airbag MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 Owners Manual

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Fu rther informatio nabout Mercedes- Benzve hi-
cles andabout Mercedes‑ BenzAG can befound
on thefo llo wing websit es:
https:// www.mbusa.com (USAonl y)
https:// www.mercedes-benz. ca(Canada only)
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airbag war ar
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Airbag
warning stickerfo rUS Aand Canada &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hifth eco-
dr iver airbag isenabled
If th eco-dr iver airbag isenabled, ach ild on
th eco-dr iver seat maybe struckby theco-
dr iver airbag during anaccident.
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onase at with an ENA BLED FRONT
AIR BAG; DEA THorSER IOUS INJUR Yto the
CH ILD ca nocc ur. Obs
erve thech ap ter"Childr enintheve hicle" . As
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Impai rment oftheoper ating e1-
ciency ofthere str aint system sfrom
inst alling acce ssorypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Airbags
andEmer gency Tensio ning Device s,
as wellas contr olunits andsensor sfo rth e
re str aint system s,ma ybe inst alle d in thefo l-
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Door sills
R Seats
R Coc kpit
R Instrumen tclus ter
R Cent erconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacces sorypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have accessor ypar tsretro/tt edata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop. Yo
ucould jeopar dizetheoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tires and wheels aswell
as acces sories releva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
bee napp rove dby Mer cedes-Be nz.Safety-re leva nt
sy stems ,e.g. thebr ak esy stem, maymalfunction.
Onl yuse genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsor par tsof
eq ual qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels andacces-
sor ypar tsthat have been speci/call yappr oved
fo ryo ur vehicle model .
Genu ineMer cedes- Benzpar tsaresubj ectto
str ictqu alit yinsp ections. Eachpar thas been spe-
ciall yde veloped, manufacturedorselect edfor
Mer cedes-Be nzvehicles andadap tedto them.
Ther efor e, onl yge nuine Mercedes-Be nzpar ts
sh ould beuse d.
Mor eth an 300,0 00di.er entgenuine Mercedes-
Benz partsareav ailabl efo rMer cedes-Benz mod-
els.
All aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Centersmaint aina
suppl yof genuine Mercedes-Be nzpar tsforneces-
sar yser vice andrepair work.In add ition, strategi-
cal lylocat edpar tsdeliv erycent erspr ov ide for
qu ick and reliable partsser vice. Alw
aysspecif yth eve hicle identi/cation number
(VIN) (/page327) when order ing genuine
Mer cedes-Be nzpar ts. Ope
r Ope
rat at
or's Manua l or's
Manua l
This Operator's Manual andtheDigit alOper ator's
Manual intheve hicle descr ibethefo llo wing mod-
els and thestandar dand special equipment for
yo ur vehicle:
R The model sand thestandar dand special
eq uipment availabl eat thetime ofthis Oper a-
to r's Manual goingtopress.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment onlyav ailabl ein cer tain countr ies.
R The models andthestandar dand special
eq uipment, whichwill onlybe availabl eat a
lat er dat e.
No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe equipp edwith
all featur esdescr ibed.This isalso thecase for
sy stems releva nt tosaf ety. Theref ore, theeq uip-
ment onyour vehicle maydi.er from that inthe
descr iptions andillustrations. Gener
alno tes
23 23

Go
vernment alenti ties areth emsel ves, in ind ivid-
ual cases andwithin theapplicable legalframe-
wo rk,aut hor izedto read out datafrom theve hi-
cle. Inthecase ofan accident, information that
can help withan inve sti gation can, ther efor e, be
ta ke nfrom theairbag controlunit, forex am ple.
Oper Oper
ationaldat atio
naldatain t a
in the v he
vehicle ehicle
This isdat are ga rding theoper ation oftheve hicle,
whic hha ve been processed bycont rolunits.
This includes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Vehicle status informatio nsuc has thespeed,
longitudin alacceler ation,lateral acceler ation,
number ofwheel revo lutions orthefa stene d
se at belts di sp lay
R Ambient cond itio ns ,su ch astemp eratur e,rain
sensor ordist ance sensor
Gener ally,theuse ofthese datais temp orary;
th ey will notbe stor ed beyond theper iod ofoper -
ation andwillonlybe processed within theve hicle
itse lf. Con trol uni tsoTen containdatamemor ies
fo rve hicle keys,fo rex am ple. Theiruse permits
th ete mp oraryor per manent document ationof
te ch nica linf orma tion abouttheve hicle' soper at- ing
stat e, com pone ntloads, maintenanc ere qu ire-
ments andtech nica leve nts orma lfunct ions.
