Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual

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Safety and Security

Occupant safety

Warning!

Accident research shows that the safest

place for children in an automobile is in the

rear seat.

It should be noted that with respect to both

head-thorax air bags and rear side impact air

bags* there is a possibility for a head-thorax

or rear side impact air bag* related injury if

occupants, especially children, are not prop-

erly seated or restrained when next to a

head-thorax air bag or a rear side impact air

bag* which needs to deploy rapidly in a side

impact in order to do its job.

To help avoid the possibility of injury, please

follow these guidelines:

(1) Occupants, especially children, should

never place their bodies or lean their

heads in the area of the door or the rear

side trim panel where the head-thorax

air bag and/or the rear side impact air

bag* inflates.

This could result in serious injuries or

death should the head-thorax air bag

and/or the rear side impact air bag* be

deployed.

(2) Always sit nearly upright, properly use

the seat belts and for children 12 years

old and under, use an appropriately

sized infant or toddler restraint or

booster seat recommended for the size

and weight of the child.

(3) Always wear seat belts properly.

If you believe that, even with the use of

these guidelines, it would be safer for your

rear seat occupants to have the rear mount-

ed side impact air bags* deactivated, then

deactivation can be accomplished upon

your written request to do so at an

authorized Mercedes-Benz Center at an

additional cost.

Please contact your local authorized

Mercedes-Benz Center or call our Customer

Assistance Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes

(1-800-367-6372) for details.

Air bags are designed to deploy only in
certain frontal impacts (front air bags),
and in side impacts (head-thorax air
bags and rear side impact air bags*)
which exceed preset thresholds. Only
during these events will they provide
their supplemental protection.

The driver and passengers should al-
ways wear their seat belts. Otherwise it
is not possible for the air bags to pro-
vide their supplemental protection.

In case of other types of impacts and
impacts below air bag deployment
thresholds, air bags will not deploy. The
driver and passenger will then be pro-
tected to the extent possible by a prop-
erly fastened seat belt. A properly
fastened seat belt is also needed to
provide the best possible protection in
a rollover.