2023 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB warning

Calling
upt Calling
upthe Digit he
Digit alOper al
Oper at at
or's Manual or's
Manual
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Operator's Manual The
Digit alOper ator's Manual describesthefunc-
tions andoper ation oftheve hicle andthemulti-
media system. #
Select oneofthefo llo wing menu items inthe
Digit alOper ator's Manual:
R Search: searchforke yw ords inorder to/nd
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a-
tion oftheve hicle.
R Quickstar t:her eis wher eyo u/n dth e/r st
st eps towa rdsse tting up your vehicle. R
Tips: /nd informatio nth at prepar esyoufo r
cer tain everyda ysituations withyo ur vehicle.
R Anima tions:wa tchanima tionsoftheve hicle
fu nct ions.
R Mes sages: receiv eadditi onalinformation
about themessag esintheInstr ument Display.
R Bookma rks:gain acces sto your per sonall y
sa vedbookmar ks.
R Langua ge:select thelanguag efo rth eDigit al
Oper ator's Manual. 1
Back
2 Adds bookmar ks
3 Pictu re 4
Cont ents section
5 Directions ofmo vement ofcont ents section
6 Men u
Some sections intheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
suc has warning notes, can beexpanded andcol-
lapsed.
A A
dditional met dditional
methods ofcalling upt hods
ofcalling upthe Digit he
Digit alOper - al
Oper -
at at
or's Manual: or's
Manual:
Dir Dir
ect access: ect
access: openthere qu ired cont entinthe
Digit alOper ator's Manual bypressing andholding
an entr yon theta bbar inthemultimedia system: InsInstr tr
ument Display ument
Display: :
call upbrief information as
displa ymessag esintheinst rument cluster 2020
Digit
alOper ator's Manual

VV
oice Contr oice
Contr olSy st ol
Sy stem: em:
callupvia thevo ice contr ol
sy stem
Fo rsaf etyre asons, theDigit alOper ator's Manual
is deactiv ated while driving. Calling
upt Calling
upthe Digit he
Digit alOper al
Oper at at
or's Manual or's
Manual
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Info 5
Operator's Manual
5 Õ The
Digit alOper ator's Manual describesthefunc-
tions andoper ation oftheve hicle andthemulti-
media system. #
Select oneofthefo llo wing menu items inthe
Digit alOper ator's Manual:
R Search: searchforke yw ords inorder to/nd
qu ick answ ersto question sabout theoper a-
tion oftheve hicle.
R Quickstar t:her eis wher eyo u/n dth e/r st
st eps towa rdsse tting up your vehicle.
R Tips: /nd informatio nth at prepar esyoufo r
cer tain everyda ysituations withyo ur vehicle.
R Anima tions:wa tchanima tionsoftheve hicle
fu nct ions.
R Mes sages: receiv eadditi onalinformation
about themessag esintheInstr ument Display.
R Bookma rks:gain acces sto your per sonall y
sa vedbookmar ks.
R Langua ge:select thelanguag efo rth eDigit al
Oper ator's Manual. 1
Back
2 Adds bookmar ks
3 Pictu re
4 Cont ents section
5 Directions ofmo vement ofcont ents section
6 Men u
Some sections intheDigit alOper ator's Manual,
suc has warning notes, can beexpanded andcol-
lapsed.
A A
dditional met dditional
methods ofcalling upt hods
ofcalling upthe Digit he
Digit alOper - al
Oper -
at at
or's Manual: or's
Manual: Digit
alOper ator's Manual
21 21

