ECU MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2022 Owners Manual

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003E003D Turn sign allights →
149
2 0075 Restr aint system →
480
3 00BB ESP®
OF F →
491
00E5 ESP®
→
491
4 005E Rear foglam p →
149
5 0057 Highbeam →
149
0058 Lowbea m →
148
0060 Parking lamps →
148
6 ÿ Coolant temp eratur e →
482
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
283
8 0024 Electricpar king brak e(yello w) →
486
9 00C6 Recuper ativeBr ak eSy stem, USAonl y →
486
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
486
A 003D Electricalmalfu nction →
482
B L Distance warning →
489
C 0025 ABS →
491 D
Ù Powe rst eer ing →
481
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
493
F 00B6 Reser vefuel with fuel /ller 0aploca tio n
ind icat or →
482
G Fuelleve l →
283
H Electr icpar king brak e(red) →
486
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es (red) →
486
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
480
K 00B9 CheckEngine →
482
L ä Suspension (red) →
489
ä Suspension (yello w) →
489 At
aglan ce–Indi catorand warning lamps
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undesir
edoper ation.Chang esormodi/c ations not
ex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsi blefor
com plian cecould void theuser ’saut hor ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment."
Canada: "Thisvehicle contains licen ce-exemp t
tr ansm itter(s )/recei ver(s) that com plywit hInn o-
va tion, Science andEconomic Development Can-
ada ’slicence-e xemp tRSS(s). Operation issubjec t
to thefo llo wing twoconditions: (1)These devices
ma yno tcause interfere nce. (2)Thes ede vice s
must accep tan yint erfere nce, including interfer-
ence that ma ycause undesiredoper ationof the
de vices." "Lesémetteur s/r écep teur sdans cette
vé hicule sontconforme aux CNR d’Innovation ,
Sci ence set Dé veloppement économiqueCanada
applica blesauxappar eilsradio exem ptsde
licen ce.L’ex ploit ation estautorisée auxdeux con-
ditions suivantes:1) Ces appar eilsnedoiv entpas
pr oduir ede brouillag e;2) Ces appar eilsdoiv ent
accep terto ut brouillag era dioélectr ique subi,
même sile brouillag eest suscep tibled’en com-
pr ome ttrele fonctio nneme nt." Dia
gnos Dia
gnostic sconne ction tics
conne ction
The diagnostic sconne ctionis ate ch nica lint er-
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, inthe
cont extof repair andmaint enance workor for
re adin gout vehicle datain aspecial istwo rkshop.
Diag nosticdevice sshould ther efor eonl ybe con-
nect edinaqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tdue tocon-
nect ingdevices tothediagnost icscon-
nection
If yo uconnect devices tothediagnost icscon-
nection oftheve hicle, thefunction ofvehicle
sy stems andoper atingsaf etyma ybe
im pair ed. #
Forsaf etyre asons, werecommen dth at
yo uonl yuse and connect products
appr ovedby your aut hor ized Mercedes-
Benz Center. &
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident duetoobjects
in thedr iver's foot we ll
Objects inthedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad safety
of theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ects intheve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alwaysins tallth e0oor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur eth at
th er eis alw ayssu1cie ntroom forth e
pedals. #
Donotuse loose 0oormats anddonot
place 0oormats ontopof one another. *
N NO O
TE TE
Batt erydisc harging from using devi-
ces connect edtothediagnost icsconnec-
tion Using
devices atthediagnost icsconnection
dr ains thebatt ery. #
Chec kth ech arge leve lof thebatt ery. 2828
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* NO NO
TE TE
Damag eto theve hicle arisin gfrom
vio lati on ofthese oper ating instruction s. Damag
eto theve hicle canarise from violati on
of these oper ating instruction s.
