Safety and security – Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2009 Owners Manual User Manual
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Occupant safety
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potentially more serious injuries
resulting from air bag deployment.
If you sell your vehicle, we strongly
recommend that you inform the subsequent
owner that the vehicle is equipped with SRS
and refer them to the applicable section in the
Operator’s Manual.
Front air bags
1
Driver front air bag
2
Front passenger front air bag
The front air bags are designed to provide
increased protection for the driver and front
passenger against the risk of injuries to the
head and thorax.
Driver and front passenger front air bags are
deployed
R
in the event of certain frontal impacts
R
if impact exceeds a preset deployment
threshold
R
if the system determines that air bag
deployment can offer additional protection
to that provided by the seat belt
R
depending on whether the seat belt is in
use
R
independently of the side impact air bags
(CLK coupe), head-thorax air bags (CLK
cabriolet), and/or the window curtain air
bags (CLK coupe)
The front air bags in this vehicle have been
designed to inflate in two stages. This allows
the air bags to have different rates of inflation
that are based on the vehicle deceleration
rate as assessed by the air bag control unit.
On the front passenger side, front air bag
2
deployment is additionally influenced by
the passenger’s weight category as identified
by the Occupant Classification System (OCS)
(
The lighter the front passenger side
occupant, the higher the vehicle deceleration
rate required for second stage inflation of
front air bag
2
.
The air bags will not deploy in impacts which
do not exceed the system’s preset
deployment thresholds. You will then be
protected by the fastened seat belts.
The front air bags will not deploy in the event
of a rollover unless the vehicle’s rate of
longitudinal deceleration or acceleration
exceeds the preset deployment threshold for
the front air bags.
The front passenger front air bag
2
will only
be deployed if
R
the system, based on OCS weight sensor
readings, detects that the front passenger
seat is occupied
R
the
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indicator lamp in the center
R
the impact exceeds a preset deployment
threshold
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