ECU MERCEDES-BENZ EQB 2023 Owner's Manual

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Tensio nTo pTe ther belt 4.Indoing so,com-
pl ywit hth ech ild restr aint system manufac tur-
er's installation instruction s. #
Ifnecessar y,slide head restr aint 1 down -
wa rds(/ page100) .Mak esur eth at youdo
no tint erfere wit hth ecor rect routing ofTop
Te ther belt 4. SecurSecur
ingt ing
the c he
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system wit em
witht h
the seat he
seat
belt belt
SecurSecur
ingt ing
the c he
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system wit em
witht h
the seat he
seat
belt ont belt
onthe r he
rear seat ear
seat &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident ifth ere ar
ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
ar eno teng aged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat andseat back-
re st ma yfo ld forw ards, even when youar e
dr iving.
R Asare sult ,th eve hicle occupan twill be
pushed intoth eseat beltwithincr eased
fo rc e. The seat beltwillnotbe able topro- te
ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tion alinj ury.
R Objects orloads inthetrunk orcar go
com partment willnotbe restr ained bythe
seat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backrest are
eng aged bef oreev erytrip. If
th ere ar seat backres tis no teng aged and
loc kedin place, there dloc kve ri/catio nindic ator
wil lbe visib le.
Whe ninst Wh
eninst alling abe lt-s ec ur al
ling abe lt-s ec ured c ed
chi ld r hi
ld res est
r tr
ai nt sy ai
nt sys- s-
t t
em ,ob serv em,
obser ve t e
the f he
follo ollo
wing: wing:
0073 Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used .
0073 Alsose cu re TopTe ther ifpr esent
(/ page61).
0073 When usingaw When
usingaweight cat eight
categor egor
y0/0+ bab y
0/0+ baby y
car seat andaw car
seat andaweight cat eight
categor egor
yIr y
Irear w ear
war ar
d- d-
f f
acing c acing
child r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system onar em
onarear seat ear
seat : :adjust
thefront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing aw Wh
enusing awei gh tca t ei
gh tca teg or eg
oryIf y
Ifor w or
war ar
d- d-
f f
acin gc acin
gchild r hild
res es
tr tr
ain tsy st ai
nt system : em
:re mo vethe
head restr aint from there spect ive seat, if
possibl e.
ATer thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y.
0073 Thebackrest ofthefo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system must,asfaras possible, be
re sti ng on theseat backrest ofthere ar seat.
0073 Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the
maximum sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str iction son use.
0073 Thech ild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong 6262
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safety

dir
ection. Wherepossible, adjustth eseat
cushion inclination accordingly.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustno tbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint .Ad just the
head restr aints asappropr iate .
0073 Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
The seat beltson thefo llo wing seats areeq uipped
wit haspecial seatbelt retract or:
R Front passeng erseat
R Rear seats
When enabled,thespecial seatbelt retract or
ensur esthat theseat belts ofthefront passeng er
seat andrear seats donotslac kenonce thech ild
re str aint system isse cu red(/ page58). #
Inst allthech ild restr aint system .
Th eent ire ba se ofthech ild restr aint system
mu stalwa ys rest on theseat surface ofthe
re ar seat. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at theshoulder beltstrap
is cor rectl yro uted from theseat beltoutle tof th
eve hicle totheshoulder beltguide onthe
ch ild restr aint system .
Th esh ou lder beltstr ap mu stbe routed
fo rw ardfrom theseat beltoutle t.
N No o
t t
es on r es
on rear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing andf acing
andfor w or
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child hild
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
systems ont ems
onthe fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor fata linjur y
when usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system while th eco-dr iver airbag
is enabled
If yo usecur each ild inare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system ontheco-dr iver seat andthe
PA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or lamp is
o., theco-dr iver airbag candeplo yin the
eve ntofan accid ent.
