MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Service Manual

The
front passeng erairbag canonl ybe dep loye d
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 (/ page47) . &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotair bag
com pone nts
The airbag partsareho taTer anair bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adepl oyedair bag replaced ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop assoon as
possibl e. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.Ta ke this int oaccount, particu-
lar lyifan Emer gency Tensio ning Device istrig-
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an airbag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang, and
a small amount ofpowder mayalso bereleased:
R The bang willnotge ner allya. ect your hear ing.
R Ingener al,thepo wder released isno thazar d-
ous tohealt hbut maycause short-te rm
br eat hing di1culties toper sons su.er ingfrom
ast hma orother pulmo narycond itions.
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immed iatelyor open thewindo win order to
pr ev ent breat hing di1culties .
Airbags andpyrotech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning
De vice scont ainperc hlorate mat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire specia lhandling orenvironment alprotec-
tion measur es.National guidelinesrega rding
wa ste disp osal mu stbe observed. InCalif ornia,
see <00490055005500510054001B001000100045005500540044000F00440042000F
00480050> v/.Using thesear chfunc -
tio n,youwill /ndinf ormation onper chlor ate, for
ex ample. Se
atbelt s Se
atbelt s Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat belt he
seat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrectl ybef ore
st ar tin gajour ney.Asea tbel tca nonl ypr ov ide
th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
incor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectl y,itcanno t
per form itsintended protectiv efun ction .
In additi on,anincor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
ca nalso causeinj uries, forex am ple, inthe
eve ntofan accid ent orwh en brak ing or
ch ang ingdirecti onsudde nly. #
Alwaysensu rethat all vehicle occupan ts
ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
aysobser vetheinst ruction sabout thecor rect
dr iver's seat positi onand adjus tingth eseat
(/ page87). Occupant
safety
39 39

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'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(/page56).
If ch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hicle, besureto
obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Child renin theve hicle" (/page52) .
Alw aysobser vetheinst ruction sfo rloading the
ve hicle when securingobjects, luggage orloads
(/ page100) . 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 . 4040
Oc
cupa nt safety

#
Alwayssecur eper sons under5T
(1.5 0m) tallin asuit able restr aint sys-
te m. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjuryor 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. #
Alwaysensu rethat an unu sed seat belt
is fully re tract ed. FF
ast ast
ening seatbelts ening
seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orloc ks.The seatbelt strap can-
no tbe pulle dout anyfur ther. Occupant
safety
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#
Alwayseng ageseat belttongue 2oftheseat
belt intoseat beltbuckle1 ofthecor re-
spond ingseat.
% Aseat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof
pr otection ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Obser vethe
no teson fasteni ng theseat belt(/page39). *
N NO O
TE TE
Deplo yment ofcom ponents ofthe
re str aint system when thefront passeng er
seat isunoccupied andaseat beltis
buc kled When
thefront passeng erseat isunoccupied
and theseat belttongue oftheseat beltis
eng aged intheseat beltbuckle, com ponents
of there str aint system maydepl oyunnecessa-
ri ly on thefront passeng erside, e.g.theEmer -
ge ncy Tensio ning Device . #
Onlybuc kletheseat belts asintended. %
Obser vetheno teson stor ag ear eas
(/ page100).
Inf ormatio non installing ach ild restr aint sys-
te m and onchildr entrav eling intheve hicle
can befound inthe"Childr enintheve hicle"
secti on(/ page55) . Se
atbelt adjus Se
atbelt adjustmen tfu nct ion tmen
tfu nct ion VV
ehicle swit ehicle
swit hPR E-S h
PR E-S AFE AFE
® ®
: :
ATer afront seat belt
has been fastene d,theaut omatic seatbeltadjust- ment
mayappl ya cer tain tight ening forc e. Do not
hold theseat belttightl ywhile itis adjusti ng.
Yo ucan activ ateand deactiv ateth eseat belt
adjustmen tfunction usingthemultimedia system
(/ page42). AA
ctiv ctiv
ating/deactiv ating/deactiv
atingseatbeltadjus ating
seatbeltadjustmen tvia tment
via
t t
he multimedia syst he
multimedia system em
Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Vehicle #
Activateor dea ctivateBelt Adjustmen t. RR
elea sing seatbelts elea
sing seatbelts #
Press there lease buttonintheseat belt
buc kleand guide theseat beltbackwit hth e
seat belttongue. Seat
beltw Seat
beltwar ar
ning functi onf ning
functi onfor t or
the dr he
driv iv
er and fr er
and front ont
pas seng pas
seng er er
The
00E9 seatbelt warning lampin theInstr u-
ment Displa yis are minder that all vehicle occu-
pant smus twe artheir seat belts correctl y. 4242
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ntsaf ety

