Side Impact; Knee Bag; Side Impact Air Bags - Mercedes-Benz 2010 E-Class Coupe Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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Front air bags
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Observe Safety notes, see page 37.
Driver's front air bag : and front passenger
front air bag ; are designed to provide
increased protection for the driver and front
passenger against the risk of injuries to the
head and thorax.
Driver and front passenger front air bag and
driver's side knee bag are deployed
in the event of certain frontal impacts
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if the system determines that air bag
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deployment can offer additional protection
to that provided by the seat belt
depending on whether the respective seat
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belt is in use
independently of the side impact air bags,
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pelvis air bags and/or the window curtain
air bags
The front air bags in this vehicle have been
designed to inflate in two stages. This allows
the air bags to have different rates of inflation.
The rate of inflation is based on the vehicle
deceleration rate as assessed by the air bag
control unit.
The front passenger front air bag deployment
is additionally influenced by the passenger's
weight category as identified by the Occupant
Classification System (OCS) (
The lighter the front passenger-side
occupant, the higher the vehicle deceleration
rate required for second stage inflation of the
front passenger front air bag.
The air bags will not deploy in impacts which
do not exceed the system's preset
deployment thresholds. You will then be
protected by the fastened seat belts.
The front air bags will not deploy in the event
of a rollover unless the vehicle's rate of
longitudinal deceleration or acceleration
exceeds the preset deployment threshold for
the front air bags.
The front passenger front air bag will only be
deployed if
the system, based on OCS weight sensor
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readings, detects that the front passenger
seat is occupied
the 45 indicator lamp in the center
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console is not lit (
the impact exceeds a preset deployment
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threshold

Knee bag

Knee bag = is designed to provide increased
protection for the driver against the risk of
injuries to the knees, thighs and lower legs.
Knee bag = is located on the driver side
lower instrument panel. It is designed to
operate together with the driver front air bag
in certain frontal impacts if the system
determines that air bag deployment can offer
additional protection to that provided by the
seat belt. Knee bag = operates best in
conjunction with a properly positioned and
fastened seat belt.

Side impact air bags

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The pressure sensors for side impact air bag
control are located in the doors. Do not
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modify any components of the doors or door
trim panels including, for example, the
addition of door speakers.
Improper repair work on the doors or the
modification or addition of components to the
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Observe Safety notes, see page 37.
Warning!