2011 Mercedes CL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 57

Occupant safety Emergency Tensioning Devices and seat belt force limiters The seat belts are equipped with belt tensioners and belt force limiters. direction during the initial stages of the impact Rin the event of a side impact, on the side opposite the impact if the vehicle decelerates or accelerates rapidly in a lateral direction Rin certain situations, if the vehicle overturns and the system determines that it can provide additional protection If the air bags are deployed, you will hear a bang and a small amount of powder may also be released. Only in rare cases will the bang affect your hearing. The powder that is released generally does not constitute a health hazard. The 6 SRS warning lamp lights up. 55 ! If the front-passenger seat is not occupied, do not engage the seat belt tongue in the buckle on the frontpassenger seat. Otherwise, the Emergency Tensioning Device could be triggered in the event of an accident. The belt tensioners tighten the seat belts in an accident, pulling them close against the body. Belt tensioners do not correct incorrect seat positions or incorrectly fastened seat belts. Belt tensioners do not pull vehicle occupants back towards the backrest. Seat belt force limiters, when triggered, help to reduce the peak force exerted by the seat belt on the vehicle occupant. The front belt force limiters are synchronized with the front air bags, which take on a part of the deceleration force. Thus, the force exerted on the occupant is distributed over a greater area. The belt tensioners can only be activated when: Rthe ignition is switched on. Rthe restraint systems are operational; see "SRS warning lamp" (Y page 40). Rthe belt tongue is engaged in the buckle on each of the three-point seat belts in the front. Rthe front-passenger seat is occupied and the belt tongue is engaged in the buckle on the front-passenger side. The belt tensioners on the seats in the rear compartment are triggered independently of the lock status of the seat belts. The belt tensioners are triggered depending on the type and severity of an accident: Rin the event of a head-on or rear-end collision, if the vehicle decelerates or accelerates rapidly in a longitudinal G Warning Pyrotechnic ETDs that were activated must be replaced. For your safety, when disposing of the pyrotechnic ETDs always follow our safety instructions. These are available at any authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. Automatic comfort-fit feature The front seat belts have an automatic comfort-install feature. The automatic comfort-install feature reduces the retraction force of the seat belts. This results in increased seat belt comfort. Z Safety