weight MERCEDES-BENZ EQB 2023 Owners Manual

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Sitwith their 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 actwith the
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 e49). F F
unction oft unction
ofthe P he
PASS EN ASS
ENGER AIRBA GER
AIRBAGindicat G
indicat or or
lam lam
ps ps
Self
-t Self
-tes est
ofaut t
of aut omatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag shut- er
airbag shut-
o. o.
When theve 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. Occupant
safety
49 49

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. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinju ry or deat hifth e
per missible gross mass ofthech ild and
ch ild restr aint system toge ther isexcee-
ded.
To omuc hload maybe placed ontheLA TC H-
typ e(ISOFI X)child restr aint system andth e
ch ild ma yno tbe restr ained correctl yin the
eve ntofan accid ent, forex am ple. #
Ifth ech ild and thech ild restr aint system
to get her weigh mor eth an theper missi-
ble gross mass of73 lb(33 kg),onl yuse
a LA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child restr aint sy
stem with whic hth ech ild issecur ed
wit hth eve hicle seatbelt. #
Also secur eth ech ild restr aint system
wi th theTo pTe ther belt, ifav ailabl e. Alw
ayscom plywit hth einf ormation aboutthe
mass ofthech ild restr aint system :
R Inthemanuf acturer'sinstallation andoper at-
ing inst ruction sfo rth ech ild restr aint system
us ed
R Onalabe lon thech ild restr aint system ,if
pr es ent
Re gula rly ch eckth at theper missible gross mass
of thech ild and child restr aint system issti llco m-
pl ied wi th.
When installing ach ild restr aint system ,ob serve
th efo llo wing:
0073 Alwaysobser vethecor rect use oftheseats
and consider their suit ability foratt aching a
ch ild restr aint system .
0073 Alwayscom plywit hth emanuf acturer's
inst allation andoper ating instruction sfo rth e
ch ild restr aint system used . 0073
Makesur eth at thech ild's feet do notto uc h
th efront seat. Ifnecessar y,mo vethefront
seat slightl yfo rw ards.
® When installing aLA TC H-ty pe(ISOFI X)child
re str aint system ,al so observeth efo llo wing:
0073 When usingabab When
usingabab ycar seat inw y
car seat inweight gr eight
group oup
0/0+ andar 0/0+
andarear w ear
war ar
d-f d-f
acing c acing
child r hild
res est
r tr
aint aint
sy st sy
stem inw em
inweight gr eight
group Ion ar oup
Ion arear seat ear
seat: :
adjus tth efront seat sothat theseat does
no tto uc hth ech ild restr aint system .
0073 Whenusing af Wh
enusing afor w or
war ar
d-f d-
fac ing c ac
ing chi ld r hi
ld res est
r tr
ai nt ai
nt
sy st sy
stem inw em
inwei gh tgr eight
group I: oup
I:re mo vethehead
re str aint from there specti veseat, ifpossibl e.
In addit ion,th ebac krest ofthech ild restr aint
sy stem mustlie as 0at asposs ibleag ain st
th ebac krest oftheve hicle seat.
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 When usingac When
usingachild r hild
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system ona em
ona
seat ont seat
onthe t he
thir hir
dro d
ro w of seats: w
of seats: adjustthe
fr ont seat so that itdoes notto uc hth ech ild
re str aint system andmo vetheseat backrest Occupant
safety
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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
Occupant
safety

&
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur ydue toexcessiv e
st ra in on thegr ab handl e
If yo uappl yyo ur full body weight tothegr ab
handl eor pull itabr uptly, thegr ab handl ema y
be damag edorbecome loosefrom itsanc hor-
ag e. #
Use thegr ab handl esonl yto stabili zethe
seati ngposit ionortoassis tin get ting in
and outoftheseat. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue 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. AA
djus djus
tst ts
the seat he
seat f f
or or
e-an d-aT e-an
d-aT position position
#
LiT leve r1 and slide theseat intoth e
desir edposition. #
Mak esur eth at theseat iseng aged. #
T T
o adjus o
adjust t t
the seat height he
seat height: :
push orpull leve r2
until thedesir edposition hasbeen reac hed. #
T T
o adju s o
adju stt t
the seat bac he
seat backr kr
es es
tincl inat ion: t
incl inat ion:tur n
handwhe el3 forw ards and backwards unt il
th edesir edposition hasbeen reac hed. AA
dju s dju
sting t tin
gthe fr he
front seat mec ont
seat mechanical l hanical
ly (wit y
(wit hSe at h
Se at
Comf Comf
or or
tP t
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
AA
dju s dju
stst ts
the seat he
seat f f
or or
e-and-aT e-and-aT
position posit
ion 9494
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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam ageto thecup holder When
there ar armr estis folded backth ecup
holder couldbecome damaged. #
Onlyfo ld there ar armr estbac kwhen the
cup holder isclosed. *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag eto there ar armr estdue to
body weight When
folded out,there ar armr est can be
damag edbybody weight. #
Donotsit orsuppor tyo urself onthere ar
seat armr est. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toan open
car gocom partmen t0oor
If yo udr ive wit hth ecar gocom partment 0oor
open, objects couldbe0un gar ound andhit
ve hicle occupan tsas are sult .Ther eis arisk
of injury, par ticular lyin theev ent ofsudden
br aking orasudden chang ein dir ecti on. #
Alwaysclose thecar gocom partment
0oor beforeajour ney. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NG‑Risk of/reand injur yfrom hot
cig arette light er
Yo ucan burnyo urself ifyo uto uc hth eho t
heating element orthesoc ketof thecig arette
light er.
