2022 MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS airbag

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addit ion,th ech ildr encould alsosetth e
ve hicle inmo tion ,fo rex am ple by:
R releasing thepar king brak e.
R chang ingthetransmission position.
R star ting theve hicle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. #
Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GDang ertolife due toexposur e
to extreme heator cold intheve hicle
If peopl e,par ticu larlych ildr en, areex posed to
ex treme temp eratur esove ran extended
per iod oftime ,th er eis arisk ofser ious injury
or dang ertolife. #
Neverlea veper sons, childr eninpar ticu-
lar ,unatt ended intheve hicle. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof suit w
of suit able seats int able
seats inthe v he
vehicle f ehicle
for ins t or
ins tal- al-
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ear seat ear
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Pr efer redsecur ingsystem:
® LATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child seat secur ing
sy stem
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page56).
Alt ernativ esecur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
Also secur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent (/page56).
Fr Fr
ont passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
Secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
Be sureto obser ve:
R Ifth efront passeng erseat isoccupied,
ensur e,bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,
th at thestatus ofthefront passeng erairbag is
cor rect forth ecur rent situ atio n(/ page45). R
Noteson automati cfront passen gerairbag
shut o.(/ page44).
Cent Cent
err er
rear seat ear
seat
Secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page56). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingt ating
the special seatbelt he
special seatbelt
re re
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act act
oroft or
ofthe sea tbelt he
sea tbelt &
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ARNING ARNING
Riskofinjur yor deat hifasea t
belt isunf astened whiletheve hicle isin
mo tion
If th eseat beltisreleased whiletheve hicle is
in mo tion ,th especial seatbeltretract oris
dea ctivated and thech ild restr aint system is
no long er correctl ysecur ed.The seat beltis
dr aw nin slightl yby theiner tiareel and canno t
be immediat elyclosed again. #
Stop theve hicle immed iatelyin accor d-
ance withth etra1c conditions. Occupant
safety
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0073
Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit haspecial seatbelt retract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
When enabled,thespecial seatbelt retract or
ensur esthat theseat belts ofthefront passeng er
seat andrear seats donotslac kenonce thech ild
re str aint system isse cu red(/ page53). #
Inst allthech ild restr aint system .
Th eent ire ba se ofthech ild restr aint system
mu stalwa ys rest on theseat surface ofthe
re ar seat. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at theshoulder beltstrap
is cor rectl yro uted from theseat beltoutle tof
th eve hicle totheshoulder beltguide onthe
ch ild restr aint system .
Th esh ou lder beltstr ap mu stbe routed
fo rw ardfrom theseat beltoutle t. N No o
t t
es on r es
on rear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing andf acing
andfor w or
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child hild
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
systems ont ems
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur y
when usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system while th eco-dr iver airbag
is enabled
If yo usecur each ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system ontheco-dr iver seat andthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp is
o., theco-dr iver airbag candeplo yin the
eve ntofan accid ent.
The child could bestruckby theairbag. #
Alwaysensu rethat theco-dr iver airbag is
disabled. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp must belit. #
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system onase at with an ENA -
BL ED FRONT AIRBAG; DEA THorSER I-
OUS INJUR Yto theCHILD canoccur . Obser
vethespeci/c instruction sfo rth ere ar-
wa rd-faci ng and forw ard-f acing child restr aint sys-
te ms (/ page59) . Alw
aysobser vethestatus ofthefront passeng er
airbag onthePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp :
R When usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onthefront passeng erseat, thefront
passeng erairbag mustalwaysbe disable d.
This isonl yth ecase ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR
BA GOF Find icat or lamp islit continuousl y
(/ page45).
R Ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp iso., thefront passeng erairbag isena-
bled. Thefront passeng erairbag maydeplo y
dur ing anaccident.
Secur Secur
ingt ing
the c he
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system wit em
witht h
the seat he
seat
belt ont belt
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
When installing abelt-secur edchild restr aint sys-
te m on thefront passeng erseat, alwaysobser ve
th efo llo wing:
0073 Obser vetheno teson rear wa rd-faci ng and
fo rw ard-f acing child restr aint system son the
front passeng erseat (/ page 59).
