Child car seat? Need to use a Mercedes one?

[Olivier]

Hello, just told that it's not safe to have a young child at the front because the airbag or you need a special mercedes booster seat that will disactivate the airbag at the front?
My daughter is 3 and love to seat at the front, will the child seat sensor not do the job ( I thought it was working with the weight of the passenger?) or do I really need to get a special booster from mercedes?
Can I just disactivate the airbag manually?
How does the mercedes seat cut off the airbag? I had a look at the "ass mass" in the seat and it look just like a pad with contacts, will the booster press on the contacts only, no electronic gimmic?
Anyone as a second hand one? Mercedes was squoting 170 , cannot afford that.
Thank you. Olivier

 

[SilverSaloon]

Hello, just told that it's not safe to have a young child at the front because the airbag or you need a special mercedes booster seat that will disactivate the airbag at the front?
My daughter is 3 and love to seat at the front, will the child seat sensor not do the job ( I thought it was working with the weight of the passenger?) or do I really need to get a special booster from mercedes?
Can I just disactivate the airbag manually?
How does the mercedes seat cut off the airbag? I had a look at the "ass mass" in the seat and it look just like a pad with contacts, will the booster press on the contacts only, no electronic gimmic?
Anyone as a second hand one? Mercedes was squoting 170 , cannot afford that.
Thank you. Olivier

you should be fine on a front-facing booster seat to just move the seat as far back as you can and the airbag still active.

 

[Olivier]

Just looking on ebay, there is few seat with the tranponder for sale, I might get one and take it apart, there is also a chap who sell the transponder but at 100, I prefer to get the whole mercedes seat.
Anyone as an extra transponder?

 

[BTB 500]

Read your handbook - it will have full details on this, specific to your car.

It's likely that the seat just has a pressure sensor, so the airbag will be active if your daughter is on the seat. This is the case with my '97 SL, and as SilverSaloon mentions ... I need to have the seat moved fully back when a child is on it.

 

[BTB 500]

Just looking on ebay, there is few seat with the tranponder for sale, I might get one and take it apart, there is also a chap who sell the transponder but at 100, I prefer to get the whole mercedes seat.
Anyone as an extra transponder?

As mentioned, I doubt your car would recognise a transponder. But the handbook will say.

 

[Olivier]

I don't have the hand book... It was my first mercedes and I didn't know much about them and got it with no history/ book or what ever... I know...
Good point on the seat not recognising the transponder, I really don't know, look like the best option is the seat way bak.
Thank you all

 

[BTB 500]

You can probably still order a handbook via a dealer ... may not be too expensive.

 

[Olivier]

I just called mercedes and I'll pop in and they'll try to see if it work or not with a transponder. Good.
I got a manual from ebay once but it wasn't that detailed then I sell it bak.

 

[rajinder_1]

Oliver your car will not have the transpoder to deactivate the airbag i dont think...
so its not worth you buying a mb car seat as it will not deactivate the airbag


Raj

 

[Olivier]

Going to MB now actually. I'll update the seat/ transponder situation thingy when bak. Thank you all.
Happy weekend

 

[SilverSaloon]

Going to MB now actually. I'll update the seat/ transponder situation thingy when bak. Thank you all.
Happy weekend

IIRC your car will have a little "airbag warning light" by the gear shifter if it has the deactivation transponder functionality - my 1999 W208 CLK had this.

You can see the thing i mean on here:

shown on this model between the right hand side window switches. It will light up when the airbag is OFF

 

[Smatt]

Although your daughter might like being in the front, she is statistically much safer in the back!
This also means no issues over airbag! Just a thought

 

[Olivier]

Updates

Thank you all.
BTB 500 and Rajinder 1 were right, the car will not ecognise the tranponder. No need to get the mercedes seat.
Hapy weekend to everyone. Wet and cold here , it's a day to stay cosy at home. Brrr....