Introduction - SMART fortwo cabriolet Operator's Manual

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Occupant safety
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Occupant safety

Introduction

The smart vehicle is equipped with seat
belts and dual stage air bags to protect you
in a crash. However, children can be killed
or seriously injured by an inflating air
bag. Indeed, there is a stronger risk of
serious death or bodily injury when an air
bag deploys on a child positioned in a
rear-facing child seat in the passenger
seat. Because this vehicle has only two
front seats and no backseat, it is limited
as are other two-seat vehicles, in the
extent to which it may restrain children
traveling in the passenger front seat. Many
states have laws against placing children
of certain ages in the front seat of a
vehicle that has both front and back seats.
Those laws make exceptions to permit
children to be restrained in the front seat
of two seat vehicles. Special instructions
and warnings are provided below about
when and if you may restrain a child in the
passenger seat of the smart vehicle. Under
certain circumstances, it is appropriate
for the passenger air bag not to operate
when a child is restrained in a car seat in
the passenger seat, and this vehicle is
equipped with technology to accomplish
this. Please pay very close attention to the
instructions and warnings below,
particularly as they relate to children.
In this section you will learn the most
important facts about the restraint system
components of the vehicle.
The restraint systems are:
Seat belts (
R
Y
Child restraints (
R
page 29)
page 41)
Y
Additional protection potential is
provided by:
Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
R
with
Air bags (
page 31)
-
Y
Air bag control unit (with crash
-
sensors)
Emergency Tensioning Devices and
-
seat belt force limiters (
Air bag system components with
R
Passenger front air bag off indicator
-
lamp (
page 39)
Y
Passenger seat with Occupant
-
Classification System (OCS)
(
page 37)
Y
Although independent systems, their
protective functions work in conjunction
with each other.
i
For information on infants and
children traveling with you in the
vehicle and restraint systems for infants
and children, see "Children in the
vehicle" (
page 40).
Y
The SRS system conducts a self-test when
the ignition is switched on and in regular
intervals while the engine is running. This
facilitates detection of malfunctions. The
SRS indicator lamp 6 in the instrument
cluster comes on when the ignition is
switched on and goes out after
approximately four seconds.
The SRS components are in operational
readiness if the SRS indicator lamp 6
is not lit when the engine is running.
A malfunction in the system has been
detected if the SRS indicator lamp 6
fails to go out after approximately 4
R
seconds after the ignition was switched
on
does not come on at all
R
comes on after the engine was started or
R
while driving
page 31)
Y

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