The child could bestruckby theairbag. #
Alwaysensu rethat theco-dr iver airbag is
disabled. ThePASSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp must belit. #
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child
re str aint system onase at with an ENA - BL
ED FRONT AIRBAG; DEA THorSER I-
OUS INJUR Yto theCHILD canoccur . Obser
vethespeci/c instruction sfo rth ere ar-
wa rd-faci ng and forw ard-f acing child restr aint sys-
te ms (/ page64) .
Alw aysobser vethestatus ofthefront passeng er
airbag onthePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp :
R When usingare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onthefront passeng erseat, thefront
passeng erairbag mustalwaysbe disable d.
This isonl yth ecase ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR
BA GOF Find icat or lamp islit continuousl y
(/ page49).
R Ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF Find icat or
la mp iso., thefront passeng erairbag isena-
bled. Thefront passeng erairbag maydeplo y
dur ing anaccident. Occupant
safety
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Sec
ur Sec
uring t ing
the c he
chi ld r hi
ld res estr tr
ai nt syst ai
nt system wit em
with t h
the seat he
seat
be lton t be
lton the fr he
front passeng ont
passeng erseat er
seat
Wh eninst allin gabe lt-se cu redch ild restr aint sys-
te m on thefront passeng erseat, alwaysobser ve
th efo llo wing:
0073 Obser vetheno teson rear wa rd-faci ng and
fo rw ard-f acing child restr aint system son the
fr ont passeng erseat (/ page 63).
0073 Obser vethech ild restr aint system manufac -
tu re r's inst allation andoper ating instruction s.
0073 When usingafo rw ard-f acing child restr aint
sy stem inwe ight categor yI: re mo vethehead
re str aint from there specti veseat, ifpossibl e.
ATer thech ild restr aint system hasbe en
re mo ved, replace thehead restr aint imme di-
at elyand adjustall head restr aints correctl y.
0073 Thebackrest ofthefo rw ard-f acing child
re str aint system must,asfaras possible, be
re sti ng on theseat backrest ofthefront
passeng erseat.
0073 Ifth ehead restr aint ofthech ild seat canno t
be fullyex tended when itis inst alled inthe
ve hicle, this will result inrestr iction son the maximum
sizesettin gfo rch ild restr aint sys-
te ms inwe ight categor yII or III.
Cont actwithth ero of when thehead
re str aint isful lyex tended andlockedin place
will notre sult inanyre str iction son use.
0073 Thech ild restr aint system mustnotbe put
und erstr ain be twee nth ero of and theseat
cushion and/orbeinst alled facing thewr ong
dir ection.
0073 Thechild restr aint system mustnotbe put
und erstr ain by thehead restr aint. Adjust the
head restr aints asappro priate .
0073 Neverplace objects (e.g.cushions) underor
behind thech ild restr aint system .
Th ese at belton thefront passeng erside iseq uip-
ped withaspecial seatbelt retract or.
When enabled,thespecial seatbelt retract or
ensur esthat theseat beltdoes notslac kenonce
th ech ild seat issecur ed(/ page58). &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
objects between theseat surface and the
ch ild restr aint system
Ob jec tsbetwee nth eseat surface and the
ch ild restr aint system could a. ectth efunction
of theaut omatic front passeng erairbag shut-
o.. #
Donotplace anyobjects between the
seat surface and thech ild restr aint sys-
te m. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thech ild restr aint
sy stem isco rrectl yins talled. #
Setth efront passeng erseat asfarbac kas
possible andmovetheseat intoth ehighest
position ifpossible. #
Adjust theseat cushion inclination sothat the
fr ont edge oftheseat cushion isin thehighest
position andthere ar edg eof theseat cushion
is in thelowe stpo sition . #
Setth eseat backrest tothemost vertical
position possible. 6464
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ntsaf ety

#
Alwaysactiv ateth einst alled child safety
loc ksifch ildr enaretrav eling intheve hi-
cle. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. #
When leavingth eve hicle, alwaysta ke the
Sma rtKe ywit hyo uand lockth eve hicle. Ther
ear ech ild safetyloc ksforth ere ar door sand
th ere ar side windows.
