Child Safety Locks - Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe 2023 Operator's Manual

The seat belts on the following seats are equipped
with a child seat safety feature:
Front passenger seat
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Rear seats
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When enabled, the child seat safety feature
ensures that the seat belts of the front passenger
seat and rear seats do not slacken once the child
restraint system is secured.
For a child restraint system in the "Universal"
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or "Semi-Universal" category, make sure that
the system has been approved for the vehicle
seat.
Install the child restraint system.
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The entire base of the child restraint system
must always rest on the surface of the seat.
Always make sure that the shoulder belt strap
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is correctly routed from the seat belt outlet of
the vehicle to the shoulder belt guide on the
child restraint system.
The shoulder belt strap must be routed for-
wards from the seat belt outlet and, where
possible, downwards to the child restraint sys-
tem.
When installing on the rear seat: also secure
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Top Tether if present.
When installing on the front passenger seat: if
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necessary, adjust the seat belt outlet and the
front passenger seat accordingly.

Child safety locks

Activating or deactivating the child safety lock for
the rear doors
& WARNING Risk of accident and injury due
to children left unattended in the vehicle
If you leave children unattended in the vehicle,
they could, in particular:
open doors, thereby endangering other
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persons or road users.
get out and be struck by oncoming traffic.
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operate vehicle equipment and become
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trapped, for example.
Safely transporting children in the vehicle
In addition, the children could also set the
vehicle in motion by, for example:
releasing the parking brake.
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changing the gearbox position.
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starting the vehicle.
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Never leave children unattended in the
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vehicle.
When leaving the vehicle, always take the
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key with you and lock the vehicle.
Keep the key out of reach of children.
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& WARNING Risk of fatal injury due to expo-
sure to extreme heat or cold in the vehicle
If persons, particularly children, are subjected
to prolonged exposure to intense heat or cold,
there is a risk of severe injury or even death.
Never leave persons, particularly chil-
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dren, unattended in the vehicle.
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