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WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
the use of unsuitable seat covers
Unsuitable seat covers can obstruct or pre‐
vent the deployment of air bags integrated
into the seats.
Consequently, the air bags cannot protect
vehicle occupants as they are designed to
do. In addition, operation of the automatic
front passenger air bag shutoff may be
restricted.
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You should only use seat covers that
have been approved for the correspond‐
ing seats by Mercedes-Benz.
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WARNING Risk of injury due to malfunc‐
tions of the sensors in the door paneling
Sensors to control the airbags are located in
the doors. Modifications or work not per‐
formed correctly to the doors or door panel‐
ing, 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.
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Never modify the doors or parts of the
doors.
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Always have work on the doors or door
paneling carried out at a qualified spe‐
cialist workshop.
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WARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer has a protective
function and cannot protect as intended in
the event of an accident.
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Have the vehicle towed to a qualified
specialist workshop in order to have the
deployed airbag replaced.
Have deployed airbags replaced immediately.
Status of the front passenger front airbag
Function of the automatic front passenger
airbag shutoff
The automatic front passenger airbag shutoff is
able to detect whether the front passenger seat
is occupied by a person or a child restraint sys‐
tem. The front passenger airbag and front
passenger knee airbag are enabled or disabled
accordingly.
In the following situation, the side airbag and the
Emergency Tensioning Device are deactivated:
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The automatic front passenger airbag shutoff
has not categorized the person in the front
passenger seat as an adult or a person of
corresponding stature
and
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The seat belt tongue is not inserted into the
seat belt buckle on the front passenger seat
When installing a child restraint system on the
front passenger seat, always make sure of the
following:
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Ensure that the child restraint system is posi‐
tioned correctly (/ page 48).
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