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Do not place heavy objects on the cover
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of the head airbag.
The head airbags are integrated into the beltline
of the doors at the front and into the beltline of
the side wall at the rear (
page 50).
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& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
the use of unsuitable seat covers
Due to unsuitable seat covers, the airbags
cannot protect vehicle occupants as intended.
In addition, the operation of the automatic
front passenger airbag shutoff could be
restricted.
You should only use seat covers that
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have been approved for the correspond-
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc-
tioning sensors in the door
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
doors are damaged.
Never modify the doors or parts of the
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doors.
Always have work on the doors or door
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trim carried out at a qualified specialist
workshop.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer offers any protec-
tion.
Have the vehicle towed to a qualified
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specialist workshop in order to have the
deployed airbag replaced.
Have deployed airbags replaced immediately.
Status of the front passenger front airbag
Function of the automatic front passenger airbag
shutoff
The automatic front passenger airbag shutoff is
able to detect whether the front passenger seat is
Occupant safety
occupied by a person or a child restraint system.
The front passenger airbag and front passenger
knee airbag are enabled or disabled accordingly.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects under the co-driver seat
Objects trapped under the co-driver seat can
interfere with the function of the automatic
co-driver airbag shutoff or damage the system.
Do not store any objects under the co-
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driver seat.
When the co-driver seat is occupied,
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make sure that no objects are trapped
under the co-driver seat.
When fitting a child restraint system to the front
passenger seat, observe the vehicle-specific infor-
mation (
page 77). Also, always observe the
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notes on rearward-facing or forward-facing child
restraint systems on the front passenger seat
(
page 76).
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A person on the front passenger seat must
observe the following information:
Fasten seat belts correctly (
R
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page 45).
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