Mercedes-Benz 2009 C-Class Operator's Manual page 53

accordance with the child seat
manufacturer's instructions.
Occupants, especially children, should
always sit as upright as possible, wear the
seat belt properly and use an appropriately
sized infant restraint, toddler restraint, or
booster seat recommended for the size and
weight of the child.
Children can be killed or seriously injured
by an inflating air bag. Note the following
important information when circumstances
require you to place a child in the front
passenger seat:
Your vehicle is equipped with air bag
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technology designed to deactivate the
front passenger front air bag in your
vehicle when the system senses the
weight of a typical 12-month-old child or
less along with the weight of a standard
appropriate child restraint on the front
passenger seat.
A child in a rear-facing child restraint on
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the front passenger seat will be seriously
injured or even killed if the front
passenger front air bag inflates in a
collision which could occur under some
circumstances, even with the air bag
technology installed in your vehicle. The
only means to completely eliminate this
risk is to never place a child in a rear-
facing child restraint in the front seat. We
therefore strongly recommend that you
always place a child in a rear-facing child
restraint in a backseat.
If you must install a rear-facing child
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restraint on the front passenger seat
because circumstances require you to do
so, make sure the 5/ indicator
lamp is illuminated, indicating that the
front passenger front air bag is
deactivated. Should the 5/
indicator lamp not illuminate or go out
while the restraint is installed, please
check installation. Periodically check the
5/ indicator lamp while driving to
make sure the 5/ indicator lamp
is illuminated. If the 5/ indicator
lamp goes out or remains out, do not
transport a child on the front passenger
seat until the system has been repaired.
A child in a rear-facing child restraint on
the front passenger seat will be seriously
injured or even killed if the front
passenger front air bag inflates.
If you have to place a child in a forward-
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facing child restraint on the front
Safety and security
Occupant safety
passenger seat, move the seat as far
back as possible, use the proper child
restraint recommended for the age, size
and weight of the child, and secure child
restraint with the vehicle's seat belt
according to the child seat
manufacturer's instructions. For children
larger than the typical 12-month-old
child, the front passenger front air bag
may or may not be activated.
Deployment of the driver front air bag does
not mean that the front passenger front air
bag also should have deployed.
The OCS may have determined:
that the seat was empty or occupied by the
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weight up to or less than that of a typical
12-month-old child seated in a standard
child restraint – both instances where the
system suppresses deployment of the front
passenger front air bag even though the
impact met the criteria and was of
sufficient severity to deploy the driver front
air bag
that the seat was occupied by a small
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individual (such as a young teenager or a
small adult) or a child who weighs more
than the weight of a typical 12-month-old
child in a standard child restraint – both of
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