In addition, 0ammablematerials mayignit eif:
R youdr op theho tcig arette light er
R ach ild holds theho tcig arette light erto
objects, forex am ple #
Alwayshold thecig arette light erby the
knob . #
Alwaysmak esur eth at thecig arette
light erisout ofreac hof childr en. #
Neverlea vechildr enunatt ended inthe
ve hicle. The
drivi ng charact eristics ofyour vehicle are
depen denton thedistr ibution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Youshould bearthefo llo wing inmind
when loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle (incl
udin goccupan ts).The values arespeci/ ed
on theve hicle identi/cation plateon theve hi-
cle's B-pill ar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backrests.
R Alwaysuse thepar titionin gne twhen trans-
por ting objects inthecar gocom partment.
R Alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
distr ibuteth eload evenly.
No teson drivi ng witharo of load
R Evenl ydist ribut eth ero of load, andplace
hea vyobjects atthebo ttom. Also complywit h
th eno teson loadin gth eve hicle.
R Drive att ent ivel y, and avoidsuddenl ypulling
awa y,braking andsteer ing aswellas rapid
cor ner ing.
R When transpor tingroof loads andwhen the
ve hicle isfully loaded orfully occupi ed,select
dr ive pr og rams ; andA. Theseare
design edtofocus onstabilit y(/ page153 ). 108108
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sand stow ing

R
Max imumper mis sibleloa d3 com prise sth e
gr oss weight ofall vehicle occupan ts,load and
lug gage .
R Recommen dedtirepr essur e1 forcold tires.
The recommen dedtirepr essur esareva lid for
th emaximum permissible loadanduptothe
maximum permissible vehicle speed.
Ple ase also note:
R Informati onon per missi bleweights andloads
on theve hicle identi/cation plate
(/ page345) .
R Informatio non tirepr essur ein thetir epr es-
sur eta ble (/ page317).
Fu rther relat ed subjects:
R Determ ining themaximum permissible load
(/ page322)
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page315). SS
t t
eps f eps
for De t or
De ter er
min ingCor r min
ingCor rect Load Limit ect
Load Limit The
follo wing steps have been developed as
re qu ired ofallma nuf actur ersunder Title 49, Code
of U.S. Feder alRe gula tions ,Pa rt575, pursuant toth
e"N ational Tra1c andMotorVe hicle SafetyAc t
of 1966". #
(1): (1):
Locat eth estat ement “The combin ed
we ight ofoccupa ntsand cargoshould never
ex ceed XXXkgorXXX lbs.”on your vehicle' s
placar d. #
(2): (2):
Determ ine thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersth at will beriding in
yo ur vehicle. #
(3): (3):
Subtr act thecombined weight ofthe
dr iver and passeng ersfrom XXX kgorXXX lbs. #
(4): (4):
The result ing /gur eeq uals theav ailabl e
amoun tof car goand luggage load capac ity.
Fo rex am ple, ifth e"XXX" amount equals
1,400 lbs.and ther ewill be/ve150 lbpas-
seng ersin your vehicle, theamount ofavaila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac ityis
650 lbs.(1,400 -750 (5x150) =650 lbs.) #
(5): (5):
Determ ine thecombined weight oflug-
ga ge and cargobein gloaded ontheve hicle.
