theve hicle to
th eshoulder beltguide onthech ild
re str aint system .Th esh ou lder beltstr ap
mu stbe routed forw ards and down wards
fr om theseat beltoutle t.Ifnecessar y, adju
sttheseat beltoutle tand thefront
passeng erseat accor dingly. #
Alwayscom plywit hth ech ild restr aint
sy stem manufac ture r's inst allation
inst ruction s. When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page59).
If aper If
aper son issitt ing ont son
issitt ing onthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger seat er
seat: :
PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Fma ybe litcontin uously
or be o., dependin gon theper son's statur e.
A per son onthefront passeng erseat must always
obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied byan
adult oraper son withast atur ecor respond ing
to that of an adult ,th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA G
OF Find icat or lamp must beo.. This indicat es
th at thefront passeng erairbag isenabled.
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp islit continuousl y,an adult orper son
wit habuil dcor respond ingtothat of an adult
mus tno tuse thefront passeng erseat.
Inst ead, they should useare ar seat. R
Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied bya
per son ofsmaller statur e(e.g. ate enag eror
small adult), thePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iseit her litcontinuousl yor
re mains o.,dependi ngon theclassi/ cation.
- Ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp iso.: movethefront passeng erseat
as farbac kas possible, ortheper son of
smaller statur eshould useare ar seat.
- Ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp islit continuousl y:theper son of
smaller statur eshould notuse thefront
passeng erseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hwhen
th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp islit
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp remains litaTer theself-t est,thefront
passeng erairbag isdisabled. Occupant
safety
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If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, always
ensur eth at:
R The classi/cation oftheper son inthefront
passeng erseat iscor rect and thefront
passeng erairbag isenabled ordisabled in
accor dance withth eper son inthefront
passeng erseat.
R The person isseat edproper lywit hacor -
re ctl yfa stene dse at belt.
R Thefron tpa sseng erseat hasbe en mo ved
as farbac kas possible. Be
sureto also obser vethefo llo wing further rela-
te dsubjects:
R Child restr aint system onthefront passeng er
seat (/page59) PRE-SPRE-S
AFE AFE
® ®
sy st sy
stem em
FF
unction ofPRE-S unction
ofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
(anticipat (anticipat
or or
yoccupant y
occupant
pr ot pr
otection) ection)
PRE-S
AFE®
is able todetect cer tain critical driv-
ing situations andimplement pre-em ptive meas-
ur es toprotect theve hicle occupan ts.
PR E-S AFE ®
can impleme ntthefo llo wing meas-
ur es independentl yof eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Closing theside windo ws.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withsliding sunr h
sliding sunroof: oof:
Closing theslid-
ing sunr oof.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withmemor h
memor yfunction : y
function :Mo ving the
fr ont passeng erseat to amor efa vo urable seat
position.
R V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withmulticont h
multicont ourseat our
seat : :
Incr easing the
air pressur ein theseat sidebolst ersof the
seat backres t.
R PRE-S AFE ®
Sou nd:prov ided that themultime-
dia system isswitc hedon,gener ating abr ief nois
esigna lto stimu late theinnat epr otectiv e
mec hanism ofaper son's hearing.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused byobjects inthe
fo ot we llor behind theseat The
automatic adjustmen tof theseat position
ma yre sult indamag eto theseat and/or the
object. #
Stow objects inasuit able place. RR
e e
v v
er er
sing t sing
the PRE- S he
PRE- SAFE AFE
® ®
sy st sy
stem measur em
measur es es
If
an accident didnotoccur ,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Yo uwill need toper form certain settings yourself. #
Ifth eseat beltpre-t ensioning isno tre duced,
mo vetheseat backrest backslightl y.
The locking mechanism releases. FF
unction ofPRE-S unction
ofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
PL PL
US (anticipat US
(anticipat or or
yoccu- y
occu-
pant prot pant
protection plus) ection
plus) PRE-S
AFE®
PL US can detect cer tain impacts, par-
ticular lyan immin entrear impact, andtake pre- 4848
Occupant
safety

em
ptive measur estoprotect theve hicle occu-
pant s.These measur escann otnece ssarily pr e-
ve nt an imm inent impac t.
