Driver Airbag - Mercedes-Benz 300 SE Owner's Manual

Driver Airbag

The most effective occupant restraint
system yet developed for use in
production vehicles is the three-point
seat belt. In some cases, however,
the protective effect of seat belts can
be further enhanced by an airbag.
The 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
airbag system is verified by the
indicator lamp "SRS" (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 continues
to monitor the components and
circuitry of the airbag system and will
indicate a malfunction by coming on
again.