That weight mayno tsaf elyex ceed theav aila-
ble cargoand luggage load capac itycalcula -
te din Step 4. #
(6): (6):
Ifyo ur vehicle willbetowing atrailer ,load
fr om your trailer willbetransf erredto your
ve hicle. Consult this manual todeterm ine how
th is reduces theav ailabl ecar goand luggage
load capac ityofyour vehicle.
% Notall vehicles areper mitt edtotow atrailer .
To wing atrailer isonl yper mitt edifatrailer -
hitc his ins talled. Please consult anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz dealerifyo uha ve anyqu es-
tions about towing atrailer withyo ur vehicle.
Ev en ifyo uha ve calculat edtheto ta lload carefull y,
yo ushould stillmak esur eth at themaximum per-
missible gross weight andthemaximum gross
axle weight rating ofyour vehicle areno tex cee-
ded. Details can befound ontheve hicle identi/-
cation plate. #
Have your loaded vehicle –incl udin gdr iver ,
occupan tsand load –we ighed onave hicle
we ighbr idge.
The measur edvalues mayno tex ceed the
maximum permissible values stat ed on the
ve hicle identi/cation plate. 322322
Wheel
sand tires

Fu
rther relat ed subjects:
R Calculation exam ple forde term ining themaxi-
mum load(/page323)
R Tire and Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d
(/ page321)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page317)
R Vehicle identi/cation plate(/ page345) Calcul
ationex Calculation
exam am
ple f ple
for det or
deter er
min ingt min
ingthe maximum he
maximum
load load
The
follo wing table showsexam ples ofhowto cal-
culat eto taland load capac itieswithva rying seat-
ing con/ gurations anddi.er entnumber sand
sizes ofoccupa nts.Thefollo wing exam ples usea
maximum loadof1500 lbs(680 kg).This isf This
isfor or
illu
s illu
str tr
ati on pur ati
on pur pos esonl y. poses
only.Mak esur eyo uar e
using theactual loadlimit foryo ur vehicle stat ed
on your vehicle' sTire and Loadi ngInformatio n
placar d(/ page321) .
The highe rth ewe ight ofall theoccupants, the
smaller themaximum loadforlugg age.
S S
t t
ep 1 ep
1 ExEx
am am
ple 1 ple
1 Ex Ex
am am
ple 2 ple
2
Combined maximumweight ofoccupa ntsand
load (datafrom theTire and Loadi ngInformatio n
placar d) 1500
lbs(680 kg)1 500lbs(680 kg) Wheels
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SS
t t
ep 2 ep
2 ExEx
am am
ple 1 ple
1 Ex Ex
am am
ple 2 ple
2
Number ofpeople intheve hicle (driver and occu-
pant s) 51
Dist ribution oftheoccupants Front: 2
Re ar:3 Fr
ont: 1
We ight ofoccupa nts Occupant1:150 lbs(68 kg)
Occupa nt2:180 lbs(82 kg)
Occupa nt3:160 lbs(73 kg)
Occupa nt4:140 lbs(63 kg)
Occupa nt5:120 lbs(54 kg) Occupa
nt1:200 lbs(91 kg)
To talwe ight ofall occupa nts 750lbs(340 kg) 200lbs(91 kg) SS
t t
ep 3 ep
3 ExEx
am am
ple 1 ple
1 Ex Ex
am am
ple 2 ple
2
Pe rm issible load(maximum gross vehicle weight
ra ting from theTire and Loadi ngInformatio nplac-
ar dmin usthegr oss weight ofall occupa nts) 1500
lbs(680 kg)00F8750 lbs(340 kg)=750 lbs
(340 kg) 1500
lbs(680 kg)00F8200 lbs(91 kg)=1300 lbs
(589 kg) 324324
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%
The datash ow nin theimag eis ex am ple data.
The TINisauni queident i/cationnumber toiden-
tify tires and comprises thefo llo wing:
R DO DO
T(Depar T
(Depar tmentofTr tment
ofTranspo rt anspo
rtatio n): atio
n):tiresym-
bol mar ks1 indicating that thetir ecom plies
wit hth ere qu irements oftheUS Depar tment
of Transpo rtatio n.
