Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Enhanced seat belt reminder system
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and if the vehicle speed 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 following seats are
equipped with emergency tensioning de-
vices 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.
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front seats
outboard second-row seats
third-row seats
If the driver’s or the front passenger’s
seat belt remains unfastened after
60
seconds, the warning chime stops
The ETD is designed to activate in the
following cases:
sounding and the seat belt
telltale < stops flashing but
continues to be illuminated.
If after these 6 seconds, the driver’s or the
front passenger’s seat belt (with the front
passenger seat occupied) are not fastened
with all doors closed,
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in frontal or rear-end impacts
exceeding the system deployment
threshold
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.
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the seat belt telltale < remains illu-
minated for as long as either the
driver’s or front passenger’s seat belt is
not fastened
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in certain vehicle rollovers
if the restraint systems are operational
and functioning correctly, see
For more information, see “Practical hints”
1 indicator lamp (୴ page 424)
(
୴ page 420).
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).
The ETDs for the rear seats will activate with or
without the respective seat belt fastened.
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz Manuals, Mercedes-Benz R-Class Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercedes Benz R350, Mercedes Benz V251, Mercedes-Benz R320 |
| Model Year | 2008 |
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| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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