Knee Bag - Mercedes-Benz CL Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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belts regardless of whether your vehicle is
equipped with air bags or not.
It is important for your safety and that of your
passenger to have deployed air bags replaced
and to have any malfunctioning air bags
repaired. This will help to make sure the air
bags continue to perform their protective
function for the vehicle occupants in the
event of a crash.
Front air bags
The front air bags increase protection for the
driver's and front passenger's head and
chest.
Driver's air bag
:
Front-passenger front air bag
;

Knee bag

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Driver's air bag : deploys in front of the
steering wheel; front-passenger front air
bag ; deploys in front of and above the glove
box.
They are deployed:
at the start of an accident with a high rate
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of vehicle acceleration or deceleration in a
longitudinal direction
if the system determines that air bag
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deployment can offer additional protection
to that provided by the seat belt
depending on whether the seat belt is being
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used
independently of other air bags in the
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vehicle
If the vehicle rolls over, the front air bags are
generally not deployed. If the system detects
high vehicle deceleration in a longitudinal
direction, the front air bags are deployed.
Your vehicle has adaptive, two-stage front air
bags. In the event of a collision, the air bag
control unit evaluates the vehicle
deceleration. In the first deployment stage,
the front air bag is filled with enough
propellant gas to reduce the risk of injuries.
The front air bag is fully deployed if a second
deployment threshold is exceeded within a
few milliseconds.
The deployment of the front-passenger front
air bag is also influenced by the weight
category of the front passenger, which is
determined by the Occupant Classification
System (OCS) ( page 50).
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The lighter the passenger-side occupant, the
higher the vehicle deceleration rate required
(predicted at the start of the impact) for
second stage inflation of the front-passenger
front air bag. In the second stage, the front
air bags are inflated with the maximum
amount of propellant gas available.
The front air bags are not deployed in
situations where a low impact severity is
predicted. You will then be protected by the
fastened seat belt.
Front-passenger front air bag ; will only be
deployed if:
the system, based on the OCS weight
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sensor readings, detects that the front-
passenger seat is occupied
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator
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lamp on the center console is not lit
( page 50)
Y
the air bag control unit predicts a high
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impact severity
Driver's knee bag
Driver's knee bag =(
additional protection for the driver against:
page 48) provides
Y