PRE-S AFE®
PL US canim plem entthefo llo wing
measur esindependentl yof eac hot her :
R Tight ening theseat belts onthedr iver's seat
and front passeng erseat.
R Incr easing brak epr essur ewhen theve hicle is
st ation ary. This brak eapp licati on isca ncel ed
aut oma tically wh en theve hicle pullsawa y.
If an accide ntdid notoccur ,th epr e-em ptive
measur esthat we retake nar ere ve rsed.
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system will notinitiat ean yaction inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R When backing up
The system will notinitiat ean ybr aking applica tion
in thefo llo wing situations:
R Whilst driving
or R
When entering orexiting apar king space while
using ActivePa rking Assist FF
unction ofPRE-S unction
ofPRE-S AFE AFE
® ®
Im Im
pulse Side pulse
Side If
an imminent sideimpact isde tected, PRE-
SA FE®
Im pulse Sidecanpre-em ptivel ymo vethe
fr ont seat vehicle occupan t'suppe rbody towa rds
th ecent eroftheve hicle. Itdoes this by rapidl y
in0a tingan air cushion intheout erseat sidebol-
st er oftheseat backrest ontheside onwhic hth e
im pact isanticipat ed.This increases thedist ance
be tween thedoor andtheve hicle occupan t.
If PR E-S AFE ®
Im pulse Side has been deployedor
is faulty ,th ePRE-SAFE ImpulseSide Inoperative
See Operator's Manual(/ page354) displa y
messag eappear s. SafSaf
el el
ytr y
transpor anspor
tingc ting
childr hildr
enint en
inthe v he
vehicle ehicle
Alw
ay Alw
aysobser v s
obser ve when c e
when childr hildr
enar en
aretrav e
trav eling int eling
inthe he
v v
ehicle ehicle
%
Also strictl yobser vethesaf etyno tesfo rth e
speci/c situation .In this wa yyo ucan recog- niz
epo tential risk sand avoiddang ersif ch il-
dr en aretrav eling intheve hicle
(/ page50).
Be dilig Be
diligent ent
Bear inmin dth at neg ligence when securinga
ch ild inthech ild restr aint system mayha ve ser i-
ous conse quences. Alwaysbe diligent insec uring
a ch ild car efull ybef oreev eryjour ney.
Ne verallo wbabies andchildr entotrave lsitting
on thelap ofano ther vehicle occupan t.
To improve protection forch ildr enyoung erthan
12 yearsold orund er5T (1.5 0m) inheig ht,
Mer cedes- Benzre commen dsyouobser vethefo l-
lo wing information:
R Alwayssecur eth ech ild inach ild restr aint sys-
te m suit able forth is Mer cedes-Benz vehicle.
R The child restr aint system mustbe appropr iate
to theag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild.
R The vehicle seatmustbe suit able forinst alling
a ch ild restr aint system .
Ac ciden tst atis tics showthat childr ensecur edon
th ere ar seats arege ner allysa ferth an childr en
secur edon thefront seats. Forth is reason, Occupan
tsaf ety
49 49

Mer
cedes-Be nzstrongl yadvi sesthat youinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onare ar seat.
The g The
gene r ene
ric t ic
ter er
m c m
child r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system em
The gener icterm child restr aint system isus ed in
th is Oper ator's Manual. Ach ild restr aint system
is ,fo rex am ple:
R Abab ycar seat
R Arear wa rd-faci ng child seat
R Aforw ard-f acing child seat
R Ach ild boost erseat withabac krest and seat
belt guide
Mer cedes-Benz recommen dsusing ach ild
boost erseat withabac krest.
The child restr aint system mustbe appropr iate to
th eag e, we ight andsize ofthech ild.
Obser v Obser
ve law e
laws and leg s
and legalr al
req eq
uir uir
ements ements
Alw aysobser vetheleg alrequ irements when
using ach ild restr aint system intheve hicle. Obser
v Obser
ve st e
standar andar
dsf ds
for c or
child r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
systems ems
All child restr aint system smu stme etthefo llo wing
st andar ds:
R U.S. Feder alMo torVe hicle SafetySt andar ds
213 and225
R Canad ianMotorVe hicle SafetySt andar ds213
and 210. 2
Con/r mation that thech ild restr aint system com-
pl ieswi th thestandar dscan befound onan
inst ruction labelonthech ild restr aint system .
