deactivate airbag MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class 2017 W463 Owner's Manual

To avoid hazardous situations, alwaysmake
sure that all of the vehicle's occupants:
Rhave fastened their seat belts correctly,
including pregnant women
Rare sittin gcorrectly and maintain the great-
est possible distance to the air bags
Rfollow the following instructions
Always make sure that there are no objects
between the air bag and the vehicle's occu-
pants.
RAdjust the seats properly before beginning
your journey. Always make sure that the seat
is in an almost upright position. The center of
the head restraint must support the head at
about eye level.
RMove the driver's and front-passenger seats
as far back as possible. The driver's seat posi-
tion must allow the vehicle to be driven safely.
ROnly hold the steerin gwheel on the outside.
This allows the air bag to be fully deployed.
RAlways lean against the backrest while driv-
ing. Do not lean forwards or lean against the
door or side window. You may otherwise be in
the deployment area of the air bags.
RAlways keep your feet in the footwell in front
of the seat. Do not put your feet on the dash-
board, for example. Your feet may otherwise
be in the deployment area of the air bag.
RFor this reason, alwayss ecure persons less
than 5ft(1.50 m) tall in suitable restraint sys-
tems. Up to this height, the seat belt cannot
be worn correctly.
If ac hild is traveling in your vehicle, also
observe the followingn otes:
RAlways secure children under twelve years of
age and less than5ft(1.50 m)tallins uitable
child restraint systems.
RChil drestraint systems shoul dbeinstalle don
the rea rseats.
ROnlys ecureac hild in arearward-facing child
restraint systemont he front-passengerseat
when the front-passengerf ront airbag is
deactivated .Ifthe PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
indicator lamp is permanentl ylit,t he front-
pa sseng
e
rfront ai rbag is deactivated
(Ypage 39).
RAlway sobser ve the instructions and safety
note son" Childr en in the vehicle"
(
Ypage 49 )and on the "Child restraint sys- tem on the front-passenge
rseat"
(
Ypage 54 )inadditiontot he child restraint
systemm anufacturer's installatio nand oper-
ating instructions.
Objects in the vehicle interior may prevent
an air bag fromf unctioningcorrectly. Before
startin gyourjourney and to avoi drisks resulting
fromt he spee dofthe airbag as it deploys, make
sure that:
Rthere ar enopeople, animals or objects
between the vehicl eoccupants and an ai rbag
Rthere ar enoobjects between the seat, door
and B-pillar
Rthere ar enohardo bjects ,e.g.c oa th angers,
hanging on the gra bhandles or coa thooks
Rno accessories, such as cup holders, are
attache dtothe vehicl ewithint he deployment
area of an ai rbag,e.g.tod oors,s idew indows,
rea rsidet rim or side walls
Rno heavy, sharp-edged or fragile objects ar ein
the pockets of your clothing. Store such
objects in asuitabl eplace
GWARNING
If yo umodify the ai rbag cove rora ffix objects
such as sticker stoit, the ai rbag can no longer
functio ncorrectly. There is an increasedr isk
of injury.
Never modify an ai rbag cove rora ffix objects
to it.
GWARNING
Sensors to control the ai rbagsa relocate din
the doors .Modifications or work not per-
formed correctl ytothe doors or door panel-
ing ,asw ellasd amaged doors,can lead to the
functio nofthe sensors being impaired. Th eair
bags might therefore not functio nproperly
anymore. Consequently, the ai rbagsc annot
protect vehicl eoccupants as theya re
designe dtodo.There is an increasedr isko f
injury.
Never modify the doors or parts of the doors.
Alway shavew orkont he doors or door pan-
eling carrie doutataq uali fied specialis twork-
shop.
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Frontair bags
!Do no tplac eh eav yobject sont hefront-
passenger seat .This could caus ethe system
to identify th eseat as bein goccupied. In th e
event of an accident, th erestrain tsystems on
th ef ront-pa ssenger side may be triggered
and have to be replaced.
Driver's air bag :deploys in fron tofthesteer -
ing wheel. Front-passenger fron tair bag ;
deploys in fron tofand abov ethe glov ebox.
