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Carrying children in safety
Carrying children in safety
Carrying children in suitable child re‐
straint systems
Vehicle equipment
This chapter describes all the standard equip‐
ment, national-market-specific equipment and
optional extras offered in the model series.
Consequently, you will find that it contains de‐
scriptions of items not available in a particular
vehicle on account of a combination of options,
for example, or the constraints applying to cer‐
tain national-market versions. This also applies
to safety-relevant functions and systems.
Children younger than 12 years or smaller than
150 cm, approximately 5 ft are only to travel in
suitable child restraint systems, otherwise
there is an increased risk of injury in the event
of an accident.◀
Fitting child restraint
systems
Country-specific regulations must be observed
when using the corresponding functions and
systems.
Child restraint systems
Suitable child restraint systems are available
from your Service centre for every class of age
or weight.
Important considerations
Note
Notes
Children in the vehicle
Manufacturer specifications for child re‐
straints
Do not leave children unattended in the
vehicle, as they could otherwise endanger
themselves and/or other persons by opening
the doors, for example.◀
When selecting, installing and using child re‐
straint systems, follow the manufacturer’s in‐
formation, otherwise the protection may be af‐
fected.◀
Not for Australia/New Zealand:
Children on the front passenger seat
Child restraint systems following an acci‐
dent
If it becomes necessary to use a child restraint
system in the front passenger's seat, make
sure that the front and side airbags on the pas‐
senger's side are disabled. Front passenger
airbags can only be deactivated with the key
switch for front passenger airbags, see
page 80.
Following an accident, all components of the
child restraint system and the seat belt that
was used to secure it should be checked and
renewed if necessary.
This work should only be carried out by your
Service Centre.◀
Conventional child restraint systems are de‐
signed to be secured with a lap belt or with the
lap-belt section of a lap-and-shoulder belt. In‐
correctly or improperly fitted child restraint
systems can increase a child's risk of injury. Al‐
ways follow the instructions for installing the
system precisely.
Deactivating the front passenger airbags
If you fit a child restraint system in the
front passenger’s seat, the front passenger air‐
bags must be deactivated, otherwise a child
travelling on that seat will face an increased
risk of injury if the airbags are deployed, even if
a child restraint system is used.◀
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