Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 71)

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Automatic comfort-fit feature seat belt
An automatic comfort-fit feature for front
seats and for the rear outer seats (only for
vehicles with electrically adjustable rear
bench seat* or with individual seats* in the
rear) reduces the retracting force of the
seat belts when they are in normal use.
Preventive occupant safety
(PRE-SAFE
® )
Your vehicle automatically takes preven-
tive measures to better protect the occu-
pants in the following hazardous
situations:
ț You execute an emergency braking ma-
neuver and the Brake Assist System
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ț The PRE-SAFE ® system detects a criti-
cal driving dynamics situation.
In such cases, the following systems are
automatically activated:
ț A front seat belt with the seat belt
buckled is pre-tensioned electrically.
ț If the occupied front passenger seat or
rear seats are in an unfavorable posi-
tion, they are adjusted to a better posi-
tion. Rear seat adjustment occurs only
in vehicles with individual seats* in the
rear.
ț The tilt/sliding sunroof closes if the ve-
hicle is in a severe skid or is spinning.
If the seat belts do not release:
̈ Adjust the backrest or seat slightly to
the rear until the seat belt tension is di-
minished.
The locking mechanism releases.
Warning!
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The PRE-SAFE ® system is intended to re-
duce the effects of an accident on properly
seat-belted vehicle occupants. Despite hav-
ing the PRE-SAFE ® system in your car, the
possibility of injuries occurring as a result of
an accident cannot be totally eliminated.
Therefore you should always drive carefully
and adjust your driving to the prevailing
road, weather, and traffic conditions.
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The PRE-SAFE ® systems are activated
in the previously described circum-
stances only at speeds exceeding
22 mph (35 km/h).
When the driving dynamic situation has
passed without an accident occurring,
the pre-tensioning on the seat belts is
deactivated.
You can then adjust the seats and the
tilt/sliding sunroof to their previous po-
sition.