Mercedes-Benz V-Class 2021 Owner's Manual page 295

292 Display messages and warning and indicator lamps
Display messages
Check brake pad wear
Vehicles with all-wheel
drive:
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Caution Brakes overhea-
ted Drive carefully
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Check brake fluid level
Possible causes/consequences and
passenger airbag actuation has disabled the front passenger
airbag.
The display must not show the messages
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airbag enabled See Owner's Manual
bag disabled See Owner's
Wait for at least one minute until the necessary system checks
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have been completed.
Ensure that the display does not show either of the two display
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messages about the front passenger airbag.
If these conditions are met, the front passenger seat can be occu‐
pied again. Observe the notes on seat occupancy recognition and
the result of the classification of the automatic front passenger air‐
bag actuation ( page 34).
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If these conditions are not met, the automatic front passenger air‐
bag actuation is malfunctioning.
Fit the child restraint system to a suitable rear seat.
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or
Seat a person of small stature on a suitable rear seat.
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Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediately.
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Further information on airbag shutoff can be found under "Auto‐
matic front passenger airbag actuation" (
* The brakepads have reached their wear limit.
Consult a qualified specialist workshop.
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* The brake system is overheating in vehicles with all-wheel drive.
Traction control and braking power will be impaired.
& WARNING Risk of accident due to overheated brake system
If you rest your foot on the brake pedal during while driving, the
brake system may overheat.
This increases the braking distance and the brake system may
even fail.
Never use the brake pedal as a footrest.
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Do not press the brake pedal and accelerator pedal simul‐
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taneously while driving.
Drive on carefully.
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When the brake system has cooled down, the display message
will disappear. Traction control will then be fully operational
again.
* There is insufficient brake fluid in the brake fluid reservoir.
& WARNING Risk of an accident due to low brake fluid level
If the brake fluid level is too low, the braking effect and the brak‐
ing characteristics may be impaired.
M M Solutions
Front-passenger
or Front-passenger air-
Manual.
page 34).
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