Safety and Security
Occupant safety
When the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale < will always illuminate
for 6 seconds to remind you and your pas-
sengers to fasten your seat belts.
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 <
stops flashing but continues to be illu-
minated.
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in certain vehicle rollovers
if the restraint systems are operational
and functioning correctly, see
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indicator lamp (୴ page 64)
If the driver’s seat belt is not fastened
when the engine is started, an additional
warning chime will also sound for a maxi-
mum of 6 seconds or until the driver’ s
seat belt is fastened.
i The ETDs for the front seats will only acti-
vate if the front seat belts are fastened (latch
plate properly inserted into buckle).
The seat belt telltale < will only go out
if both the driver’s and front passenger’s
seat belt (with the front passenger seat oc-
cupied) are fastened, or the vehicle is
standing still and a front door is opened.
The ETDs for the rear outer seats will activate
with or without the respective seat belts fas-
tened.
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 front doors closed,
In an impact, Emergency Tensioning Devic-
es remove slack from the seat belts. Seat
belt force limiters reduce the peak force
exerted by the seat belts on occupants
during a crash.
For more information, see “Practical hints”
(୴ page 351).
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the seat belt telltale < remains illu-
minated for as long as either the driv-
er’s or front passenger’s seat belt is not
fastened.
Emergency Tensioning Device (ETD),
seat belt force limiter
Warning!
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The seat belts for the front and rear outer
seats are equipped with Emergency Ten-
sioning Devices and seat belt force limit-
ers.
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and if the vehicle speed once exceeds
15
mph (25 km/h), the seat belt
An Emergency Tensioning Device (ETD) that
was activated must be replaced.
telltale < starts flashing and a
warning chime sounds with increasing
intensity for a maximum of 60 seconds
or until the driver’s and the front pas-
senger’s seat belt are fastened.
The ETD is designed to activate in the fol-
lowing cases:
When disposing of the Emergency Tension-
ing Device, our safety instructions must be
followed. These are available at any autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center.
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in frontal or rear-end impacts exceed-
ing the system deployment threshold
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class Manuals, Mercedes-Benz Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG, Mercedes-Benz W219 |
| Model Year | 2008 |
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