Mercedes-Benz 2001 M-Class, Operator'S Manual

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Display messages
Possible causes/consequences and M M Solutions
Front Passenger Front Passenger
Airbag Enabled Airbag Enabled
See
See Operator's Operator's Man‐ Man‐
ual ual
The front-passenger air bag is enabled during the journey, even
though:
R
a child, a small adult or an object weighing less than the sys-
tem's weight threshold is located on the front-passenger seat
or
R
the front-passenger seat is unoccupied
The system may detect objects or forces applying additional
weight on the seat.
G WARNING
The air bag may deploy unintentionally.
There is an increased risk of injury.
X
Pull over and stop the vehicle safely as soon as possible, paying
attention to road and traffic conditions.
X
Secure the vehicle against rolling away (
Y
page 182).
X
Switch the ignition off.
X
Open the front-passenger door.
X
Remove the child and the child restraint system from the front-
passenger seat.
X
Make sure that there are no objects on the seat adding to the
weight.
The system may otherwise detect the additional weight and
interpret the seat occupant's weight as greater than it actually
is.
X
Keep the seat unoccupied, close the front-passenger door and
switch on the ignition.
X
Observe the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp in the
center console and the multifunction display and check the fol-
lowing:
Seat unoccupied and ignition switched on:
R
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp must light up and
remain lit. When the indicator lamp is on, OCS (Occupant Clas-
sification System) has disabled the front-passenger air bag
(
Y
page 53).
R
the Front Passenger Airbag Enabled See Operator's Front Passenger Airbag Enabled See Operator's
Manual Manual or Front Passenger Airbag Disabled See Oper‐ Front Passenger Airbag Disabled See Oper‐
ator's Manual ator's Manual display messages must not be shown in the
multifunction display.
X
Wait for a period of at least 60 seconds until the necessary sys-
tem checks have been completed.
X
Make sure that the display messages do not appear in the mul-
tifunction display.
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