When deployed, th efront air bags offer addi-
tional head and thorax protection for th eoccu-
pants in th efront seats.
Ap ermanentl ylit PASSENGER AI RBAG OFF
indicator lamp inform syou that th efront -
passenger fron tair bag is deactivated
(
Ypage 39).
The front-passenger fron tair bag will only
deplo yif:
Ran occupant is detected on th efront -
passenger seat
Rth eP ASSENG ER AIRBAG OFFindicator lamp
does no tligh tup(Ypage 53 )
Rther estrain tsystem control unit predicts a
high acciden tseverit y
Sidei mpact air bags
GWARNIN G
Unsuitable seat cover scan obstruc torpre-
ven tdeploymen toftheair bags integrate d
int ot he seats. Consequently, th eair bags
canno tprotect vehicl eoccupant sastheya re
designed to do. In addition ,the function sof
BabySmart ™may be impaired .This pose san
increased ris kofinjury or eve nfatal injury.
You should only use seat cover sthath ave
been approve dfor th erespective seat by
Mercedes-Benz.
Sid eimpac tair bags :deplo ynexttot heouter
bolste roftheseat backrest .
When deployed, th eside impac tair bag offers
additional thorax protection .How ever, it does
no tp rotect the:
Rhead
Rneck
Rarm s
In th eevent of aside impact ,the side impac tair
bag is deployed on th eside on whic hthe impac t
occurs.
Pelvisa ir bags
GWARNIN G
Unsuitable seat cover scan obstruc torpre-
ven tdeploymen toftheair bags integrate d
int ot he seats. Consequently, th eair bags
canno tprotect vehicl eoccupant sastheya re
designed to do. In addition ,the function sof
BabySmart ™may be impaired .This pose san
increased ris kofinjury or eve nfatal injury.
You should only use seat cover sthath ave
been approve dfor th erespective seat by
Mercedes-Benz.
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XRemove cargo compartmentcover
(Ypage 209).
XMov ethe head restrain tup.
XInstall th eLATCH-type (ISOFIX) child restrain t
system wit hTop Tether .Always comply wit h
th ec hild restrain tsystem manufacturer' s
installation instruction swhen doin gso.
XRout eTop Tether belt =under th ehead
restrain tbetween th etwo head restrain tbars .
XHook Top Tether hoo k: of Top Tether belt
= intoT op Tether anchorage ;.
Mak esuret hatT op Tether belt =is no ttwis-
ted.
XTension Top Tether belt =.Always comply
wit hthe child restrain tsystem manufactur -
er' sinstallation instruction swhen doin gso.
XMov ehead restrain tbackd own again slightly
if necessar y(Ypage 77). Mak esuret hat
you do no tinterfere wit hthe correc trouting of
Top Tether belt =.
BabySmart™air bag deactivation sys-
tem
GWARNIN G
Electronic device sonthefront-passenger
seat can affec tthe function of th eBaby-
Smart ™air bag deactivation system, for
example:
RLaptop
RMobile phon e
RTransponder cards suc hasskipasses or
access passes
The front-passenger air bag could deplo yacci-
dentally or no tfunction as intended during an
accident. This poses an increased ris kof
injury or eve nfatal injury.
Do no tplac ea ny of th edevice smentioned
abov eors imilar device sonthefront-
passenger seat .Beaware of th estatus of th e
front-passenger fron tair bag bot hbefore and
during th ejou rney.
The BabySmart ™air bag deactivation system' s
sensor system in th efront-pa ssenger seat
detects whether aspecial Mercedes-Ben zchild
restrain tsystem wit hatransponder for th e
BabySmart ™air bag deactivation system has been installed. In this case, th
ePASSENG ER AIR
BA GO FFindicator lamp lights up and remain s
lit .T he front-passenger fron tair bag is deacti -
vated.
