2023 MERCEDES-BENZ EQB Owners Manual

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es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the r he
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
The
restr aint system include sth efo llo wing com-
ponents:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restr aint system
R Child se at secu ring systems
The restr aint system canhe lppreve nttheve hicle
occupan tsfrom comin gint ocont actwith partsof
th eve hicle interior intheev ent ofan accident. In
th eev ent ofan accident, there str aint system can
al so reduce thefo rc es towhic hth eve hicle occu-
pant sar esubj ected.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof pro-
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
de tected acciden tsituat ion,Emer gency Tensio n-
ing Device sand/o rair bag ssup plem entthepr o-
te ction o.eredbyacor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensio ning Device sand/o rair bag s
ar eno tdep loye din everyaccident. In
order forth ere str aint system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle occu-
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.
R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl eto da ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjur iesand fata lities inevery
accident situation. Inpar ticular ,th eseat beltand
airbag gener allydo notpr otect against objects
pene trating theve hicle from theoutside. Itis also
no tpossible tocom pletely rule out therisk of
inj urycaused bytheairbag deploying. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the he
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
modi/cation sto there str aint system
Ve hicle occupan tsma yno longerbe protect ed
as intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re str aint system . #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there str aint sys-
te m. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing oranyelec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. If
it is nec essar yto modify theve hicle toaccom-
modat eaper son withdisabi lities, cont actan
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen terfo rde tails.
US Aonl y:forde tails, cont actour Cust omer Assis-
ta nce Cent eron 1-800 -FOR -MER Cedes
(1‑ 800‑3 67‑63 72). Occ
upantsafety
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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
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R
Sideairb ag :si de impa ct
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact, rollo ver,
fr ont alim pa ct
The front passeng erairb ag canonl ybe 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 (/ page49) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotair bag
com pone nts
The airbag partsareho taTer anair bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adepl oyedair bag replaced ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop assoon as
possibl e. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.Ta ke this int oaccount, particu-
lar lyifan Emer gency Tensio ning Device istrig-
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an airbag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang, and
a small amount ofpowder mayalso bereleased:
R The bang willnotge ner allya. ect your hear ing.
R Ingener al,thepo wder released isno thazar d-
ous tohealt hbut maycause short-te rm
br eat hing di1culties toper sons su.er ingfrom
ast hma orother pulmo narycond itions.
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immed iatelyor open thewindo win order to
pr ev ent breat hing di1culties .
Airbags andpyrotech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning
De vice scont ainperc hlorate mat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire specia lhandling orenvironment alprotec-
tion measur es.National guidelinesrega rding
wa ste disp osal mu stbe observed. InCalif ornia,
see <00490055005500510054001B001000100045005500540044000F00440042000F
00480050> v/.Using thesear chfunc -
tio n,youwill /ndinf ormation onper chlor ate, for
ex ample. Se
atbelt s Se
atbelt s Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat belt he
seat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrectl ybef ore
st ar tin gajour ney.Asea tbel tca nonl ypr ov ide
th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
incor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectl y,itcanno t
per form itsintended protectiv efun ction .
In additi on,anincor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
ca nalso causeinj uries, forex am ple, inthe
eve ntofan accid ent orwh en brak ing or
ch ang ingdirecti onsudde nly. #
Alwaysensu rethat all vehicle occupan ts
ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
aysobser vetheinst ruction sabout thecor rect
dr iver's seat positi onand adjus tingth eseat
(/ page91). Occupant
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In
order forth ecor rectl ywo rnseat belttoprov ide
th eint ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle
occupan tmus tobser vethefo llo wing information:
R The seat beltmust notbe twist edand must /t
tightl yand snugl yacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmust berouted acr oss thecen-
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur nec knor berouted under your
ar m or behind your bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. awint er
coat.
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possible
acr oss your hips andpulltight withth eshoul-
der section ofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdomen.
Pr egnant women must alsotake par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin-
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objects.
R Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. R
Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso beingused byone oftheve hi-
cle's occupan ts.
Also ensurethat no objects, e.g.a cushion ,
ar eev er placed between aper son and the
seat.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit hach ild seat safetyfe atur e:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth ech ild seat safetyfe atur e
of theseat belt(/page58).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besureto
obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Child renin theve hicle" (/page54) .
Alw aysobser vetheinst ruction sfo rloading the
ve hicle when securingobjects, luggage orloads
(/ page106) . LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat he
seat
belt belt
&
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 yor deat hwhen
additional restr aint system sare notus ed
fo rper sons withasmaller statur e
Pe rsons under 5T (1.50 m)ta llcanno twe ar
th eseat beltcorrectl ywit hout asuit able addi-
tion alrestr aint system . 4242
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cupa nt safety

#
Alwayssecur eper sons under5T
(1.5 0m) tallin asuit able restr aint sys-
te m. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjuryor deat hdue to
damag edormodi/ed seatbelts
Seat belts canno tpr ov ide protection inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi-
/ed, isex tremel ydir ty,blea ched ordyed
R The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex tremel ydir ty
R Modi/cat ionsha ve been made tothe
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageor sea tbelt retract or
Seat belts maysust ainnon-visib ledam agein
an acc ident, e.g.duetoglas sspl inters.
Mo di/ed ordam aged sea tbelts couldtear or
fa ilin theev ent ofan accident, forex am ple.
Modi/ed Emergency Tensio ning Device scou ld
ac cid ent allytrigg eror failto func tionas inten-
de d. #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem, for
ex am ple theseat belt, seatbeltbuckle,
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageand seatbelt retract or. #
Mak esur eth at theseat belts areundam-
ag ed, notwo rnand clean . #
Alwaysha ve theseat belts checked
immediat elyaTer anaccident ataqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. Onl
yuse seat beltswhic hha ve been approvedfo r
yo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thfrom
de plo yedpy rotech nic Eme rgency Tensio n-
ing Device s
Pyro tech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a-
tional andareunable toper form their inten-
ded protectiv efunction . #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Eme rgency Tensio ning Device simm edi-
at elyre placed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat belt If
an unu sed seat beltisno tfu lly re tract ed, it
ma ybeco metrapp edinthedoor orintheseat
mec hanism. #
Alwaysensu rethat an unu sed seat belt
is fully re tract ed. FF
ast ast
ening seatbelts ening
seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orloc ks.The seatbelt strap can-
no tbe pulle dout anyfur ther. Occupant
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#
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
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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
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InfInf
or or
mati ononaut mati
ononautomati cfr omati
cfront passen g ont
passen ger airba g er
airba g
shut shut
o. o.
The front passen gerairbag 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 (/ page49) .
* NO NO
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
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the 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. To
avo idtherisk sre sult ing from thedeplo yment
of an airbag, eachve hicle occupan tmus tobser ve
th efo llo wing information inpar ticular :
R Beforestar ting your jour ney,adju styour seat
cor rectl y;thedr iver's seat andfront
passeng erseat should bemo vedas farbac k
as possible.
When doingso,alwaysobser vetheinf orma-
tion onthecor rect driver's seat positi on
(/ page91) .
R Onlyhold thesteer ing wheel bythesteer ing
wheel rim. This allowstheairbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alwayslean agains tth eseat backrest when
th eve hicle isin mo tion .Do notlean forw ards
or agains tth edoor orside windo w.Youma y 4646
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ntsaf ety