This damag eis no tco veredeit her bythe
Mer cedes-Be nzimplie dwa rrant yor by the
Ne w‑ orUsed- Vehicle Warrant y. #
Followtheinst ruction sin these oper at-
ing inst ruction son proper operation of
yo ur vehicle aswellas on possible vehi-
cle damag e. QR
code f QR
code for r or
rescue card escue
card
QR codes areatt ached inthefuel /ller 0apand on
th eopposit eside ontheB-pillar .In theev ent of
an accident, rescue service scan usetheQR code
to quickl y/n dth eappr opriatere scue cardfo r yo
ur vehicle. Thecurrent rescue cardcont ains the
most impor tant informa tion aboutyour vehicle in
a com pact form ,e.g .th ero uting oftheelectr ic
lines.
Fu rther informatio ncan beobt aine dat http s://
www .mercedes- benz.de/ qr-code . DatDat
ast a
stor or
ag e ag
e DatDat
apr a
pr ocessin gin t ocessin
gin the v he
vehicle ehicle
Elect
r Elect
roni ccont r oni
ccont rol uni ts ol
uni ts
Elect ronic cont rolunits areinst alled inyour vehi-
cle. Control uni tsprocess datawhic h,forex am-
ple, they receiv efrom vehicle senso rs,ge ner ate
th emsel vesor exch ang ebe tween themsel ves.
Som econt rolunits arere qu ired forth esaf eoper -
ation ofyour vehicle, some assistyo uwhen driv-
ing, suchas driver assist ancesystems, while oth-
er senab lecon venienc eor infotainm entfunct ions.
The follo wing prov ides youwit hge ner alinf orma -
tion rega rding datapr ocess ingintheve hicle.
Ad ditional information rega rding exactl ywhic h
dat ain your vehicle arecolle cted, savedand
tr ansmitt edtothird par ties, andforwhat purpose, can
befound intheinf ormation directl yre lat ed to
th efunction alch aract eristics inqu estion intheir
re specti veOper ator's Manual. Thisinformation is
also availabl eonl ine and, depen dingon theve hi-
cle equipme nt,dig itall y.
P P
er er
sonal data sonal
data
Ev eryve hicle isidenti/ed byauni queve hicle
identi/cation number.Depen dingon thecountr y,
th is vehicle identi/cation numbercan beused by,
fo rex am ple, government alaut hor ities todeter-
mine theidentity oftheow ner .Ther ear eot her
possibi lities touse datacollect edfrom theve hicle
to identify theow ner ordriver ,suc has thelicense
plat enumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssed bycont rol
units maybe attr ibut able toaper son or,und er
cer tain conditions, becomeattribut able toaper -
son. Depe nding on whic hve hicle dataar eav aila-
ble, itma ybe possibl eto mak einf erences about,
fo rex am ple, your driving behavior,yo ur location,
yo ur routeor your use patterns. 3232
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LegLeg
alr al
req eq
uir uir
ements r ements
reg eg
ar ar
ding t ding
the disc losur he
disc losur eof e
of
dat a dat
a
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
indivi dualcases, legallyoblig edtoprov ide govern-
ment alenti ties, upon requ est and totheex tent
re qu ired, datastor ed bythemanuf acturer.Fo r
ex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during theinve sti -
ga tion ofacr imina lo.e nse.
Go vernment alenti ties areth emsel ves, in ind ivid-
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe-
wo rk,aut hor izedto read out datafrom theve hi-
cle. Inthecase ofan accident, information that
can help withan inve sti gation can, ther efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag controlunit, forex am ple.
Oper Oper
ationaldat atio
naldatain t a
in the v he
vehicle ehicle
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hicle,
whic hha ve been processed bycont rolunits.
This includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informatio nsuc has thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral acceler ation,
number ofwheel revo lutions orthefa stene d
se at belts di sp lay
R Ambient cond itio ns ,su ch astemp eratur e,rain
sensor ordist ance sensor Gener
ally,theuse ofthese datais temp orary;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod ofoper -
ation andwillonlybe processed within theve hicle
itse lf. Con trol uni tsoTen containdatamemor ies
fo rve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Theiruse permits
th ete mp oraryor per manent document ationof
te ch nica linf orma tion abouttheve hicle' soper at-
ing stat e, com pone ntloads, maintenanc ere qu ire-
ments andtech nica leve nts orma lfunct ions.
