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Occupant safety
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When enabled, an air bag can provide additional
protection for the respective vehicle occupant.
Potential protection provided by each air bag:
Driver's air bag, front passenger air bag: head
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and thorax
Knee air bag: thigh, knee and lower leg
R
Head air bag: head
R
Side air bag: thorax and pelvis
R
& WARNING 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-specific
information (
page 61). Also, always observe
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the notes on rearward-facing or forward-facing
child restraint systems on the front passenger
seat (
page 61).
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Information on automatic front passenger air bag
shutoff
Only when the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indica-
tor lamp is off can the front passenger air bag
deploy in the event of an accident. 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 48).
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* NOTE 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.
Depending on the accident situation detected, the
head air bag on the front passenger side may
deploy. The air bag will be deployed regardless of
whether the front passenger seat is occupied.
Protection provided by the airbags
Depending on the accident situation, an airbag
may supplement the protection offered by a cor-
rectly fastened seat belt.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
an incorrect seat position
If you deviate from the correct seat position,
the airbag cannot perform its intended protec-
tive function.
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