Mercedes-Benz

Using the EASY-ENTRY easy entry and exit feature (rear bench seat)

WARNING Risk of accident and injury as a result of rear bench seat not being engaged

If the rear bench seat is not engaged, it may be flung around during travel.

Always make sure that the rear bench seat is engaged as described.

To ensure that the rear bench seat can securely engage, keep the seat guide rails and anchorages in the vehicle floor free of dirt and foreign objects.

If the indicator tab of the seat anchorage is not retracted into the seat leg, the seat is not correctly engaged. Engage the seat again.

WARNING Risk of becoming trapped when adjusting the rear bench seat

When adjusting a rear bench seat, you or another vehicle occupant could become trapped by the guide rail of the rear bench seat, for example.

Make sure that no one has any part of their body within the sweep of the rear bench seat when adjusting it.

WARNING Risk of becoming trapped due to the rear bench seat not being engaged

The rear bench seat will not engage when folded forward. The rear bench seat may inadvertently fold back while the vehicle is accelerating, braking or changing direction suddenly or in the event of an accident, for example.

People within the sweep of the rear bench seat may become trapped.

Always fold back a rear bench seat that has been folded forward before you start driving.

Ensure that the rear bench seat is engaged.

Folding the EASY-ENTRY section forwards/back

If you fold the EASY-ENTRY section of the rear bench seat forwards, it will be easier for you to get in and out of the vehicle.

Rear bench seat with EASY-ENTRY feature (example: comfort rear bench seat)

Grab handle

EASY-ENTRY release handle

Release handle for front seat legs

Pull EASY-ENTRY release handle

upwards.

Fold the EASY-ENTRY section forwards with grab handle

To fold the EASY-ENTRY section back:

fold the EASY-ENTRY section back until it engages in the seat anchorages. The indicator tab will no longer be visible.

The EASY-ENTRY section is correctly engaged when the seat leg engages audibly and the indicator tab is no longer visible and is fully retracted into the seat leg.

Removing the EASY-ENTRY section

Fold the seat backrest forward (comfort rear bench seat).

Pull EASY-ENTRY release handle

upwards.

Fold the EASY-ENTRY section forwards with the aid of grab handle

Pull release handle

for the front seat legs upwards.

Fold the EASY-ENTRY section further forwards.

Lift the EASY-ENTRY section up and out of the anchorage.

Installing the EASY-ENTRY section

Place the front seat leg of the EASY-ENTRY section on the seat anchorages and engage it.

Fold the EASY-ENTRY section back.

The rear seat leg of the EASY-ENTRY section will engage audibly. The indicator tab on the seat leg will no longer be visible.

The EASY-ENTRY section is correctly engaged when the seat leg engages audibly and the indicator tab is no longer visible and is fully retracted into the seat leg.

Fold the seat backrest back to the seat position (comfort rear bench seat).