Dep ending ontheve hicle equipmen t,thefo llo w-
ing dataar estor ed:
R Oper ating status ofsystem com ponents, such
as /ll leve ls, tirepr essur eor batt eryst atus
R Malfunctions orfaults inimpor tant system
com pone nts,suchas ligh tsor brak es
R System reactio nsinspecial drivi ng situ atio ns,
suc has airbag deployment ortheint erve ntion
of stabi lity cont rolsy stems
R Information onevents leading tovehicle dam-
ag e
In cer tain cases ,it ma ybe requ ired tostor eda ta
th at wo uld have other wise been usedonlyte mp o-
ra rily .This maybe thecase ifth eve hicle has
de tected amalfu nction, forex am ple.
If yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enance work,st or ed oper ation aldat aas
we llas theve hicle identi/cation numbercan be
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manu factur ersor third par ties, suchas break - do
wn services. Thesame istrue inthecase of
wa rrant yclaims andqualit yassur ance measur es.
In gener al,there adout isper form ed via theleg ally
pr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnost icsconnection in
th eve hicle. Theoper ation aldat ath at arere ad out
docume nttech nica lst at es oftheve hicle orof
ind ividual compone ntsand assis tin thediagnosis
of malfunctions, compliance withwa rrant yobli ga-
tions andqualit yim prov ement. Tothat end ,th ese
dat a,in par ticular information aboutcomponent
loads, tech nica leve nts, malfunct ionsandother
fa ults maybe transmitt edalong withth eve hicle
identi/cation numbertothemanuf acturer.Fu r-
th er mor e,themanuf acturerissubject toproduct
liability .Fo rth is reason themanuf actureralso
uses operational datafrom theve hicle, forex am-
ple, forre calls. These datacan also beused to
ex amin eth ecust omer's warrant yand guar antee
claims.
Fa ult memor iesintheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outletor atyour requ est aspar tof repair
or maint enance work. 3232
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alno tes

ManufManuf
actur ac
tur er's ser er's
service s vice
s
Re garding themanuf acturer'sonline services, the
individual functionsaredescr ibedbythemanu-
fa ctur erinasuit able place, forex am ple, inthe
Oper ator's Manual oron themanuf acturer'sweb-
sit e, wher eth ere leva nt dat apr otection informa-
tion isalso given. Personal datama ybe used for
th epr ov ision ofonline services. Dataar e
ex ch ang edvia asecur econn ection, suchas the
manuf acturer'sdesign ated ITsystems. Anyper -
sonal datawhic har ecollect ed,processed and
used, other than forth epr ov ision ofser vices, is
done soexclusiv elyon thebasis ofleg alper mis-
sion. Thisisthecase, forex am ple, fora leg ally
pr escr ibed emer gency callsy stem, acont ractual
ag reement orwhen consent hasbeen given.
Yo ucan have ser vice sand funct ions,some of
whic har esubj ecttoafe e, activ ated ordeactiv a-
te d. This excludes legallypr escr ibed function sand
ser vices, suchas an emer gency callsy stem.
Thir Thir
dpar d
par tyser ty
ser vice s vice
s
If yo uuse online services from other prov ider s
(t hir dpar ties), these services areth ere sponsi bil-
ity ofthepr ov ider inqu estion andsubject tothat
pr ov ider's datapr otection conditions andterm sof use.
Asage ner alrule, themanuf acturerhas no
in0 uence onthecont entexch ang ed.
Fo rth is reason, whenservice sar epr ov ided by
th ird par ties, please asktheser vice prov ider in
qu estion forinf ormation aboutthetype, extent
and purpos eof thecollection anduseofper sonal
dat a. DatDat
apr ot a
pr otection r ection
rights ights
Depending
onyour countr yor theeq uipment and
ra ng eof functi onsofyour vehicle aswellas the
ser vice syo uuse and theser vices ono.er ,yo u
ar eent itled todi.er entdatapr otection rights .
