Mercedes-Benz SL 2008 Owner's Manual page 48

Driver's front airbag
1
2 Front-passenger front airbag
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 49) This means that a child restraint
Y
system with automatic child seat recogni-
tion* 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
Head/thorax airbags are intended to offer
additional protection for the head and thorax
when deployed. However, they do not protect
the arms.
is only
Head/thorax airbag
1
Head/thorax airbags
area.
Head/thorax airbags
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-
tion system detects that the front-
passenger seat is occupied
1 inflate in the door
Safety
Occupant safety
1 are deployed:
Z
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