Windowbags - Mercedes-Benz C Class Owner's Manual

Safety
Occupant safety
area of the window in which a sidebag is
deployed.
I Vehicle occupants must always wear
their seat belt correctly and position
their backrest as close to the vertical as
possible.
I Always secure children less than 1.50 m
tall or under 12 years of age in suitable
child restraint systems.
G
Risk of injury
The airbag control sensors are located in
the doors. Do not make any modifications
to the doors or door trim, such as retrofit-
ting loudspeakers. Damage to the doors can
affect how the sidebags operate. Only have
work on the doors done at a qualified spe-
cialist workshop which has the necessary
specialist knowledge and tools to carry out
the work required. Mercedes-Benz recom-
mends that you use a Mercedes-Benz
Service Centre for this purpose. In particu-
lar, work relevant to safety or on safety-re-
lated systems must be carried out at a quali-
fied specialist workshop
The purpose of sidebag deployment is to
enhance the level of protection for the
thorax (but not the head, neck or arms) of
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the vehicle occupants on the side of the
vehicle on which the impact occurs.
You can recognise the places where side-
bags are fitted in your vehicle by the AIR-
BAG symbol.
1 Front sidebag
2 Rear sidebag* in the side trim next to
the backrest
The sidebags inflate next to the outer seat
cushions.
Front sidebags 1 and rear sidebags* 2
are deployed:
I on the side on which an impact occurs
I at the start of an accident with a high
rate of lateral vehicle deceleration or
acceleration, e.g. in a side impact
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I independently of the use of the seat
belt
I independently of the front airbags
I independently of the belt tensioners
i
You can find further information about how
the airbags work on ( e page 52).
You can find further information about the trig-
gering of belt tensioners and belt force limiters
on ( e page 49).

Windowbags

G
Risk of injury
In order for the windowbag to provide its in-
tended level of protection, make sure that
there are no objects between the vehicle oc-
cupants and the area of deployment of the
windowbags.
G
Risk of injury
Observe the following notes to reduce the
risk of serious or even fatal injury if the
windowbag is deployed:
Vehicle occupants – in particular, chil-
I
dren – must not lean their head on the