The
00E9 seatbel twa rning lamplights upforsix
seconds everytime theve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor sar e
closed andthedr iver and front passeng erhave
fa stene dth eir seat belts, theseat beltwarning
goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning lights
up dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mph(2 5km /h)
an dth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat beltis
no tfa stene d.
R Thedr iver or fron tpa sseng erunfast enstheir
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion . Air
bags Air
bags OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof airbag s w
of airbag s 1
Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Front passeng erknee airbag
5 Windo wcur tain airbag
6 Side airbag
The installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled,anairbag canprov ide additional
pr otection forth ere specti vevehicle occupan t.Po
tential protection prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee andlowe rleg
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: head
and ribcag e
R Windo wcur tain airbag: head
R Side airbag: ribcag eand pelvis
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor 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 onase at with an ENA BLED FRONT
AIR BAG; DEA THorSER IOUS INJUR Yto the
CH ILD ca nocc ur. Occ
upantsafety
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When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page62). 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 (/page61).
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 (/ page47) .
* 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. 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. &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof injuryor deat hdue 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's seat andfront
passeng erseat should bemo vedas farbac k
as possible.
When doingso,alwaysobser vetheinf orma-
tion onthecor rect driver's seat positi on
(/ page87) . 4444
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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 ample. Your feet ma yot her wise beinthe
deplo yment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle, observe
th eadditional notes(/ page52) .
R Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects correctl y.
Objects intheve hicle interior maypr eve ntan air-
bag from functi oning correctl 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 berouted or
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo yment
ar ea ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywit hth e
accessor ymanu factur er's installation instruc-
tion sand, inpar ticul ar,th eno teson suit able
places forinst allation.
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfragile
objects inthepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobjects inasuit able place. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by airbags y
airbags &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions totheco verof an airbag
If yo umodify theco verof an airbag ora1x
objects suchas stic kers to it,theairbag may
no long erfunction correctl y. #
Nevermodify theco verof an airbag and
do nota1x objects toit. The
installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page43) .
Obj ects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag may
pr ev ent theairbag from function ingcorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yfrom objec tsin
th edeplo yment area ofan airbag
Objects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag
can hinder orprev ent thecor rect deplo yment
of theairbag.
The airbag mayth en deplo yin an uncontr olled
manner andmayev en cause additional inju-
ri es totheve hicle occupan tsby deplo ying. Occupant
safety
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This
maybe thecase inpar ticular ifth eairbag
is int egratedint oth eseat. #
Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects cor-
re ctl y. #
Beforeco mm encingyour jour ney,mak e
sur eth at no objects arestowe din the
deplo yment area ofan airbag. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
th euse ofunsuit ableseat covers
Due tounsuit ableseat covers,th eairbags
canno tpr otect vehicle occupan tsas intend ed.
In addit ion,th eoper ation oftheaut omatic
fr ont passeng erairbag shuto.could be
re str icte d. #
Youshould onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond -
ing seats byMer cedes-Be nz. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue tomalfun c-
tioni ngsensor sin thedoor
The function oftheairbags canbeimpair ed
due tomodi/cation sor incor rect wo rkper -
fo rm ed on thedoor sor door trim, orifth e
door sar edamag ed. #
Nevermodify thedoor sor par tsof the
door s. #
Alwaysha ve workon thedoor sor door
tr im car ried out ataqua li/ed specialist
wo rkshop. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue todeplo yed
airbag
A depl oyedairbag nolong ero.er san ypr otec-
tion. #
Have theve hicle towe dto aquali/ed
special istwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. SS
t t
atus oft atus
ofthe fr he
front passen g ont
passen ger fr er
front airbag ont
airbag FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe aut he
aut omati cfr omati
cfront passen g ont
passen ger airbag er
airbag
shut shut
o. o.
The automati cfront passen gerairbag shuto.is
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat is
occupied byaper son orach ild restr aint system .
Th efron tpa sseng erairb ag andfron tpa sseng er
kn ee airb ag areena bled ordisa bled acco rdingl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
objects undertheco-dr iver seat
Objects trapped undertheco-dr iver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunction oftheaut omatic
co-dr iver airbag shuto.ordamag eth esy stem. #
Donotst or ean yobjects undertheco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco-dr iver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no objects aretrapped
und ertheco-dr iver seat. When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page62). Also,alw aysobser ve
th eno teson rear wa rd-faci ng orforw ard-f acing 4646
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tsaf ety

