If a child is travelling in your vehicle, also
observe the following notes:
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Always secure children under twelve years of
age and less than 1.50 m tall in suitable child
restraint systems.
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Child restraint systems should preferably be
fitted to the rear seats.
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Secure a child to the front-passenger seat
only when the front-passenger front airbag is
disabled, and then only in a rearward-facing
child restraint system. If the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF indicator lamp is permanently lit, the
front-passenger front airbag is disabled
(
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page 42).
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Be sure to observe the instructions and safety
notes on the "Automatic front-passenger
front airbag deactivation system"
(
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page 49) and on "Children in the vehicle"
(
Y
page 56) in addition to the manufactur-
er's operating and installation instructions for
the child restraint system.
Objects in the vehicle interior may prevent
the airbag from functioning correctly. Before
starting your journey and to avoid risks resulting
from the speed of the airbag as it deploys, make
sure that:
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there are no people, animals or objects
between the vehicle occupants and an airbag
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there are no objects between the seat, door
and B-pillar
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there are no hard objects, e.g. coat hangers,
hanging on the grab handles or coat hooks
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no accessories, such as cup holders, are
attached to the vehicle within the deployment
area of an airbag, e.g. to doors, side windows,
rear side trim or side walls
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no heavy, sharp-edged or fragile objects are in
the pockets of your clothing. Store such
objects in a suitable place.
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WARNING
If you modify an airbag cover or affix objects
such as stickers to it, the airbag can no longer
function correctly. There is an increased risk
of injury.
Never modify an airbag cover or affix objects
to it.
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WARNING
Sensors to control the airbags are located in
the doors. Modifications or work not per-
formed correctly to the doors or door panel-
ling, as well as damaged doors, can lead to the
function of the sensors being impaired. The
airbags might therefore not function properly
any more. Consequently, the airbags cannot
protect vehicle occupants as they are
designed to do. This poses an increased risk
of injury.
Never modify the doors or parts of the doors.
Always have work on the doors or door pan-
elling carried out at a qualified specialist
workshop.
Front airbags
!
Do not place heavy objects on the front-
passenger seat. This could cause the system
to identify the seat as being occupied. In the
event of an accident, the restraint systems on
the front-passenger side may be triggered
and have to be replaced.
Driver's airbag
:
deploys in front of the steer-
ing wheel. Front-passenger front airbag
;
deploys in front of and above the glove com-
partment.
When deployed, the front airbags offer addi-
tional head and thorax protection for the occu-
pants in the front seats.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp
informs you about the status of the front-
passenger front airbag (
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page 42).
The front-passenger front airbag will deploy only
if:
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the automatic front-passenger front airbag
deactivation system has detected that the
front-passenger seat is occupied
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