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238 Display messages and warning and indicator lamps
Display messages
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Front Passenger Airbag
Disabled
Possible causes/consequences and
The steerability and braking characteristics are heavily impaired
and the braking distance may increase. In addition, other driving
safety systems are switched off.
Drive on carefully.
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Have ABS and ESP
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specialist workshop.
Drive on carefully and, on a suitable stretch of road, make some
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slight steering movements at a speed above 12 mph (20 km/h).
Check whether the display message has disappeared and ESP
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is operational.
If the display message continues to be shown:
Drive on carefully.
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Consult a qualified specialist workshop immediately.
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* The co-driver airbag is disabled while the vehicle is in motion even
though an adult or a person with a corresponding stature is occupy‐
ing the co-driver seat.
If additional forces are applied to the seat or the co-driver is not sit‐
ting on the sitting surface properly (
tem detects may be too low.
& WARNING Risk of injury or fatal injury due to a disabled
front passenger airbag
If the front passenger airbag is disabled, the front passenger air‐
bag will not be deployed in the event of an accident and cannot
perform its intended protective function.
A person in the front passenger seat could then, for example,
come into contact with the vehicle's interior, especially if the
person is sitting too close to the cockpit.
Make sure, both before and during the journey, that the
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status of the front passenger airbag is correct.
Stop the vehicle immediately in accordance with the traffic con‐
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ditions.
Secure the vehicle against rolling away.
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Ensure that no objects have become trapped beneath the co-
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driver seat.
Switch off the ignition.
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The co-driver must get out of the vehicle.
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Make sure that the co-driver seat is unoccupied, close the co-
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driver door and switch on the ignition.
Observe the PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF indicator lamp on the
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center console and the display messages.
With the seat unoccupied and the ignition switched on, check
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the following:
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