warning light MERCEDES-BENZ EQB SUV 2021 Owners Manual

Symbols
Symbols
.......................................................... 5 5A
A
tag lance
tag lance ...................................................... 6 6
Co ckpit ........................................................... 6
Indicator and warning lamps (standard) ......... 10
Indicator and warning lamps (widescreen
cockpit) ........................................................ 12
Overhead control panel ................................. 14
Door operating unit and seat adjustment .......16
Emer gencie sand breakdowns ....................... 18 Digit Digit
al Owner's Manual
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Calling up theD igital Owner's Manual ............ 20 Gener
Gener
al not
al notes
es............................................... 22 22
Pr otection of thee nvironment ....................... 22
Ta ke -bac kofe nd-of-lif evehicles .................... 22
Mercedes-Ben zGenuine Parts. ....................... 22
Owner's Manual ............................................ 24
Mercedes me App ......................................... 24
Operatin gsafet y. .......................................... .25
Declarations of con form ity and no teson
driving in di.erent countries .......................... 27 Diagnostics connection ................................. 35
Quali/ed specialis tworks hop ........................ 36
Ve hicle registratio n....................................... 37
Cor rect use of thev ehicle. ............................ 37
Informatio nonthe REACH regulation ............. 37
No tesf or persons wit helectronic medical
aids .............................................................. 37
Implied warrant y.......................................... .38
QR code forr escue car d.............................. .38
Dat astora ge .................................................38
Copyright ...................................................... 42 Occupant safe
Occupant safe
ty
ty............................................ 43 43
Re straint system .......................................... .43
Sea tbelts .................................................... .45
Airbags ......................................................... 49
PRE-SAFE ®
system ........................................ 56
Au tomatic measures aTer an accident ........... 57
Safel ytransporting children in thev ehicle. ..... 57
No tesonp etsint hevehicle .......................... 78 Opening and closing
Opening and closing
...................................... 79 79
Ke y............................................................... 79
Door s............................................................ 82 Load compartment ........................................ 87
Side windo
ws................................................ 92
Sliding sunroof .............................................. 95
Anti-theT pr otection ...................................... 99 Seats and sto Seats and sto
wing
wing....................................... 102 102
No tesont he cor rect driver's seat position .. 102
No tesont he height limi tonthethirdr ow
of seats ....................................................... 103
Seats .......................................................... 103
St eering wheel ............................................ 114
Easy entr yand exitfeatur e.......................... 115
Memor yfun ction ......................................... 116
St owa geareas ............................................ 118
Soc kets ....................................................... 132
Wi reless chargin goft he mobile phone
and connection wit hthe exterior aerial ........ 135
Fi tting/removing the0 oor mats ................... 137 Light and sight Light and sight
............................................ 139 139
Exterior lighting ........................................... 139
Interior lighting ............................................ 142
Wi ndsc reen wiper sand windscreen
wa sher system ............................................ 144 2 2
Con
tents

1
Ú System er ror →
410
2 ! ABS →
415
3 #! Turn signal light →
140
4 h Tyre pressur emonitoring system →
417
5 # Electrical fault →
410
6 _ Reduced po wer →
410
7 L Distance warning →
414
8 J Brakes (yellow) →
412
9 J Brakes (red) →
412
A ! Electric parking brak e(yellow) →
412
B ! Electric parking brak e(red) →
412
C ï Indicator lam pinoperative D
ü Seat belt →
409
E R Rear fogl ight →
140
F K High beam →
140
L Lowb eam →
139
T Standing lights →
139
G å ESP®
OFF →
415
÷ ESP®
→
415
H 6 Restraint system →
409
I Char geleve ld isplay →
247
J R Range →
247
K õ Operational readiness of driv esystem →
160
L Ù Powe rsteering →
411 At
ag lance –Indicator and warning lamps (standard)
11
11

1
#! Turn signal lights →
140
2 å ESP®
OFF →
415
÷ ESP®
→
415
3 R Rear fogl ight →
140
4 K High beam →
140
L Lowb eam →
139
T Standing lights →
139
5 Ú System er ror →
410
6 ! Electric parking brak e(yellow) →
412
7 õ Operational readiness of driv esystem →
160
8 J Brakes (yellow) →
412
9 # Electrical fault →
410 A
L Distance warning →
414
B Ù Powe rsteering →
411
C ! ABS →
415
D h Tyre pressur emonitoring system →
417
E 6 Restraint system →
409
F Char geleve ld isplay →
247
G R Range →
247
H _ Reduced po wer →
410
I ! Electric parking brak e(red) →
412
J ü Seat belt →
409
K J Brakes (red) →
412
L ï Indicator lam pinoperative At
ag lance –Indicator and warning lamps (widescreen cockpit)
13
13

