Mercedes-Benz V-Class 2021 Owner's Manual page 37

34 Occupant safety
You should only use seat covers that
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have been approved for the correspond‐
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
Vehicles with window airbags in all rows of
seats:
& WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc‐
tioning sensors in the door
The function of the airbags can be impaired
due to modifications or incorrect work per‐
formed on the doors or door trim, or if the
doors are damaged.
Never modify the doors or parts of the
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doors.
Always have work on the doors or door
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trim carried out at a qualified specialist
workshop.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer offers any pro‐
tection.
Have the vehicle towed to a qualified
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specialist workshop in order to have the
deployed airbag replaced.
Have deployed airbags replaced immediately.
Status of the co-driver airbag
Function of the automatic co-driver airbag
shutoff
The automatic co-driver airbag shutoff is able to
detect whether the co-driver seat is occupied by
a person or a child restraint system. The co-driver
airbag is enabled or disabled accordingly.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects under the co-driver seat
Objects trapped under the co-driver seat can
interfere with the function of the automatic
co-driver airbag shutoff or damage the sys‐
tem.
Do not store any objects under the co-
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driver seat.
When the co-driver seat is occupied,
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make sure that no objects are trapped
under the co-driver seat.
When fitting a child restraint system to the co-
driver seat, observe the vehicle-specific informa‐
tion ( page 47). Also be sure to observe the
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notes on rearward-facing or forward-facing child
restraint systems on the co-driver seat
( page 47).
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& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects between the seat surface and the
child restraint system
Objects between the sitting surface and the
child restraint system could affect the func‐
tion of the automatic co-driver airbag shutoff.
Do not place any objects between the
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sitting surface and the child restraint
system.
Make sure that the entire base of the
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child restraint system is resting on the
sitting surface of the co-driver seat.
Make sure that the backrest of the
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forward-facing child restraint system is,
as far as possible, resting on the seat
backrest of the co-driver seat.
Always comply with the child restraint
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system manufacturer's installation
instructions.
A person on the co-driver seat must observe the
following information:
Fasten seat belts correctly (
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Sit in an almost upright seat position with
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their back against the seat backrest.
Sit with their feet resting on the floor, if possi‐
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ble.
The co-driver airbag may otherwise be disabled
by mistake, for example, in the following situa‐
tions:
The co-driver transfers their weight by sup‐
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porting themselves on a vehicle armrest.
The co-driver sits in such a way that their
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weight is raised from the sitting surface.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
a disabled front passenger airbag
The front passenger airbag is disabled when
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp
is lit.
A person in the front passenger seat could
then, for example, come into contact with the
page 29).
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