Dep ending ontheve hicle equipmen t,thefo llo w-
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponents, such
as /ll leve ls, tirepr essur eor batt eryst atus
R Malfunctions orfaults inimpor tant system
com pone nts,suchas ligh tsor brak es
R System reactio nsinspecial drivi ng situ atio ns,
suc has airbag deployment ortheint erve ntion
of stabi lity cont rolsy stems
R Information onevents leading tovehicle dam-
ag e
In cer tain cases ,it ma ybe requ ired tostor eda ta
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte mp o-
ra rily .This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amalfu nction, forex am ple. If
yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enance work,st or ed oper ation aldat aas
we llas theve hicle identi/cation numbercan be
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manu factur ersor third par ties, suchas break -
do wn services. Thesame istrue inthecase of
wa rrant yclaims andqualit yassur ance measur es.
In gener al,there adout isper form ed via theleg ally
pr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnost icsconnection in
th eve hicle. Theoper ation aldat ath at arere ad out
docume nttech nica lst at es oftheve hicle orof
ind ividual compone ntsand assis tin thediagnosis
of malfunctions, compliance withwa rrant yobli ga-
tions andqualit yim prov ement. Tothat end ,th ese
dat a,in par ticular information aboutcomponent
loads, tech nica leve nts, malfunct ionsandother
fa ults maybe transmitt edalong withth eve hicle
identi/cation numbertothemanuf acturer.Fu r-
th er mor e,themanuf acturerissubject toproduct
liability .Fo rth is reason themanuf actureralso
uses operational datafrom theve hicle, forex am-
ple, forre calls. These datacan also beused to
ex amin eth ecust omer's warrant yand guar antee
claims. Gene
ralno tes
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de
vice that youha ve brought intoth eve hicle, for
ex am ple, asmar tphon e.Onl ine funct ionscan be
used viathewir eless networkconnection. This
includes onlineservices and<004200510051004D004A004400420055004A0050004F00540010004200510051
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pr ov ided toyouby themanuf actureror by other
pr ov ider s.
Manuf Manuf
actur actur
er&#39;sser er&#39;s
services vices
Re garding themanuf acturer&#39;sonline services, the
individual functionsaredescr ibedbythemanu-
fa ctur erinasuit able place, forex am ple, inthe
Oper ator&#39;s Manual oron themanuf acturer&#39;sweb-
sit e, wher eth ere leva nt dat apr otection informa-
tion isalso given. Personal datama ybe used for
th epr ov ision ofonline services. Dataar e
ex ch ang edvia asecur econn ection, suchas the
manuf acturer&#39;sdesign ated ITsystems. Anyper -
sonal datawhic har ecollect ed,processed and
used, other than forth epr ov ision ofser vices, is
done soexclusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper mis-
sion. Thisisthecase, forex am ple, fora leg ally
pr escr ibed emer gency callsy stem, acont ractual
ag reement orwhen consent hasbeen given.
Yo ucan have ser vice sand funct ions,some of
whic har esubj ecttoafe e, activ ated ordeactiv a-te
d. This excludes legallypr escr ibed function sand
ser vices, suchas an emer gency callsy stem.
Thir Thir
dpar d
par tyser ty
ser vice s vice
s
If yo uuse online services from other prov ider s
(t hir dpar ties), these services areth ere sponsi bil-
ity ofthepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject tothat
pr ov ider&#39;s datapr otection conditions andterm sof
use. Asage ner alrule, themanuf acturerhas no
in0 uence onthecont entexch ang ed.
