Mercedes-Benz 2004 C-Class Wagon, Operator'S Manual

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
When you sell your vehicle we strongly
urge you to give notice to the subsequent
owner that it is equipped with an SRS by
alerting them to the applicable section in
the Operator’s Manual.
Front airbags
1 Driver’s airbag
2 Passenger front airbag
Driver and passenger airbags are
deployed:
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in the event of a frontal impact
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if impact exceeds a preset deployment
threshold
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independently of the side impact
airbags
The airbags will not deploy in impacts
which do not exceed the system’s
deployment thresholds. You will then be
protected by the fastened seat belts.
The passenger front airbag will only be
deployed if:
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the front passenger seat is occupied
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the PASS. AIRBAG OFF indicator lamp
in the center console is not lit
(
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page 68)
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the impact exceeds a preset
deployment treshold
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An airbag system component within the
steering wheel gets hot after the airbag
has inflated. Do not touch.
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Improper work on the system, including
incorrect installation and removal, can
lead to possible injury through an unin-
tended activation of the SRS.
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In addition, through improper work
there is a risk of rendering the SRS inop-
erative or causing unintended airbag de-
ployment. Work on the SRS must
therefore only be performed by qualified
technicians. Contact your authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
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For your protection and the protection
of others, when scrapping the airbag
unit or emergency tensioning device,
our safety instructions must be fol-
lowed. These instructions are available
from your authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
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Given the considerable deployment
speed and the textile structure of the
airbags, there is the possibility of abra-
sions or other injuries resulting from air-
bag deployment.