ESP MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owner's Manual
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In
this Oper ator's Manual, youwill find thefo l‐
lo wing symbols : &
DANG ER Dan gerdue tonotob ser ving
th ewa rning notic es
Wa rning notic es draw your att entio nto haz‐
ar ds that ma yend angeryour healt hor life, or
th ehealt hor life of other s. #
Obser vethewa rning notic es. +
ENV
IRONM ENTALNOTEEnvironme ntal
da ma gedue tofailur eto obser veenvi‐
ro nment alno tes En
vironme ntal no tesinclude information on
en vironment allyresponsible behaviororenvi‐
ro nment ally responsible disposal. #
Obser veenvironmen talno tes. *
NO
TEDama getoproper tydue tofailur e
to obser venoteson mat erial damag e No
teson mat erial damag einf orm youof
ri sk swhic hma ylead toyour vehicle being
damag ed. #
Obser venoteson mat erial damag e. %
These symbols indicateuseful instructions
or fur ther information that coul dbe helpf ul
to you.
# Instru ction
(/ page)F urther information onato pic
Display Inf
ormation onthemultifunc tiondis‐
pla y/media display
4 Highestmenu leve l,whic his to be
select edinthemultimedia system
5 Releva nt subme nus,wh ich ar eto be
select edinthemultimedia system
*I ndicat esacau se Sym
bols 5
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1
003E003D Turn signal lights →
114
2 0075 Restra int system →
394
3 00BB ESP®
OFF →
403
00E5 ESP®
→
403
4 005E Rear foglam p →
114
5 0057 Highbeam →
114
0058 Lowbeam →
113
0060 Parking lam ps →
113
6 ÿ Coolan tte mp eratur e →
396
7 Coolant temp eratur edispla y →
219
8 0024 Electricpa rking brak e(yello w) →
399
9 00C6 Recup erati ve Brak eSy stem, USAonl y →
399
004D Brak es (yello w), Canada only →
399
A 003D Electrical mal functi on →
396
B L Distance warning →
402 C
0025 ABS →
403
D Ù Electric po we rst eer ing →
395
E 0077 Tire pressur emonit oring system →
405
F 00B6 Reser vefuel withfuel filler flap locatio n
ind icat or →
396
G Fuelleve l →
219
H Electricpa rking brak e(red) →
399
0049 USAonl y
0024 Canada only
I Brak es(red) →
399
0027 USAonl y
004D Canada only
J 00E9 Seatbelt →
394
K 00B9 CheckEn gine →
396
L ä Suspen sion →
402 At
aglanc e– Indicat orand warning lam ps 11
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All
workon high voltag ecom pone ntsmus tbe
car ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Dec
laration ofconf ormity forwi reless vehi‐
cle comp onent s
US A:"Radio based devic es ofthis vehicle com‐
ply withPa rt15 oftheFCC Rules. Opera tionis
subje ctto thefo llo wing twocon dition s:1) These
de vice sma yno tcause harmful interfere nce, and
2) The sedevice smu stacc eptan yint erfere nce
re cei ved, includin gint erfere nce that ma ycaus e
unde sired operation .Chan gesor modif ications
no tex pressl yappr ovedby thepar tyresponsible fo
rcom pliance could void theuser's author ityto
oper ateth eeq uipment. "
Canada :"This vehicle contains license-e xemp t
tr ans mitter( s)/r ece iver( s)that com plywit hInno ‐
va tio n,Scie nceand Econo micDe velopmen tCan‐
ada ’sRSS (s).Operatio nis subj ectto thefo llo w‐
ing twocon dition s:(1) These device sma yno t
cause interfere nce, and(2)The sedevice smu st
acc eptan yint erfere nce, including interfere nce
th at ma ycaus eunde sired oper ationof the
de vice. "
Char ging unitforwi reless chargin gof mobi le
phone s(WMI )
This equipment complies wit hth eFCC andIC
ra diation exposur elimits setfo rth fo ran uncon‐
tr oll ed environment. Thisequip ment shouldbe
ins talled and opera tedwit haminimum distance
of 0cm (in co ntact) betwee nth era diat orand
yo ur body .This transm itter mus tno tbe co-lo ca‐
te dor oper ating incon junc tion withan yot her
ant enna ortransmitt er.
US A:"W ireless chargin gsy stem formobil ede vi‐
ces (Mod el:D-WMI20 15A): this de vice complies
wit hPa rt18 oftheFCC Rules." The
name andaddr essofthere sponsible party
is:
Continent alAu tomo tiveSy stems USInc.