R Man uf Man
ufactur actur
er er
identi/cation identi/cation
code: code:
manufac-
tur eridenti/cation code2cont ains details of
th etir emanuf acturer.Ne wtires have acode
wit htw osymbols. Retread edtires have acode
wit hfo ur symbo ls.Further informatio non
re treade dtir es (/ page332).
R T T
ir ir
e size: e
size: identi/er 3desc ribes thetir esize.
R T T
ir ir
e type code: e
type code: tiretype code 4can beused
by themanuf actureras acode todescr ibe
speci/c charact eristics ofthetir e.
R Manuf Manuf
actur actur
ingdat ing
date: e:
manuf acturingdate5
pr ov ides information abouttheag eof atir e.
The 1stand 2nd positions repr esent thecal-
endar week and the3r dand 4thpositions
st at eth eye ar ofmanu factur e(e.g. "3208 "
re pr esents the32nd week of2008). InfInf
or or
mation ont mation
onthe maximum tir he
maximum tireload e
load %
The datasho wnintheimag eis ex am ple data.
Maxim umtireload 1isthemaximum permissi-
ble weight forwhic hth etir eis appr oved.
Do notove rload thetir es by exceedin gth especi-
/ed load limit. Themaximum permissible loadcan
be found ontheve hicle' sTire and Loadi ngInfor-
matio nplacar don theB-pillar onthedr iver's side
(/ page321). Speci/
cations Speci/
cations f f
or maximum tir or
maximum tirepr e
pr essur e essur
e %
The datasho wnintheillust ration isex am ple
dat a.
Ne verex ceed maximum tirepr essur e1 speci-
/ed forth etir e. Alw aysobser vethere commen -
ded tirepr essur efo ryo ur vehicle when adjusting
th etir epr essur e(/ page317). Wheels
andtires
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FF
ir s ir
st le t
le tt tt
er(s) er(s)
1 1: :
R Without: passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto
Eur opean manufacturingstandar ds.
R "P": passeng ervehicle tires accor dingto US
manu factur ingstandar ds.
R "LT": light truc ktir es accor dingtoUS manu -
fa ctur ingstandar ds.
R "T": com pact emer gency sparewheels with
high tirepr essur eth at areonl ydesig nedfor
te mp oraryuse inan emer gency .
Aspe ctr Aspe
ctratio atio
3 3: :
Ra tio between tireheigh tand tirewidt hin per cent
(tir eheigh tdivide dby tirewidt h).
T T
ir ir
e cod e e
cod e4 4
(tir (tir
etype ): e
type ):
R "R"radial tire
R "D": bias plytir e
R "B": bias beltedtires
R "ZR": radial tirewit hamaximum speedabove
149 mph(2 40 km/h)(o pt ional) Rim
diame t Rim
diame ter er
5 5: :
The diame terof thebead seat(notth ediame ter
of therim 0ang e).The rim diame teris speci/ edin
inc hes (in).
Load-bear Load-bear
inginde ing
inde x x
6 6: :
Numer icalcode that speci/es themaximum load-
bear ingcapac ityofatir e(e.g. "91"correspond s
to 1356 lbs(615 kg)).
The load-bear ingcapa cityofthetir emust beat
least halfthegr oss axle weight rating ofyour vehi-
cle. Donotove rload thetir es by exceedin gth e
speci/ed loadlimit.
Se ealso:
R Maximu mper missibl eload ontheTire and
Loadi ngInformatio nplacar d(/ page321)
R Maxim umtireload (/page327)
R Load index
Spe edr Spe
edrat ing at
ing 7 7: :
Sp eci/es theappr ovedmaximum speedofthe
tir e. %
Anelec tronic speedlimit erprev ents your
ve hicle from exceedin gaspeed of130 mph
(210 km/h ).
Mak esur eth at your tires have there qu ired speed
ra ting. Youcan obtain information onthere qu ired
speed rating from anaut hor ized Mercede s-Benz
Cent er.
Summer tir Summer
tires es
Inde
x Inde
x Speedr Speed
rating ating
Qu pto 100 mph(1 60 km/h)
Ru pto 106 mph(1 70 km/h)
Su pto 112 mph(1 80 km/h)
Tu pto 118 mph(1 90 km/h)
Hu pto 130 mph(2 10 km/h)
Vu pto 149 mph(2 40 km/h)
Wu pto 168 mph(2 70 km/h)
Yu pto 186 mph(3 00 km/h) Wh
eelsan dtire s
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