Mercedes-Benz C-Class Convertible 2021 Operator's Manual page 46

44 Occupant safety
Always store and secure objects correctly.
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Objects in the vehicle interior may prevent an
airbag from functioning correctly. Each vehicle
occupant must always make sure of the follow‐
ing in particular:
There are no people, animals or objects
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between the vehicle occupants and an air‐
bag.
There are no objects between the seat, door
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and door pillar (B-pillar).
There are no hard objects, e.g. coat hangers,
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hanging on the grab handles or coat hooks.
There are no accessory parts, such as mobile
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navigation devices, mobile phones or cup
holders, within the deployment area of an air‐
bag, e.g. on the cockpit, on the door, on the
side window or on the side trim.
In addition, no connecting cables, tensioning
straps or retaining straps must be routed or
attached to the vehicle within the deploy‐
ment area of an airbag. Always comply with
the accessory manufacturer's installation
instructions and, in particular, the notes on
suitable places for installation.
There are no heavy, sharp-edged or fragile
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objects in the pockets of your clothing. Store
such objects in a suitable place.
Limited protection provided by airbags
& WARNING Risk of injury due to modifi‐
cations to the cover of an airbag
If you modify the cover of an airbag or affix
objects such as stickers to it, the airbag may
no longer function correctly.
Never modify the cover of an airbag and
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do not affix objects to it.
The installation location of an airbag is identified
by the AIRBAG symbol ( page 42).
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& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
the use of unsuitable seat covers
Due to unsuitable seat covers, the airbags
cannot protect vehicle occupants as inten‐
ded.
In addition, the operation of the automatic
front passenger airbag shutoff could be
restricted.
You should only use seat covers that
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have been approved for the correspond‐
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc‐
tioning sensors in the door
The function of the airbags can be impaired
due to modifications or incorrect work per‐
formed on the doors or door trim, or if the
doors are damaged.
Never modify the doors or parts of the
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doors.
Always have work on the doors or door
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trim carried out at a qualified specialist
workshop.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer offers any pro‐
tection.