Mercedes-Benz R-Class Owner's Manual page 52

For safety reasons, you should only use
child restraint systems which have been
approved for use in Mercedes-Benz vehi-
cles.
Child seat on the front-passenger seat
Warning on the front-passenger sun visor
* optional
Warning symbol for a rearward-facing child
restraint system
G Risk of injury
If the front-passenger front airbag is not
disabled:
a child secured in a child restraint system
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on the front-passenger seat could be
seriously and even fatally injured by the
front-passenger front airbag deploying.
This is especially a risk if the child is in
the immediate vicinity of the front-
passenger front airbag when it deploys.
a child must never be secured on the
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front-passenger seat in a rearward-facing
child restraint system. Only secure a
Occupant safety
rearward-facing child restraint system on
a suitable rear seat.
always move the front-passenger seat to
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the rearmost position if you secure a
child in a forward-facing child restraint
system on the front-passenger seat.
The front-passenger front airbag is not dis-
abled:
on vehicles without automatic child seat
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recognition in the front-passenger
seat*.
on vehicles without automatic child seat
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recognition on the front-passenger
seat*, if no special child restraint system
with automatic child seat recognition has
been fitted to the front-passenger seat.
on vehicles with automatic child seat rec-
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ognition on the front-passenger seat*, if
the 5 PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warn-
ing lamp is not lit.
To draw attention to this danger, there is an
appropriate warning sticker on the dash-
board as well as on both sides of the sun
visor on the front-passenger side.
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