Sa fet y, Occupant safety – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2015 User Manual

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Knee bags

Driver's knee bag : deploys under the steer-

ing column and front-passenger knee bag ;

under the glove box. The driver's and front-

passenger knee bags are triggered together

with the front air bags.
The driver's and front-passenger knee bags

offer additional thigh, knee and lower leg pro-

tection for the occupants in the front seats.

Side impact air bags

WARNING

Unsuitable seat covers could restrict or even

prevent the deployment of the air bags inte-

grated into the seats. Consequently, the air

bags cannot protect vehicle occupants as

they are designed to do. In addition, the func-

tion of the Occupant Classification System

(OCS) could be restricted. This poses an

increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
You should only use seat covers that have

been approved for the respective seat by

Mercedes-Benz.

Front side impact air bags : and rear side

impact air bags ; deploy next to the outer

bolster of the seat backrest.
When deployed, the side impact air bag offers

additional thorax protection. However, it does

not protect the:

head

neck

arms

In the event of a side impact, the side impact

air bag is deployed on the side on which the

impact occurs.
The side impact air bag on the front-

passenger side (front) deploys under the fol-

lowing conditions:

the OCS system detects that the front-

passenger seat is occupied or

the belt tongue is engaged in the belt

buckle of the front-passenger seat

If the belt tongue is engaged in the belt

buckle, the side impact air bag on the front-

passenger side deploys if an appropriate acci-

dent situation occurs. In this case, deploy-

ment is independent of whether the front-

passenger seat is occupied or not.

Pelvis air bags