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&
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
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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
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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
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tsaf ety
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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
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Do
no Do
notmodify t t
modify the c he
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions tothech ild restr aint system
Th ech ild restr aint system canno long er fun c-
ti on prope rly. This posesan incr easedrisk of
inj ury. #
Nevermodify ach ild restr aint system . #
Onlya1x accessor ieswhic hha ve been
speciall yappr ovedfo rth is ch ild restr aint
sy stem bythech ild restr aint system 's
ma nufac ture r. OnlOnl
yuse c y
use child r hild
res est
r tr
aint syst aint
systems whic ems
whichar h
ar ein e
in
pr pr
oper w oper
wor or
king conditi on king
conditi on &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjuryor deat hcaused
by theuse ofdamag edchild restr aint sys-
te ms
Child restr aint system sor their retaining sys-
te ms that have been subject edtostr essin an
ac cide nt ma yno tbe able toper form their
int ended protectiv efunction . It
ma ybe thecase that thech ild canno tbe
pr oper lyrestr ained . #
Alwaysimmed iatelyre place child
re str aint system sth at have been dam-
ag ed orinvo lved inan accident. #
Have thesecur ingsystems forth ech ild
re str aint system sch eckedat aqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop beforeins talling a
ch ild restr aint system again. AA
v v
oi d dir oi
d direc tsu nli gh t ec
tsu nli gh t &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof burnswhen thech ild
seat isex posed todirect sunlight
If th ech ild restr aint system isex posed to
dir ect sunlight orheat, partscould heatup
ex cessiv ely.
Childr encould su.er burnsfrom these parts,
par ticular lytheme tallic partsof thech ild
re str aint system . #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thech ild restr aint
sy stem isno tex posed todirect sunlight. #
Coverth ech ild restr aint system with a
blank et,fo rex am ple. #
Ifth ech ild restr aint system hasbe en
ex posed todirect sunlight, allowitto
cool beforesecur ingach ild intoit. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. Obser
v Obser
ve when st e
when stoppin gor par oppin
gor par king king
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to childr enleT unatt ended intheve hicle
If ch ildr enareleT unsuper visedintheve hicle,
th ey could, inpar ticul ar:
R open doors,ther eb yendang ering other
per sons orroad user s.
R getout and bestruckby oncoming tra1c.
R oper ateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple. 5252
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In
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. &
W W
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-
lin gac lin
gachild r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system em
LeT/rLeT/r
ight ight
r r
ear seat ear
seat
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
tr tr
act act
oroft or
ofthe sea tbelt he
sea tbelt &
W W
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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#
Activateth especial seatbeltretract or
ag ain and correctl ysecur eth ech ild
re str aint system . Wh
enena bled ,th especial seatbeltretract or
ensur esthat theseat belts ofthefront passeng er
seat andrear seats donotslac kenonce thech ild
re str aint system isse cu red.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit haspecial seatbeltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
Ins t Ins
tallin gac allin
gachild r hild
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system em
#
When installing ach ild restr aint system ,
al wa ys obser vethemanuf acturer'sinstallation
and oper ating instruction sas wellas theinf or-
mation inthis Oper ator's Manual. #
Pull theseat beltsmoo thly from theseat belt
outle t. #
Eng ageth eseat belttongue intheseat belt
buc kle. A A
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the special seatbeltre he
special seatbeltretr tr
act act
or or
#
Pull theseat beltoutfullyand letth einer tia
re el retract itag ain.
When thespecial seatbeltretract orisacti va-
te d, youwill hear ara tche ting sound . #
Push thech ild restr aint system down untilth e
seat beltsitstightl y.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the special seatbeltre he
special seatbeltretr tr
act act
or or
#
Press there lease buttonoftheseat belt
buc kle. #
Hold theseat belttongue andguide backto
th eseat beltoutle t. InstInst
alling aLA TC allin
gaLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)c H-ty
pe(ISOFI X)chil dr hil
dres estr tr
ain t ain
t
sy st sy
stem ont em
onthe he
leT leT
and r and
righ tr igh
trea rse ats ea
rse ats InstInst
alling aLA TC allin
gaLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)c H-ty
pe(ISOFI X)chil dr hil
dres estr tr
ain t ain
t
sy st sy
stem ont em
onthe he
leT leT
and r and
righ tr igh
trea rse ats ea
rse ats &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. 5454
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safety