Window Curtain; Window Curtain Air Bags - Mercedes-Benz 2009 CLK-Class Operator's Manual

if the system determines that air bag
R
deployment can offer additional protection
to that provided by the seat belt
depending on whether the seat belt is in
R
use
independently of the front air bags
R
independently of the ETDs
R
The front passenger head-thorax air bag
will only deploy if the OCS senses that the
front passenger seat is occupied and the
impact exceeds a preset deployment
threshold.
The head-thorax air bags are not deployed in
side impacts which do not exceed the
system's deployment threshold.
G Warning!
CLK cabriolet: Only use seat covers which
have been tested and approved by
Mercedes-Benz for your vehicle model.
Using other seat covers may interfere with
or prevent the deployment of the front
head-thorax air bags. Contact an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center for
availability.
Window curtain air bags (CLK coupe)
G Observe Safety notes, see
page 44.
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Window curtain air bag
1
When deployed, window curtain air bags
are designed to provide increased protection
for the head (but not the chest or arms) of the
occupants on the side of the vehicle on which
the impact occurs.

Window curtain air bags

on the impacted side of the vehicle
R
in side impacts exceeding a preset
R
deployment threshold
independently of the front air bags
R
regardless of whether the front passenger
R
seat is occupied
in certain vehicle rollovers, if the system
R
determines that air bag deployment can
offer additional protection to that provided
by the seat belt
Window curtain air bags
in impacts which do not exceed the system's
deployment threshold.
Window curtain air bags
indicated by the arrows.
Occupant Classification System
The Occupant Classification System (OCS)
automatically turns the front passenger front
1
air bag on or off based on the classified
occupant weight category determined by
weight sensor readings from the front
passenger seat.
CLK coupe: The system does not deactivate
are deployed
1
the front passenger side impact air bag, the
window curtain air bag and the Emergency
Tensioning Devices (ETDs).
CLK cabriolet: The system does not
deactivate the front passenger head-thorax
air bag and the Emergency Tensioning
Devices (ETDs).
Safety and security
Occupant safety
are not deployed
1
deploy in the area
1
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