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Occupant safety
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Window curtain air bags
weight sensor readings from the front
passenger seat.
The system does not deactivate
G Observe Safety notes, see page 37.
Rthe front passenger side impact air bag
Rthe window curtain air bag
Rthe Emergency Tensioning Devices (ETDs)
To be classified correctly, the front passenger
must sit
Rwith the seat belt properly fastened
Rin a position that is as upright as possible
with the back against the seat backrest
Rwith the feet on the floor
Window curtain air bags: are designed to
provide increased protection for the head but If the occupant’s weight is transferred to
not the chest or arms.
Window curtain air bags: are deployed
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.
Ron the impacted side of the vehicle
Rin side impacts exceeding a preset
deployment threshold
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
Rindependently of the front air bags
Rregardless of whether the front passenger
seat is occupied
Rregardless of whether the seat belt on the objects applying pressure to the back of the
impacted side of the vehicle is in use
seat. Always make sure the seat has
clearance in all directions at all times.
If your seat, including the trim cover and
Rin certain vehicle rollovers, if the system
determines that air bag deployment can
offer additional protection to that provided cushion, needs to be serviced in any way, take
by the seat belt
the vehicle to an authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
Only seat accessories approved by
Mercedes-Benz may be used.
Window curtain air bags: are not deployed
in impacts which do not exceed the system’s
deployment threshold.
Both the driver and the front passenger
should always use the42
indicator lamp as an indication of whether or
not the front passenger is properly
positioned.
Window curtain air bags: deploy in the area
indicated by the arrows.
Occupant Classification System
G Warning!
The Occupant Classification System (OCS) is
standard equipment in USA.
The OCS activates or deactivates the front
passenger front air bag automatically. The
respective status is based on the classified
occupant weight category determined by
If the42 indicator lamp
illuminates when an adult or someone larger
than a small individual is in the front
passenger seat, have the front passenger
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| Tags | Mercedes-Benz GL350 BlueTEC, Mercedes-Benz GL450, Mercedes-Benz GL500, Mercedes-Benz GL550, Mercedes-Benz X164 |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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