Th isco n/r mati oncan alsobe found intheinst al-
lation instruction sth at areincl uded withth ech ild
re str aint system . De
t De
tec ting r ec
ting ris k is
ks, av s,
avoiding dang oiding
danger er
SecurSecur
ingsyst ing
systems f ems
for c or
child r hild
res est
r tr
aint syst aint
systems in ems
in
t t
he v he
vehicle ehicle
Onl yuse thefo llo wing secur ingsystems forch ild
re str aint system s:
R TheLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)secur ing rings
R The vehicle' sseat beltsystem
R The TopTe ther anc horages Inst
alling anLATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child restr aint
sy stem isprefer red.
Sim plyatt aching tothesecur ingrings ontheve hi-
cle can reduce therisk ofins talling thech ild
re str aint system incorrectl y.
When securingach ild withth eint egratedseat
belt oftheLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child restr aint
sy stem ,al wa ys com plywit hth eper missible gross
we ight forth ech ild and child restr aint system
(/ page 54).
A boost erseat maybe necessa ryto achie ve
pr oper seatbeltpositionin gfo rch ildr enove r
40 lbs (18 kg)inwe ight oruntil they reac ha
heig htwher eath re e-point seatbeltcanbefas-
te ned prope rly wit hout aboos terseat.
Mer cedes-Benz recommen dsasuit able child
boost erseat withabac krest and seat beltguide.
A A
dv dv
ant ant
ag ag
eof ar e
of arear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res estr tr
aint sy aint
sys- s-
t t
em em
It is prefer able totransp orta bab yor asma llch ild
in asuit able rear wa rd-faci ng child restr aint sys-
te m. Inthis case, thech ild sits intheopposit e
dir ection tothedir ection oftrav el and faces back-
wa rds. 5050
Occupan
tsaf ety

Bab
iesand smallch ildr enhave com parativ ely
we ak nec kmuscle sin relation tothesize and
we ight oftheir head. Therisk ofinjuryto thecer -
vical spine during anaccident canbereduced ina
re ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint system .
Alw ay Alw
ayssecur s
secur eac e
achild r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system corr em
correctl y ectl
y &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor deat hdue to
incor rect ins tallation ofthech ild restr aint
sy stem
Th ech ild can then notbe protect edor
re str ained asintend ed. #
Besure tocom plywit hth emanuf actur-
er's installation instruction sfo rth ech ild
re str aint system andits co rrect use. #
Mak esur eth at theentir ebase ofthe
ch ild restr aint system alwa ys rests on
th esitting surface oftheseat. #
Neverplace objects (e.g.cushions)
under orbehind thech ild restr aint sys-
te m. #
Use child restr aint system son lywit hth e
or iginal coverdesigned forth em. #
Alwaysre place damag edcovers wit h
ge nuine covers. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
unsecur edchild restr aint system sin the
ve hicle
If th ech ild restr aint system isinc orrectl y
ins talled ornotsecur ed,itcan come loose.
The child restr aint system could be 0ung
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupan ts. #
Alwaysins tallch ild restr aint system sco r-
re ctl y,ev en when notin use. #
Alwayscom plywit hth ech ild restr aint
sy stem manufac ture r's inst allation
inst ruction s. R
Alwaysobser vethech ild restr aint system
ma nufac ture r's inst allation andoper ating
inst ruction sas wellas theve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n:
- Installing theLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child
re str aint system ontheright and leTrear
seats (/page54). -
Secur ing thech ild restr aint system with
th eseat beltonthere ar seat
(/ page58) .
- Secur ing thech ild restr aint system with
th eseat beltonthefront passeng erseat
(/ page59). Obser vethespeci/c
inst ruction sfo rth ere ar wa rd-faci ng and
fo rw ard-f acing child restr aint system s
(/ page 59).
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
ensur e,bo th bef oreand during thejour -
ne y,that thestatus ofthefront passeng er
airbag iscor rect forth ecur rent situ atio n
(/ page45).
R Obs erve thewa rning labels intheve hicle inte-
ri or and onthech ild restr aint system .
R Alsose cu re TopTe ther ifpr esent. Occupant
safety
51 51