Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2007 Owners Manual User Manual

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Safety and Security

Occupant safety

A statement by the child restraint
manufacturer of compliance with these
standards can be found on the instruction
label on the restraint and in the instruction
manual provided with the restraint.

When using any infant or child restraint
system, be sure to carefully read and
follow all manufacturer’s instructions for
installation and use.

Please read and observe warning labels
affixed to the inside of the vehicle and to
infant or child restraints.

Warning!

Canada only: Children 12 years old and un-

der must never ride in the front seat, except

in a Mercedes-Benz authorized

BabySmart

compatible child seat, which

operates with the BabySmart

system in-

stalled in the vehicle to deactivate the front

passenger front air bag when it is properly

installed. Otherwise they will be struck by

the air bag when it inflates in a crash. If this

happens, serious or fatal injury will result.

According to accident statistics, children

are safer when properly restrained in the

rear seating positions than in the front seat-

ing position. Thus, we strongly recommend

that children be placed in the rear seats

whenever possible. Regardless of seating

position, children 12 years old and under

must be seated and properly secured in an

appropriate infant or child restraint recom-

mended for the size and weight of the child.

The infant or child restraint must be properly

secured with the vehicle’s seat belt, the seat

belt and top tether strap, or lower anchors

and top tether strap, fully in accordance

with the child seat manufacturer’s instruc-

tions.

Always sit nearly upright, properly use the

seat belts and for children 12 years old and

under, use an appropriately sized infant re-

straint, toddler restraint, or booster seat

recommended for the size and weight of the

child.

Children can be killed or seriously injured by

an inflating air bag. Note the following im-

portant information when circumstances re-

quire you to place a child in the front

passenger seat:

USA only: Your vehicle is equipped with
air bag technology designed to turn off
the front passenger front air bag in your
vehicle when the OCS senses the weight
of a typical 12-month-old child or less
along with the weight of a standard ap-
propriate child restraint on the front
passenger seat.