2011 Mercedes SL-Class Owner's Manual - Page 46

44 Occupant safety If the 45 indicator lamp is illuminated, the passenger front air bag is deactivated and will not be deployed. If the 45 indicator lamp is not illuminated, the passenger front air bag is activated and will be deployed Rin Rif typical 12-month-old child or less along with the weight of a standard appropriate child restraint on the passenger seat. RA child in a rear-facing child restraint on the Safety and security the event of certain frontal impacts impact exceeds a preset deployment threshold of the head-thorax air bag passenger seat will be seriously injured or even killed if the passenger front air bag inflates in a collision which could occur under some circumstances, even with the air bag technology installed in your vehicle. RIf you install a rear-facing child restraint on Rindependently If the passenger front air bag is deployed, the rate of inflation will be influenced by Rthe Rthe rate of relevant vehicle deceleration as assessed by the air bag control unit passenger's weight category as identified by the OCS For more information on air bag display messages in the multifunction display, see (Y page 229). G Warning! Children 12 years old and under must be seated and properly secured in an appropriate infant restraint, toddler restraint, or booster seat recommended for the size and weight of the child. The infant or child restraint must be properly secured with the vehicle's seat belt fully in accordance with the child seat manufacturer's instructions. Occupants, especially children, should always sit as upright as possible, wear the seat belt properly and use an appropriately sized infant restraint, toddler restraint, or booster seat recommended for the size and weight of the child. Children can be killed or seriously injured by an inflating air bag. Note the following important information: RYour the passenger seat, make sure the 45 indicator lamp is illuminated, indicating that the passenger front air bag is deactivated. Should the 45 indicator lamp not illuminate or go out while the restraint is installed, please check installation. Periodically check the 45 indicator lamp while driving to make sure the 45 indicator lamp is illuminated. If the 45 indicator lamp goes out or remains out, do not transport a child on the passenger seat until the system has been repaired. A child in a rear-facing child restraint on the passenger seat will be seriously injured or even killed if the passenger front air bag inflates. RIf you place a child in a forward-facing child restraint on the passenger seat, move the seat as far back as possible, use the proper child restraint recommended for the age, size and weight of the child, and secure child restraint with the vehicle's seat belt according to the child seat manufacturer's instructions. For children larger than the typical 12-month-old child, the passenger front air bag may or may not be activated. vehicle is equipped with air bag technology designed to deactivate the passenger front air bag in your vehicle when the system senses the weight of a Deployment of the driver front air bag does not mean that the passenger front air bag also should have deployed. The OCS may have determined Rthat the seat was empty or occupied by the weight up to or less than that of a typical 12-month-old child seated in a standard