24 00 Executiv eHill sDr ive
Au bur nHills, MI483 26-298 0
Un ited States ofAm erica Diagn
ostics connect ion
The diagn ostic scon nectionis ate ch nica lint er‐
fa ce intheve hicle. Itis used, forex am ple, within
th escope ofrepair andmaint enanc ewo rkor for
re adin gout vehicle databy aspec ialistwo rk‐
shop. Diagnos ticdevices should ther efor eonl y
be con nect edbyaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto con‐
necting device sto thediagnos ticscon‐
nect ion
If yo uco nn ect devic es tothediagnos tics
con nect ionoftheve hicle, thefunc tion of
ve hicle systems andoper ating safetyma ybe
im pair ed. Gen
eral no tes 25
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tio
nin their respectiv eoper ating instructions.
This information isalso available online and,
depen dingon theve hicle equipment, digitally.
Pe rsonal data
Ev eryve hicle isidentif iedbyauniq uevehicle
identif ication number .Depending onthecoun‐
tr y, this vehicle identif ication number canbe
used by,fo rex am ple, government alau thor ities
to determ ine theidentit yof theow ner .The reare
ot her possibili tiestouse dataco llec tedfrom the
ve hicle toident ifytheow ner ordriver ,su ch as
th elicense platenumber .
Ther efor e, dat age ner ated orproce ssedby con‐
tr ol uni tsma ybe attr ibut ab leto aper son or,
unde rcer tain con dition s,becom eatt ribut able to
a per son .De pen dingon whic hve hicle dataar e
av ailable, itma ybe poss ibletomak einf erences
abou t,forex am ple, your drivin gbeha vior,yo ur
loc atio n,your routeor your use pattern s.
Leg alrequ irement sre ga rding thedisclos ure
of data
If leg allyre qu ired todo so, manuf acturersar e, in
individual cases,legallyoblig edtoprov ide gov‐
er nm ent alent ities ,upon requ estand tothe ex
tent requ ired, datast or ed bythemanuf ac‐
tur er.Fo rex am ple, this ma ybe thecase during
th einve stigation ofacr imin aloffense.
Go vernment alentities areth emselv es,inindivid‐
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe‐
wo rk,aut hor ized toread out datafrom theve hi‐
cle. Inthecase ofan acciden t,inf ormation that
can help withan inve stigation can,th er efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag control unit, forex am ple.
Oper ational data intheve hicl e
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hi‐
cle, whic hha ve been processed bycontr oluni ts.
Thi sincl udes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informat ionsuchas thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral accelera ‐
tion ,number ofwheel revo lution sor thefa s‐
te ned seatbe lts displ ay
R Ambi entcond itions, such astemp eratur e,
ra in sen sor ordis tance sens or
Ge ner ally,th euse ofthese datais temp orar y;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod of
oper ation andwillonlybe processed within the
ve hicle itself. Controlunits oftencont ain da ta memor
iesforve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Their
use permitsth ete mp orar yor per manent docu‐
ment ation oftech nica linf orma tionab ou tth e
ve hicle's operating stat e, com ponent loads,
main tenance requ iremen tsand tech nica leve nts
or ma lfunctio ns.
Dep endingontheve hicle equipment, thefo llo w‐
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponen ts,
suc has fill le ve ls, tirepr essur eor batt ery
st atus
R Malfun ction sor faults inim por tant system
com ponen ts,suc has lights orbrak es
R System react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit ua‐
tio ns,suc has airbag deploymentor theint er‐
ve ntio nof stabilit ycon trol systems
R Information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
In cer taincas es, itma ybe requ ired tostor edat a
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte m‐
por arily. This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amal functi on,forex am ple. 30
Generalno tes
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Cer
tain inf ormatio nis simult aneousl ytransf er‐
re dto your smar tphon e.De pen dingon thetype
and integr ation, this inc ludes positiondata,the
da y/night modeandother gener alvehicle sta‐
tus es. Formor einf ormation pleaseconsult the
Oper ator's Manual oftheve hicle/inf otainm ent
sy stem.
This integr ation allowstheuse ofselect ed
smar tphon eapps, suchas navig ation ormusic
pla yerapp s.Ther eis no further interaction
be tween thesmar tphon eand theve hicle; inpar‐
ticular ,ve hicle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible.
The type ofadditional datapr ocessing isde ter‐
mined bythepr ov ider oftheapp being used.