ch
ild restr aint system son thefront passeng er
seat (/page61).
A per son onthefront passeng erseat must
obser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y(/ page39).
R Sitinan almost upright seat position withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
The front passeng erairbag mayot her wise bedis-
abled bymist ake, forex am ple, inthefo llo wing sit-
uations:
R The front pass engertransf ersth eir weight by
suppor tingth emsel veson ave hicle armr est.
R The front passen gersits insuc hawa yth at
th eir weight israised from theseat surface. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor deat hdue toa
disabled front passeng erairbag
The front passeng erairbag isdisabled when
th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
is lit. A
per son inthefront passeng erseat could
th en, forex am ple, come intocont actwithth e
ve hicle interior ,especi allyif th eper son issit-
ting tooclose tothecoc kpit.
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, always
ensur eth at:
R The classi/cation oftheper son inthefront
passeng erseat iscor rect and thefront
passeng erairbag isenabled ordisabled in
accor dance withth eper son inthefront
passeng erseat.
R The front passeng erseat hasbeen moved
as farbac kas possible.
R The person isseat edcor rectl y. #
Both bef oreand during thejour ney,
ensur eth at thestatus ofthefront
passeng erairbag iscor rect. If
th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, theclassi-
/cat ionoftheper son orchild restr aint system on
th efront passeng erseat take splace aTerthe
fr ont passeng erairb ag shuto. self-t est. The
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp sdispla yth e
st at us ofthefront passeng erairbag. Alw
aysobser vetheno teson thefunction ofthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or lamp s
( / pag e47).
F F
unction oft unction
ofthe P he
PASS EN ASS
ENGER AIRBA GER
AIRBAGindicat G
indicat or or
lam lam
ps ps Occupant
safety
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Self
-t Self
-tes est
ofaut t
of autom atic fr om
atic front passeng ont
passeng erairb ag shut- er
airb ag shut-
o. o.
Wh entheve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
fo rm ed dur ing whic hth etw oPA SSENGE RAIR
BA GON and OFFind icat or lamp slig ht up simul ta-
neous ly.
The statu sof thefront passeng erairbag isdis-
pla yedvia thePA SSENGE RAIR BA Gind icat or
la mp saTer theself-t est:
R ON islit: ON
islit: thefront passeng erairbag may
deplo ydur ing anaccident.
The indicat orlam pgoes outaTer 60seconds.
R ON and OFF ar ON
and OFF areno e
no tlit: t
lit: thefront passeng er
airbag maydeplo ydur ing anaccident.
R OFF islit: OFF
islit: thefront passeng erairbag isdisa-
bled. Itwill then notbe deplo yedin theev ent
of an accident.
If th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GON indicat or lamp is
o., onlyth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp showsthestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
ma ybe litcontin uouslyor be o.. If
th ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp
and the0075 restr aint system warning lamplight
up simult aneousl y,thefront passeng erseat may
no tbe used. Alsointhis case, donotinst alla
ch ild restr aint system onthefront passeng er
seat. Have theaut omatic front passeng erairbag
shut o.checkedand repair edimmediat elyat a
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop.
S S
t t
atus displa y atus
displa y
If th efront passeng erseat isoccupied, ensure,
bo th bef oreand during thejour ney,that thesta-
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PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp is o.,
theco-dr iver airbag candeplo yin the
ev ent ofan accident.
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disabled. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
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re str aint system onase at with an ENA -
BL ED FRONT AIRBAG; DEA THorSER I-
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installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
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ind icat or lamp maybe o.. Inthis case, donot
inst allthere ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint system
on thefront passeng erseat.
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sy stem onasu itab lerear seat.
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