Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2008 Owner's Manual page 46

Driver's front airbag
1
Front-passenger front airbag
2
Driver's front airbag 1 deploys in front of the
steering wheel; front-passenger front airbag
2 deploys in front of and above the glove
compartment.
Front-passenger front airbag 2
deployed if the front-passenger seat is occu-
pied or if the 5 PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF
warning lamp in the centre console is not lit
( page 46). This means that a child
Y
restraint system with automatic child seat
recognition* has not been fitted to the front-
passenger seat or has been fitted incorrectly.
!
Do not place heavy objects on the front-
passenger seat. The system might errone-
ously interpret this as a person occupying
* optional
the seat and the restraint systems on the
front-passenger seat may then be triggered
in the event of an accident and would have
to be replaced.
Head/thorax airbags
G Risk of injury
If you wish to use seat covers, Mercedes-
Benz recommends that, for safety reasons,
you only use seat covers that have been
approved for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The
seat covers must be equipped with a spe-
cial tear seam for head/thorax airbags.
Otherwise, a head/thorax airbag may not
deploy correctly and could fail to provide
the intended protection in the event of an
accident. Appropriate seat covers can be
obtained from a Mercedes-Benz Service
is only
Centre.
Head/thorax airbags are intended to offer
additional protection for the head and thorax
when deployed. However, they do not protect
the arms.
Occupant safety
Head/thorax airbag
1
Head/thorax airbags 1 inflate next to the
outer seat cushions.
Head/thorax airbags 1 are deployed:
on the side on which an impact occurs
R
at the start of an accident with a high rate
R
of lateral vehicle deceleration or accelera-
tion, e.g. in a side impact
if the system determines that airbag
R
deployment can offer additional protection
to that provided by the seat belt
if the seat belt is fastened
R
independently of the front airbags
R
independently of the belt tensioners
R
on the front-passenger side only if the
R
front-passenger seat occupancy recogni-
Safety
Z
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