Mercedes-Benz R-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual
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Practical hints
What to do if …
Display message
Possible
cause/consequence
Possible solution
Front Passenger Airbag
Enabled
See Operator’s Manual
Front passenger front
air bag is activated
while driving even
though a child, small
individual, or object
below the system’s
weight threshold is on
the front passenger
seat, or the front pas-
senger seat is empty.
Objects on the seat or
forces acting on the
seat may make the
system sense supple-
mental weight.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as soon as possible and check the front passen-
ger seat for the following:
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Apply the parking brake (
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Switch off the ignition (
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Remove child and child restraint from front passenger seat and properly secure
the child in rear seat employing the child restraint if necessary.
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Remove any other items from on and around the front passenger seat and
make sure the storage bag on the back of the front passenger seat is empty.
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Make sure that no objects which apply forces to the seat are present (e.g. ob-
jects such as books, briefcases etc. lodged behind or around the seat, head re-
straints pushing against roof etc.). The system may recognize such forces as
supplemental weight and sense that an occupant on the front passenger seat
is of a greater weight than actually present.
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Keep the seat unoccupied, close the front passenger door and switch on the
ignition (
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