Mercedes-Benz 2009 CLS 550, Operator'S Manual

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Occupant safety
63
Child safety
Child safety locks
G
Observe Safety notes, see
page 59.
G
Warning!
Children could open a rear door from the
inside. This may cause serious personal
injury or an accident. Therefore, secure the
rear doors with the child safety locks when-
ever children are riding in the back seats of
the vehicle.
The child safety locks on the rear doors ena-
ble you to secure each rear door individually.
You cannot open a secured rear door from the
inside. You can open the rear door from the
outside when the vehicle is unlocked.
1
Securing
2
Releasing
X
Securing: Press the lever up in direction of
arrow
1
.
X
Check to make sure the child safety locks
are working properly.
X
Releasing: Press the lever down in direc-
tion of arrow
2
.
Override switch
G
Observe Safety notes, see
page 59.
You can disable the rear door windows oper-
ation and the 12-V power outlet in the rear
passenger compartment for added safety (for
instance when you have children riding in the
rear passenger compartment).
G
Warning!
Activate the override switch when children
are riding in the back seats of the vehicle.
The children may otherwise injure them-
selves, e.g. by becoming trapped in the
window opening.
1
Override switch
2
Indicator lamp
X Activating: Press override switch
1
.
Indicator lamp
2
comes on.
The functions in the rear are disabled.
It is still possible to operate the rear door
windows using the switches located on the
door control panel of the driver’s door.
X
Deactivating: Press override switch
1
again.
Indicator lamp
2
goes out.
The functions in the rear are enabled again.
For more information on power windows, see
the “Controls in detail” section
(
Y
page 103).
Safety and security
Z