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Occupant safety
Limited protection provided by airbags
& WARNING Risk of injury due to modifica‐
tions to the cover of an airbag
If you modify the cover of an airbag or affix
objects such as stickers to it, the airbag may
no longer function correctly.
Never modify the cover of an airbag and
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do not affix objects to it.
An airbag's installation location is identified by
the label AIRBAG (
page 28).
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& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
the use of unsuitable seat covers
Due to unsuitable seat covers, the airbags
cannot protect vehicle occupants as inten‐
ded.
In addition, the operation of the automatic
front passenger airbag shutoff could be
restricted.
You should only use seat covers that
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have been approved for the correspond‐
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
Vehicles with window curtain airbags in all
rows of seats:
& WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc‐
tioning sensors in the door
The function of the airbags can be impaired
due to modifications or incorrect work per‐
formed on the doors or door trim, or if the
doors are damaged.
Never modify the doors or parts of the
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doors.
Always have work on the doors or door
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trim carried out at a qualified specialist
workshop.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer offers any pro‐
tection.
Have the vehicle towed to a qualified
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specialist workshop in order to have the
deployed airbag replaced.
Have deployed airbags replaced immediately.
Status of the co-driver airbag
Function of the automatic co-driver airbag
shutoff
The automatic co-driver airbag shutoff is able to
detect whether the co-driver seat is occupied by
a person or a child restraint system. The co-driver
airbag is enabled or disabled accordingly.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects under the co-driver seat
Objects trapped under the co-driver seat can
interfere with the function of the automatic
co-driver airbag shutoff or damage the sys‐
tem.
Do not store any objects under the co-
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driver seat.
When the co-driver seat is occupied,
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make sure that no objects are trapped
under the co-driver seat.
When installing a child restraint system on the
co-driver seat, always make sure of the following:
Ensure that the child restraint system is posi‐
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tioned correctly (
page 33).
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Always comply with the child restraint system
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manufacturer's installation instructions.
Never place objects (e.g. cushions) under or
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behind the child restraint system.
The entire base of the child restraint system
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must always rest on the sitting surface of the
co-driver seat.
The backrest of the forward-facing child
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restraint system must, as far as possible, be
resting on the seat backrest of the co-driver
seat.
The child restraint system must not touch the
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roof or be put under strain by the head
restraints. Adjust the seat backrest inclina‐
tion and the head restraint setting accord‐
ingly.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects between the seat surface and the
child restraint system
Objects between the sitting surface and the
child restraint system could affect the func‐
tion of the automatic co-driver airbag shutoff.
Do not place any objects between the
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sitting surface and the child restraint
system.
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