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Safety
Occupant safety
tion system detects that the front-
passenger seat is occupied
Children in the vehicle
If a child is riding in your vehicle, secure the
child using a child restraint system appropri-
ate to the size and age of the child and
approved for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Pref-
erably, you should fit the restraint system on
a suitable rear seat. Make sure that the child
is strapped in throughout the trip.
You can obtain information about the correct
child restraint system from any Mercedes-
Benz Service Centre.
i
It is advisable to use Mercedes-Benz care
products to clean child restraint systems.
You can obtain information about this from
any Mercedes-Benz Service Centre.
G Risk of injury
Do not leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle, even if they are secured in a child
restraint system. The children could injure
themselves on parts of the vehicle. They
could also be seriously or even fatally
injured by prolonged exposure to extreme
heat or cold.
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Do not expose the child restraint system to
direct sunlight. The metallic parts of the
child restraint system could heat up and the
child could be burned by them.
If the children open the door other persons
could be injured. They could get out and
injure themselves or be injured by a passing
vehicle.
G Risk of injury
An unsecured or incorrectly positioned load
increases the risk of injury to the child in
the event of:
an accident
R
a braking manoeuvre
R
a sudden change of direction
R
Do not carry heavy or hard objects inside
the vehicle unless they are secured. You
will find further information in the index
under "Features".
Child restraint systems
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you only
use the child restraint systems listed on
(
page 48).
Y
G Risk of injury
To reduce the risk of serious or even fatal
injury to the child in the event of a sudden
change in direction, braking or an accident:
Children less than 1.50 m tall and under
R
twelve years of age must always be
secured in special child restraint systems
on a suitable vehicle seat. This is neces-
sary because the seat belts are not
designed for children of this size.
If you fit a child restraint system to the
R
front-passenger seat, you must move the
front-passenger seat as far back as pos-
sible.
Children must never travel sitting on the
R
lap of another occupant. Due to the
forces occurring in the event of a sudden
change of direction, heavy braking or an
accident, it would not be possible to
restrain the child. The child would be
thrown against parts of the vehicle inte-
rior and be seriously or even fatally
injured.
G Risk of injury
If the child restraint system is not fitted
correctly to a suitable vehicle seat, it can-
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