Whic hse ttings youcan make,ifan y,depends on
th especif icapp andtheoper ating system of
yo ur smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exc hang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionismade possible bythe ve
hicle's owntrans mitt erand recei veror by a
mobil eend device that youha ve brought intoth e
ve hicle, forex am ple, asmar tphon e.On line func‐
tio ns can beused viathewir eless networkcon ‐
nect ion.This includes onlineservices andappli‐
cation s/apps prov ided toyouby themanuf ac‐
tur eror by other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding themanuf acturer'sonline services,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe
manuf acturerinasui table place, forex am ple, in
th eOper ator's Manual oron themanuf acturer's
we bsit e,wher eth ere leva nt data protect ion
inf ormation isalso given. Personal datama ybe
used forth epr ov ision ofonlin eser vice s.Dat a
ar eexc hang edvia asecur econn ection, suchas
th emanuf acturer'sdesignat edITsystems. Any
per sonal datawhic har ecollect ed,processed
and used, other than forth epr ov ision ofser v‐
ices, isdone soexc lusiv elyon thebasis ofleg al
per mission. Thisisthecase, forex am ple, fora
leg ally prescr ibed emerg encycallsystem, acon ‐
tra ctual agreement orwhen consent hasbeen
giv en. Yo
ucan have ser vices andfunctions, someof
whic har esubject toafe e, activ ated ordeactiv a‐
te d. This excludes legallypr escr ibed functions
and service s,suc has an emer gency callsy stem.
Thir dpar tyser vices
If yo uuse onlineser vices from other prov ider s
(t hir dpar ties ),th ese services areth ere sponsi‐
bility ofthepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject to
th at prov ider's datapr otect ion conditions and
te rm sof use. Asage ner alrule, themanuf ac‐
tur erhas noinfluence onthecon tent
exc hang ed.
Fo rth is reason ,when services arepr ov ided by
th ird par ties ,please asktheser vice prov ider in
qu estion forinf ormation aboutthetype, extent
and purpose ofthecollect ionand useofper‐
sonal data. Data
protection rights Depen
dingonyour count ryor theeq uipment
and rang eof func tions ofyour vehicle aswellas
th eser vices youuse and theser vices onoffer,
yo uar een titled todiffere nt data protect ion
ri ghts. Further information ondat apr otect ion 32
Gener alno tes
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and
your dat apr otect ion rights caneither be
fo und onthemanuf acturer'swebsit eor youwill
re cei vethis inf ormatio nas par tof theva rious
ser vices andservice offers .The reyouwill also
fi nd thecon tact informati onforth emanuf ac‐
tur erand itsdat apr otect ion officer s.
At awo rkshop, forex am ple, withth esuppor tof
a specialis tand possibly fora fe e, youcan have
dat are ad out whic his stor ed onlylocally inthe
ve hicle. MBUX
multim ediasystem/M ercedes me
connect If
th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX multi‐
media system orMer cedes meconnect ,addi‐
tion aldat aabout theve hicle's operation, theuse
of theve hicle incer tain situat ions,and theloca‐
tion oftheve hicle maybe com piled bythe
MBUX multimedia system orMer cedes mecon‐
nect .
Fo radd itional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmult imed iasystem" sectionand/or the
Mer cedes meconn ectTerm sand Conditions. Ev
ent data recor der s US
Aonl y:
This vehicle iseq uipped withan event data
re cor der (EDR ).The mainpu rpose ofan EDRis
to recor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esit‐
uation s,suc has an airbag deployment orhitt ing
a ro ad obs tacle ,da ta that will assis tin unde r‐
st andi nghowave hicle's systems perform ed.
The EDRis designed torecor dda ta relat ed to
ve hicle dynamics andsafetysy stems fora shor t
per iod oftime, typica lly30 seconds orless.
The EDR inthis vehicle isdesigned torecor d
su ch dat aas:
R Howvarious systems inyour vehicle were
oper ating
R Whe ther or notth edr iver and front
passeng erseat belts werebuc kled/f astened
R Howfar(if at all)th edr iver wa sdepr essing
th eaccelera torand/or brak epeda land
R Howfast theve hicle wastrave ling
This datacan help prov ide abe tter under stand‐
ing ofthecir cums tances inwh ich acci dents and
inju ries occur .NO TE: EDRdat ais recor ded by yo
ur vehicle onlyif anon- trivial crash situation
occur s;no dat ais recor ded bytheED Runder
nor mal driving conditions andnoper sonal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag eand acciden tloc atio n)is
re cor ded .Ho wever,ot her parties, suchas law
enf orcement ,could combine EDRdatawit hth e
typ eof personally identifying dataro utin ely
acq uired dur ing acr ash inve stigation .
To read dat are cor ded byan EDR,spec ialequip‐
men tis requ ired, and access totheve hicle or
th eED Ris needed. Inaddition totheve hicle
manuf acturer,ot her parties that have thespecial
eq uipment, suchas law enf orcemen t,can read
th einf ormation byacc essi ngtheve hicle orthe
EDR.