Fu rther informatio non dat apr otection andyour
dat apr otection rights caneit her befound onthe
manuf acturer'swebsit eor youwill receiv eth is
inf ormation aspar tof theva rious services and
ser vice o.er s.Ther eyo uwill also /ndth econt act
inf ormation forth emanuf acturerand itsdat apr o-
te ction o1cer s.
At awo rkshop, forex am ple, withth esuppor tof a
specialist andpossibl yfo ra fe e, youcan have
dat are ad out whic his stor ed onlylocall yin the
ve hicle. MB
UX mult imedi asy st MB
UX mult imedi asy stem/ Mer em/
Mercedes meconn ect cedes
meconn ect If
th eve hicle iseq uipp edwithth eMBUX multime-
dia system orMer cedes meconnect, additional
dat aabout theve hicle' soper ation ,th euse ofthe
ve hicle incer tain situations, andthelocation of
th eve hicle maybe com piledby theMBUX multi-
media system orMer cedes meconnect.
Fo radditional information, pleasereferto the
"MB UXmulti media system" section and/orthe
Mer cedesme conne ctTerm sand Conditions. EvEv
ent dat ent
datar a
recor ecor
ders der
s USUS
Aonl y A
onl y: :
This vehicle iseq uipp edwithan eve ntdat a
re cor der (EDR). Themain purpose ofan EDR isto
re cor d,incer tain crash ornear crash-lik esitua-
tions, suchas an airbag deployment orhitting a
ro ad obs tacle, datath at will assis tin und erstand-
ing howave hicle' ssy stems perform ed. The EDR
is designed torecor ddat are lat ed tovehicle
dynami csand safetysy stem sfo ra shor tper iod of
time, typicall y30 seconds orless. 3434
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alno tes

RR
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the r he
res estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
The
restr aint system include sth efo llo wing com-
ponents:
R Seat beltsystem
R Airbags
R Child restr aint system
R Child se at secu ring systems
The restr aint system canhe lppreve nttheve hicle
occupan tsfrom comin gint ocont actwith partsof
th eve hicle interior intheev ent ofan accident. In
th eev ent ofan accident, there str aint system can
al so reduce thefo rc es towhic hth eve hicle occu-
pant sar esubj ected.
A seat beltcanonlypr ov ide thebest leve lof pro-
te ction ifit is wo rncor rectl y.Depending onthe
de tected acciden tsituat ion,Emer gency Tensio n-
ing Device sand/o rair bag ssup plem entthepr o-
te ction o.eredbyacor rectl ywo rnseat belt.
Emer gency Tensio ning Device sand/o rair bag s
ar eno tdep loye din everyaccident. In
order forth ere str aint system toprov ide the
int ended leve lof protection, eachve hicle occu-
pant mustobser vethefo llo wing information:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.
R Sitinan almo stup right seatpos ition withth eir
bac kag ainst theseat backrest.
R Sitwithth eir feet resti ng on the0oor ,if possi-
ble.
R Alwayssecur eper sons under5T (1.5 0m) tall
in an additional restr aint system suitab lefor
Mercede s-Benzvehicles.
Ho wever,no system availabl eto da ycan com-
ple tely eliminat einjur iesand fata lities inevery
accident situation. Inpar ticular ,th eseat beltand
airbag gener allydo notpr otect against objects
pene trating theve hicle from theoutside. Itis also
no tpossible tocom pletely rule out therisk of
inj urycaused bytheairbag deploying. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the he
r r
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur yor deat hdue to
modi/cation sto there str aint system
Ve hicle occupan tsma yno longerbe protect ed
as intended ifalt erations aremade tothe
re str aint system . #
Neveralt er thepar tsof there str aint sys-
te m. #
Neverta mp erwit hth ewir ing oranyelec-
tr onic component partsor their soT-
wa re. If
it is nec essar yto modify theve hicle toaccom-
modat eaper son withdisabi lities, cont actan
aut hor izedMer cedes- BenzCen terfo rde tails.
