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

Head bags
Example: headbag on the front-passenger side
The Cabriolet is equipped with head bags.
Headbags 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
R
of lateral vehicle deceleration or
acceleration, e.g. in a side impact
on the side on which an impact occurs
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 use of the seat belt
R
independently of the front air bags
R
Headbags 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 headbag on the front-passenger side will
deploy if the front-passenger seat belt is
Occupant safety
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 bag deployment enhances the level
of protection of the vehicle occupants on the
side of the vehicle on which the impact
occurs.
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 overturns, the pelvis
air bags are generally not deployed.
Exception: if the system detects high vehicle
deceleration or acceleration in a lateral
direction and determines that deployment
can offer additional protection to that
provided by the seat belt.
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