Important Safety Notes - Mercedes-Benz 2012 E-Class Sedan Operator's Manual

Trunk/cargo compartment
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X
Turn the mechanical key counterclockwise
to position 1.
The door is unlocked.
X
Turn the mechanical key back and remove
it.
X
Insert the mechanical key into the
SmartKey.
Locking the vehicle (mechanical key)
If the vehicle can no longer be locked with the
SmartKey, use the mechanical key.
X
Open the driver's door.
X
Close the front-passenger door, the rear
doors and the trunk lid/tailgate.
X
Press the locking button (
X
Check whether the locking knobs on the
front-passenger door and the rear doors
are still visible. Press down the locking
knobs by hand, if necessary.
X
Close the driver's door.
X
Take the mechanical key out of the
SmartKey ( Y
X
Insert the mechanical key into the lock of
the driver's door as far as it will go.
X
Turn the mechanical key clockwise as far
as it will go to position 1.
X
Turn the mechanical key back and remove
it.
X
Make sure that the doors and the trunk lid/
tailgate are locked.
X
Insert the mechanical key into the
SmartKey.
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i If you lock the vehicle as described above,
the fuel filler flap is not locked. The anti-
theft alarm system is not armed.
Trunk/cargo compartment

Important safety notes

Do not leave the SmartKey in the trunk/cargo
compartment. You could otherwise lock
yourself out.
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WARNING
When leaving the vehicle, always remove the
SmartKey from the ignition lock. Always take
the SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.
Do not leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle, even if they are secured in a child
restraint system, and do not give them access
to an unlocked vehicle. A child's unsupervised
access to a vehicle could result in an accident
and/or serious personal injury. They could:
injure themselves on vehicle parts
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be seriously or fatally injured by extreme
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heat or cold
injure themselves or have an accident with
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vehicle equipment that may still be in
operation even after the SmartKey has
been removed from the ignition, such as the
seat adjustment, steering wheel
adjustment or memory function.
If children open a door, they could cause
severe or even fatal injury to other persons; if
they get out of the vehicle, they could injure
themselves when doing so or be seriously or
even fatally injured by any passing traffic.
Do not expose the child restraint system to
direct sunlight. The child restraint system's
metal parts, for example, could become very
hot, and a child could be burned on these
parts.
G
WARNING
Do not carry heavy or hard objects in the
passenger compartment or trunk/cargo
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