Mercedes-Benz 300 TE, Руководство пользователя

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Driver Airbag
The m o s t e ffe c tiv e o c c u p a n t re s tra in t
sys te m y e t d e v e lo p e d fo r use in p ro d ­
u c tio n v e h ic le s is th e th re e -p o in t sea t
belt. In so m e case s, ho w e ve r, the
p ro te c tiv e e ffe c t o f sea t b e lts can be
fu rth e r e n h a n c e d by an airbag.
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The airba g (1) is lo c a te d in th e s te e r­
ing w h e e l hub and, in c o n ju n c tio n
w ith w e a rin g th e sea t b e lts w ith e m e r­
g e n c y te n s io n in g re tra c to rs (
2
), p ro ­
v id e s in c re a s e d p ro te c tio n fo r the
driver.
T he o p e ra tio n a l rea diness o f th e a ir­
bag s y s te m is ve rifie d by th e in d ic a to r
lam p “ S R S ” (3) in th e in s tru m e n t
c lu s te r. If no fa u lt is d e te c te d , the
lam p w ill g o o u t a fte r a p p ro x im a te ly
4 s e c o n d s ; a fte r th e lam p g o e s out,
th e sys te m c o n tin u e s to m o n ito r th e
c o m p o n e n ts and c irc u itry o f th e a ir­
bag s y s te m and w ill in d ic a te a m al­
fu n c tio n by c o m in g on again.
The fo llo w in g s y s te m c o m p o n e n ts are
m o n ito re d o r u n d e rg o a s e lf-c h e c k :
c ra s h -s e n s o r, airba g ig n itio n c irc u it,
d riv e r and fro n t p a s s e n g e r s e a t be lt
b u c k le s . Initially, w h e n th e key is
tu rn e d fro m s te e rin g lo c k p o s itio n
0
to p o s itio n s
1
o r
2
, m a lfu n c tio n s in th e
c ra s h -s e n s o r are d e te c te d and in d i­
c a te d (the “ S R S ” in d ic a to r lam p stays
on lo n g e r tha n 4 s e c o n d s ).
In th e o p e ra tio n a l m ode, a fte r th e in d i­
c a to r lam p has g o n e o u t a fte r th e ini­
tial c h e c k , in te rru p tio n s and s h o rt c ir ­
c u its in th e airba g ig n itio n c irc u it and
in th e d riv e r and fr o n t p a s s e n g e r seat
b e lt b u c k le h a rn e sse s, and lo w v o l­
tag e in th e e n tire s y s te m are d e te c te d
and in d ic a te d .
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