Head Bag - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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Side impact air bags (example: Coupe)
Front side impact air bags : and rear side
impact air bags ; deploy next to the outer
seat cushions.
When deployed, the side impact air bags offer
additional protection for the thorax of the
vehicle occupants on the side of the vehicle
on which the impact occurs. However, they
do not protect the:
head
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neck
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arms
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The side impact air bags are deployed:
on the side on which an impact occurs
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at the start of an accident with a high rate
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of lateral vehicle deceleration or
acceleration, e.g. in a side impact
independently of the use of the seat belt
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independently of the front air bags
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independently of the ETDs
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Cabriolet: if the vehicle rolls over, the side
impact air bags are generally not deployed.
Side impact air bags are deployed if the
system detects high vehicle deceleration or
acceleration in a lateral direction and
determines that side impact air bag
deployment can offer additional protection to
that provided by the seat belt.
Side impact air bags will not deploy in side
impacts which do not exceed the system's
preset deployment thresholds for lateral
acceleration/deceleration. You will then be
protected by the fastened seat belt.
The side impact air bag on the front-
passenger side is not deployed in the
following situations:
OCS has detected that the front-passenger
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seat is unoccupied.
the front-passenger seat belt is not
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fastened.
The side impact air bag on the front-
passenger side will deploy if the front-
passenger seat belt is fastened, regardless of
whether the front-passenger seat is occupied
or not.
Head bags
Example: head bag on the front-passenger side
Head bags : are available in the Cabriolet.
Head bags : enhance the level of protection
for the head, but not chest or arms, of the
vehicle occupants on the side of the vehicle
on which the impact occurs.
Head bags : deploy in the area of the side
windows at the front. They are deployed:
at the start of an accident with a high rate
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of lateral vehicle deceleration or
acceleration, e.g. in a side impact
on the side on which an impact occurs
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on the driver's side and passenger side, in
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the event of a vehicle rollover and if the
system determines that air bag deployment
can offer the vehicle occupants additional
protection to that provided by the seat belt
independently of the use of the seat belt
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independently of the front air bags
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