The child safetyloc kon there ar door ssecur es
eac hdoor separ ately. The doorscan nolong erbe
open edfrom theinside. #
Press theleve rin dir ection 1(activ ate) or 2
(deactiv ate). #
Mak esur eth at thech ild safetyloc ksarewo rk-
ing proper ly. A A
ctiv ctiv
atin gand deactiv atin
gand deactiv atingt atin
gthe c he
child safe hild
safety loc k ty
loc k
f f
or t or
the r he
rear side windo ws ear
side windo ws #
T T
o activ o
activ at at
e/deactiv e/deactiv
at at
e: e:
press button2.
The rear side windowcan beopen edorclosed
in thefo llo wing cases :
R indicat orlam p1 islit: via theswitc hon
th edr iver's door 6666
Occupant
safety

R
indicat orlam p1 iso.: viatheswitc hon
th ecor respond ingrear door ordriver's
door NNo o
t t
es on pe es
on pets int ts
inthe v he
vehicle ehicle
&
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofacciden tand injurydue
to anim alsleT unse curedorunat tended in
th eve hicle
If yo ulea veanim alsintheve hicle unattended
or unse cured, they could possibl ypr ess but-
to ns orswitches .
An anim alma y:
R Activateve hicle equipme ntand become
tr apped, forex am ple
R Switchsy stems onoro. and endanger
ot her roadus ers
Uns ecured animalsmaybe thro wn aroun din
th eve hicle intheev ent ofan accident orsud-
den steer ing and braking maneuv ersand
injur eve hicle occupan tsinthepr ocess. #
Neverlea veanim alsintheve hicle unat-
te nded . #
Alwayscor rectl ysecur eanimals while
dr ivi ng ,e.g .using asuit able animal car-
ri er . Occupant
safety
67 67

RR
emo emo
ving/ inser ving/
insertingt ting
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key RR
emo emo
ving t ving
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key #
Press release button1.
Emer gency key2 ispushe dout slightly. #
Pull outeme rgency key2 untiliten gage sin
th eint ermediat eposition. #
Press release button1 again and fully
re mo veemer gency key2.
Inse r Inse
rtin gt tin
gthe emer g he
emer gen cy key ency
key #
Press release button1. #
Inser temer gency key2 totheint ermediat e
position orfull yuntil iteng ages. %
Youcan usetheint ermediat eposition of
emer gency key2 toatt achth eSmar tKey to
a ke yring. RR
epla cing t epla
cing the Smar he
Smar tKe tK
ey bat t y
bat ter y er
y &
D D
AN AN
GER GER
Riskoffata linjur iesdue tosw al-
lo wing batteries
Bat teries cont aintoxicand corrosiv esubs tan-
ces .Sw allow ing batt eries maycause severe
int ernal burnstooccur within twohour s.
Ther eis arisk offata linjur y. #
Keep batt eries out ofthere ac hof chil-
dr en. #
Ifth ecap and/or thebatt erycom part-
ment doesnotclose securely, do notuse
th eSmar tKey anylon gerand keep out of
th ere ac hof childr en. #
Ifbatt eries aresw allo wed,seek medical
att ention immediat ely. +
ENVIR ENVIR
ONMENT ONMENT
ALNO AL
NOTE TE
Environmen tal
damag edue toimproper disposa lof bat-
te ries Batt
eries cont ainpollut ants. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withth ehousehold
ru bbish. #
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironment allyre sponsi blemann er.
Ta ke disc hargedbatt eries toaqu ali/ed
special istwo rkshop ortoacolle ction
poin tfo rused batteries. RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Youre qu ire aCR 2032 3V cell battery.
Mer cedes-Be nzrecommen dsthat youha ve the
batt eryre placed ataqu ali/ed special istwo rk-
shop. #
Remo vetheemer gency key(/ page70) . 7070
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ing and closi ng

#
T T
o loc o
loc kt k
the r he
right-hand sideoft ight-hand
sideofthe v he
vehicle: ehicle:
turn
th eemer gency keycloc kwise asfaras itwill
go.
