Seat Belt Force Limiter - Mercedes-Benz CL Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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To release the seat belt with seat belt release
button ?, see (
Releasing the seat belts
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Press seat belt release button ?
( Y page 47).
Allow the retractor to completely rewind
the seat belt by guiding latch plate ;
( Y page 47).
! Make sure the seat belt retracts
completely. Otherwise the seat belt and/or
latch plate could get caught or pinched in
the door or in the seat mechanism. This can
damage the seat belt and impair its
effectiveness, and/or cause damage to the
door and/or door trim panel. Such damage
is not covered by the Mercedes-Benz
Limited Warranty.
Damaged seat belts must be replaced.
Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
Enhanced seat belt reminder system
When the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale 7 will always illuminate for
6 seconds to remind you and your passengers
to fasten your seat belts.
If the driver's seat belt is not fastened when
the engine is started, an additional warning
chime will sound. The warning chime goes out
after approximately 6 seconds or once the
driver's seat belt is fastened.
If after these 6 seconds the driver's or the
front passenger's seat belt (with the front
passenger seat occupied) is not fastened with
both doors closed,
the seat belt telltale 7 remains
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illuminated for as long as either the driver's
or front passenger's seat belt is not
fastened.
and if the vehicle speed once exceeds
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15 mph (25 km/h), the seat belt telltale
7 starts flashing and a warning chime
sounds with increasing intensity for a
Y page 48).
maximum of 60 seconds or until the
driver's and front passenger's seat belt are
fastened.
If you and/or your passenger release the
seat belt during driving, the seat belt
telltale 7 starts flashing and the
warning chime sounds as described before.
If the driver's or the front passenger's seat
belt remains unfastened after 60 seconds,
the warning chime stops sounding, the seat
belt telltale 7 stops flashing but
continues to be illuminated.
After a vehicle standstill, the warning chime
is reactivated and the seat belt telltale
7 is flashing again if the vehicle speed
once exceeds 15 mph (25 km/h).
The seat belt telltale 7 will only go out if
both the driver's and the front passenger's
seat belt (with the front passenger seat
occupied) are fastened, or the vehicle is
standing still and a door is opened.
For more information, see "Practical hints"
( Y page 454).
Emergency Tensioning Device (ETD),

seat belt force limiter

The seat belts are equipped with ETDs and
seat belt force limiters.
The ETDs are designed to activate in the
following cases:
in frontal or rear-end impacts exceeding
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the system's preset deployment threshold
in side impacts exceeding the system's
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preset deployment threshold on the far
side of the impact
in certain vehicle rollovers
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if the restraint systems are operational and
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functioning correctly, see "SRS indicator
lamp" ( Y page 36)
The ETDs for the front seats will only activate
if the front seat belts are fastened (latch plate
properly inserted into buckle).