Useful Information - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Owner's Manual

Occupant safety
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Useful information

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This Owner's Manual describes all models
and all standard and optional equipment
available to your vehicle at the time of pub-
lication of the Owner's Manual. Country-
specific deviations are possible. Please
note that your vehicle may not be equipped
with all features described. This also
applies to safety-relevant systems and
functions.
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Please read the information on qualified
specialist workshops (
Occupant safety
Important safety notes
Seat belts, together with the Supplemental
Restraint System – SRS (
complementary, co-ordinated restraint sys-
tems. They reduce the risk of injury in spe-
cific, pre-defined types of accident situations
and thereby increase occupant safety. How-
ever, seat belts and airbags generally do not
protect against objects penetrating the vehi-
cle from the outside.
To ensure that the restraint systems can
deliver their full potential protection, make
sure that:
the seat and head restraint are adjusted
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properly ( page 100).
Y
the seat belt has been fastened properly
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( page 47).
Y
the airbags can inflate unrestricted if
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deployed ( page 40).
Y
the steering wheel is adjusted properly
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( page 100).
Y
the restraint systems have not been modi-
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fied.
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An airbag increases the protection of
vehicle occupants wearing a seat belt. As
such, they are only an additional restraint
system which complements, but does not
replace, the seat belt. All vehicle occupants
page 22).
Y
page 39), are
Y
must wear their seat belt correctly at all
times, even if the vehicle is equipped with
airbags. The airbags are not deployed in all
types of accidents. For example, if the pro-
tective capacity of correctly fastened seat
belts is not increased by deploying the air-
bags, the airbags will not deploy. Airbag
deployment only provides increased pro-
tection if the seat belt is worn correctly
because:
the seat belt helps to keep the vehicle
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occupant in the best position in relation
to the airbag.
in a head-on collision, for example, the
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seat belt prevents the vehicle occupant
from being propelled towards the point
of impact. It can thus reduce the risk of
injury.
In accidents in which an airbag is deployed,
it provides increased protection only if the
seat belt is worn correctly.
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WARNING
If service work is not carried out correctly, the
operating safety of your vehicle may be affec-
ted. This could cause you to lose control of
your vehicle and cause an accident. More-
over, the safety systems may no longer be
able to protect you or others as they are
designed to do.
Always have service work carried out at a
qualified specialist workshop. The workshop
must have the necessary specialist knowl-
edge and tools to carry out the work required.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you use a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre for this pur-
pose. In particular, work relevant to safety or
on safety-related systems must be carried out
at a qualified specialist workshop.