If th eloc keddoor isthen closed, itcan nolong er
be opened from theoutside. CarCar
gocom go
com par par
tment tment
Opening
t Opening
the t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto theta ilg atecaused by
obst acles abovetheve hicle The
tailg ateswings rear wa rdsand upwards
when itis open ed. #
Mak esur eth at ther eis su1cien tspace
behind andabovetheta ilg ate. #
Press theto pof theMer cedes star. #
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withHANDS- FREEA h
HANDS- FREEACCESS: CCESS:
Makea
kic king movement withyo ur foot belo wthe
bum per(/ page79). V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withan EAS Y h
an EAS Y-P AC -P
AC Kt K
tai lg ai
lg at e at
e #
Pull remo teoper ating switch1 until theta il-
ga te opens.
or #
Press and hold the008B buttonontheSmar t-
Ke y. #
Ifth eta ilg ateis unloc ked, press theto pof the
Mer cedesstar. #
Ifth eta ilg ateis stopped inan intermediat e
position, pullitupw ards. Release itas soon as
it begins toopen.
If an obst acle obstructs theta ilg atedur ing the
aut omati copen ingprocess, blockage detection
will stop theta ilg ate. The automatic blockage
de tection function isonl yan aid. Itis no ta subs ti-
tut efo ryo ur att entiv eness. Closing
t Closing
the t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yfrom unsecur ed
it ems intheve hicle
If obj ects, luggage orloads areno tsecur edor
no tsecur edsu1cient ly,th ey could slip,tip
ov er or be thro wn aroun dand ther eb yhit vehi-
cle occupan ts.
Ther eis arisk ofinjury, par ticular lyin the
eve ntofsud den brak ing orasud den chang e
in dir ecti on. #
Alwaysst ow objects insuc hawa yth at
th ey canno tbe thro wn aroun d. 7676
Open
ingand closin g

#
Beforeth ejour ney,secur eobj ects, lug-
ga ge orloads agains tslipping ortipping
ove r. Obser
vetheno teson loadin gth eve hicle.
N No o
t t
es on closin gt es
on closin gthe t he
tailg ailg
at at
e: e:
your vehicle is
eq uipp edwithaut omati cSmar tKey recogn ition.If
a Smar tKey belongin gto theve hicle isde tected in
th eve hicle, theta ilg atewill notbe locked.
No tethat theta ilg atewill notbe lockedin thefo l-
lo wing situation:
R Youha ve loc kedth eve hicle andclose theta il-
ga te while aSmar tKey belongin gto theve hicle
is insi detheve hicle.
and
R Asecon dSmar tKey belongin gto theve hicle is
no tde tected outsi detheve hicle.
Au tomatic SmartKey recogn itionis onl yan aid
and isno ta subs titutefo ryo ur att entiv eness. #
Beforeloc king, ensur eth at atleas tone
Smar tKey belongin gto theve hicle isouts ide
th eve hicle. #
T T
o close t o
close the t he
tailg ailg
at at
e: e:
pull theta ilg atedo wn-
wa rdswit hth ehandle andletit dr op intoth e
loc k.
V V
ehicles wit ehicles
withan EAS Y h
an EAS Y-P AC -P
AC Kt K
tai lg ai
lg at e at
e &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofbec omi ngtrapp eddur -
ing automa ticclosing oftheta ilg ate
Body partsma ybecome trapped. Therema y
be people intheclosing area. #
Mak esur eth at nob ody isin thevicinity
of theclosing area.
Use oneofthefo llo wing options tostop the
closin gpr ocess:
R Press the008B buttonontheSmar tKey .
R Press orpul lth ere mo teoper ating switch
on thedr iver's door .
R Press theclosing orloc king buttononthe
ta ilg ate.
