2011 Mercedes ML-Class Owner's Manual - Page 46
2011 Mercedes ML-Class Manual
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44 Occupant safety complete accordance with the child seat manufacturer's instructions. Occupants, in particular children, must sit as upright as possible, fasten the seat belt correctly and use a suitable infant restraint system, child restraint system or booster seat suitable for the size and weight of the child. Children can be killed or seriously injured by an inflating air bag. Observe the following important information if it is absolutely necessary to carry a child on the frontpassenger seat: Ryour vehicle is equipped with air bag technology designed to deactivate the passenger front air bag in your vehicle when the system senses the weight of a typical 12-month-old child or less along with the weight of a standard appropriate child restraint on the passenger seat. Ra child in a rear-facing child restraint on the passenger seat will be seriously injured or even killed if the passenger front air bag inflates in a collision which could occur under some circumstances, even with the air bag technology installed in your vehicle. The only way to completely rule out this risk is by making sure you never place a child in a rearward-facing child restraint system on the front-passenger seat. For this reason, we strongly advise that you always carry children in a rearward-facing child restraint system on a rear seat. Rif it is absolutely necessary to install a rearward-facing child restraint system on the front-passenger seat, make sure the 42 indicator lamp is illuminated, indicating that the frontpassenger front air bag is disabled. If the 42 indicator lamp does not light up or goes out when the child restraint system is installed, check the anchorages of the restraint system. Check the 42 indicator lamp regularly while driving to ensure that the 42 indicator lamp is illuminated. If the 42 indicator lamp lights up or remains out, you may only carry a child on the front-passenger seat once the system has been repaired. A child in a rear-facing child restraint on the passenger seat will be seriously injured or even killed if the passenger front air bag inflates. Rwhen securing a child in a child restraint system on the front-passenger seat, you must: - move the front-passenger seat as far back as possible - use a child restraint system that is suitable for the age, size and weight of the child - observe the manufacturer's installation instructions in order to install and secure the child restraint system correctly. Rfor children larger than the typical 12month-old child, the passenger front air bag is activated. Safety Deployment of the driver front air bag does not mean that the front-passenger front air bag also should have deployed. The OCS may have determined: Rthat the seat was empty or occupied by a person with a weight up to or less than that of a typical 12 month-old child seated in a standard child restraint Rthat the seat was occupied by a small person (e.g. a young teenager or a small adult) or a child that weighs more than a typical 12 month old child in a child restraint system These are examples of when OCS disables the front-passenger front air bag. This occurs even though the impact fulfills the criteria for deployment of the driver's front air bag.