If you apply your full body weight to the grab handle or pull it abruptly, the grab handle may be damaged or become loose from its anchorage.
Standard rear bench seat
Comfort rear bench seat
Seat/bunk combination
If the rear bench seat is not engaged, it may be flung around during travel.
Keep the seat anchorages in the vehicle floor free of dirt and objects at all times to ensure that the seat engages securely.
If the indicator tab of the seat anchorages is not retracted into the seat leg, the seat is not correctly engaged. Engage the seat again.
For mounting up to two rear bench seats in two rows
For mounting both rear seat rows facing one another
For moving the rear bench seats
Vehicles with seat rail systems: When you remove a rear bench seat, the seat slider may slide into a guide rail. The seat sliders will then no longer be parallel in the guide rails. In this case, you will no longer be able to fit the rear bench seat. The seat sliders must be moved only using a special tool or at a qualified specialist workshop in order to prevent the risk of damage. The tool is available as a Mercedes-Benz accessory.
You can secure rear bench seats in seat anchorages . If your vehicle is equipped with four seat anchorages on the first rear seat row, the rear bench seats can be mounted facing one another.
If the rear bench seats are incorrectly installed, the integrated safety precautions in the rear bench seats cannot work as intended.
Rear bench seats with two or three seats
Seat/bunk combination with three seats
Depending on the vehicle equipment, you can fit the rear bench seats on the first and/or second rear seat row.
The seating variants shown are permitted only if the conditions specified below for safe rear seating are met. Other seating variants are not permitted and may endanger the occupants.
If a rear bench seat is marked with EE in the illustrations, a rear bench seat must be fitted with the EASY-ENTRY easy entry and exit feature in the position indicated.
If a rear bench seat is not marked, a rear bench seat can be fitted with or without the EASY-ENTRY feature in the position indicated.
Use only rear bench seats approved for the vehicle.
A rear bench seat with three seats without the EASY-ENTRY feature may be fitted only if there is no other rear seat row behind it.
A rear bench seat may be fitted facing the rear only if each seat has a seat opposite it – face-to-face position.
Vehicles with individual seat anchorages in the vehicle floor:
Either only standard bench seats or only comfort bench seats may be fitted. Mixed fitting is not permitted.
Passengers may use the seats only if the rear seat and/or rear bench seat has engaged correctly More.
Vehicles with a seat rail system in the vehicle floor:
Either only comfort rear bench seats or only the seat/bunk combination (S/L) may be fitted. Mixed fitting is not permitted.
Passengers may use the seats only if the rear seat and/or rear bench seat has engaged correctly More.