Side Impact; Side Impact Air Bags - Mercedes-Benz 2010 R-Class Operator's Manual

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Occupant safety
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Front air bags
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Observe Safety notes, see page 37.
Driver's front air bag : and front passenger
front air bag ; are designed to provide
increased protection for the driver and front
passenger against the risk of injuries to the
head and thorax.
Driver and front passenger front air bags are
deployed
in the event of certain frontal impacts
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if impact exceeds a preset deployment
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threshold
if the system determines that air bag
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deployment can offer additional protection
to that provided by the seat belt
depending on whether the respective seat
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belt is in use
independently of the side impact air bags
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and/or the window curtain air bags
The front air bags in this vehicle have been
designed to inflate in two stages. This allows
the air bags to have different rates of inflation.
The rate of inflation is based on the vehicle
deceleration rate as assessed by the air bag
control unit.
Vehicles with OCS, USA only: The front
passenger front air bag deployment is
additionally influenced by the passenger's
weight category as identified by the Occupant
Classification System (OCS) (
Vehicles with OCS, USA only: The lighter the
front passenger-side occupant, the higher the
vehicle deceleration rate required for second
stage inflation of the front passenger front air
bag.
The air bags will not deploy in impacts which
do not exceed the system's preset
deployment thresholds. You will then be
protected by the fastened seat belts.
The front air bags will not deploy in the event
of a rollover unless the vehicle's rate of
longitudinal deceleration or acceleration
exceeds the preset deployment threshold for
the front air bags.
The front passenger front air bag will only be
deployed if
vehicles with OCS, USA only: the system,
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based on OCS weight sensor readings,
detects that the front passenger seat is
occupied
the 42 indicator lamp in the
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center console is not lit
(USA only: (
Canada only: (
the impact exceeds a preset deployment
R
threshold
! Vehicles with BabySmart™ air bag
deactivation system (Canada only): Do not
place objects heavier than 20 lb (9 kg) on
the front passenger seat. This could cause
the front or side impact air bag on the front
passenger side to deploy in a crash which
exceeds the system's deployment
threshold.

Side impact air bags

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Observe Safety notes, see page 37.
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Warning!
The pressure sensors for side impact air bag
control are located in the doors. Do not
modify any components of the doors or door
trim panels including, for example, the
addition of door speakers.
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Improper repair work on the doors or the
modification or addition of components to the
doors create a risk of rendering the side
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