Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2010 Owner's Manual page 49

Children in the vehicle
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Child seat on the front-passenger seat
Warning notice on the front-passenger sun visor
Warning symbol for a rearward-facing child
restraint system
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Risk of injury
If the front-passenger front airbag is not dis-
abled:
a child secured in a child restraint system
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on the front-passenger seat could be seri-
ously and even fatally injured by the front-
passenger front airbag deploying. This is
especially a risk if the child is in the imme-
diate vicinity of the front-passenger front
airbag when it deploys.
never secure a child on the front-passenger
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seat in a rearward-facing child restraint sys-
tem. Only secure a rearward-facing child
restraint system on a suitable rear seat.
always move the front-passenger seat to
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the rearmost position if you secure a child
Vehicles without automatic child seat recognition on the front-passenger seat: if you turn the key to position
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2 in the ignition lock, PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning lamp 4 lights up briefly but has no function. It
does not indicate that there is automatic child seat recognition on the front-passenger seat.
in a forward-facing child restraint system
on the front-passenger seat.
The front-passenger front airbag is not disa-
bled:
on vehicles without automatic child seat
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recognition on the front-passenger seat
on vehicles with automatic child seat rec-
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ognition on the front-passenger seat, if
there is no child restraint system with auto-
matic child seat recognition fitted to the
front-passenger seat.
on vehicles with automatic child seat rec-
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ognition on the front-passenger seat, if the
PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning lamp
4 is not lit.
To make you aware of this danger, a corre-
sponding warning sticker has been affixed on
the dashboard and on both sides of the sun
visor on the front-passenger side.
Information about recommended child
restraint systems is available at any
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre.
Automatic child seat recognition on the
front-passenger seat
If your vehicle does not have automatic child
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seat recognition on the front-passenger
seat, this is indicated by a special sticker. The
sticker is affixed to the side of the dashboard
on the front-passenger side. The sticker is