Add-On Equipment - Mercedes-Benz Metris Operator's Manual

Introduction
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wise wear more quickly and the vehicle's
operating permit may be invalidated.
Problems with your vehicle
If you should experience problems with your
vehicle, particularly ones which may affect vehi-
cle safety, please contact a Mercedes-Benz
Commercial Van Center to have the problem
diagnosed and rectified. If the problem is not
dealt with to your satisfaction there, please con-
tact a Mercedes-Benz Commercial Van Center
again or write to one of the following addresses.
In the USA
Customer Assistance Center
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
One Mercedes Drive
Montreal, N 07645-0350
In Canada
Customer Relations Department
Mercedes-Benz Canada, Inc.
98 Vanderhoof Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4G 4C9
Reporting malfunctions relevant to
safety
USA only:
The following text is published as required of all
manufacturers under Title 49, Code of U.S. Fed-
eral Regulations, Part 575 pursuant to the
"National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of
1966".
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect
which could cause a crash or could cause injury
or death, you should immediately inform the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) in addition to notifying Mercedes-Benz
USA, LL.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may
open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety
defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order
a recall and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA
cannot become involved in individual problems
between you, your dealer, or Mercedes-Benz
USA, LL.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://
www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator,
NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590.
You can find more information on vehicle safety
at:
http://www.safercar.gov
Registering your vehicle
Mercedes-Benz may instruct its Mercedes-Benz
Commercial Van Center to carry out technical
inspections on certain vehicles. This is always
the case if the quality or safety of the vehicle is
improved as a result of the inspection.
Mercedes-Benz can only inform you about vehi-
cle checks if it has your registration data.
Your registration data is not stored if:
you did not purchase your vehicle at a
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Mercedes-Benz Commercial Van Center
your vehicle was not inspected at a
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Mercedes-Benz Commercial Van Center
It is advisable to register your vehicle with a
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Van Center. Inform
Mercedes-Benz as soon as possible about any
change of address or vehicle ownership.
Attachments, bodies, equipment and
conversions
Information about body/equipment
mounting directives
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For safety reasons, have bodies manufac-
tured and installed in accordance with the
valid Mercedes-Benz body/equipment
mounting directives. These body/equipment
mounting directives guarantee that the chas-
sis and add-on equipment form a cohesive
whole and that the highest possible level of
operating and driving safety is reached.
For safety reasons, Mercedes-Benz recom-
mends that:
no other modifications be made to the vehi-
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cle.
approval be obtained from Mercedes-Benz
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in the event of deviations from approved
body/equipment mounting directives.
Approval by official testing centers or permis-
sion given by authorities do not eliminate
safety risks.