Airbags - Mercedes-Benz G-Class 2018 Owner's Manual

36 Occupant safety
If a vehicle occupant unfastens a seat belt in the
rear while the vehicle is motion, the rear seat
belt status display appears again.
In addition, an acoustic warning tone may sound.
In this case, the rear seat belt status display
cannot be hidden using the back button on the
left-hand side of the steering wheel.

Airbags

Overview of airbags
1 Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3
Front passenger front airbag
4 Front passenger knee airbag
5 Window airbag
6 Side impact airbag
The installation location of an airbag is identified
by the AIRBAG symbol.
When activated, an airbag can provide additional
protection for the respective vehicle occupant.
Potential protection from each airbag:
AIRBAG Potential protection for
...
Knee airbag Thigh, knee and lower leg
Driver's airbag, Head and ribcage
front passenger
front airbag
Window airbag Head
Side impact air‐ Ribcage, also pelvis for
bag front seat occupants
The front passenger front airbag can only be
deployed in an accident if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF indicator lamp is off. If the front
passenger seat is occupied, make sure, both
before and during the journey, that the status of
the front passenger front airbag is correct
( page 40).
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* NOTE Important points to remember if
the front passenger seat is unoccupied
In an accident, the components of the
restraint system may deploy unnecessarily
on the front passenger side if:
There are heavy objects on the front
R
passenger seat.
The seat belt tongue is engaged in the
R
seat belt buckle of the front passenger
seat and the front passenger seat is
unoccupied.
Stow objects in a suitable place.
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Only one person should use each seat
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belt at any one time.