1
B-pilla rwith:
QR code fora ccessing ther escue card →
38
2 Safetyv ests →
313
3 Fire extinguisher →
315
4 ; me button →
278
G SOS button →
278
5 £ Hazardwarnin glight system →
141
6 Tochecka nd topupo perating 0uids →
352
7 Tooperat ethe high-voltag edisconnect device →
157 8
Towing away →
324
9 Flat tyre →
315
A Socket0 ap with:
information labe lontyrep ressure →
335
QR cod efor accessing ther escue card →
38
B Towing away →
324
C TIREFIT kit →
317
D Warning triangle →
313
E Firs t-aid kit (soT sided) →
314 At
ag lance –Emer gencie sand breakdowns
19
19

R
R
es
estr traint syst
aint syst em functionality
em functionality When
thev ehicleiss witched on, aself-tes tisper-
fo rm ed, during whic hthe 6 restraint system
wa rning lam plights up. It goes out no later than a
few seconds aTer thev ehicleiss tarted. The com-
ponents of ther est raints ystema rethen func-
tional. Malfunctioning r
Malfunctioning r
es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em Am
alfunction has occur redint herestraint sys-
te mi f:
R the 6 restraint system warning lam pdoes
no tlight up when thev ehicleiss witched on
R the 6 restraint system warning lam plights
up continuousl yorrepeatedl yduring ajourney &
D DAN AN GER
GER Risk of fatalinjuries due to
re straint system malfunctions
Co mp onent sintherestraint system ma ybe
acti vatedu nintentionall yornotdeplo yasp lan-
ned in an accident. In thee vent of an acci-
dent, theh igh-voltag eon-boar delectrical sys-
te mm aynotbed eactivated as intended. Yo
um aysu.er an electric shoc kifyoutouch
th ed amaged components of theh igh-voltage
on-boar delectrical system. #
Have ther est raints ystemc heckeda nd
re paired immediatel yataquali/ed spe-
cialist workshop. #
ATer an accident, switc ho.the vehicle
immediatel y. F
F
unction of t
unction of t he r
he res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em in an accident
em in an accident Ho
wt he restraint system worksd epends on the
se verity of thei mp act de tected and thea pparent
type of accident:
R Frontal impact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activation thre sholds fort he component sof
th er est raints ystema redeterm ined based on the
ev aluation of thes ensor values measured at vari-
ous points in thev ehicle. This processisp re-emp-
tiv einn ature. The triggering/deployment of thecomponents of
ther est raints ystemm usttake
place in good time at thes tart of thec ollision.
Fa ctor swhichc an onl ybeseen and measured
aTer acollision has occur redc anno tplayad eci-
siv er ole in airbag deployment. Nor do they pro-
vide an indication of airbag deployment.
The vehicle ma ybedeformed signi/cantl ywithout
an airbag bein gdeploye d. This is thec ase if only
parts whic hare re lativel yeasil ydeformed are
a.ec teda nd ther ateofv ehicled eceleration is
no th igh. Con versely, an airbag ma ybedeployed
ev en though thev ehicles u.ersonlym inor defor-
mation. If very rigid vehicle parts suc haslongitu-
dinal membe rsareh it,this ma yresult in su1-
cientl yhigh le vels of vehicle deceleration.
Dependin gonthe detected deployment situation,
th ec omponents of ther est raints ystemc anbe
acti vatedord eployedi ndependentl yofeach
ot her:
R Seat belt tensioner :fro ntal impact, rear
impact, side impact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passenger airbag: frontal
impact
R Knee airbag: frontal impact 44 44
Occupant saf
ety

