Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2020 Owner's Manual page 53

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Occupant safety
Objects in the vehicle interior may prevent an
airbag from functioning correctly. Each vehicle
occupant must always make sure of the follow‐
ing in particular:
There are no people, animals or objects
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between the vehicle occupants and an air‐
bag.
Vehicles with rear airbag: also observe the
information on the rear airbag (
There are no objects between the seat, door
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and door pillar (B-pillar).
There are no hard objects, e.g. coat hangers,
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hanging on the grab handles or coat hooks.
There are no accessory parts, such as mobile
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navigation devices, mobile phones or cup
holders, within the deployment area of an air‐
bag, e.g. on the cockpit, on the door, on the
side window or on the side trim.
In addition, no connecting cables, tensioning
straps or retaining straps must be routed or
attached to the vehicle within the deploy‐
ment area of an airbag. Always comply with
the accessory manufacturer's installation
instructions and, in particular, the notes on
suitable places for installation.
There are no heavy, sharp-edged or fragile
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objects in the pockets of your clothing. Store
such objects in a suitable place.
Limited protection provided by airbags
page 55).
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& WARNING Risk of injury due to modifi‐
cations to the cover of an airbag
If you modify the cover of an airbag or affix
objects such as stickers to it, the airbag may
no longer function correctly.
Never modify the cover of an airbag and
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do not affix objects to it.
The installation location of an airbag is identified
by the AIRBAG symbol (
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
Due to unsuitable seat covers, the airbags
cannot protect vehicle occupants as inten‐
ded.
In addition, the operation of the automatic
front passenger airbag shutoff could be
restricted.
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& WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc‐
The function of the airbags can be impaired
due to modifications or incorrect work per‐
formed on the doors or door trim, or if the
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doors are damaged.
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the use of unsuitable seat covers
You should only use seat covers that
have been approved for the correspond‐
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
tioning sensors in the door
Never modify the doors or parts of the
doors.