Fo rth is reason, whenservice sar epr ov ided by
th ird par ties, please asktheser vice prov ider in
qu estion forinf ormation aboutthetype, extent
and purpos eof thecollection anduseofper sonal
dat a. DatDat
apr ot a
pr otection r ection
rights ights
Depending
onyour countr yor theeq uipment and
ra ng eof functi onsofyour vehicle aswellas the
ser vice syo uuse and theser vices ono.er ,yo u
ar eent itled todi.er entdatapr otection rights .
Fu rther informatio non dat apr otection andyour
dat apr otection rights caneit her befound onthe
manuf acturer&#39;swebsit eor youwill receiv eth is
inf ormation aspar tof theva rious services and ser
vice o.er s.Ther eyo uwill also /ndth econt act
inf ormation forth emanuf acturerand itsdat apr o-
te ction o1cer s.
At awo rkshop, forex am ple, withth esuppor tof a
specialist andpossibl yfo ra fe e, youcan have
dat are ad out whic his stor ed onlylocall yin the
ve hicle. MB
UX mult imedi asy st MB
UX mult imedi asy stem/ Mer em/
Mercedes meconn ect cedes
meconn ect If
th eve hicle iseq uipp edwithth eMBUX multime-
dia system orMer cedes meconnect, additional
dat aabout theve hicle&#39; soper ation ,th euse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situations, andthelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piledby theMBUX multi-
media system orMer cedes meconnect.
Fo radditional information, pleasereferto the
&#34;MB UXmulti media system&#34; section and/orthe
Mer cedesme conne ctTerm sand Conditions. EvEv
ent dat ent
datar a
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re cor der (EDR). Themain purpose ofan EDR isto Gener
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RR
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the r he
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
The
restr aint system include sth efo llo wing com-
ponents:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restr aint system
R Child se at secu ring systems
The restr aint system canhe lppreve nttheve hicle
occupan tsfrom comin gint ocont actwith partsof
th eve hicle interior intheev ent ofan accident. In
th eev ent ofan accident, there str aint system can
al so reduce thefo rc es towhic hth eve hicle occu-
pant sar esubj ected.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof pro-
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
de tected acciden tsituat ion,Emer gency Tensio n-
ing Device sand/o rair bag ssup plem entthepr o-
te ction o.eredbyacor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensio ning Device sand/o rair bag s
ar eno tdep loye din everyaccident. In
order forth ere str aint system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle occu-
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.
R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl eto da ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjur iesand fata lities inevery
accident situation. Inpar ticular ,th eseat beltand
airbag gener allydo notpr otect against objects
pene trating theve hicle from theoutside. Itis also
no tpossible tocom pletely rule out therisk of
inj urycaused bytheairbag deploying. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the he
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
&
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
modi/cation sto there str aint system
Ve hicle occupan tsma yno longerbe protect ed
as intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re str aint system . #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there str aint sys-
te m. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing oranyelec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. If
it is nec essar yto modify theve hicle toaccom-
modat eaper son withdisabi lities, cont actan
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen terfo rde tails.
US Aonl y:forde tails, cont actour Cust omer Assis-
ta nce Cent eron 1-800 -FOR -MER Cedes
(1‑ 800‑3 67‑63 72). 3838
Occ
upantsafety

In
order forth ecor rectl ywo rnseat belttoprov ide
th eint ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle
occupan tmus tobser vethefo llo wing information:
R The seat beltmust notbe twist edand must /t
tightl yand snugl yacr oss thebody .
R The seat beltmust berouted acr oss thecen-
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur nec knor berouted under your
ar m or behind your bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. awint er
coat.
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possible
acr oss your hips andpulltight withth eshoul-
der section ofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdomen.
Pr egnant women must alsotake par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin-
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objects.
R Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. R
Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso beingused byone oftheve hi-
cle&#39;s occupan ts.
Also ensurethat no objects, e.g.a cushion ,
ar eev er placed between aper son and the
seat.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit hach ild seat safetyfe atur e:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth ech ild seat safetyfe atur e
of theseat belt(/page58).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besureto
obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
&#34;Child renin theve hicle&#34; (/page54) .
