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tance Center on 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
(1‑800‑367‑6372).
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
damaged or modified seat belts
Seat belts cannot provide protection in the fol-
lowing situations:
The seat belt is damaged, has been modi-
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fied, is extremely dirty, bleached or dyed
The seat belt buckle is damaged or
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extremely dirty
Modifications have been made to the
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Emergency Tensioning Device, seat belt
anchorage or seat belt retractor
Seat belts may sustain non-visible damage in
an accident, e.g. due to glass splinters.
Modified or damaged seat belts could tear or
fail in the event of an accident, for example.
Modified Emergency Tensioning Devices could
accidentally trigger or fail to function as inten-
ded.
Occupant safety – Purpose and function of the restraint system
Never modify the seat belt system, for
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example the seat belt, seat belt buckle,
Emergency Tensioning Device, seat belt
anchorage and seat belt retractor.
Make sure that the seat belts are undam-
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aged, not worn and clean.
Always have the seat belts checked
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immediately after an accident at a quali-
fied specialist workshop.
Use only seat belts that have been approved for
your vehicle by Mercedes-Benz.
& WARNING Risk of injury due to modifica-
tions to the cover of an airbag
If you change the cover of an airbag or attach
objects, e.g. even stickers, to it, the airbag
may no longer function as intended.
Never modify the cover of an airbag.
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Do not attach any objects to the cover.
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The installation location of an air bag is identified
by the AIRBAG symbol (
page 60).
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& WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc-
tioning sensors in the door
The function of the airbags can be impaired
due to modifications 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 qualified specialist
workshop.
Risk due to components of the restraint system
that have already been deployed
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have the
vehicle towed to a qualified specialist workshop
after an accident.
& WARNING Risk of burns from hot air bag
components
The air bag parts are hot after an air bag has
been deployed.
Do not touch the air bag parts.
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