Driving Safety Systems; Rear Doors - Mercedes-Benz R 350 Operator's Manual

ignition lock or removed from the vehicle,
such as seat adjustment, steering wheel
adjustment, or the memory function
If children open a door, they could injure other
persons or get out of the vehicle and injure
themselves or be injured by following traffic.
Do not expose the child restraint system to
direct sunlight. The child restraint system's
metal parts, for example, could become very
hot, and the child could be burned on these
parts.
Child-proof locks for the rear doors
G
WARNING
Children could open a rear door from inside
the vehicle. This could result in serious
injuries or an accident. Therefore, when
children ride in the rear always secure the rear
doors with the child-proof locks.
You secure each door individually with the
child-proof locks on the rear doors. A door
secured with a child-proof lock cannot be
opened from inside the vehicle. When the
vehicle is unlocked, the door can be opened
from the outside.
To activate: press the child-proof lock
X
lever down in the direction of arrow ;.
Make sure that the child-proof locks are
X
working properly.
To deactivate: press the child-proof lock
X
lever up in the direction of arrow :.

Driving safety systems

Override feature for the rear side
windows
G WARNING
When children ride on the vehicle's rear seats,
activate the override switch. Otherwise, the
children could be injured, e.g. by trapping
themselves in the rear side window.
To activate/deactivate: press button :.
X
Button : is pushed in or extended. If the
button has engaged, operation of the rear
side windows is deactivated. Operation is
then only possible using the switches in the
driver's door.
Driving safety systems
Driving safety systems overview
In this section, you will find information about
the following driving safety systems:
ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)
R
( page 68)
Y
BAS (Brake Assist System) (
R
®
R ESP (Electronic Stability Program)
( page 69)
Y
EBD (electronic brake force distribution)
R
( page 70)
Y
Distance warning function (
R
Important safety notes
If you fail to adapt your driving style or
become distracted, the driving safety
67
page 68)
Y
page 71)
Y
Z