Alw aysobser vetheinst ruction sfo rloading the
ve hicle when securingobjects, luggage orloads
(/ page124) . LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat he
seat
belt belt
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
an inco rrect seat position
The seat beltdoes noto.er theint ended leve l
of protection ifyo uha ve notmo vedth eseat
bac krest toan almos tve rtical position.
In par ticular ,yo ucould slipbeneat hth eseat-
belt andbecome injured. #
Adjust theseat proper lybef orebegin-
ning your jour ney. #
Alwaysensu rethat theseat backrest is
in an almost vertical position andthat
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour shoulder . &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hwhen
additional restr aint system sare notus ed
fo rper sons withasmaller statur e
Pe rsons under 5T (1.50 m)ta llcanno twe ar
th eseat beltcorrectl ywit hout asuit able addi-
tion alrestr aint system . Oc
cupa nt safety
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#
Alwayssecur eper sons under5T
(1.5 0m) tallin asuit able restr aint sys-
te m. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GDang erofinjuryor deat hdue
to bloc kedseat beltanchorage
The restr aint e.ectof theseat beltisim pair ed
if objects between thefront seat andthedoor
ar ebloc king themo vable seat beltanchorage
on thefront seat. #
Beforestar ting ajour ney,mak esur eth at
th er ear eno objects between thefront
seat andthedoor . &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
damag edormodi/ed seatbelts
Seat belts canno tpr ov ide protection inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R The seat beltisdamag ed,has been modi-
/ed, isex tremel ydir ty,blea ched ordyed R
The seat beltbuckleisdamag edor
ex tremel ydir ty
R Modi/cat ionsha ve been made tothe
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageor sea tbelt retract or
Seat belts maysust ainnon-visib ledam agein
an acc ident, e.g.duetoglas sspl inters.
Mo di/ed ordam aged sea tbelts couldtear or
fa ilin theev ent ofan accident, forex am ple.
Modi/ed Emergency Tensio ning Device scou ld
ac cid ent allytrigg eror failto func tionas inten-
de d. #
Nevermodify theseat beltsystem, for
ex am ple theseat belt, seatbeltbuckle,
Emer gency Tensio ning Device ,sea tbelt
anc horageand seatbelt retract or. #
Mak esur eth at theseat belts areundam-
ag ed, notwo rnand clean . #
Alwaysha ve theseat belts checked
immediat elyaTer anaccident ataqu ali-
/ed special istwo rkshop. Onl
yuse seat beltswhic hha ve been approvedfo r
yo ur vehicle byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thfrom
de plo yedpy rotech nic Eme rgency Tensio n-
ing Device s
Pyro tech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a-
tional andareunable toper form their inten-
ded protectiv efunction . #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Eme rgency Tensio ning Device simm edi-
at elyre placed ataqu ali/ed special ist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.
* N NO O
TE TE
Damag ecaused bytrapp ingthe
seat belt If
an unu sed seat beltisno tfu lly re tract ed, it
ma ybeco metrapp edinthedoor orintheseat
mec hanism. 4242
Occupant
safety

Po
tential protection prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee andlowe rleg
R Driver&#39;s airbag, front passeng erairbag: head
and ribcag e
R Windo wcur tain airbag: head
R Side airbag: ribcag eand pelvis &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju ryor deat hifth eco-
dr iver airbag isenabled
If th eco-dr iver airbag isenabled, ach ild on
th eco-dr iver seat maybe struckby theco-
dr iver airbag during anaccident.
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onaseat withan ENA BLED FRONT
AIR BAG; DEA THorSER IOUS INJUR Yto the
CH ILD ca nocc ur. Whe
ninst alling ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page66) .Also ,alw aysobser ve
th eno teson rear wa rd-faci ng orforw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system son thefront passeng er
seat (/page65). Inf Inf
or or
mation onaut mation
onautomatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o. o.
