Safety and security
Occupant safety
Window curtain air bags 1 are deployed
Occupant Classification System
seat. Always make sure the seat has
clearance in all directions at all times.
Ron the impacted side of the vehicle
The Occupant Classification System (OCS) is
standard equipment in USA.
i If your seat, including the trim cover and
cushion, needs to be serviced in any way,
take the vehicle to an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
Rin side impacts exceeding a preset
deployment threshold
The OCS automatically turns the front
passenger front air bag on or off based on the
classified occupant weight category
determined by weight sensor readings from
the front passenger seat.
Rindependently of the front air bags
Rregardless of whether the front passenger
seat is occupied
Only seat accessories approved by
Mercedes-Benz may be used.
Rregardless of whether the seat belt is in use The system does not deactivate the front
Both the driver and the front passenger
passenger side impact air bag, the window
curtain air bag and the Emergency Tensioning indicator lamp as an indication of whether or
Devices (ETDs).
should always use the59
Rin certain vehicle rollovers, if the system
determines that air bag deployment can
offer additional protection to that provided
by the seat belt
not the front passenger is properly
positioned.
G Warning!
If the59 indicator lamp
illuminates when an adult or someone
larger than a small individual is in the front
passenger seat, have the front passenger
re-position himself or herself in the seat
until the59 indicator lamp
goes out, or check whether objects are
caught under or around the seat.
In the event of a collision, the air bag control
unit will not allow front passenger front air
bag deployment when the OCS has
classified the front passenger seat
occupant as weighting as much as or less
Occupants must sit with the seat belt
properly fastened in a position that is as
upright as possible with their back against the
seat backrest and feet on the floor to be
correctly classified. If the occupant’s weight
is transferred to another object in the vehicle
(e.g. by leaning on armrests), the OCS may
not be able to properly approximate the
occupant’s weight category.
Furthermore, the occupant weight may
appear to increase or decrease due to the
following: objects hanging on the seat, lodged
underneath the seat, stuffed between the
seat and middle console or the seat and door,
other passengers pushing on the seat, or
objects applying pressure to the back of the
Window curtain air bags 1 are not deployed
in impacts which do not exceed the system’s
deployment threshold.
Window curtain air bags 1 deploy in the area
indicated by the arrows.
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| Categories | Mercedes-Benz Manuals, Mercedes-Benz R-Class Manuals |
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| Tags | Mercedes Benz R350, Mercedes Benz R350 BlueTEC, Mercedes Benz V251 |
| Model Year | 2009 |
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