MERCEDES-BENZ E CLASS 2022 Owner's Guide

Yo
ucan also obtain other informatio nabout motor
ve hicle safetyfrom: https:/ /www .safercar .gov
Canada only: Canada
only:
The follo wing text ispubl ished asrequ ired ofman-
uf actur ersunder subsection 18.4(4)oftheMo tor
Ve hicle SafetyRe gula tions .
If yo ubelie vethat your vehicle hasadef ect whic h
could cause acr ash orcould cause injuryor
deat h,youshould immediat elyinf orm Transpo rt
Canada inaddition tonotifyi ngMer cedes-Be nz
Cana daInc.
If Transpo rtCanada receiv edsimilar complain ts,it
ma yopen aninve sti gation, andifit /n ds that a
saf etydef ect exists inagr oup ofvehicles, itma y
or der are call and remedy campaign. Howev er,
Tr anspo rtCanada cannotbecome invo lved inindi-
vidual problems between you, your dealer or
Mer cedes-Benz CanadaInc.
To cont actTranspo rtCanada, youma ycall the
Def ect Inve sti gations andRecalls Division toll-fr ee
in Canada at1-800-333-0510 or819-994-3328in
th eGatineau-Ott awaarea orinternat ionally; you
ma yalso gotothefo llo wing websit esformor e
inf ormation: R
English: https://www .tc.gc.ca/recalls
R Frenc h:https://www .tc.gc.ca/rappels LimitLimit
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ranty anty
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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
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pr ocessin gin t ocessin
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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 ocessing intheve hicle.
Ad ditional information rega rding exactl ywhic h
dat ain your vehicle arecolle cted, savedand
tr ansmitt edtothird par ties, andforwhat purpose, Gener
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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 que vehicle
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. Leg Leg
alr al
req eq
uir uir
ements r ements
reg eg
ar ar
ding t ding
the disclos ur he
disclos ureof 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. 3030
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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 prove ment. Tothat end ,th ese
dat a,in par ticular information aboutcomponent
loads, tech nica lev ents, malfunctions andother
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. Fa
ult memor iesintheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outletor atyour requ est aspar tof repair
or maint enance work.
Con v Con
venience andinfot enience
andinfotainm entfunct ions ainm
entfunct ions
Yo ucan stor econ venienc ese ttings andindivi dual
se ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese tth em
at anytime.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing settings, forex am ple:
R Seatand steer ing wheel positions
R Suspen sionandclimat econt rolsetting s
R Indi vidual setting s,suc has interior lightin g
Depen dingon theselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle infotainm entfunct ions
yo urself.
Depending ontheve hicle equipme nt,th is
includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mul time diadata,suc has music, /lmsorpho-
to sfo rpla ybac kin an integratedmultimedia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integratedhands-fr eesystem oran integra-
te dna vig ation system
R Entered navig ation destination s
R Dataabout theuse ofInterne tser vices
These datafo rcon venienc eand infotainm ent
fu nct ionsma ybe savedlocall yin theve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
conn ectedtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphon e,
USB 0ash drive or MP 3pla yer.Ifyo uha ve ent ered
th ese datayo urself, youcan deletethem atany
time.
This datais transmitt edfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est. This applies, inpar -
ticular ,when youuse online services inaccor d-
ance withth ese tting sth at youha ve select ed.
Smar Smar
tphon eint tphon
eint egr eg
ration (e.g.An dr ation
(e.g.An droid A oid
Aut ut
oor o
or
Appl eCarP lay Appl
eCarP lay® ®
) )
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipp ed,youcan
connect your smar tphone orano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then contr olthem
by means ofthecontr olelements integratedin
th eve hicle. Imagesand audio from thesmar t- Gener
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canbeoutput viathemultimedia system.
Cer tain inf ormation issimult aneousl ytransf erred
to your smar tphone. Depending onthetype and
int egration, this includes positiondata,day/night
mode andother gener alvehicle statuse s.Fo r
mor einf ormation pleaseconsult theOper ator's
Manual oftheve hicle/ infotainm entsystem.
