Mercedes-Benz CLS Owner's Manual page 69

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Occupant safety
Notes on vehicles without automatic front
passenger airbag shutoff
Sticker visible when the front passenger door
is open
Vehicles without automatic front passenger air‐
bag shutoff have a special sticker affixed to the
side of the cockpit on the front passenger side.
Make sure you observe the following informa‐
tion:
Never fit a rearward-facing child restraint
R
system to the front passenger seat
Always fit a rearward-facing child restraint
R
system to a suitable rear seat
Suitability of seats for attaching belt-
-
secured child restraint systems
( page 63)
/
Secure the child restraint system with the
-
seat belt on the rear seat (
Notes on rearward-facing and forward-facing
R
child restraint systems on the front
passenger seat ( page 66)
/
Notes on rearward-facing and forward-facing
child restraint systems on the front
passenger seat
& WARNING Risk of injury or death when
using a rearward-facing child restraint
system while the front passenger airbag
is enabled
If you secure a child in a rearward-facing
child restraint system on the front passenger
seat and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indi‐
page 64).
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cator lamp is off, the front passenger airbag
can deploy in the event of an accident.
The child could be struck by the airbag.
Always ensure that the front passenger air‐
bag is disabled. The PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF indicator lamp must be lit.
NEVER use a rearward-facing child restraint
system on a seat with an ENABLED FRONT
AIRBAG; DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY to the
CHILD can occur.