0073 Obser vethech ild restr aint system manufac -
tu re r's inst allation andoper ating instruction s. Occupant
safety
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0073
When usingafo rw ard-f acing child restr aint
sy stem inwe ight categor yI: re mo vethehead
re str aint from there specti veseat, ifpossibl e.
ATer thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y.
0073 Thebackrest ofthefo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system must,asfaras possible, be
re sti ng on theseat backrest ofthefront
passeng erseat.
0073 Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str iction son use.
0073 Thech ild restr aint system mustnotbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong
dir ection. 0073
Thechild restr aint system mustnotbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint. Adjust the
head restr aints asappropr iate .
0073 Neverplace objects (e.g.cushions) underor
behind thech ild restr aint system .
Th ese at belton thefront passeng erside iseq uip-
ped withaspecial seatbelt retract or.
When enabled,thespecial seatbelt retract or
ensur esthat theseat beltdoes notslac kenonce
th ech ild seat issecur ed(/ page53). &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
objects between theseat surface and the
ch ild restr aint system
Ob jec tsbetwee nth eseat surface and the
ch ild restr aint system could a. ectth efunction
of theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shut-
o.. #
Donotplace anyobjects between the
seat surface and thech ild restr aint sys-
te m. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thech ild restr aint
sy stem isco rrectl yinst alled. #
Setth efront passeng erseat asfarbac kas
possible andmovetheseat intoth ehighest
position ifpossible. #
Fully re tract theseat cushion lengthadjust-
ment. #
Adjust theseat cushion inclination sothat the
fr ont edge oftheseat cushion isin thehighest
position andthere ar edg eof theseat cushion
is in thelowe stpo sition . #
Setth eseat backrest tothemost vertical
position possible. #
Inst allthech ild restr aint system .
Th eent ire ba se ofthech ild restr aint system
mu stalwa ys rest on thesitting surface ofthe
fr ont passeng erseat. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at theshoulder beltstrap
is cor rectl yro uted from theseat beltoutle tof
th eve hicle totheshoulder beltguide onthe
ch ild restr aint system .
Th esh ou lder beltstr ap mu stbe routed for-
wa rdsand down wardsfrom theseat beltout-
le t. #
Ifnecessar y,adju sttheseat beltoutle tand
th efront passeng erseat accor dingly. 6060
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t t
es on t es
on the cor r he
cor rect dr ect
driv iv
er's seat position er's
seat position &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoadju st-
ing theve hicle setting swhile theve hicle is
in mo tion
Yo ucould losecontr olof theve hicle inthefo l-
lo wing situations inpar ticular :
R Ifyo uadjust thedr iver's seat, thehead
re str aint ,th esteer ing wheel orthemir ror
while theve hicle isin mo tion
R Ifyo ufa sten your seat beltwhile theve hi-
cle isin mo tion #
Beforestar tin gth eve hicle: inpar ticu lar,
adju stthedr iver's seat, head restr aint,
st ee ring wheel and mirror,and fasten
yo ur seat belt. Ensur
eth efo llo wing when adjustin gth esteer ing
wheel 1,seat belt2and driver's seat 3:
R Youar esitting asfarawa yfrom thedr iver's
airbag aspossible, taking thefo llo wing points
int oconsider ation:
R Youar esitting inan upr ight position
R Your thighs areslightl ysuppor tedby theseat
cushion R
Your legs areno tfull yex tended andyoucan
depr essthepedals proper ly
R The backof your head issuppor tedat eye
le ve lby thecent erofthehead restr aint
R Youcan hold thesteer ing wheel withyo ur
ar ms slightl ybent
R Youcan moveyour legs freel y
R Youcan seeallthedispla yson theinst rument
clust erclear ly
R Youha ve agood overview of thetra1c condi-
tions
R Your seat beltsitssnugl yag ainst your body
and pass esacr oss thecent erofyour shoulder
and across your hips inthepel vic area Seats
andstow ing
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Childr
eninpar ticular couldaccident allypr ess
th eelectr icalseat adjustmen tbutt ons and
become trapped. #
While moving theseats, makesur eth at
hands orother body partsdo notget
under theleve rassemb lyof theseat
adjustmen tsy stem. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tohead
re str aints notbe ing inst alle d or being
ad just edincorrectl y
If head restr aints have notbee ninst alled or
ha ve notbee nadju sted cor rectl y,ther eis an
incr eased risk ofinjuryin thehead andneck
ar ea, e.g. intheeve ntofan accid ent orwh en
br ak ing. #
Alwaysdr ive wit hth ehead restr aints
inst alle d. #
Beforedr ivi ng o.,ma kesur efo rev ery
ve hicle occupan tth at thecent erofthe
head restr aint supp orts thebac kof the
head atabout eyeleve l. Do
notint erch ang eth ehead restr aints ofthe
fr ont and rear seats. Other wise, youwill notbe
able toadju sttheheight andangle ofthehead
re str aints correctl y.
