airbag MERCEDES-BENZ C COUPE 2005 CL203 Owner's Manual

349 Practical hints
What to do if …
Text messagesDisplay message
Possible cause
Possible solution
Front-pass
airbag activated
See Operator’s Manual
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 supplemental weight.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as soon
as possible and check the following:
Make sure that there is nothing
between seat cushion and child seat
and check installation of the child
seat.

Make sure that no objects applying
supplemental weight onto the seat are
present. The system may recognize
such supplemental weight and sense
that an occupant on the front passen-
ger seat is of a heavier weight than ac-
tually present.
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350 Practical hintsWhat to do if …Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
Front-pass
airbag activated
See Operator’s Manual
If performing any of the above corrective steps is
successful, the message
Front-pass airbag
deactivated See Operator’s Manual
will appear
in the multifunction display, confirming the situa-
tion has been remedied. Note that after perform-
ing the corrective steps, it may take up to
60 seconds for the message
Front-pass airbag
deactivated See Operator’s Manual
to appear.
If the message
Front-pass airbag activated
See Operator’s Manual
remains on in the multi-
function display and/or the 56indicator
lamp remains out even after performing the
above corrective steps, have the system checked
as soon as possible by an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
Warning!
G
If the message
Front-pass airbag
activated See Operator’s Manual
re-
mains on in the multifunction display and/or
the 56indicator lamp remains out
even after performing the above corrective
steps, do not have any children12 years old
and under and other small individuals use
the front passenger seat until the system
has been repaired.

351 Practical hints
What to do if …
Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
Front-pass
airbag deactivated
See Operator’s Manual
Air bag is deactivated while driv-
ing even though an adult or some-
one larger than a small individual
is occupying the front passenger
seat. Forces acting on the seat
may make the system sense a
decrease in weight.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as soon as possi-
ble and check the following:
Do not lean on armrests or lift yourself up using
handle over the door. This may make the system
sense that an occupant of a lesser weight than
actually present is on the front passenger seat.

Re-position yourself.

Sit properly belted in a nearly upright position
with your back against the seat backrest.
If performing any of the above corrective steps is
successful, the message
Front-pass airbag
activated See Operator’s Manual
will appear in the
multifunction display, confirming the situation has
been remedied.
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352 Practical hintsWhat to do if …Display message
Possible cause
Possible solution
Front-pass
airbag deactivated
See Operator’s Manual
Note that after performing the corrective steps, it
may take up to 60 seconds for the message Front-pass airbag activated See Operator’s
Manual
to appear.
If the message
Front-pass airbag deactivated See
Operator’s Manual
remains on in the multifunction
display and/or the 56indicator lamp re-
mains on even after performing the above corrective
steps, have the system checked as soon as possible
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Do not have any passenger use the front passenger
seat until the system has been repaired.
Warning!
G
If the message
Front-pass airbag
deactivated See Operator’s Manual
remains on in the multifunction display
and/or the 56indicator lamp re-
mains illuminated even after performing the
above corrective steps, do not have any pas-
senger use the front passenger seat until
the system has been repaired.