Airbags - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe 2022 Operator's Manual

42 42 Occupant safety

Airbags

Airbags
Ov Over ervie view of airbags w of airbags
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Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passenger airbag
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Front passenger knee airbag
5 Window curtain airbag
6 Side airbag
The installation location of an airbag is identi ed
by the AIRBAG symbol.
When enabled, an airbag can provide additional
protection for the respective vehicle occupant.
Potential protection provided by each airbag:
Knee airbag: thigh, knee and lower leg
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Driver's airbag, front passenger airbag: head
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and ribcage
Window curtain airbag: head
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Side airbag: ribcage, also pelvis for front seat
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occupants
& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injury or death if the co-
driver airbag is enabled
If the co-driver airbag is enabled, a child on
the co-driver seat may be struck by the co-
driver airbag during an accident.
NEVER use a rearward-facing child restraint
system on a seat with an ENABLED FRONT
AIRBAG; DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY to the
CHILD can occur.
When installing a child restraint system on the
front passenger seat, observe the vehicle-speci c
information ( page 59). Also, always observe
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the notes on rearward-facing or forward-facing
child restraint systems on the front passenger
seat.
Inf Infor ormation on aut mation on automatic fr omatic front passeng ont passenger airbag
shut shuto o
The front passenger airbag can only be deployed
in an accident if the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
indicator lamp is o . If the front passenger seat is
occupied, make sure, both before and during the
journey, that the status of the front passenger air-
bag is correct ( page 46).
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* NO NOTE TE Deployment of components of the
restraint system when the front passenger
seat is unoccupied
In an accident, the components of the
restraint system may deploy unnecessarily on
the front passenger side if:
There are heavy objects on the front
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passenger seat.
The seat belt tongue is engaged in the seat
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belt buckle of the front passenger seat and
the front passenger seat is unoccupied.
Store objects in a suitable place.
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Only one person should use each seat
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belt at any one time.
er airbag