Ad just thehead restr aint fore -and -aTposition so
th at itis as close aspossibl eto thebac kof your
head. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
an inco rrect seat position
The seat beltdoes noto.er theint ended leve l
of protection ifyo uha ve notmo vedth eseat
bac krest toan almos tve rtical position.
In par ticular ,yo ucould slipbeneat hth eseat-
belt andbecome injured. #
Adjust theseat proper lybef orebegin-
ning your jour ney. #
Alwaysensu rethat theseat backrest is
in an almost vertical position andthat
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour shoulder . &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue toexcessiv e
st ra in on thegr ab handl e
If yo uappl yyo ur full body weight tothegr ab
handl eor pull itabr uptly, thegr ab handl ema y
be damag edorbecome loosefrom itsanc hor-
ag e. #
Use thegr ab handl esonl yto stabili zethe
seati ngposit ionortoassis tin get ting in
and outoftheseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue 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. Seats
andstow ing
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call up:press orbrie0y hold prese tposition
butt on0037, TorU.
ATer releasing thebutt on,allsystems are
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GER GER
Riskofexhaus tga spoison ing
Combu stion enginesemit poison ousexhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Exhaus t
ga ses can entertheve hicle interior ifth etrunk
lid isopen when theve hicle isrunning, espe-
cia lly if th eve hicle isin mo tion . #
Alwaysswitc ho. theve hicle before
open ingthetrunk lid. #
Neverdr ive wit hth etrunk lidopen. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom unsecur ed
it ems intheve hicle
If obj ects, luggage orloads areno tsecur edor
no tsecur edsu1cient ly,th ey could slip,tip ov
er or be thro wn aroun dand ther eb yhit vehi-
cle occupan ts.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. #
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobj ects, lug-
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d
and hitvehicle occupan ts.Inaddit ion,cup
holder s,open stor ag espaces andmobil e
phone brac kets canno talw aysre tain all
objects they cont ain.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun din suc h
situ ation s. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at obj ects donot
pr otru de from stor ag espaces, parcel
ne ts or stor ag ene ts. #
Close theloc kable stor ag espaces before
st ar ting ajour ney. #
Alwaysst ow and secur ehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objects inthetrunk . VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o.: o.:
Objects trapped underthefront
passeng erseat mayint erfere wit hth efunction of
th eaut omatic front passeng erairbag shuto.or
damag eth esy stem. Please observetheno teson
th efunction oftheaut omatic front passeng erair-
bag shuto.(/ page44). 104104
Seats
andstow ing

Swi
tc Swi
tching on high beam hi
ng on high beam #
Turn thelight switc hto the0058 or0058
position. #
Push thecombination switchbe yond thepoint
of resis tance inthedir ection ofarro w 1.
When thehigh beam isactiv ated, the0058
indicat orlam pfo rlo w beam willbedeactiv a-
te dand replaced bythe0057 indicat orlam p
fo rhigh beam.
Switc Switc
hing hing
o. o.
high beam high
beam #
Movethecombination switchbac kto its star t-
ing position.
High-beam High-beam
0asher 0as
her #
Pull thecombination switchin thedir ection of
ar ro w 3.
T T
ur ur
nsign allight n
sign allight #
T T
o ind icat o
ind icat e e
br br
ie0y : ie0y
:push thecombination
switc hbr ie0y tothepoint ofresis tance inthe
dir ection ofarro w 2 or4.