Self-t
Self-t
es
estofa ut
tofa utomatic fr
omatic fr ont passeng
ont passeng er airbag shut-
er airbag shut-
o.
o. When thev ehicleiss witched on, aself-tes tisper-
fo rm ed during whic hthe tw oPASSENGER AIR
BA GONa nd OFFindicator la mpslight up simul ta-
neous ly.
The statu softhe front passenger airbag is dis-
pla yedv iatheP ASSENGER AIR BA Gindicator
la mp saTer thes elf-test:
R ON is lit: ON is lit: thef ront passenger airbag may
deplo yduring an accident.
The indicator lam pgoes out aTer 60 seconds.
R ON and OFF ar
ON and OFF ar eno enotlit:
tl it: thef ront passenger
airbag ma ydeplo yduring an accident.
R OFF is lit:
OFF is lit: thef ront passenger airbag is disa-
bled. It will then no tbed eployedint heevent
of an accident.
If th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GONindicator la mpis
o., onl ythe PASSENGE RAIRBA GO FFindicator
la mp shows th estatus of thef ront passenger air-
bag. The PASSENGE RAIRBA GO FFindicator la mp
ma ybel it continuousl yorbeo.. If
th eP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator la mp
and the6 restraint system warning lam plight
up simultaneousl y,thef ront passenger seat may
no tbeu sed. Also in this case, do no t/tac hild
re straint system tothef ront passenger seat. Ha ve
th ea utomatic front passenger airbag shuto.
ch eckeda nd repaired immediatel yataquali/ed
specialis tworks hop.
S
S t
tatus display
atus display
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied, ensure,
bo th befor eand during thej ourne y,that thes ta-
tus of thef ront passenger airbag is cor rect fort he
cur rent situation.
ATer
ATer /tting
/tting ar
arearw
earw ar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hildr
hil dr es
estrtraint sy
aint sy s-
s-
t
t em t
em t ot
othe fr
he fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat::PA SSENGE RAIR
BA GO FFmust be lit continuous ly. &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yordeath when
usin gar earward-facing child restraint sys-
te mw hile thef ront passenger airbag is
enabled
If yo us ecur eac hild in arear ward-facing child
re straint system on thef ront passenger seat
and theP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFFindicator la
mp is o., thef ront passenger airbag can
deplo yintheevent of an accident.
The child could be struc kbythe airbag. #
Alwayse nsu rethat thef ront passenger
airbag is disabled. The PASSENGE RAIR
BA GO FFindicator la mpmust be lit. #
NEVER use arear ward-facing child
re straint system on aseatw ithanE NA-
BLED FRONT AIR BAG. This can result in
th eD EATH of or SERIOUS INJUR Ytothe
CHILD. When /tting
achild restraint system tothef ront
passenger seat, obser vethev ehicle-speci/c infor-
mation (/ page74).
Dependin gonthechild restraint system an dthe
statu reofthec hild, theP ASSENGER AIR BA GOFF
indicator la mpmaybeo .. In this case, do no t/t
th er ear ward-facing child restraint system tothe
front passenger seat.
Instead, /t ther ear ward-facing child restraint sys-
te mtoas uitablerear seat.
ATer ATer /tting
/tting af
aforw
orw ar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hild r
hild res
estr
traint sy
aint sy s-
s-
t
t em t
em t ot
othe fr
he fr ont passeng
ont passeng er seat
er seat::dependin gonthe 54
54
Occupant saf
ety

