Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Owner's Manual page 62

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Risk of injury
Observe the following notes to reduce the
risk of serious or fatal injury if the head/
thorax airbag is triggered:
Vehicle occupants – in particular, chil-
dren – must never lean their head into
the area of the window in which the
head/thorax airbag is triggered.
Vehicle occupants must wear their seat
belt correctly at all times.
Always secure children less than 1.50 m
tall and under twelve years of age in suit-
able child restraint systems.
The purpose of head/thorax airbag deploy-
ment is to enhance the protection for the
head and chest (but not the arms) of the
vehicle occupants on the side of the vehi-
cle on which the impact occurs. The head/
thorax airbags are fitted in the outer sides
of the front seat backrests and in the side-
wall in the rear.
The head/thorax airbags are triggered:
in the first stages of an accident with
high lateral forces of vehicle decelera-
tion 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
if the seat belt is fastened
independently of the front airbags
The front-passenger head/thorax airbag
will only be triggered if the front-passenger
seat has objects placed on it or if it is actu-
ally occupied.
On vehicles with automatic child seat rec-
ognition on the front-passenger seat, the
front-passenger head/thorax airbag will
only be triggered if the PASSENGER
AIRBAG OFF warning lamp on the centre
console is lit, i.e. a child seat with auto-
matic child seat recognition transponder
is installed on this seat.
Occupant safety
In an accident, the head/thorax airbag
inflates in the area of the front side win-
dow.
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Risk of injury
For safety reasons, Mercedes-Benz recom-
mends that you use seat covers that have
been approved for Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
Otherwise, a head/thorax airbag may not
inflate correctly and could fail to provide its
intended protective function in the event of
an accident. These covers can be obtained
from a Mercedes-Benz Service Centre, for
example.
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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).
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