The front passeng erairbag canonlybe deplo yed
in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iso.. Ifth efront passeng erseat is
occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the
jour ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag iscor rect (/ page49) .
* NO NO
TE TE
Deplo yment ofcom pone ntsofthe
re str aint system when thefront passeng er
seat isunoccupied In
an accident, thecom ponents ofthe
re str aint system maydepl oyunnecessar ily on
th efront passeng erside if:
R Ther ear ehea vyobjects onthefront
passeng erseat.
R The seat belttongue iseng aged intheseat
belt buckleofthefront passeng erseat and
th efront passeng erseat isunoccupied. #
Storeobjects inasuit able place. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Dependin
gon thede tected acciden tsituat ion,the
wind owcurtain airbag onthefront passeng erside
ma ydeplo y.The airbag isdep loye dre ga rdless of
whe ther thefront passeng erseat isoccupied.
Inf Inf
or or
mation ont mation
onthe cushionbag int he
cushionbag inthe r he
reclining eclining
r r
ear seat ear
seat
The cushionbag o.ersadditional occupantprotec-
tion intheev ent offront alim pacts. Whenena-
bled, thecushionbag deploysunder theseat cush-
ion. This helps prev ent theve hicle occupan tfr om
slipp ingo.theseat cushion.
If yo uinst allach ild restr aint system onthere clin -
ing rear seat, alwaysobser vetheadditional notes
( / pag e54). Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the airbags he
airbags Depending
ontheaccident situation, anairbag
ma ysupplement thepr otection o.eredbyacor -
re ctl yfa stene dse at belt. Oc
cupa nt safety
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
an inco rrect seat position
If yo ude viat efrom thecor rect seat positi on,
th eairbag cannotper form itsintended protec-
tiv efunction .
Eac hve hicle occupan tmus tmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.Pregna nt
wo men must take par ticular careto ensur e
th at thelap belt neverlies across the
abdome n.
R Adoptth ecor rect seat positi onand keep
as farawa yas possi blefrom theairbags.
R Obser vethefo llo wing information. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at ther ear eno
objects between theairbag andvehicle
occupan t. To
avo idtherisk sre sult ing from thedeplo yment
of an airbag, eachve hicle occupan tmus tobser ve
th efo llo wing information inpar ticular :
R Beforestar ting your jour ney,adju styour seat
cor rectl y;thedr iver&#39;s seat andfront passeng
erseat should bemo vedas farbac k
as possible.
When doingso,alwaysobser vetheinf orma-
tion onthecor rect driver&#39;s seat positi on
(/ page97) .
R Onlyhold thesteer ing wheel bythesteer ing
wheel rim. This allowstheairbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alwayslean agains tth eseat backrest when
th eve hicle isin mo tion .Do notlean forw ards
or agains tth edoor orside windo w.Youma y
ot her wise beinthedeplo yment area ofthe
airbag s.
R The occupan tsmus talw ayske ep their feet on
th e0oor .Do notput your feet on thecoc kpit,
fo rex am ple. Your feet ma yot her wise beinthe
deplo yment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, observe
th eadditional notes(/ page54) .
R Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects correctl y. Objects
intheve hicle interior maypr ev ent anair-
bag from function ingcorrectl y.Eac hve hicle occu-
pant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo wing in
par ticular :
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobjects
be tween theve hicle occupan tsand anairbag .
R Ther ear eno objects between theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar).
R Ther ear eno har dobjects, e.g.coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handl esorcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ies,suchas mobil ena vi-
ga tion devices ,mobi lepho nes orcup holders,
wit hin thedeplo yment area ofan airbag, e.g.
on thecoc kpit, onthedoor ,on theside win-
do wor on theside trim.
In addition, noconnecting cables,tensio ning
str aps orretaining straps must berout edor
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo yment
ar ea ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywit hth e
accessor ymanu factur er&#39;s installation instruc-
tion sand, inpar ticul ar,th eno teson suit able
places forinst allation. 4646
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