Driving safety systems, Overview of driving safety systems, Safety – Mercedes-Benz 2013 M Class User Manual

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If children open a door, they could injure other
persons or get out of the vehicle and injure
themselves or be injured by following traffic.
Do not expose the child restraint system to
direct sunlight. The child restraint system's
metal parts, for example, could become very
hot, and the child could be burned on these
parts.

Child-proof locks for the rear doors

WARNING

Children could open a rear door from inside
the vehicle. This could result in serious
injuries or an accident. Therefore, when
children ride in the rear always secure the rear
doors with the child-proof locks.

You secure each door individually with the
child-proof locks on the rear doors. A door
secured with a child-proof lock cannot be
opened from inside the vehicle. When the
vehicle is unlocked, the door can be opened
from the outside.

To activate: press the child-proof lock

lever up in the direction of arrow :.

Make sure that the child-proof locks are
working properly.

To deactivate: press the child-proof lock

lever down in the direction of arrow ;.

Override feature for the rear side

windows

WARNING

When children ride on the vehicle's rear seats,
activate the override switch. Otherwise, the
children could be injured, e.g. by trapping
themselves in the rear side window.

To activate/deactivate: press button :.
If indicator lamp ; is lit, operation of the
rear side windows is disabled. Operation is
only possible using the switches in the
driver's door. If indicator lamp ; is off,
operation is possible using the switches in
the rear compartment.

Driving safety systems

Overview of driving safety systems

In this section, you will find information about
the following driving safety systems:

ABS (

Anti-lock Braking System)

(

page 66)

BAS (

Brake Assist System) (

page 67)

BAS PLUS (

Brake Assist System PLUS)