2008 Mercedes C-Class Owner's Manual - Page 40
2008 Mercedes C-Class Manual
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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 in the event of certain frontal impacts if impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold if the system determines that airbag deployment can offer additional protection to that provided by the seat belt depending on whether the seat belt is in use independently of the front side impact air bags, rear side impact air bags* and/or the window curtain air bags. For your protection and the protection of others, when scrapping the air bag unit or emergency tensioning device, our safety instructions must be followed. These instructions are available from your authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. Given the considerable deployment speed, required inflation volume, and the textile structure of the air bags, there is the possibility of abrasions or other, potentially more serious injuries resulting from air bag deployment. i The front air bags in this vehicle have been Warning! G 1 Driver air bag 2 Front passenger front air bag The front air bags are designed to provide increased protection for the driver and front passenger against the risk of injuries to the head and thorax. Driver and front passenger front air bag are deployed: Only use seat covers which have been tested and approved by Mercedes-Benz for your vehicle model. Using other seat covers may interfere with or prevent the deployment of the front side impact air bags or the rear side impact air bags. Contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center for availability. designed to inflate in two stages. This allows the air bag to have different rates of inflation that are based on the rate of relevant vehicle deceleration as assessed by the air bag control unit. On the front passenger-side, the front air bag deployment is additionally influenced by the passenger's weight category as identified by the Occupant Classification System (OCS) ( page 41). The lighter the front passenger-side occupant, the higher the vehicle deceleration rate required for the second stage inflation of the air bag. 39