pants. These measures canno
tnecessaril ypre-
ve nt an imminent impact.
PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS ca nimp lement thef ollowing
measures independentl yofeacho ther:
R Tightening thes eat belts on thed rive r's seat
and front passenger seat.
R Activating ther ear hazard warning lights at a
higher 0ashing frequency.
R Increasing brak epressur ewhen thev ehicleis
stationar y.This brak eapplication is cancelled
automaticall ywhent he vehicle pull saway.
If an accident did no toccur ,the pre-emptive
measures that we re ta kena re re versed.
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The system will no tinitiat eanyaction in thef ol-
lowing situations:
R when reve rsing
The system will no tinitiat eanybraking application
in thef ollowing situations:
R whilst driving
or R
when entering or exiting aparking space while
using ActiveP arking Assist A A
ut
ut omatic measur
omatic measur es
esaTer
aTer an accident
an accident
Dependin gonthe type and se verity of thea cci-
dent, and depending on thev ehicle's equipment,
th ef ollowing measures can be implemented, for
ex ample:
R automati cbraking (post-collision brake)
R activatin gthe haza rdwa rning lights
R triggering an automatic emer gency call
(/ page289)
R switching o. thed rive system and high-volt-
ag eo n-boar delectrical system
R unlocking thev ehicled oors
R lowe ring thes ide windo ws
R displaying thee mer gency guide in them ulti-
media system display
R switching on thei nterior lighting F F
unction of t unction of t he pos
he post-collision brt-collision br ake
ake
Depending on thea ccident situation, thep ost-col-
lision brak ecan minimise thes everity of afurther
collision or evenavoid it.
If an accident is de tected, thep ost-collision brake
can implement automatic braking. When thev ehi-
cle has come toas tandstill, thee lectric parking
brak eisa utomaticall yapplied.
The driver can cancel automatic braking bytaking
th ef ollowing actions:
R braking mor estrongl ythan automati cbraking
R fullydepressin gthe accelerator peda lwith
fo rce Saf
Saf
el
elytrytr anspor
anspor ting c
ting childr
hildren in t
en in t he v
he vehicle
ehicle Alw
ay
Alw ayso bserv
so bserv ewhen c
ew hen c hildr
hildren ar
en ar etrav
et rav elling in t
elling in t he
he
v
v ehicle
ehicle %
Also strictl yobser vethes afet yn otes fort he
speci/c situation .Inthiswayyou can recog-
nise po tential risk sa nd avo id danger sifchil-
dren ar etrave lling in thev ehicle
(/ page58). Occupan
tsafety
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-
Securing thec hild restraint system wi th
th es eat belt on thef ront passenger seat
(/ page75). Obser vethes peci/c
inst ruction sfor ther ear ward-facing and
fo rw ard-facing child restraint systems
(/ page 74).
If th ef ront passenger seat is occupied,
ensure, bo thbefor eand during thej our-
ne y,that thes tatus of thef ront passenger
airbag is cor rect fort he cur rent situation
(/ page53).
R Obser vethew arnin glabels in thev ehiclei nte-
ri or and on thec hild restraint system.
R Alsosecur eTop Tether if present.
Do no
Do no tmodify t
tm odify t he c
he child r
hild r es
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions tothec hild restraint system
Th ec hild restraint system can no lon gerfunc-
tion proper ly.T his poses an increased risk of
injur y. #
Neverm odify achild restraint system. #
Onlya1x accessories whic hhaveb een
speciall yappr ove dfor this ch ild restraint
system bythec hild restraint system's
manufactu rer. Mercedes‑Benz
recommends Mercedes-Benz
car eproducts forc leaning child restraint systems
re commended byMercedes-Benz.
Onl
Onl yuse c
yu se c hildr
hil dr es
estrtraint syst
aint syst ems whic
ems whic har
harein
ein
pr
pr ope rw
ope rwor
orking condition
king condition &
W
WARNI NG
ARNI NGRisk of injur yordeath caused
by theu se of damaged child restraint sys-
te ms
Child restraint system sortheirretaining sys-
te ms that ha vebeen subjected tostres sinan
accident ma ynotbe able toper form their
intended pr otectiv efunction.
It ma ybet he case that thec hild cann otbe
proper ly restrained. #
Alwaysi mmediatel yreplace child
re straint system sthat ha vebeen dam-
aged or in volved in an accident. #
Have thes ecuring systems fort he child
re straint system schec kedata quali/ed
specialis tworks hop befor einstalling a
ch ild restraint system again. A
A
v
voi dd ir
oi dd irec ts unlight
ec ts unlight &
W
WARNING
ARNING Riskofb urns whe nthe child
seat is exposed todirect sunlight
If th ec hild restraint system is exposed to
direct sunlight or heat, parts could heat up.
Children could su.er burns from these parts,
particular lyon me tallic parts of thec hild
re straint system. #
Alwaysm akes uret hat thec hild restraint
system is no texposed todirect sunlight. #
Protect thec hild restraint system wi th a
blank et,for example. #
Ifth ec hild restraint system ha sbeen
ex posed todirect sunlight, allo witto
cool befor esecuring achild int oit. #
Neverlea ve children unattended in the
ve hicle. 60 60
Occupan
tsafety