The correspond ingturnsign allight will 0ash
th re etimes. #
T T
o indicat o
indicat econtinuousl y e
continuousl y: :
push thecombina-
tion switc hbe yond thepoint ofresist ance in
th edir ection ofarro w 2 or4.
Ve hicles withAc tiveLane ChangeAssi st:
R Atur nsigna lindica toractiv ated bythe
dr iver ma ycontinu eto oper atefo rth e
dur ation ofthelane chang e.
R Ifth edr iver indicat eddirectl ybef orehand
but alane chang ewa sno timmed iately
possibl e,thetur nsignal indicat orma yacti-
va te aut omati cally. AA
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deactiv atin
g/deactiv atingt atin
gthe hazar he
hazar dw d
war ar
nin glig hts nin
glig hts #
Press button1.
The hazar dwa rning lights willswitc hon automati-
call yif:
R The airbag hasbeen deployed. Light
andvisibility
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Mer cedes-B enzemer g cedes-B
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Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipp edwithth eMer cedes-Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCa ll"). This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan accident. eCall
in no wayre places assistanceprov ided from dial-
ing 911.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonlyfunctions inareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailabl efrom
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins u1cient net-
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov ider s
ma yre sult inan emer gency callno tbeing trans -
mitt ed.
eCa llis ast anda rdfeatur ein your Mer cedes-Benz
ve hicle. Inorder tofunc tionas intend ed,th esy s-
te m relies onthetransmission ofdat ade tailed in
th e"Mer cedes-Benz emergency callsy stem data
tr ans mission"sec tion that follo ws (/ pag e265).
To disable eCall,acust omer mustvisitanaut hor -
ized Mercedes-Benz Service depar tment todeac-
tiv ateth eve hicle' scommun icationmodul e. Deact
iv Deact
ivation oft ation
ofthis modul epr ev his
modul epr ev ents t ents
the activ he
activ a- a-
tion ofan tion
ofanyand allMer y
and allMer cedes meconnect serv- cedes
meconn ectserv-
ices. ices.
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he deactiv he
deactiv ationofeCall, aut ation
ofeCall, automatic omatic
emer g emer
gency calland manual emerg ency
calland manual emergency callwill ency
callwill
no no
tbe av t
be availabl e. ailabl
e.
The vehicle mustbe switc hedonbeforean aut o-
matic emergency callca nbe made.
% eCallis ac tivated atthefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes- Benzdeale r.Plea senote that inthe
ev ent owner ship of theve hicle istransf erred
to ano ther ow ner inits dea ctivated stat e,
eCa llwil lre main deactiv ated unless thene w
ow ner visitsan aut hor ized Mercedes-Be nz
dea lership to reactiv ateth esy stem. OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof t w
of the Mer he
Mer cedes-Benz emerg cedes-Benz
emergency call ency
call
sy st sy
stem em
eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
accident andthear riva lof emer gency service sat
th esit eof theaccident. Ithelps locatean acci-
dent sitein places that aredi1cu ltto access.
Ho wev er,ev en ifave hicle iseq uipp edwitheCall ,
th is does notmean thesy stem isON .As suc h, eCall
doesnotre place dialing 911intheev ent of
an accident.
An emer gency callca nbe made aut oma tically or
ma nual ly.
Onl ymak eemer gency calls ifyo uor other sar ein
nee dof rescue. Donotmak ean emer gency callin
th eev ent ofabr eakdo wnorasimilar situation.
Messag Messag
eson t es
on the displa y he
displa y
SOS NOTREAD Y:theve hicle isno ton oreCall not
av ailabl e.
Dur inganactiv eemer gency call, app ears
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan /ndmor einf ormation onthere giona l
av ailabi lityof eCall at:http s://www .mercedes-
ben z-mobil e.com/e xtra/ecal l/
% Ifth er eis amalfunction intheMer cedes-Benz
emer gency callsy stem (e.g.ama lfunct ion
wit hth espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS
butt on), acor respond ingmessag eappear son
th edispla yin theinst rument cluster. MBUX
multimed iasystem
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