US Aonl y:forde tails, cont actour Cust omer Assis-
ta nce Cent eron 1-800 -FOR -MER Cedes
(1‑ 800‑3 67‑63 72). Occ
upantsafety
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RR
es estr tr
aint syst aint
system function ality em
function ality When
theve hicle isswitc hedon,aself -tes tis per -
fo rm ed, during whic hth e0075 restr aint system
wa rning lamplights up.Itgoes outnolater than a
few secon dsaTer theve hicle isstar ted. The com-
ponent sof there str aint system areth en func-
tional. Malfunction
ingr Malfunction
ingres estr tr
aint syst aint
system em
A
malfunction hasoccur redin there str aint sys-
te m if:
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lampdoes
no tlight upwhen theve hicle isswitc hedon
R The 0075 restr aint system warning lamplights
up continuousl yor repeat edlydur ing ajour ney &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinju rydue tomalfun c-
tions inthere str aint system
Co mp onent sin there str aint system maybe
acti vatedunint ention allyor notdeplo yas plan-
ned inan accident. #
Have there str aint system checkedand
re pair edimmediat elyat aqu ali/ed spe-
ciali stwo rkshop. FF
unct ionoft unct
ionofthe r he
res es
tr tr
aint syst aint
system inan acciden t em
inan acciden t Ho
wthere str aint system worksis de term ined by
th ese verity of theim pact detected and thetype
of accident anticipated:
R Front alim pact
R Rear impact
R Side impact
R Rollover
The activati on thre sholds forth ecom ponents of
th ere str aint system arede term ined based onthe
ev aluat ionofthesensor values measured atvari-
ous points intheve hicle. Thisprocess ispre-e mp -
tiv ein natur e.The trigg ering/deplo ymentofthe
com pone ntsofthere str aint system musttake
place ingood timeatthestar tof thecollision.
Fa ctor swhic hcan onlybe seen andmeasur ed
aTer acollisi onhas occur reddo notpla ya deci- siv
ero le in thedeplo yment ofan airbag. Nordo
th ey prov ide anindication ofairbag deployment.
The vehicle maybe def ormed signi/cantl ywit hout
an airbag beingdepl oyed.This isthecase ifonl y
par tswhic har ere lativ elyeasil ydef ormed are
a.ec tedand thera te of vehicle decel eration is
no thigh. Conversely, an airbag maybe depl oyed
ev en though theve hicle su.er sonl ymin ordef or-
matio n.Ifve ry rigid vehicle partssuc has lon gitu-
din almembe rsarehit, this ma yre sult insu1-
cientl yhigh leve ls of vehicle decel eration .
Depen dingon thede tected deplo yment situation,
th ecom ponents ofthere str aint system canbe
ac tiva tedor deplo yedindepende ntlyof eac h
ot her :
R Emer gency Tensio ning Device :fr ont alim pac t,
re ar impact, sideimpact, rollo ver
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: front al
im pact
R Knee airbag: front alim pact
R Side airbag: sideimpact
R Windo wcur tain airbag: sideimpact, rollo ver,
fr ont alim pa ct 3838
Oc
cupa nt safety

The
front passeng erairbag canonl ybe dep loye d
in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iso.. Ifth efront passeng erseat is
occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the
jour ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag iscor rect (/ page47) . &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofbur nsfrom hotair bag
com pone nts
The airbag partsareho taTer anair bag has
been deployed. #
Donotto uc hth eair bag parts. #
Have adepl oyedair bag replaced ata
qu ali/ed special istwo rkshop assoon as
possibl e. Mer
cedes- Benzre commen dsthat youha ve the
ve hicle towe dto aqu ali/ed special istwo rkshop
aTer anacciden t.Ta ke this int oaccount, particu-
lar lyifan Emer gency Tensio ning Device istrig-
ge redor an airbag deployed. If
th eEmer gency Tensio ning Device sar etrigg ered
or an airbag isdep loye d, youwill hear abang, and
a small amount ofpowder mayalso bereleased:
R The bang willnotge ner allya. ect your hear ing.
R Ingener al,thepo wder released isno thazar d-
ous tohealt hbut maycause short-te rm
br eat hing di1culties toper sons su.er ingfrom
ast hma orother pulmo narycond itions.
Pr ov ided itis saf eto do so, leavetheve hicle
immed iatelyor open thewindo win order to
pr ev ent breat hing di1culties .