Util
ityvehicles have asigni/cantl yhighe rro llo ver
ra te than other types ofvehicles.
If th is type ofvehicle isno tdr iven safely, an acci-
den tcan occur ,th eve hicle canrollove rand
occupants cansu.er serious oreven fata linju-
ri es.
In aro llo vercr ash, anunbelt edper son issign i/-
can tly mor elik elyto die than aper son wearing a
seat belt.
Yo uand allvehicle occupan tsshould alwayswe ar
yo ur seat belts. NNo o
t t
es f es
for per or
per sons wit sons
withelectr h
electr onicmedical aids onic
medical aids
Mer cedes-Benz AGcanno t,despit ecar efully
de veloping vehicle systems, completely rule out
th eint eraction ofvehicle systems withelect ronic
med icalaid ssuc has cardiac pacema kers.
In addit ion,th er ear ecom ponents installed inthe
ve hicle that, rega rdless oftheoper ating status of
th eve hicle, cangener atema gne tic/elds onapar
wit hper manent magne ts.Thes e/e lds canbe
fo und, forex am ple, inthear ea around themulti- media
andsound system oralso inthear ea ofthe
seats, dependingon theve hicle equipme nt.
Fo rth is reason, thefo llo wing canoccur inisolat ed
cases ,depending ontheaids used:
R Medical aidsmalfunctionin g
R Adversehealt he.ect s
Obser vetheno tesand warnings ofthemanuf ac-
tur erofthemedical aids;ifin doubt, contactthe
de vice manuf acturerand/or your doct or.If th er e
is continuin guncer tainty concer ningthepossibil-
ity ofmedical aidsmalfunctionin g,Mer cedes-
Benz AGrecommen dsusing onlyfew electr ical
ve hicle systems and/ ormain taining adist ance
fr om thecom ponents.
When chargin gth ehigh-v oltagebatt ery, ke ep a
dist ance ofatleast anarm's lengt hbe tween the
medical aidand thefo llo wing components:
R The powe rsuppl yeq uipment
This includes chargin gst atio nsinthefo rm ofa
wa llbo xor apublic chargin gpoin t,forex am-
ple.
R Vehicle compone ntscar rying livevo ltag e This
includes thech argin gcable andthe
ch argin gcont rolbo x,forex am ple.
Onl yha ve repair sand maint enance workinthe
ar ea ofthefo llo wing components carried out ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop:
R Vehicle compone ntscar rying livevo ltag e
R Transmi ssionantenn a
R Mul time diasystem and soun dsy stem
If yo uha ve anyqu eries orsugg estion s,consult a
qua li/ed specialist workshop. PrPr
oblem swit oblem
swit hy h
your v our
vehicle ehicle
If yo ushould exper ience apr oblem withyo ur vehi-
cle, particu larlyone that youbelie vema ya.ect its
saf eoper ation, weurge youto cont actanaut hor -
ize dMer cedes-B enzCent erimmedi atelyto have
th epr oblem diagnosed andrecti/ed. Ifth epr ob-
lem isno tre sol vedto your satisf action, please
discuss thepr oblem again withan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Centeror,if necessar y,cont act
us atone ofthefo llo wing addresses:
In t In
the US he
USA: A: Gener
alno tes
31 31

RR
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system function ality em
function ality When
theve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
fo rm ed, during whic hth e0075 restr aint system
wa rning lamplights up.Itgoes outnolater than a
few secon dsaTer theve hicle isstar ted. The com-
ponent sof there str aint system areth en func-
tional. Malfunction
ingr Malfunction
ingres estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
A
malfunction hasoccur redin there str aint sys-
te m if:
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lampdoes
no tlight upwhen theve hicle isswitc hedon
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lamplights
up continuousl yor repeat edlydur ing ajour ney &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofdeat hdue tothere str aint
sy stem malfunc tion ing
Co mp onent sin there str aint system maybe
acti vatedunint ention allyor notdeplo yas
int ended inan accident. Intheeve ntofan
ac cid ent, thehigh-v oltageon-boar delectr ical
sy stem mayno tbe deactiv ated asintended. Yo
uma yre ceiv ean elect ric shoc kif yo uto uc h
th edamag edcom ponents ofthehigh-v oltage
on-boar delectr icalsystem. #
Have there str aint system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu ali/ed spe-
ciali stwo rkshop. #
ATer anacciden t,switc ho. theve hicle
immed iately. FF
unction oft unction
ofthe r he
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system inan accident em
inan accident Ho
wthere str aint system worksdepen dson the
se verity of theim pact detected and theappar ent
type ofaccident :
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activati on thre sholds forth ecom ponents of
th ere str aint system arede term ined based onthe
ev aluat ionofthesensor values measured atvari-
ous points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-e mp -
tiv ein natur e.The trigg ering/deplo ymentofthe com
pone ntsofthere str aint system musttake
place ingood timeatthestar tof thecollision.
Fa ctor swhic hcan onlybe seen andmeasur ed
aTer acollisi onhas occur redcanno tpla ya deci-
siv ero le in airbag deployment. Nordothey pro-
vide anindication ofairbag deployment.
The vehicle maybe def ormed signi/cantl ywit hout
an airbag beingdepl oyed.This isthecase ifonl y
par tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed are
a.ec tedand thera te of vehicle decel eration is
no thigh. Conversely, an airbag maybe depl oyed
ev en though theve hicle su.er sonl ymin ordef or-
matio n.Ifve ry rigid vehicle partssuc has lon gitu-
din almembe rsarehit, this ma yre sult insu1-
cientl yhigh leve ls of vehicle decel eration .
Depen dingon thede tected deplo yment situation,
th ecom ponents ofthere str aint system canbe
ac tiva tedor deplo yedindepende ntlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont alim pac t,
re ar impact, sideimpact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: front al
im pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact 4040
Occupant
safety

