2005 Mercedes S-Class Owner's Manual - Page 67

Safety and Security Occupant safety When you sell your vehicle we strongly urge you to give notice to the subsequent owner that it is equipped with an SRS by alerting them to the applicable section in the Operator's Manual. Front air bags Driver's and front passenger air bags are deployed: in the event of certain frontal impacts if impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold independently of the side impact air bags The air bags will not deploy in impacts which do not exceed the system's deployment thresholds. You will then be protected by the fastened seat belts. The passenger front air bag will only be deployed if: the front passenger seat is occupied the 58 indicator lamp in the lower part of the front center console is not lit ( page 73) the impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold ! Do not place objects heavier than 20 lbs (9 kg) on the front passenger seat. This could cause the front or side impact air bag on the front passenger side to deploy in a crash which exceeds the system's deployment threshold. Side impact air bags 1 Side impact air bags 1 Driver's air bag 2 Passenger front air bag 65