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Occupant safety
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This may be the case in particular if the airbag
is integrated into the seat.
Always stow and secure objects cor-
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rectly.
Before commencing your journey, make
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sure that no objects are stowed in the
deployment area of an airbag.
Observe the notes on loading the vehicle
(
page 141). When triggered, the centre airbag
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deploys between the front seats (
& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injury or death due to
the use of unsuitable seat covers
Due to unsuitable seat covers, the airbags
cannot protect vehicle occupants as intended.
In addition, the operation of the automatic
front passenger airbag shuto could be
restricted.
You should only use seat covers that
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have been approved for the correspond-
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc-
tioning sensors in the door
The function of the airbags can be impaired
due to modi cations or incorrect work per-
formed on the doors or door trim, or if the
doors are damaged.
Never modify the doors or parts of the
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doors.
Always have work on the doors or door
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trim carried out at a quali ed specialist
page 53).
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workshop.
& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer o ers any protec-
tion.
Have the vehicle towed to a quali ed
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specialist workshop in order to have the
deployed airbag replaced.
Have deployed airbags replaced immediately.
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atus of the fr
he front passeng
ont passenger fr
er front airbag
ont airbag
F F unction of t
unction of the aut
he automatic fr
omatic front passeng
ont passenger airbag
shuto o
shut
The automatic front passenger airbag shuto is
able to detect whether the front passenger seat is
occupied by a person or a child restraint system.
The front passenger airbag is enabled or disabled
accordingly.
& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects under the co-driver seat
Objects trapped under the co-driver seat can
interfere with the function of the automatic
co-driver airbag shuto or damage the system.
Do not store any objects under the co-
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driver seat.
When the co-driver seat is occupied,
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make sure that no objects are trapped
under the co-driver seat.
When tting a child restraint system to the front
passenger seat, observe the vehicle-speci c infor-
mation (
page 78). Also, always observe the
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notes on rearward-facing or forward-facing child
er airbag
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