Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Enhanced seat belt reminder system
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and if the vehicle speed once exceeds
Emergency Tensioning Device (ETD),
seat belt force limiter
15
mph (25 km/h), the seat belt
When the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale < will always illuminate
for 6 seconds to remind you and your
passengers to fasten your seat belts.
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
passenger’s seat belt are fastened
The seat belts for the front seats and rear
outer seats are equipped with emergency
tensioning devices and seat belt force
limiters.
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.
The ETD is designed to activate in the
following cases:
If the driver’s or the front passenger’s
seat belt remains unfastened after
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in frontal or rear-end impacts
exceeding the system deployment
threshold
60
seconds, the warning chime stops
sounding, the seat belt telltale <
stops flashing but continues to be illu-
minated.
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,
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in certain vehicle rollovers
The seat belt telltale < will only go out
if both the driver’s and the front passen-
ger’s seat belt (with the front passenger
seat occupied) are fastened, or the vehicle
is standing still and a front door is opened.
if the restraint systems are operational
and functioning correctly, see
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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
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indicator lamp (୴ page 410)
i The ETDs for the front seats will only acti-
vate if the respective front seat belt is fastened
(latch plate properly inserted into buckle).
For more information, see “Practical hints”
(
୴ page 406).
The ETDs for the rear outer seats will activate
with or without the respective seat belt fastened.
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz M-Class Manuals, Mercedes-Benz Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercedes-Benz ML320 CDI, Mercedes-Benz ML350, Mercedes-Benz ML550, Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG, Mercedes-Benz W164 |
| Model Year | 2008 |
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