Mercedes-Benz 300 TE Owner's Manual page 42

Driver Airbag
The m o s t e ffe ctive o c c u p a n t re stra in t
system ye t d e ve lo p e d fo r use in p ro d ­
u c tio n v e h icle s is th e th re e -p o in t seat
belt. In som e cases, ho w e ver, the
p ro te c tiv e e ffe c t o f seat b e lts can be
fu rth e r e n ha nce d by an airbag.
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The airbag (1) is lo ca te d in the s te e r­
ing w h ee l hub and, in c o n ju n c tio n
w ith w e arin g the seat b e lts w ith e m e r­
g e n cy te n s io n in g re tra c to rs (
vid es in cre a se d p ro te c tio n fo r the
driver.
The o p e ra tio n a l rea diness o f th e a ir­
bag s yste m is ve rifie d by th e in d ic a to r
lam p " S R S " (3) in th e in s tru m e n t
c lu s te r. If no fa u lt is d e te c te d , the
lam p w ill go o u t a fte r ap p ro x im a te ly
4 s e c o n d s ; a fte r th e lam p g o e s out,
th e system c o n tin u e s to m o n ito r the
c o m p o n e n ts and c irc u itry o f the air­
bag s yste m and w ill in d ica te a m al­
fu n c tio n by c o m in g on again.
The fo llo w in g sy s te m c o m p o n e n ts are
m o n ito re d o r u n d e rg o a s e lf-c h e c k :
c ra s h -s e n s o r, airbag ig n itio n c irc u it,
d riv e r and fro n t p a sse n g e r sea t be lt
b u c k le s . Initially, w h en th e key is
tu rn e d fro m s te e rin g lo c k p o s itio n
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to p o s itio n s o r
c ra s h -s e n s o r are d e te c te d and in d i­
ca te d (the " S R S " in d ic a to r lam p stays
on lo n g e r than 4 se c o n d s ).
In th e o p e ra tio n a l m ode, a fte r th e in d i­
c a to r lam p has go ne o u t a fte r th e ini­
tial ch e c k , in te rru p tio n s and s h o rt c ir­
c u its in th e airbag ig n itio n c irc u it and
in th e d riv e r and fro n t p a s s e n g e r seat
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b e lt b u c k le ha rne sses, and lo w v o l­
tage in th e e n tire sy s te m are d e te c te d
and in dica ted.
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