2011 Mercedes G-Class Owner's Manual - Page 40
2011 Mercedes G-Class Manual
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38 Occupant safety The front-passenger front air bag will only deploy if: Rthe Rthe Driver's air bag : deploys in front of the steering wheel; front-passenger front air bag ; deploys in front of and above the glove box. They are deployed: Rin Rif the event of certain frontal impacts the system determines that air bag deployment can offer additional protection to that provided by the seat belt Rif the seat belt is fastened Rindependently of other air bags in the vehicle If the vehicle overturns, the front air bags are generally not deployed unless the system detects high vehicle deceleration in a longitudinal direction. Your vehicle has an adaptive, two-stage driver's air bag. In the event of a collision, the air bag control unit evaluates the vehicle deceleration. When the first deployment threshold is reached, the front air bag is filled with enough propellant gas to reduce the risk of injuries. The front air bag is fully deployed if a second deployment threshold is exceeded within a few milliseconds. The front air bags will not deploy in impacts with vehicle deceleration or acceleration rates which do not exceed the system's preset deployment thresholds for vehicle deceleration or acceleration. You will then be protected by the fastened seat belt. front-passenger seat is occupied. 45 indicator lamp in the center console is not lit (Y page 39). Rthe impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold. The front-passenger air bag is automatically enabled and disabled. Both driver and passenger should always check whether the front-passenger air bag is enabled or disabled. The deployment of the driver's air bag does not mean that the front-passenger air bag will also deploy. If the system recognizes that the front-passenger seat is empty, the frontpassenger air bag does not deploy even if the impact fulfills the criteria and the driver's air bag has deployed. If the front-passenger seat is recognized as occupied, the 45 indicator lamp lights up for approximately six seconds if Ryou Safety turn the SmartKey to position 1 or 2 in the ignition lock. Rthe engine is running and then you switch it off. This indicates the operational readiness of the front-passenger air bag. Note that objects placed on the frontpassenger seat may cause the system to recognize the seat as occupied. This can result in the deployment of the frontpassenger air bag if the impact fulfills the specified criteria. If the 45 indicator lamp is lit up, the front-passenger air bag is disabled and will not deploy should the situation arise. If indicator lamp 45 is not lit up, the front-passenger air bag is enabled and will deploy should the situation arise. G Warning Your vehicle is equipped with air bag technology which disables the front-
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