Notes On Pets In The Vehicle - Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2018 Operating Instructions Manual

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Occupant safety
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to children left unattended in the
vehicle
When children are travelling in the vehicle,
they could:
open doors, thereby endangering other
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people or road users
get out of the vehicle and be hit by traffic
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operate vehicle equipment and become
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trapped, for example
When children are travelling in the vehi‐
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cle, always activate the available child
safety locks.
Never leave children unattended in the
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vehicle.
When leaving the vehicle, always take
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the key with you and lock the vehicle.
Vehicles for the United Kingdom: observe the
important safety notes in the "Notes on the addi‐
tional door lock" section.
The following doors have child safety locks:
sliding doors
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rear doors on a crewcab
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The child safety locks on the doors secure each
door separately. The doors can no longer be
opened from the inside (exception: electric slid‐
ing door). When the vehicle is unlocked, the door
can be opened from the outside.
If the electric sliding door is secured, only the
sliding door controls in the rear are deactivated.
The electric sliding door can be opened at any
time using the switch in the centre console
( page 51).
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Example: sliding door child safety lock
Slide child safety bolt
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vate) or 3 (deactivate).
Make sure that the child safety locks are
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working properly.

Notes on pets in the vehicle

& WARNING Risk of accident and injury
due to animals left unsecured or unatten‐
ded in the vehicle
If you leave animals in the vehicle unattended
or unsecured, they could possibly press down
buttons or switches.
Thereby an animal may:
activate vehicle equipment and become
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trapped, for example
switch systems on or off and endanger
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other road users
Unsecured animals may be thrown around in
the vehicle in the event of an accident or sud‐
den steering and braking manoeuvres and
injure vehicle occupants in the process.
Never leave animals in the vehicle unat‐
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tended.
Always correctly secure animals while
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driving, e.g. using a suitable animal car‐
rier.
1 to position 2 (acti‐