This integration allowstheuse ofselect edsmar t-
phone apps,suchas navig ation ormusic player
apps. Thereis no further interactio nbe tween the
smar tphon eand theve hicle; inpar ticu lar,ve hicle
dat ais no tdir ectl yaccessibl e.The type ofaddi-
tion aldat apr ocessin gis de term ined bythepro-
vider oftheapp being used.Whichse tting syo u
can make,ifan y,depends onthespeci/c appand
th eoper ating system ofyour smar tphone. Online
ser Online
services vices
WW
ir ir
eless ne eless
netw tw
or or
kconnection k
connection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ection,
it enab lesdatato be exch ang edbetween your
ve hicle andaddit ionalsystems. Thewireless net-
wo rkconn ectionis made possible bytheve hicle' s
ow ntrans mitt erand receiv eror by amobil eend 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'sser er's
services vices
Re garding themanuf acturer'sonline services, the
individual functionsaredescr ibedbythemanu-
fa ctur erinasuit able place, forex am ple, inthe
Oper ator's Manual oron themanuf acturer'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'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'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'swebsit eor youwill receiv eth is
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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' 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
"MB UXmultim ediasystem" section and/orth e
Mer cedesme conne ctTerm sand Conditions. EvEv
ent dat ent
datar a
recor ecor
ders der
s USUS
Aonl y A
onl y: :
This vehicle iseq uipp edwithan eve ntdat a
re cor der (EDR). Themain purpose ofan EDR isto re
cor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esitua-
tions, suchas an airbag deployment orhitting a
ro ad obs tacle, datath at will assis tin und erstand-
ing howave hicle' ssy stems perform ed. The EDR
is designed torecor ddat are lat ed tovehicle
dynami csand safetysy stem sfo ra shor tper iod of
time, typicall y30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesig nedtorecor dsuc h
dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front passeng er
seat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all) thedr iver wa sdepr essin gth e
acceler ator and/ orbrak epedal and
R Howfast theve hicle wastrav eling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under standing
of thecir cumst ances inwhic haccidents andinju-
ri es occur .NO TE: EDR datais recor ded byyour
ve hicle onlyif anon -trivial cras hsitu atio nocc urs;
no dat ais recor ded bytheEDR under normal driv-
ing conditions andnoper sonal data(e.g. name,
ge nder ,ag eand accid ent locatio n)isrecor ded.
Ho wev er,ot her parties,suc has law enf orcemen t,could
combin eEDR datawit hth etype ofper son-
all yidentif yingdataro utinel yacq uired dur ing a
cr ash inve sti gation.
To read dat are cor ded byan EDR, special equip-
men tis requ ired, and acces sto theve hicle orthe
EDR isneeded .In addition totheve hicle manu -
fa ctur er,ot her partiesth at have thespecial equip-
ment, suchas law enf orcement, canread the
inf ormation byaccessin gth eve hicle ortheEDR.
EDR datama ybe used incivil andcriminal mat-
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructio n,acciden t
claims andvehicle safety. Sinc eth eCr ash Data
Re trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract data
fr om theEDR iscommer ciallyav ailabl e,
Mer cedes- BenzUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormation byunaut horized
Mer cedes-Benz personnel.
MBUS Awill notshar eEDR datawit hot her swit h-
out theconsent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased ,wit hout theconsent oftheles-
see. Excep tions tothis repr esent ation include
re sponse sto subpoe nasbylaw enf orcement ;by
fe der al,stat eor local government ;in connect ion
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lving MBUS Aor Gener
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its
subsidia ries and a1liat es;or,as requ ired by
la w.
Wa rning: TheEDR isacom ponent oftheRe str aint
Sy stem Module.Ta mp ering with,altering, modify -
ing orremo vingth eEDR component mayre sult in
a malf unct ionoftheRe str aint System Modulean d
ot her systems.
St atelaws orregula tions rega rding EDRs that
con0ict withfe der alregula tion arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheeve ntofsuc hcon 0ict ,th e
fe der alregula tion governs. As ofDecemb er2016 ,
17 stat es have enact edlaws relating toEDRs. CopCop
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dat acar rier inyour vehicle docume ntwa lletand
wit hupdat eson thefo llo wing websit e:
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Blue toot h®
is are gist ered trade mar kof Blue-
to ot hSIG, Inc.
