Mercedes-Benz 350 SDL TURBO 1991 Owner's Manual page 44

S afe ty G u id elin es fo r th e S eat Belt,
E m erg en cy T en sio n in g R etractor
and A irbag
W arn ing !
• D am aged belts or belts that
w ere h ighly stressed in an a c ­
cid en t m u st be replaced and
th eir an ch o rin g p oin ts m ust
also be ch ecked. Use only
belts installed or su p plied by
an au th o rize d M E R C E D E S -
B EN Z dealer.
• Do not pass belts o ver sharp
edges.
• Do not m ake any m o d ifica tio n
th at co u ld ch an g e th e e ffe c ­
tiven e ss of th e belts.
• T h e "S R S " is d esig ned to
fu n c tio n on a o n e -tim e-o n ly
b asis. An airbag or e m e rg e n ­
cy ten sio n in g retracto r (ETR )
th at w as activated m u st be
replaced .
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• No m o d ifica tio n s of an y kind
m ay be m ade to an y c o m p o ­
nen ts or w irin g of th e "S R S " .
T h is inclu d es th e installatio n
of ad d itio n al trim m aterial,
b ad ges, etc. o ver th e steerin g
w h e el hub o r fro n t p ass en g er
airb ag co ve r and in stallatio n
of a d d itio n a l e le c tric a l/e le c ­
tro n ic e q u ip m e n t on or near
"S R S " co m p o n e n ts and
w irin g .
• S everal airb ag system c o m ­
p o n en ts at th e steerin g w heel
get hot afte r the airb ag has
inflated. D o n 't try to to uch
th em .
• Im p ro p e r w o rk on th e system ,
inclu d in g in c o rre ct in s ta lla ­
tio n and rem o val, can lead to
p o s sib le inju ry th ro ug h an
u nc o n tro lle d ac tiv atio n of the
"S R S ".
• In a d d itio n , th ro ug h im p ro per
w o rk th e re is th e risk of
rend ering th e "S R S " in o p e ra ­
tive. W o rk on th e "S R S " m ust
th e re fo re o nly be perfo rm ed
by an a u th o rize d M E R C E D E S -
B EN Z dealer.
• W hen scrap p in g th e airbag
unit or em erg e n c y ten sio nin g
retracto r, it is m a n d ato ry to
fo llo w o u r safety instru ction s.
T h e se in s tru ctio n s are av ail­
a b le at yo u r au th orized
M E R C E D E S -B E N Z dealer.
W hen you sell the veh icle w e strongly
urge you to give notice to the su b se ­
qu en t o w n e r that it is equippe d with
an "S R S " by alerting him to the
ap plicab le section in the O w n e r's
M anual.