Mercedes-Benz GLS Operator's Manual page 52

Occupant safety
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Objects in the vehicle interior may prevent
an air bag from functioning correctly. Before
starting your journey and to avoid risks resulting
from the speed of the air bag as it deploys, make
sure that:
there are no people, animals or objects
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between the vehicle occupants and an air bag
there are no objects between the seat, door
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and B-pillar
there are no hard objects, e.g. coat hangers,
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hanging on the grab handles or coat hooks
no accessories, such as cup holders, are
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attached to the vehicle within the deployment
area of an air bag, e.g. to doors, side windows,
rear side trim or side walls
no heavy, sharp-edged or fragile objects are in
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the pockets of your clothing. Store such
objects in a suitable place
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WARNING
If you modify the air bag cover or affix objects
such as stickers to it, the air bag can no longer
function correctly. There is an increased risk
of injury.
Never modify an air bag cover or affix objects
to it.
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WARNING
Sensors to control the air bags are located in
the doors. Modifications or work not per-
formed correctly to the doors or door panel-
ing, as well as damaged doors, can lead to the
function of the sensors being impaired. The air
bags might therefore not function properly
anymore. Consequently, the air bags cannot
protect vehicle occupants as they are
designed to do. There is an increased risk of
injury.
Never modify the doors or parts of the doors.
Always have work on the doors or door pan-
eling carried out at a qualified specialist work-
shop.
Front air bags
!
Do not place heavy objects on the front-
passenger seat. This could cause the system
to identify the seat as being occupied. In the
event of an accident, the restraint systems on
the front-passenger side may be triggered
and have to be replaced.
Driver's air bag : deploys in front of the steer-
ing wheel. Front-passenger front air bag ;
deploys in front of and above the glove box.
When deployed, the front air bags offer addi-
tional head and thorax protection for the occu-
pants in the front seats.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp
informs you about the status of the front-
passenger front air bag (
The front-passenger front air bag will only
deploy if:
the system, based on the OCS weight sensor
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readings, detects that the front-passenger
seat is occupied (
Y
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp is
not lit ( page 52)
Y
the restraint system control unit predicts a
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high accident severity
Driver's knee bag
Driver's knee bag : deploys under the steering
column. The driver's knee bag is deployed
together with the front air bag.
page 45).
Y
page 51). The