freightliner Sprinter - 196 Breakdown Assistance; Emergency; Emergency Call System

Emergency
Removing the safetyvest
The safetyvestislocated in thestowage com‐
partment in thedriver's door.
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Remove thesafetyvestfromthe stowage
compartment.
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Safetyvests can also be stored in thestow‐
agecompartmentsofthe rear doorsand the
front-passenger door.
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Maximumnumber of washes
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Maximum wash temperature
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Do notbleach
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Do notiron
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Do nottumble dry
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Do notdry-clean
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Thisisaclass 2vest
The safetyvestonlyfulfills thelegally required
standards if it is thecorrect size and is com‐
pletely closed.
Replace thesafetyvest:
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if damaged or if thereflexstripsare dirty
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if themaximum permitted number of washes
is exceeded
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if thesafetyvest's fluorescencehas faded
Removing the first-aid kit (softsided)
The first-aidkit (softsided)islocated in thestow‐
agecompartment in thefront passenger door.
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Remove first-aid(soft sided) kit from the
stowagecompartment.
Removing the warning lamp
The warning lampislocated in thestowage com‐
partment in thefront-passenger door.
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Remove thewarning lampfromthe stowage
compartment.
Emergency Call System
Information on theemergency call system
Your vehicle is equipped withthe Emergency Call
System ("eCall"). This featurecan help save lives
in theevent of an accident. eCallinnoway repla‐
ces assistance provided from dialing 911.
eCall onlyfunctions in areas wheremobile phone
coverage is available from thewireless service
providers. Insufficient networkcoveragefromthe
wirelessserviceproviders mayresult in an emer‐
gency callnot being transmitted.
eCallisastandardfeatureinyour Freightliner
Sprinter vehicle. In order to function as intended,
thesystemrelies on thetransmission of data
detailed in theTransmittedDatasection that fol‐
lows (/ page197). To disable eCall, acustomer
mustvisit an authorized Freightliner Sprinter
Service departmenttodeactivatethe vehicle's
communication module.
Deactivation of this module prevents theacti‐
vationofany and all Mercedes PROconnect
services. Afterthe deactivationofeCall,auto‐
matic emergency call and manualemergency
call will notbeavailable.
The ignition mustbeswitched on beforeanauto‐
matic emergency call can be made.
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eCall is activated at thefactory.
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eCall can be deactivated by an authorized
Freightliner Sprinter dealer.Please note that
in theevent ownershipofthe vehicle is trans‐
ferred to another owner in its deactivated
state, eCall will remain deactivated unless
thenew owner visits an authorized Freight‐
liner Sprinter dealership to reactivatethe sys‐
tem.
Emergency Call System
eCall can help to reduce thetime between an
accident and thearrival of emergency servicesat
thesiteofthe accident. It helps locateanacci‐
dent siteinplaces that aredifficulttoaccess.
However, evenifavehicle is equipped witheCall,
this does notmean thesystemisON. As such,
eCall does notreplace dialing 911inthe event of
an accident.
The emergency callcan be madeautomatically
(/ page 197) or manually (/ page 197). Only
makeemergency callsifyou or othersare in need
of rescue. Do notmakeanemergency callinthe
event of abreakdown or asimilar situation.
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Breakdown assistance