Seat Belts - Mercedes-Benz 2003 S 430 Operator's Manual

Safety and Security
Occupant safety
The front passenger side impact airbag 2
will only deploy if the system senses that
the front passenger seat is occupied.
The window curtain airbags fill up the area
between the A and C pillars (see arrows).
3 Window curtain airbag
4 Side impact airbags
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Seat belts

The seat belt nonusage warning lamp <
in the instrument cluster lights up and a
warning sounds for a short time when you
turn the SmartKey in the starter switch to
position 2 or press the KEYLESS-GO* (if so
equipped) start/stop button twice and the
driver's seat belt is not fastened.
After starting the engine, the seat belt non-
usage warning lamp blinks for a brief peri-
od to remind the driver and passengers to
fasten their seat belts.
The use of seat belts and infant and child
restraint systems is required by law in
most states and all Canadian provinces.
Even where this is not the case, all vehicle
occupants should have their seat belts fas-
tened whenever the vehicle is in motion.
For information on fastening seat belts,
see "Getting started" ( page 29).
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For information on infants and children
traveling with you in the vehicle and re-
straint systems for infants and chil-
dren, see "Children in the vehicle"
( page 67).