Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Owner's Manual page 61

Safety
Occupant safety
G
Risk of injury
Observe the following notes to reduce the
risk of serious or fatal injury if the window-
bag is triggered:
Vehicle occupants – in particular, chil-
dren – must never lean their head into
the area of the window in which the win-
dowbag is triggered.
Vehicle occupants must wear their seat
belt correctly at all times.
Secure children less than 1.50 m tall
and under twelve years of age in suitable
child restraint systems.
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The purpose of windowbag deployment is
to enhance protection for the head (but not
the chest or arms) of the vehicle occupants
on the side of the vehicle on which the
impact occurs. The windowbags are fitted
in the side of the roof frame and run from
the front door (A-pillar) to the rear door (C-
pillar).
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1 Front sidebag
2 Rear sidebag
3 Windowbag
The windowbags are triggered:
in the first stages of an accident with
high lateral vehicle deceleration or
acceleration
on the side on which an impact occurs
if the system foresees that airbag
deployment can offer additional pro-
tection to that provided by the seat belt
independently of the front airbags
regardless of whether the front-pas-
senger seat is occupied or not
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You will find further information about air-
bag inflation on ( page 54).
You will find further information about the trig-
gering of belt tensioners and belt force limiters
on ( page 50).
Head/thorax airbags (Cabriolet)
G
Risk of injury
In order for the head/thorax airbag to pro-
vide its intended level of protection, you
must make sure that:
there are no other persons, animals or
objects between the vehicle occupants
and the inflation range of the head/tho-
rax airbags
no heavy or sharp objects are left in the
pockets in clothing