2009 Mercedes CLK-Class Owner's Manual - Page 47

Safety and security Occupant safety potentially more serious injuries resulting from air bag deployment. If you sell your vehicle, we strongly recommend that you inform the subsequent owner that the vehicle is equipped with SRS and refer them to the applicable section in the Operator's Manual. Driver and front passenger front air bags are deployed Rin Rif Rif the event of certain frontal impacts impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold the system determines that air bag deployment can offer additional protection to that provided by the seat belt on whether the seat belt is in use Front air bags G Observe Safety notes, see page 44. Rdepending Rindependently of the side impact air bags (CLK coupe), head-thorax air bags (CLK cabriolet), and/or the window curtain air bags (CLK coupe) rate required for second stage inflation of front air bag 2. The air bags will not deploy in impacts which do not exceed the system's preset deployment thresholds. You will then be protected by the fastened seat belts. The front air bags will not deploy in the event of a rollover unless the vehicle's rate of longitudinal deceleration or acceleration exceeds the preset deployment threshold for the front air bags. The front passenger front air bag 2 will only be deployed if Rthe 1 Driver front 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. The front air bags in this vehicle have been designed to inflate in two stages. This allows the air bags to have different rates of inflation that are based on the vehicle deceleration rate as assessed by the air bag control unit. On the front passenger side, front air bag 2 deployment is additionally influenced by the passenger's weight category as identified by the Occupant Classification System (OCS) (Y page 47). The lighter the front passenger side occupant, the higher the vehicle deceleration system, based on OCS weight sensor readings, detects that the front passenger seat is occupied 56 indicator lamp in the center console is not lit (Y page 50) impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold Rthe Rthe Z 45