Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 1993 Owner's Manual page 42

Driver Airbag
The most effective occupant re-
straint system yet developed for
use in production vehicles is the
seat belt. In some cases, however,
the protective effect of seat belts
can be further enhanced by an
The driver airbag (1) is located in
the steering wheel hub and, in
conjunction with wearing the seat
belts with emergency tensioning
retractors (2) provides increased
protection for the driver.
The operational readiness of the
indicator lamp " SK" (3) in the
instrument cluster. If no fault is
detected, the lamp will go out after
approximately 4 seconds; after the
lamp goes out, the system con-
tinues to monitor the components
and circuitry of the airbag system
and will indicate a malfunction by
coming on again.
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