Pelvis Air Bag; Window Curtain Air Bag - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Operator's Manual

Head 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 head bag on the front-passenger side is
not deployed in the following situations:
OCS has detected that the front-passenger
R
seat is unoccupied.
the front-passenger seat belt is not
R
fastened.
The head 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.
Pelvis air bags
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WARNING
Only use seat covers which have been tested
and approved by Mercedes-Benz for your
vehicle model. Using seat covers or other seat
coverings can cause a malfunction of the side
impact air bags and/or the pelvis air bags.
Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center
for availability.
Pelvis air bags : enhance the level of
protection of the vehicle occupants on the
side of the vehicle on which the impact
occurs.
Occupant safety
The pelvis air bags deploy next to and below
the outer seat cushions. They are deployed:
on the side on which an impact occurs
R
at the start of an accident with a high rate
R
of lateral vehicle deceleration or
acceleration, e.g. in a side impact
independently of the use of the seat belt
R
independently of the front air bags
R
independently of the ETDs
R
Cabriolet: if the vehicle rolls over, the pelvis
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.
Pelvis 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 pelvis air bag on the front-passenger side
is not deployed in the following situations:
OCS has detected that the front-passenger
R
seat is unoccupied.
the front-passenger seat belt is not
R
fastened.
The pelvis 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.
Window curtain air bags
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