EDR data ma ybe used incivil andcrimina lmat‐
te rs as ato ol inaccident recons tructi on,acci ‐
dent claims and vehicle safety. Since theCr ash
Dat aRe trie va l(CDR) tool that isused toextract
da ta from theED Ris comm erciall yav ailable,
Mer cedes-Ben zUS A,LLC("MBUS A")expressl y
disclaims anyand allliability arising from the
ex tracti onofthis inf ormatio nby unaut horized
Mer cedes-Ben zper son nel. Gen
eral no tes 33
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MBUS
Awill notshar eEDR datawit hot her swit h‐
out thecon sent oftheve hicle owner or,if th e
ve hicle isleased, without thecon sent oftheles‐
see. Excep tion sto this repr esent ation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylaw enf orcem ent;by
fe der al,stat eor loc algo vernment ;in connection
wit hor arising outoflitig ation invo lvin g MBUS A
or its subsidia ries and affiliat es; or,as requ ired
by law.
Wa rning: TheEDRis acom pone ntofthe
Re stra int System Module. Tamp ering with,alt er‐
ing, modifying orremo ving theED Rcom ponen t
ma yre sult inamalfunction oftheRe stra int Sys‐
te m Modu leand other systems.
St atelaws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict withfe der alregulation arepr e-em pted.
This means that intheev ent ofsuc hcon flict ,th e
fe der alregulation governs. As ofDecember
20 16 ,17 stat es have enact edlaws relatin gto
EDRs . Co
pyright Fr
ee and open sourcesof tware In
fo rm atio non lice nsefo rfr ee and open-sou rce
sof twareused inyour vehicle canbefound on
th edat acar rier inyour vehicle document wallet
and withupdat eson thefo llo wing websit e:
htt ps:/ /www .mercedes- benz.com/open source Re
gis tere dtrademar ks R
Bluetoo th®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSIG, Inc.
R DTS™ isare gis tere dtra demar kof DT S,Inc.
R Dolb y®
and MLP ™arere gis tere dtrademar ks
of DOLB YLabor ator ies.
R ESP ®
and PRE-S AFE®
arere gis tere dtra de‐
mar ksofDaimler AG.
R HomeL ink®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Gen‐
te xCo rporation.
R iPod ®
and iTune s®
arere gis tere dtrademar ks
of Apple Inc. R
Burmes ter®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Bur mes terAu diosy steme GmbH.
R Micr osoft®
and Windo wsMedia ®
arere gis‐
te re dtrademar ksofMicr osoftCor poration.
R SIRIUS ®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Sir ius
XM Radio Inc.
R HD Radio™ isare gis tere dtrademar kof iBiq‐
uity Digit alCor poration.
R Graceno te®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Gr aceno te,Inc .
R ZAGA TSur vey®
and relat ed brands arere gis‐
te re dtrademar ksofZag atSur vey, LL C. 34
Generalno tes
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R
The seat beltmustbe routed acr oss thecen‐
te rof theshoulder andaslow do wn across
th ehips aspossible.
R The shoulder sectionoftheseat beltshould
no tto uc hyo ur neck nor berouted unde r
yo ur arm or behin dyo ur bac k.
R Avoid wearing bulk yclo thing, e.g. awint er
coat .
R Push thelap belt down asfaras possi ble
acr oss your hips andpulltight wit hth eshoul‐
der sect ionofthebelt. Neverro uteth elap
belt across your abdom en.
Pr egn ant women mustals ota ke par ticular
car ewit hth is.
R Neverro uteth eseat beltacross shar p,poin‐
te d, abr asiv eor fragile objec ts.
R Onlyone person should useeachseat beltat
an yone time. Neverall ow babies andchil‐
dr en totrave lsitt ing onthelap ofano ther
ve hicle occupant.
R Neversecur eobjects withaseat beltifth e
seat beltisalso being usedbyone ofthe
ve hicle's occupants. Alwaysobser vethe
ins truct ions forloa ding theve hicle when secur
ingobject s,lugg ageor loads
(/ page10 4).
Als oensu rethat no obj ect s,e.g .a cus hion ,
ar eeve rpla ced between aper son and the
seat.
The seat belts onthefo llo wing seats areeq uip‐
ped withaspec ialseat beltretract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seat s
Ac tivateor deacti vate thespecial seatbelt
re tract or(/ page 56).