When th eSma rtKey is remove dfromt heignition
loc korisinp osition0,thePASSENGER AI RBAG
OF Findicator lamp does no tligh tup.
iIf th efront-pa ssenger fron tair bag is deac -
tivated by th eBabySmart ™air bag deactiva-
tion system, th ef
o
llowin gremain enabled on
th ef ront-pa ssenger side :
Rthes ide impact air bag
Rthep elvis air bag
Rthew indow curtai nair bag
RtheE me rgency Tensioning Devic e
GWARNING
If you secure achild in achild restrain tsystem
on th efront-pa ssenger seat and th e
PASSENGER AI RBAG OFFindicator lamp is
off ,the front-passenger fron tair bag can
deplo yintheevent of an accident. The child
could be struc kbytheair bag. This poses an
increased ris kofinjury or eve nfatal injury.
Mak esuret hatthe front-passenger fron tair
bag has been disabled. The PASSENGER AI R
BA GO FFindicator lamp mus tbelit.
GWARNIN G
If th ePASSENG ER AIRBAG OFFindicator
lamp is lit ,the front-passenger fron tair bag is
deactivated. It will no tbedeployed in th e
event of an acciden tand canno tperfor mits
intended protective function .Aperson in th e
front-passenger seat could then ,for example,
come int ocontac twitht he vehicle's interior,
especially if th eperson is sitting to oclose to
th ed ashboard. This poses an increased ris kof
injury or eve nfatal injury.
In this cas ethe front-passenger seat may no t
be used .You may only transpor tachild on th e
front-passenger seat if they are seated in a
suitable rearward or forward-facing child
restrain tsystem. Always observ ethe child
restrain tsystem manufacturer' sinstallation
instructions.
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Forward-facingchild restrain tsystem
If it is absolutely necessar ytoinstal laforward-
facing child restrain tsystem on th efront -
passenger seat ,always mov ethe front-
passenger seat as far bac kaspossible. The
entire base of th echild restrain tsystem must
always res tontheseat cushion of th efront -
passenger seat .The backrest of th echild
restrain tsystem must lie as flat as possible
against th ebackrest of th efront-pa ssenger
seat .The child restrain tsystem must no ttou ch
th er ooforbes ubjected to aload by th ehead restraint
.Adjus tthe angle of th eseat backrest
and th ehead restraint position accordingly.
Always mak esure that th eshoulder belt strap is
correctly routed from th evehicl ebelt sash guide
to th eshoulder belt guide on th echild restrain t
system. The shoulder belt strap must be routed
forward and down from th evehicl ebelt sash
guide .Ifnecessary, adjust th ebelt sash guide
and th efront-pa ssenger seat accordingly.
Always observ ethe child restraint system man -
ufacturer' sinstallation and operating instruc-
tions.
Problemsw ith theBabySmart ™air bag deactivation system
ProblemPossible causes/consequences and MSolutions
The PASSENGER AIR
BA GO FFindicator lamp
on th ecente rconsol eis
lit .As pecial Mercedes-Ben zchild restrain tsystem wit hatransponder for
th eB abySmart ™air bag deactivation system has been installed on th e
front-passenger seat .The front-passenger air bag has therefor ebeen
deactivated as desired .
GWARNING
Ther eisnoc hild restrain tsystem installed on th efront-pa ssenger
seat .The BabySmart ™air bag deactivation system is malfunctioning ,
for example due to electronic device sonthefront-passenger seat .
Ther eisar iskofi njury.
XRemove electronic equipmen tfromt hefront-passenger seat ,for
example:
RLaptop
RMobile phon e
RCard withatransponder ,suc hasas kipass or access pass
If th ePASSENG ER AIRBAG OFFindicator lamp remains lit ,the front-
passenger seat may no tbeused.
XVisitaqualified specialist workshop.
When you switch th e
ignition on ,the 6
restrain tsystem warning
lamp lights up and/o r
th eP ASSENG ER AIR
BA GO FFindicator lamp
does no tligh tupb riefly.GWARNIN G
The BabySmart ™air bag deactivation system is malfunctioning .
Do no tinstal lachild restraint system on th efront-pa ssenger seat .
It is recommended that you instal lthe child restraint system on a
suitable rear seat .
XVisitaqualified specialist workshop.
XPleas ealso refer to th enotes about th erestraint system warning
lamp (Ypage 193).
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