Head Bag; Tor Lamp; Head Bags - Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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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.
If the OCS detects that the front-passenger
seat is not occupied and the front-passenger
seat belt is not fastened (the belt tongue is
not engaged in the seat belt buckle), the side
impact air bag on the front-passenger side
will not deploy. 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

The 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.
Example: Coupe
Headbags : deploy in the side window area.
They are deployed:
on the side on which an impact occurs
R
at the start of an accident with a high rate of
R
lateral vehicle deceleration or acceleration,
e.g. in a side impact
if the system determines that the vehicle
R
occupants are offered additional protec-
tion to that provided by the seat belt
independently of the use of the seat belt
R
independently of the ETDs
R
on the driver's side and passenger side, in
R
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 front air bags
R
Head bags : will not deploy in side impacts
which do not exceed the system's preset
deployment thresholds for lateral accelera-
tion/deceleration. You will then be protected
by the fastened seat belt.
If the OCS has classified the front-passenger
seat as unoccupied and the front-passenger
seat belt is not fastened, the head bag on the
passenger side will not deploy. The head bag
on the front-passenger side will deploy if the
front-passenger seat belt is fastened, regard-
less of whether the front-passenger seat is
occupied or not.
Occupant Classification System
(OCS)
How the Occupant Classification Sys-
tem works
The Occupant Classification System (OCS)
categorizes the occupant on the front-
passenger seat using a weight sensor. The
front-passenger front air bag and the front-
passenger knee bag are deactivated auto-
matically for certain weight categories. The
45 indicator lamp shows you the cur-
rent status. If the 45 indicator lamp
lights up, the front-passenger front air bag
and the front-passenger knee bag are disa-
bled.
The system does not deactivate:
the front-passenger side impact air bag
R
the front-passenger head bag
R
the Emergency Tensioning Devices
R