If ch ildr enaretra veling intheve hicle, besur eto
obser vetheins truction sand safetyno teson
"Chi ldren intheve hicle" (/page52). Limitations
ofthepr otection prov ided bythe
seat belt &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an incorrect sea tpos ition
The seatbel tdoe sno tof ferth eint ended
le ve lof protect ion ifyo uha ve notmo vedth e
seat backres tto an almos tve rtical posit ion.
Yo uco uld slip beneathth eseat beltand
injur eyo urself . #
Adjus tth eseat proper lybef orecom‐
menc ingyour jour ne y. #
Alw aysensur eth at theseat backres tis
in an almos tve rtical posit ionand that
th eshoulder beltisrouted acr oss the
cent erofyour sho ulder . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
an extende dsea tbe ltex tende rwh ile th e
ve hicle isin mo tion
If th eseat beltdoes notsit cor rectly onthe
body ,it cann otper form itsintended protec‐
tiv efunc tion. 38
Occupant safety
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&
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
deplo yedpy rotech nic Emerg encyTen‐
si oni ng Device s
Py rotech nic Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device s
th at have been deployedar eno long eroper a‐
tion aland areunable toper form their inten‐
ded protect ive func tion. #
Ther efor e, have deplo yedpy rotech nic
Emerg encyTensi oni ng Device simm edi‐
at ely replaced ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. Mer
cedes-Benz recomme ndsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
af te ran accide nt.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bytrap ping the
seat belt If
an unused seatbeltisno tfully retract ed,it
ma ybe come trap pe din thedoor orinthe
seat mechanism. #
Alw aysensur eth at an unus edseat belt
is full yre tract ed. Ex
tending/r etra ctin gth eseat beltextender When
thedoor isclosed, theseat beltextende r
ex tends.
* NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. The
seatbel tex tende rbu tton isno tav ailable in
Mer cedes-AM Gve hicles.
Yo ucan also extend theseat-belt extende rby
usin gth eõ seat-belt extende rbu tton inthe
cent erconso le. #
Swi tchon theignition . #
Press theõ seatbeltextende rbu tton.
The seatbe ltex tende rex tends.
The seatbe ltex tende rre tracts again in thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R The seat belttongu eis eng aged intheseat
belt buckle
R The seat belttongu eis no teng aged inthe
seat beltbucklewithin 60seconds If
yo upr ess theõ seatbeltextende rbu t‐
to nag ain in this case, theseat beltextende r
wi llex tend again.
R The respectiv edoor isopened
R Youfo ld theseat backres tfo rw ards
R Nobody issitt ing inthefront passeng erseat
If yo upr ess theõ seatbeltextende rbu t‐
to nag ain in this case, theseat beltextende r
wi llno long er extend.
The seatbe ltex tende rmu stalw aysbe retract ed
wh ile th eve hicle isin mo tion. Fa
stening seatbelts If
th eseat beltispulled quickl yor shar ply, the
seat beltretract orlock s. The seat beltstra pcan‐
no tbe pulled outanyfur ther. 40
Occupant safety
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#
Yousho uld onlyuse seat covers that
ha ve been approved forth ecor respond‐
ing seats byMer cedes-Ben z. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfu nc‐
tioning sensorsin thedoor
The func tion oftheairbags canbeimpair ed
due tomodif icationsorincor 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. #
Alw aysha ve wo rkon thedoor sor door
tr im car ried out ataqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue todeplo yed
airbag
A deplo yedairbag nolong eroffers anypr o‐
te ction. #
Have theve hicle towe dto aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop inorder tohave the
deplo yedairbag replaced. Ha
ve deplo yedairbags replaced immediat ely. St
atus ofthefront passeng erfront airbag Fu
nction oftheaut oma ticfront passeng er
air bag shutoff
The automatic front passeng erairbag shutoffis
able todetect whe ther thefront passeng erseat
is occupied byaper son orach ild restra int sys‐
te m. The front pass engerairb agand front
pass engerknee airbagareenabl edordisa bled
accor dingly. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hdue to
object sunder theco- driver seat
Objec tstrapped undertheco- driver seat can
int erfere wit hth efunc tion oftheaut omatic
co- driver airbag shutoffor damag eth esy s‐
te m. #
Donotst or ean yobject sunder theco-
dr iver seat. #
When theco- driver seat isoccupied,
mak esur eth at no obj ect sar etrapped
unde rth eco- driver seat. When
installing ach ild restra int system onthe
fr ont passeng ersea t,alw aysmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Ensur eth at thech ild restra int system isposi‐
tion edcor rectl y(/ page 51).
R Alw ayscom plywithth ech ild restra int sys‐
te m manuf acturer'sinstallation instruct ions .
R Neverpla ceobjects (e.g.cushi ons)under or
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