#
Alwayseng ageseat belttongue 2oftheseat
belt intoseat beltbuckle1 ofthecor re-
spond ingseat.
% Aseat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof
pr otection ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Obser vethe
no teson fasteni ng theseat belt(/page41). *
N NO O
TE TE
Deplo yment ofcom ponents ofthe
re str aint system when thefront passeng er
seat isunoccupied andaseat beltis
buc kled When
thefront passeng erseat isunoccupied
and theseat belttongue oftheseat beltis
eng aged intheseat beltbuckle, com ponents
of there str aint system maydepl oyunnecessa-
ri ly on thefront passeng erside, e.g.theEmer -
ge ncy Tensio ning Device . #
Onlybuc kletheseat belts asintended. %
Obser vetheno teson stor ag ear eas
(/ page106).
Inf ormatio non installing ach ild restr aint sys-
te m and onchildr entrav eling intheve hicle
can befound inthe"Childr enintheve hicle"
secti on(/ page57) . Se
atbelt adjus Se
atbelt adjustmen tfu nct ion tmen
tfu nct ion VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hPR E-S h
PR E-S AFE AFE
® ®
: :
ATer afront seat belt
has been fastene d,theaut omatic seatbeltadjust- ment
mayappl ya cer tain tight ening forc e. Do not
hold theseat belttightl ywhile itis adjusti ng.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv ateth eseat belt
adjustmen tfunction usingthemultimedia system
(/ page44). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingseatbeltadjus ating
seatbeltadjustmen tvia tment
via
t t
he multimedia syst he
multimedia system em
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle #
Activateor dea ctivateBelt Adjustmen t. RR
elea sing seatbelts elea
sing 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. 4444
Occupa
ntsaf ety

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
Knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Windo wcur tain airbag
5 Side airbag
The installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled,anairbag canprov ide additional
pr otection forth ere specti vevehicle 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 Windo wcur tain airbag: head
R Side airbag: ribcag eand pelvis &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju ryor 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.
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onaseat withan 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(/ page64) .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 (/page63). Occupant
safety
45 45

The
statu sof thefront 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. #
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, installth ere 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. 5050
Occupa
ntsaf ety

DrDr
iving iving
NNo o
t t
es on electr es
on electr icmode ic
mode &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofchemical burnsand poi-
soning from damag edhigh-v oltagebatt ery
If th ehousing ofthehigh-v oltagebatt eryhas
been damag ed,electr olyte and gases may
leak out. #
Avoid cont actwithth eskin, eyes or
clo thing. #
Immedia tely rinse electrolyte spl ashes
o. withwa terand seek medical atten-
tion straight away. &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofexplosion from excessiv e
int ernal pressur eof thehigh-v oltagebat-
te ry
Flammable gasma yescape andignite in the
eve ntofave hicle /re. #
Stop thech argin gpr ocess immed iately
in case ofunu sual odors,smok eor bur n
mar ks. #
Leavethedang erzone immediat ely.
Sec ureth edang erzone atasu1cien t
dist ance. #
Call the/r ebr igade. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteson vehicle noise
emissi onsand theacoustic vehicle warning sys-
te m:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithapur elyelect ric
dr ive sy stem and develops consider ablylo we r
st at iona ry and vehicle noiseemissi onsthan
ve hicles withacombus tionengine.
It is forth is reason that theve hicle iseq uip-
ped withasoun dge ner ator ,wh ich ser vesas
an acous ticvehicle warning system (AVA S).
R The sound gener ator gener ates spe ed-d epend-
ent vehicle noiseemissi onswhen drivi ng
fo rw ardor bac king upataspeed ofup to
ar oun d25 mph(3 0km /h).
Th ishe lpsot her road user s,par ticu larly
pedest rians and cyclis ts,tohear your vehicle
be tter . R
When drivi ng atspeeds above20 mph
(20 km/h )The vehicle acous ticwarning sys-
te m graduall yswitc heso..
R Despi tethesound gener ator ,th eve hicle still
ma yno tbe hear dby other road user s.Ad apt
yo ur driving styleaccor dingly. Manua
ldis conne ctionof t Manua
ldis conne ctionof the high -v he
high -volt olt
ag ag
eon- e
on-
boa r boa
rd elec tr d
elec trica lsy st ica
lsy stem em
&
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskofdea thand /redue to
modi/ed and/ordamagedcom ponen tsof
th ehigh-v oltageon-boar delectr icalsys-
te m
The vehicle' shigh- voltag eon-boar delectr ical
sy stem isunder highvoltag e. Ifyo umodify
com ponent partsintheve hicle' shigh- voltag e
on-boar delectr icalsystem ortouc hdamag ed
com ponent parts,youma ybe electr ocuted.In
addition, modi/edand/ordamagedcom po-
nents maycause a/r e.
In theev ent ofan accident orimpact tothe
ve hicle underbod y,com pone ntsofthehigh- Dr
iving andparking
143 143