2022 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE child seat

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unction oft unction
ofthe P he
PASS EN ASS
ENGER AIRBA GER
AIRBAGindicat G
indicat or or
lam lam
ps ps
Self
-t Self
-tes est
ofaut t
of aut omatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag shut- er
airbag shut-
o. o.
When theve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
fo rm ed dur ing whic hth etw oPA SSENGE RAIR
BA GON and OFFind icat or lamp slig ht up simul ta-
neous ly. The
status ofthefront passeng erairbag isdis-
pla yedvia thePA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or
la mp saTer theself-t est:
R ON islit: ON
islit: thefront passeng erairbag may
deplo ydur ing anaccident.
The indicat orlam pgoes outaTer 60seconds.
R ON and OFF ar ON
and OFF areno e
no tlit: t
lit: thefront passeng er
airbag maydeplo ydur ing anaccident.
R OFF islit: OFF
islit: thefront passeng erairbag isdisa-
bled. Itwill then notbe deplo yedin theev ent
of an accident.
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GON indicat or lamp is
o., onlyth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp showsthestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
ma ybe litcontin uouslyor be o..
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
and the0075 restr aint system warning lamplight
up simult aneousl y,thefront passeng erseat may
no tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shut
o.checkedand repair edimmediat elyat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
S S
t t
atus displa y atus
displa y
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, ensure,
bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,that thesta-
tus ofthefront passeng erairbag iscor rect forth e
cur rent situ atio n.
AT er AT
erinst inst
alling ar all
ing arear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c ac
ing chil dr hil
dres estr tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem ont em
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng ersea t er
sea t: :
PA SSENGE R
AI R BA GOF Fmu stbe litcontin uously. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk 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
ev ent ofan accident.
The child could bestruckby theairbag. Occupant
safety
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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 . When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page63).
Depen dingon thech ild restr aint system andth e
st at ur eof thech ild, thePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp maybe o.. Inthis case, donot
inst allthere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint system
on thefront passeng erseat.
Inst ead, installthere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onasu itab lerear seat.
ATer ATer
inst ins
tallin gaf allin
gafor w or
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res es
tr tr
aint sy aint
sys- s-
t t
em ont em
onthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger seat er
seat: :
depen dingon
th ech ild restr aint system andth estatur eof the
ch ild, PASSENGE RAIR BA GOF Fma ybe litcontin -
uo uslyor be o.. Alwaysobser vethefo llo wing
inf ormation. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue 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(/ page63).
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. 5050
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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. 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 (/page63) 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 rable 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 Occ
upantsafety
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AA
ut ut
omatic measur omatic
measures es
aTer aTer
anaccident an
accident
Depending onthetype andseverity of theacci-
dent, anddepending ontheve hicle' seq uipme nt,
th efo llo wing measur escan beimplement ed,for
ex am ple:
R Automatic braking (post-collision brak e)
R Activating thehazar dwa rning light system
R Trigg ering anaut omatic emergency call
(/ page303)
R Switc hingo.theengine
To star tth eve hicle again, switc hth eve hicle
o. and ononce more(/ page157) .Depen d-
ing onthetype andseverity of theaccident,
yo uma yno long erbe able tostar tth eve hicle.
R Switching o.thefuel suppl ysy stem
R Unloc kingtheve hicle doors
R Lowe ring theside windo ws
R Displa yingtheemer gency guide inthemulti-
media system displa y
R Switc hingontheint erior lighting F F
unction oft unction
ofthe pos he
post-collision br t-collision
brak e ak
e
Depending ontheaccident situation, thepost-col-
lision brak ecan minimize these verity of afur ther
collision oreve navo idit.
If an accident isde tected, thepost-collision brak e
can implement automatic braking. Whentheve hi-
cle has come toast ands till,th eelectr icpar king
br ak eis aut omaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th efo llo wing actions:
R Braking morestr ongl yth an aut omati cbr aking
R Fully depr essing theacceler ator pedal with
fo rc e SafSaf
el el
ytr y
trans por ans
porting c ting
chi ld r hi
ld ren int en
inthe v he
veh icle eh
icle Alw
ay Alw
aysobser v s
obser ve when c e
when childr hildr
enar en
aretrav e
traveling int eling
inthe he
v v
ehicle ehicle
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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
(/ page54). 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,
Mer cedes- Benzst ro ngl yadvi sesthat youinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onare ar seat. Occupan
tsaf ety
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The
g The
gener ener
ict ic
ter er
m c m
chil dr hil
dres estr 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 aLA TC 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 58).
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.
Babi esand small childr 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 . 5454
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cupa nt safety

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 (/page58).
- Secur ing thech ild restr aint system with
th eseat beltonthere ar seat
(/ page62) . -
Secur ing thech ild restr aint system with
th eseat beltonthefront passeng erseat
(/ page63). 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 63).
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
(/ page49).
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.
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 . Oc
cupa nt safety
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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
&
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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.
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. 5656
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Keep theve hicle SmartKey out ofreac h
of childr en. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk offata linjur ydue toexpo-
sur eto extreme heator cold intheve hicle
If per sons, particu larlych ildr en, aresubject ed
to prolong edexposur eto intense heatorcold,
th er eis arisk ofsevere injur yor even deat h. #
Neverlea veper sons, particular lych il-
dr en, 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
Se cond row of seats (leTandright seat)–pr efer -
re dsecur ingsystem:
® LATC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child seat secur ing
sy stem
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page60). Alt
ernativ esecur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
Thir dro w of seats (ifpresen t)–secur ingsystem:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
F F
r r
ont passen g ont
passen ger seat er
seat
Se cur ing system:
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(/ page49).
R Noteson automati cfront passen gerairbag
shut o.(/ page47).
Cent Cent
err er
rear seat (second seatro ear
seat (second seatrow) w)
Se cur ing system:
0076 Vehicle seatbelt
¯ Alsosecur eTo pTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page60). 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 &
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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. #
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. Occupant
safety
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