Airbags andpyrotech nic Eme rgency Tensio ning
De vice scont ainperc hlorate mat erial, whic hma y
re qu ire specia lhandling orenvironment alprotec-
tion measur es.National guidelinesrega rding
wa ste disp osal mu stbe observed. InCalif ornia,
see <00490055005500510054001B001000100045005500540044000F00440042000F
00480050> v/.Using thesear chfunc -
tio n,youwill /ndinf ormation onper chlor ate, for
ex ample. Se
atbelt s Se
atbelt s Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the seat belt he
seat belt Alw
aysfa sten your seat beltcorrectl ybef ore
st ar tin gajour ney.Asea tbel tca nonl ypr ov ide
th ebest leve lof protection ifit is wo rncor rectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yor dea thdue to
incor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
If th eseat beltisno two rncor rectl y,itcanno t
per form itsintended protectiv efun ction .
In additi on,anincor rectl yfa stene dse at belt
ca nalso causeinj uries, forex am ple, inthe
eve ntofan accid ent orwh en brak ing or
ch ang ingdirecti onsudde nly. #
Alwaysensu rethat all vehicle occupan ts
ha ve their seat belts fastene dco rrectl y
and aresitting proper ly. Alw
aysobser vetheinst ruction sabout thecor rect
dr iver's seat positi onand adjus tingth eseat
(/ page87). Occupant
safety
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The
00E9 seatbel twa rning lamplights upforsix
seconds everytime theve hicle isstar ted.
In addition, awa rning tone maysou nd.
Whe nth edr iver's andfront passeng er'sdoor sar e
closed andthedr iver and front passeng erhave
fa stene dth eir seat belts, theseat beltwarning
goes out.
In thefo llo wing cases ,th eseat beltwarning lights
up dur ing ajour neyif:
R The vehicle speed exceeds 15mph(2 5km /h)
an dth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat beltis
no tfa stene d.
R Thedr iver or fron tpa sseng erunfast enstheir
seat beltwhile theve hicle isin mo tion . Air
bags Air
bags OvOv
er er
vie vie
wof airbag s w
of airbag s 1
Driver's knee airbag
2 Driver's airbag
3 Front passeng erairbag
4 Front passeng erknee airbag
5 Windo wcur tain airbag
6 Side airbag
The installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol.
When enabled,anairbag canprov ide additional
pr otection forth ere specti vevehicle occupan t.Po
tential protection prov ided byeac hairbag:
R Knee airbag: thigh, knee andlowe rleg
R Driver's airbag, front passeng erairbag: head
and ribcag e
R Windo wcur tain airbag: head
R Side airbag: ribcag eand pelvis
* N NO O
TE TE
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement.
Yo ucould other wise failto recogn ize
dang ers. &
W W
AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjuryor deat hifth eco-
dr iver airbag isenabled
If th eco-dr iver airbag isenabled, ach ild on
th eco-dr iver seat maybe struckby theco-
dr iver airbag during anaccident.
NEVER useare ar wa rd-faci ng child restr aint
sy stem onase at with an ENA BLED FRONT
AIR BAG; DEA THorSER IOUS INJUR Yto the
CH ILD ca nocc ur. Occ
upantsafety
43 43

When
installing ach ild restr aint system onthe
fr ont passeng erseat,ob serveth eve hicle-spe ci/c
inf ormatio n(/ page62). Also,alw aysobser ve
th eno teson rear wa rd-faci ng orforw ard-f acing
ch ild restr aint system son thefront passeng er
seat (/page61).
Inf Inf
or or
mation onaut mation
onautomatic fr omatic
front passeng ont
passeng erairbag er
airbag
shut shut
o. o.
The front passeng erairbag canonlybe deplo yed
in an accident ifth ePA SSENGE RAIR BA GOF F
ind icat or lamp iso.. Ifth efront passeng erseat is
occupied, makesur e,bo th bef oreand during the
jour ney,that thestatus ofthefront passeng erair-
bag iscor rect (/ page47) .
