Mercedes-Benz EQE Operator's Manual page 69

The seat belts on the following seats are equipped
with a child seat safety feature:
Front passenger seat
R
Rear seats
R
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 ( page 62).
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Install the child restraint system.
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The entire base of the child restraint system
must always rest on the seat surface of the
rear 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
forward from the seat belt outlet.
▌Notes on rearward-facing and forward-facing
child restraint systems on the front passenger
seat
& WARNING Risk of injury or fatal injury
when using a rearward-facing child
restraint system while the co-driver airbag
is enabled
If you secure a child in a rearward-facing child
restraint system on the co-driver seat and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp is
off, the co-driver airbag can deploy in the
event of an accident.
The child could be struck by the airbag.
Always ensure that the co-driver airbag is
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disabled. The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
indicator lamp must be lit.
NEVER use a rearward-facing child
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restraint system on a seat with an ENA-
BLED FRONT AIRBAG; DEATH or SERI-
OUS INJURY to the CHILD can occur.
Occupant safety
Observe the specific instructions for the rear-
ward-facing and forward-facing child restraint sys-
tems ( page 68).
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Always observe the status of the front passenger
air bag on the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator
lamp:
When using a rearward-facing child restraint
R
system on the front passenger seat, the front
passenger air bag must always be deactivated.
This is the case only if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF indicator lamp is lit continuously
( page 53).
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If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator
R
lamp is off, the front passenger air bag is acti-
vated. The front passenger air bag may deploy
during an accident.
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