Safety and Security
Occupant safety
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Adjust the driver seat as far as possible
rearward, still permitting proper opera-
tion of vehicle controls. The distance
from the center of the driver’s breast-
bone to the center of the airbag cover on
the steering wheel must be at least 10 in
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Occupants, especially children, should
never lean their heads in the area of the
door where the side airbag inflates. This
could result in serious injuries or death
should the airbag be triggered. Always
sit upright, properly use the seat belts
and appropriate size infant or child re-
straint system.
Warning!
Accident research shows that the safest
place for children in an automobile is in the
rear seat. Should you choose to place a child
12
years old or under in the passenger front
(25
cm) or more. You should be able to
accomplish this by a combination of ad-
justments to the seat and steering
wheel. If you have any problems, please
see your authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
seat of your vehicle, you must properly use
a BabySmartTM child restraint which will
turn off the passenger front airbag.
BabySmartTM will not, however, turn off any
side impact airbag.
Children 12 years old and under must
never ride in the front seat, except in a
Mercedes-Benz authorized
TM compatible child seat,
BabySmart
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Do not lean with your head or chest
close to the steering wheel or dash-
board.
which operates with the BabySmartTM
system installed in the vehicle to deacti-
vate the passenger front airbag when it
is properly installed. Otherwise they will
be struck by the airbag when it inflates
in a crash. If this happens, serious or fa-
tal injury will result.
It should be noted that with respect to both
front and rear side impact airbags there is a
possibility for a side airbag related injury if
occupants, especially children, are not prop-
erly seated or restrained when next to a side
airbag which needs to deploy rapidly in a
side impact in order to do its job.
Keep hands on the outside of steering
wheel rim. Placing hands and arms in-
side the rim can increase the risk and
potential severity of hand/arm injury
when driver front airbag inflates.
Failure to follow these instructions can re-
sult in severe injuries to you or other occu-
pants.
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Adjust the front passenger seat as far as
possible rearward from the dashboard
when the seat is occupied.
If you sell your vehicle you are responsible
to make the buyer aware of these points. Be
sure to give the buyer this Operator’s Manu-
al.
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz E-Class Manuals, Mercedes-Benz Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercedes-Benz E500, Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG, Mercedes-Benz W211 |
| Model Year | 2004 |
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| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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