Mercedes-Benz SLR-Class 2007 User Manual
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Practical hints
What to do if ...
Left display
Right display
Possible cause/consequence Possible solution
Front passenger
airbag
enabled
See Oper. Manual
The passenger front air bag and
the passenger knee air bag are
activated while driving even
though a child, small individual,
or object below the system’s
weight threshold is on the pas-
senger seat, or the passenger
seat is empty. Objects on the
seat or forces acting on the seat
may make the system sense
supplemental weight.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as soon as possible and
check the passenger seat for the following:
̈
Switch off the ignition (
̈
Apply the parking brake (
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Remove child and child restraint from passenger seat.
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Make sure that no objects which are applying supplemen-
tal weight onto the seat are present. The system may rec-
ognize such supplemental weight and sense that an
occupant on the passenger seat is of a greater weight
than actually present.
̈
Keep the seat unoccupied, close the passenger door and
switch on the ignition (
Monitor the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF indicator lamp
(
page 70) and the multifunction display in the instrument
cluster (
page 117) for the following:
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