Mercedes-Benz V-Class 2021 Owner's Manual page 96

Installing and removing the seat/bunk combi‐
nation
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury as
a result of rear bench seat not being
engaged
If the rear bench seat is not engaged, it may
be flung around during travel.
Always make sure that the rear bench
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seat is engaged as described.
In order to ensure that the rear bench seat can
securely engage, keep the seat guide rails and
anchorages in the vehicle floor free of dirt and
foreign objects.
If the indicator tab of the seat anchorage is not
retracted into the seat leg, the seat is not cor‐
rectly engaged. Engage the seat again.
Removing the seat/bunk combination
A seat/bunk combination may not be fitted in the
face-to-face position.
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In vehicles with a seat rail system, carry out
the release, removal and subsequent reinstal‐
lation of a rear bench seat only at the marked
basic setting.
If necessary, remove the bed extension
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( page 91).
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Remove the stowage compartments
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( page 99).
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Fold the release handle for rear seat anchor‐
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age 1 up.
Tilt the seat/bunk combination forward using
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the upper edge of the seat backrest.
Pull the release handle for front seat ancho‐
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rages 2 up.
Hold the seat/bunk combination by the lower
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edge of the seat cushion.
Fold the seat/bunk combination forwards
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and lift it out of seat anchorages 3.
Installing the seat/bunk combination
Hold the seat/bunk combination by the lower
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edge of the seat cushion.
Place the seat/bunk combination into front
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seat anchorages 3
and allow to engage.
Make sure that release handles for front seat
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legs 2 are folded down in the direction of
the floor of the vehicle.
Fold the seat/bunk combination back into
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the seat position.
Press the release handle for rear seat anchor‐
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age 1 downwards until indicator tabs
have fully retracted into the rear seat ancho‐
rages.
The rear seat anchorages of the seat/bunk com‐
bination are correctly engaged when the seat
anchorages engage audibly and indicator tabs
on the seat anchorages are no longer visible and
have fully retracted into the seat anchorages.
Seats and stowage
from above at the front
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