Mercedes-Benz E 320, Operator'S Manual

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
The air bags will not deploy in impacts
which do not exceed the system’s deploy-
ment thresholds. You will then be protect-
ed by the fastened seat belts.
The passenger front air bag will only be
deployed if:
앫
the system, based on OCS weight sen-
sor readings, senses that the front pas-
senger seat is occupied
앫
the
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indicator lamp in the
center console is not lit (
컄
page 78)
앫
the impact exceeds a preset deploy-
ment threshold
Side impact air bags, window curtain
air bags
1 Side impact air bags
2 Window curtain air bag
The side impact air bags and window cur-
tain air bags are deployed:
앫
on the impacted side of the vehicle
앫
in impacts exceeding a preset deploy-
ment threshold
앫
independently of the front air bags
i
The front air bags in this vehicle have
been designed to inflate in two stages.
This allows the air bag to have different
rates of inflation that are based on the
rate of relevant vehicle deceleration as
assessed by the air bag control unit.
On the front passenger side, the front
air bag deployment is additionally influ-
enced by the passenger’s weight cate-
gory as identified by the Occupant
Classification System (OCS)
(
컄
page 74).
The lighter the front passenger side oc-
cupant, the higher the vehicle deceler-
ation rate required for the second
stage inflation of the air bag.