R Press theto pof theMer cedes star on the
ta ilg ate. VV
ehicles wit ehicles
withHANDS-FR EEA h
HANDS-FR EEACCESS: CCESS:
itis also
possible tostop theclosing process bymaking a
kic king movement belowthere ar bum per. #
T T
o close t o
close the t he
tailg ailg
at at
e: e:
pull theta ilg atedo wn-
wa rdsslig htly.Re lease itas soon asitbegins
to close. #
Swit chon thepo we rsuppl yor theve hicle. Open
ingand closin g
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HAND
S-FREE A HAND
S-FREE ACCE SSfunct ion CCE
SSfunct ion Wi
th HAND S-FREE ACCESS youcan open, close
or stop theclosing process oftheta ilg ateby per -
fo rm ing akic king movement under there ar
bum per.
The kicking movement trigg ersth eopening or
closing process alternat ely. Obser
vetheno teswhen opening(/ page76)
and closin g(/ page76) theta ilg ate.
% Twowa rning tones soundwhen theta ilg ateis
opening orclosing.
* N NO O
TE TE
Vehicle damag edue tounint en-
tional opening oftheta ilg ate R
When usinganaut omatic carwash
R When usingahigh pressur eclean er #
Deacti vate thefunction oftheSmar tKey
in these situations.
or #
Mak esur eth at theSmar tKey isat amin-
imum distance of10 T(3 m) away from
th eve hicle. When
makingth ekic king movement, makesur e
th at youar estanding /rml yon thegr ound. You
could other wise loseyour balance, e.g.onice.
Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R The Smar tKey isbehind theve hicle. R
Stand atleas t12 in(30 cm) awayfrom the
ve hicle while perform ing thekic king move-
ment.
R Donotcome intocont actwithth ebum per
while making thekic king movement.
R Donotcar ryout thekic king movement too
slo wly .
R The kicking movement mustbetowa rdsth e
ve hicle andbackag ain. 1
Detection rang eof thesensor s
If se veralconsecutiv ekic king movements areno t
successful, waitte nsec onds . Ope
ning andclosing
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Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impa ired orma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing cases :
R The sensor sar edir ty,e.g. duetoroad salt or
sno w.
R The kicking movement ismade usingapr os-
th etic leg.
The tailg atecan open orclose unintentionall yin
th efo llo wing situations:
R Aper son's arms orlegs aremo ving inthesen-
sor detection rang e, e.g. when polishing the
ve hicle orpic king upobj ects.
R Objects aremo vedor placed behind theve hi-
cle, e.g.a ch argin gcable orlug gage .
R Clam pingstraps, tarp sor other coverings are
pull edove rth ebum per.
R Apr otectiv emat withalengt hre ac hing over
th etrunk silldown intoth ede tection rang eof
th esensor sis used.
R The protectiv emat isno tsecur edcor rectl y. Deactiv
ateth efunction oftheSmar tKey
( / pag e69) ordo notcar rytheSmar tKey about
yo ur per son insuc hsituations. Limiting
t Limiting
the opening angleoft he
opening angleofthe t he
tailg ailg
ate at
e AA
ctiv ctiv
ating t ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
Yo ucan limit theopening angleoftheta ilg atein
th eto phalf ofits opening rang eup toapoin t
shor tly bef oreth eend position. #
Stop theopening procedur eof theta ilg ateat
th edesir edposition. #
Press and hold theclosing buttonon theta il-
ga te until youhear ashor tacoustic signal.
The opening anglelimiterwill beactiv ated. The
ta ilg atewill then stop inthestor ed position
when opened.
To open theta ilg atefull y,pull theto ppar tof the
Mer cedesstar on theta ilg ateag ain aTer ithas
st opped automaticall y.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingt ating
the opening anglelimit he
opening anglelimiter er
#
Press and hold theclosing buttonon theta il-
ga te until twoshor tacoustic signalssound. UUnloc nloc
king t king
the t he
tailg ailg
at at
ewit e
wit ht h
the emer g he
emer gency key ency
key RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R The rear seat backres thas been folded
fo rw ard.
R The cargocom partmen tco verhas been
re mo ved. #
Remo vetheemer gency key(/ page70) . 8080
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ing and closi ng