R DTS™ isare gist ered trade mar kof DT S,Inc.
R Dolby®
and MLP™ arere gist ered trade mar ks
of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
R ESP ®
and PRE- SAFE®
arere gist ered trade -
mar ksofDaimler AG.
R Home Link®
is are gist ered trade mar kof Gen-
te xCor poratio n.
R iPod ®
and iTunes ®
arere gist ered trade mar ks
of Apple Inc.
R Burmest er®
is are gist ered trade mar kof
Bur mest erAudiosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoT ®
and Windo wsMedia ®
arere gis-
te re dtrademar ksofMicr osoT Corporation.
R SIRIUS ®
is are gist ered trade mar kof Sir ius
XM Radio Inc.
R HD Radio™ isare gist ered trade mar kof iBiq-
uity Digit alCor poratio n. R
Graceno te®
is are gist ered trade mar kof
Gr aceno te,Inc.
R ZAGA TSur vey®
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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. RR
educed r educed
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system prot em
protection ection
&
W W
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). RR
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nth eve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
fo rm ed, during whic hth e0075 restr aint system Oc
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wa
rning lamplights up.Itgoes outnolater than a
few secon dsaTer theve hicle isstar ted. The com-
ponent sof there str aint system areth en func-
tional. Malfunction
ingr Malfunction
ingres estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
A
malfunction hasoccur redin there str aint sys-
te m if:
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lampdoes
no tlight upwhen theve hicle isswitc hedon
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lamplights
up continuousl yor repeat edlydur ing ajour ney &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfun c-
tions inthere str aint system
Co mp onent sin there str aint system maybe
acti vatedunint ention allyor notdeplo yas plan-
ned inan accident. #
Have there str aint system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu ali/ed spe-
ciali stwo rkshop. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe r he
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system inan acciden t em
inan acciden t Ho
wthere str aint system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of accident anticipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activati on thre sholds forth ecom ponents of
th ere str aint system arede term ined based onthe
ev aluat ionofthesensor values measured atvari-
ous points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-e mp -
tiv ein natur e.The trigg ering/deplo ymentofthe
com pone ntsofthere str aint system musttake
place ingood timeatthestar tof thecollision.
Fa ctor swhic hcan onlybe seen andmeasur ed
aTer acollisi onhas occur reddo notpla ya deci-
siv ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindication ofairbag deployment.
The vehicle maybe def ormed signi/cantl ywit hout
an airbag beingdepl oyed.This isthecase ifonl y
par tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed are
a.ec tedand thera te of vehicle decel eration is no
thigh. Conversely, an airbag maybe depl oyed
ev en though theve hicle su.er sonl ymin ordef or-
matio n.Ifve ry rigid vehicle partssuc has lon gitu-
din almembe rsarehit, this ma yre sult insu1-
cientl yhigh leve ls of vehicle decel eration .
Depen dingon thede tected deplo yment situation,
th ecom ponents ofthere str aint system canbe
ac tiva tedor deplo yedindepende ntlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont alim pac t,
re ar impact, sideimpact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: front al
im pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact, rollo ver,
fr ont alim pa ct
R PRE- SAFE®
Im pulse Side:sideimpact
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 3636
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jour
ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag iscor rect (/ page45) . &
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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 tbelt canonl ypr ov ide
th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
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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 vetheins tructions aboutthecor rect
dr iver's seat positi onand adjus tingth eseat
(/ page89).
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. Occupant
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The should ersec tion oftheseat 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. Neverallo wbabies andchildr en
to trav el sitting onthelap ofano ther vehicle
occupan t.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso beingused byone oftheve hi-
cle's occupan ts.Alw aysobser vetheinst ruc-
tion sfo rloading theve hicle when securing
obj ects, luggage orloads (/page104) . Also
ensur eth at 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 haspecia lseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
Ac tivateor dea ctivateth especial seatbelt retrac-
to r(/ page53).
If ch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle, besureto
obser vetheinst ruction sand safetyno teson
"Child renin theve hicle" (/page50) . Limi
t Limi
tation sof t ation
sof the prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat he
seat
belt belt
&
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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 . &
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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 . #
Alwayssecur eper sons under5T
(1.5 0m) tallin asuit able restr aint sys-
te m. 3838
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