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

Safety and security
Occupant safety
independently of the front air bags
R
independently of the ETDs
R
The side impact air bags are not deployed in
side impacts which do not exceed the
system's deployment threshold.
The side air bags will not deploy in the event
of a rollover unless the vehicle's rate of lateral
deceleration or acceleration exceeds the
preset deployment threshold for the side air
bags.
G Warning!
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 side impact air
bags. Contact an authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center for availability.
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Window curtain air bags

G Observe Safety notes, see
page 47.
Example illustration sedan
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 are deployed
1
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
air bag on or off based on the classified
1
occupant weight category determined by
weight sensor readings from the front
passenger seat.
The system does not deactivate the front
passenger side impact air bag, the window
curtain air bag and the Emergency Tensioning
Devices (ETDs).
Occupants must sit with the seat belt
properly fastened in a position that is as
upright as possible with their back against the
seat backrest and feet on the floor to be
correctly classified. If the occupant's weight
are not deployed
1
deploy in the area
1