Mercedes-Benz 2002 ML 500, Operator'S Manual

Page: 85 / 539

84
Safety and Security
Occupant safety
앫
If you must install a rear-facing child
restraint on the front passenger seat
because circumstances require you to
do so, make sure that the
59
indicator lamp is illuminat-
ed, indicating that the front passenger
front air bag is deactivated. Should the
59
not illuminate or go out
while the restraint is installed, please
check installation. Periodically check
the
59
indicator lamp while
driving to make sure the
59
indicator lamp is illuminat-
ed. If the
59
indicator lamp
goes out or remains out, do not trans-
port a child on the front passenger seat
until the system has been repaired. A
child in a rear-facing child restraint on
the front passenger seat will be serious-
ly injured or even killed if the front pas-
senger front air bag inflates.
앫
If you have to place a child in a
forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger seat, move the seat as
far back as possible, use the proper
child restraint recommended for the
age, size and weight of the child, and se-
cure child restraint with the vehicle’s
seat belt according to the child seat
manufacturer’s instructions. For
children larger than the typical
12-month-old child, the front passenger
front air bag may or may not be
activated (
컄
page 82).
i
Deployment of the driver front air bag
does not mean that the front passenger
front air bag also should have de-
ployed.
The Occupant Classification System
(
컄
page 81) may have determined:
앫
that the seat was empty or occu-
pied by the weight up to or less than
that of a typical 12-month-old child
seated in a standard child restraint
- both instances where the system
suppresses deployment of the front
passenger front air bag even
though the impact met the criteria
and was of sufficient severity to de-
ploy the driver front air bag.
컄컄