Important safety notes

WARNING

If children are left unsupervised in the vehicle, they could:

• open the doors, thus endangering other people or road users.

• get out and disrupt traffic.

• operate the vehicle's equipment.

Additionally, children could set the vehicle in motion if, for example, they: • release the parking brake.

• shift the automatic transmission out of parking position P.

• starting the engine.

There is a risk of an accident and injury.

When leaving the vehicle, always take the SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle. Never leave children or animals unattended in the vehicle. Always keep the SmartKey out of reach of children.

WARNING

When leaving the vehicle, always remove the SmartKey from the ignition lock. Always take the SmartKey with you and lock the vehicle.

Do not leave children unsupervised in the vehicle, even if they are secured in a child restraint system, and do not give them access to an unlocked vehicle. A child's unsupervised access to a vehicle could result in an accident and/or serious personal injury. They could: • injure themselves on vehicle parts • be seriously or fatally injured by extreme heat or cold
• injure themselves or have an accident with vehicle equipment that may still be in operation even after the SmartKey has been removed from the ignition, such as the seat adjustment, steering wheel adjustment or memory function.

If children open a door, they could cause severe or even fatal injury to other persons; if they get out of the vehicle, they could injure themselves when doing so or be seriously or even fatally injured by any passing traffic.

Do not expose the child restraint system to direct sunlight. The child restraint system's metal parts, for example, could become very hot, and a child could be burned on these parts.

WARNING

If you attach heavy or large objects to the SmartKey, the SmartKey could be unintentionally turned in the ignition lock. This could cause the engine to be switched off.

There is a risk of an accident.

Do not attach any heavy or large objects to the SmartKey. Remove any bulky key rings before inserting the SmartKey into the ignition lock.

Keep the SmartKey away from strong magnetic fields. Otherwise, the remote control function could be affected.

Strong magnetic fields can occur in the vicinity of powerful electrical installations.

• Do not keep the SmartKey: - with electronic devices, e.g. a mobile phone or another SmartKey - with metallic objects, e.g. coins or metal foil
- inside metallic objects, e.g. a metal case This can affect the functionality of the SmartKey.

Do not keep the KEYLESS-GO key in the temperature-controlled cup holder.

Otherwise, the KEYLESS-GO key will not be recognized.