F
F
itting t
itting t he ISOFIX or i‑Size c
he ISOFIX or i‑Size c hild r
hild res
estrtraint syst
aint syst em
em
on t
on t he
heleT
leT and r
and r ight r
ight r ear seats
ear seats &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of accident if ther ear
benc hseat, rear seat and seat backrest
ar en otengaged
The rear ben chseat, rear seat and seat bac k-
re st ma yfold forw ards, even while thev ehicle
is in motion.
R Asaresult, thev ehicleo ccupantwill be
pressed int othe seat belt with increased
fo rc e. The seat belt will no tbeabletopro-
te ct as intende dand could cause addi-
tional injur y.
R Objects or loads in theb ootorl oad com-
partment canno tberestrained bythes eat
backrest. #
Mak esuret hat ther ear benc hseat, the
re ar seat and thes eat backrest are
engaged befor eevery trip. If
th er ear seat backrest is no tengaged and
loc kedinp lace,ther ed loc kveri/cation indicator
will be visible. &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of injur yordeathift he
permissible gross mass of thec hild and
ch ild restraint system toge ther is excee-
ded.
To om uchl oad ma ybeplaced on theI SOFIX
or i‑Sizec hildrestraint system sand thec hild
ma ynotbe restrained co rrectl yint heevent of
an accident, fore xamp le. #
Ifth ec hild and thec hild restraint system
to get her weigh mor ethan 33 kg ,only
use an ISOFIX or i‑Size child restraint
system wi thwhic hthe child is secured
wit hthe vehicle seat belt. #
Also secur ethe child restraint system
wi th th eTop Tether belt, if available. Alw
aysc ompl ywitht he information abou tthe
mass of thec hild restraint system:
R inthem anufacturer's installation and operat-
ing inst ruction sfor thec hild restraint system
used
R onalabel onthec hild restraint system ,if
present Re
gula rlyc hec kthat thep ermissible gross mass
of thec hild and child restraint system is still com-
plie dwith.
When /tting achild restraint system ,obser vethe
fo llowing:
O Alwayso bser vethec orrect use of thes eats
and consider their suitability fora ttaching a
ch ild restraint system.
ISOFIX child seat securing system
(/ page64)
or
i‑Size child seat securing system
(/ page66)
O Alwaysc ompl ywitht he manu facturer's
installation and operating instructions fort he
ch ild restraint system used.
O Makesur ethat thec hild' sfee tdon ottouch
th ef ront seat. If necessar y,mo vethef ront
seat slightl yforwa rds.
® When /tting an ISOFIX child restraint sys-
te m, also obser vethef ollowing:
O When using abab
When using ababyc ar seat in w
yc ar seat in w eightgr
eight group oup
0/0+ and ar
0/0+ and arearw
earw ar
ard-f
d-f acing c
acing c hild r
hild res
estrtraint
aint Occupant saf
ety
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67

V
V
ehicles wit
ehicles wit hapanor
hap anorama sliding sunr
ama sliding sunr oof:
oof:thes ide
windo wswill be closed comple tely ifth es liding
sunroof is open.
If th es ide windo wsareo bstructed during auto-
matic closing, thes ide windo wconcerned will
open again slightl y.ATe ranother automati cclos-
ing process, thea utomatic function fort he sun-
ro of and side windo wsmaybed eactivated. The
automatic function will be activ eagain then ext
time thev ehicleiss tarted. Conv Conv
enience opening (v
enience opening (v entilating t
entilating the v
he vehicle
ehicle
bef
bef or
orest
est ar
arting ajour
ting ajour ne
ney)
y) &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of entrapment when open-
ing aside window
When opening aside windo w,parts of the
body could be dr awninorb ecome trapped
between thes ide windo wand windo wframe. #
When opening, mak esuret hat nobody is
to uching thes ide windo w. #
Release theb utton immediatel yifsome-
body becomes trapped. R
R
eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R The keyisi nthe immediat evicinity of thev ehi-
cle. #
Press and hold theÜ button on thek ey.
The following functions ar eperform ed:
R The vehicle is unloc ked.
R The side windo wsareo pened.
R The pano ramic sliding roof is opened.
R The seat ventilation of thed rive r's seat is
switched on.
% Ifth er oller sunblind of thep anoramic sliding
sunroof is closed, ther oller sunblind is
opened /rst. #
T
T oi nt
oi nterr
err up
uptc onv
tc onv enience opening:
enience opening: release the
Ü button. #
T
T oc ontinu econv
oc ontinu econv enience opening:
enience opening: press and
hold theÜ button again. Conv
Conv
enience closing (closing t
enience closing (closing t he v
he vehicle fr
ehicle fr om out-
om out-
side)
side) &
W
WARNING
ARNING Risk of entrapment due tonot
paying attentio nduring con venienc eclos-
ing
Whe nthe con venienc eclosing featur eiso per-
ating, parts of theb ody could become trapped
in thec losing area of thes ide windo wandthe
sliding sunroof. #
When thec onvenienc eclosing featur eis
operating, moni tort he enti reclosing
process and mak esuret hat no body
parts ar einthe closing area. R
R
eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R The keyisi nthe immediat evicinity of thev ehi-
cle. #
Press and hold theß button on thek ey.
The following functions ar eperform ed:
R The vehicle is loc ked.
R The side windo wsarec losed.
R The pano ramic sliding roof is closed. 94
94
Opening and closing