* NO NO
TE TE
Deplo yment ofcom pone ntsofthe
re str aint system when thefront passeng er
seat isunoccupied In
an accident, thecom ponents ofthe
re str aint system maydepl oyunnecessar ily on
th efront passeng erside if:
R Ther ear ehea vyobjects onthefront
passeng erseat. R
The seat belttongue iseng aged intheseat
belt buckleofthefront passeng erseat and
th efront passeng erseat isunoccupied. #
Storeobjects inasuit able place. #
Onlyone person should useeachseat
belt atanyone time. Dependin
gon thede tected acciden tsituat ion,the
wind owcurtain airbag onthefront passeng erside
ma ydeplo y.The airbag isdep loye dre ga rdless of
whe ther thefront passeng erseat isoccupied. Pr
ot Pr
otection pro ection
provided b vided
by t y
the airbags he
airbags Depending
ontheaccident situation, anairbag
ma ysupplement thepr otection o.eredbyacor -
re ctl yfa stene dse at belt. &
W W
ARN ING ARN
INGRiskof injuryor deat hdue to
an inco rrect seat position
If yo ude viat efrom thecor rect seat positi on,
th eairbag cannotper form itsintended protec-
tiv efunction . Eac
hve hicle occupan tmus tmak esur eof the
fo llo wing:
R Fasten seat belts co rrectl y.Pregna nt
wo men must take par ticular careto ensur e
th at thelap belt neverlies across the
abdome n.
R Adoptth ecor rect seat positi onand keep
as farawa yas possi blefrom theairbags.
R Obser vethefo llo wing information. #
Alwaysmak esur eth at ther ear eno
objects between theairbag andvehicle
occupan t. To
avo idtherisk sre sult ing from thedeplo yment
of an airbag, eachve hicle occupan tmus tobser ve
th efo llo wing information inpar ticular :
R Beforestar ting your jour ney,adju styour seat
cor rectl y;thedr iver's seat andfront
passeng erseat should bemo vedas farbac k
as possible.
When doingso,alwaysobser vetheinf orma-
tion onthecor rect driver's seat positi on
(/ page87) . 4444
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safety

R
Onlyhold thesteer ing wheel bythesteer ing
wheel rim. This allowstheairbag tobe fully
deplo yed.
R Alwayslean agains tth eseat backrest when
th eve hicle isin mo tion .Do notlean forw ards
or agains tth edoor orside windo w.Youma y
ot her wise beinthedeplo yment area ofthe
airbag s.
R The occupan tsmus talw ayske ep their feet on
th e0oor .Do notput your feet on thecoc kpit,
fo rex ample. Your feet ma yot her wise beinthe
deplo yment area oftheairbag.
R Ifch ildr enaretrave ling intheve hicle, observe
th eadditional notes(/ page52) .
R Alwaysst ow and secur eobj ects correctl y.
Objects intheve hicle interior maypr eve ntan air-
bag from functi oning correctl y.Eac hve hicle occu-
pant mustalw aysmak esur eof thefo llo wing in
par ticular :
R Ther ear eno people, animals orobjects
be tween theve hicle occupan tsand anairbag .
R Ther ear eno objects between theseat, door
and door pillar (B-pillar). R
Ther ear eno har dobjects, e.g.coat hangers,
hanging onthegr ab handl esorcoat hooks.
R Ther ear eno accessor ies,suchas mobil ena vi-
ga tion devices ,mobi lepho nes orcup holders,
wit hin thedeplo yment area ofan airbag, e.g.
on thecoc kpit, onthedoor ,on theside win-
do wor on theside trim.
In addition, noconnecting cables,tensio ning
str aps orretaining straps must berouted or
att ached totheve hicle within thedeplo yment
ar ea ofan airbag. Alwayscom plywit hth e
accessor ymanu factur er's installation instruc-
tion sand, inpar ticul ar,th eno teson suit able
places forinst allation.
R Ther ear eno hea vy,shar p-edg edorfragile
objects inthepoc kets of your clo thing. Store
suc hobjects inasuit able place. LimitLimit
ations oft ations
ofthe prot he
protection pro ection
provided b vided
by airbags y
airbags &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofinjur ydue tomodi/ca-
tions totheco verof an airbag
If yo umodify theco verof an airbag ora1x
objects suchas stic kers to it,theairbag may
no long erfunction correctl y. #
Nevermodify theco verof an airbag and
do nota1x objects toit. The
installation location ofan airbag isident i/ed
by theAIRB AGsymbol (/page43) .
Obj ects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag may
pr ev ent theairbag from function ingcorrectl y. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofinjur yfrom objec tsin
th edeplo yment area ofan airbag
Objects inthedeplo yment area ofan airbag
can hinder orprev ent thecor rect deplo yment
of theairbag.
The airbag mayth en deplo yin an uncontr olled
manner andmayev en cause additional inju-
ri es totheve hicle occupan tsby deplo ying. Occupant
safety
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