ESP MERCEDES-BENZ CL COUPE 2006 User Guide
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Safety
Oc cupa nt safety
Trig gering be lttensioners, belt force limiter
sand airbags
In theeve ntofacol lisi on , the sens or in the
ai rbag control unit evaluate simport ant
ph ysical data su chasduration, direction
an d rate ofvehicle de celera tion or acce ler-
at ion. Based on th eeva luat ion of thi sdata
an d dep ending on the veh icle ’s rate of lon-
gitudin aldeceleratio nin a collisio n,at the
fi rst le vel, th eairbag contro l un itpre -emp-
ti ve ly trigger sthe belt tensioners.
Th efront airb agsa re onl ythen de ploy ed if
there isahi gher deg reeof ve hicle de celer-
at ion in along itu dina ld ire ction.
Si nce yo urvehi cle is fitted with adaptive
du al-stage front airb ag s, the front airbags
ar efilled with eno ugh gas to red uce the
risk of injuries at th efirst deploym ent
thre shold. Thef ront airb agsare on lyfully
inflated ifaseco ndthresho ldisreac hed
with inafe w mi lliseconds due to the con-
trol unit having detected furth erdec eler a-
tion. i
Thefront airba gonth e fro nt-passeng erside
is only triggered if thefron t-passeng er seat oc-
cu panc yrec ognition sys tem identifies thatth e
seat is oc cupied.
The front belt tensioners can only be triggered if
th e belt tong ue isco rrec tly engaged in the seat
belt buc kle.
Act ivat ionof belt tensi oners and airbags
In the first stag es of acollision, th eairb ag
co ntro lunit evalua tesph ysical da ta,su ch
as duration and dire ction of ve hicle de cel-
er ation or accel eration in ord erto deter-
mi ne wh etherit is necessary to trigg erthe
belt te nsione rs or deploy the airb ag s.
Th ebe lttens ione ra nd airb agdepl oyment
thre sholds areva riab leand are adap tedto
the degre eof dece leration of the ve hicle.
This proc ess ispre-empt ive in nature as
the airbag must be deployed during – and
not after –the col lisi on. G
Risk of inju ry Am
alfun ction has occu rred if the=
warn ing lamp:
! does notlight up when yo ustart theig-
nit ion
! does not go out a few se co nd sa fter the
en gine has started
! ligh ts up again
Som esyst em sco uld be triggered uninten-
ti ona lly or might notbetrigge redat all in the
ev ent of an accide nt with high decelerati on.
Ha ve there straint system s ch ecked andre-
pa ired immedi ately ataqu alifie d spe cial ist
workshop which hasth ene cessary spe cial-
ist knowl edge andtool sto carry out the
work required. Me rcede s-Be nz reco mm ends
that yo u useaMe rced es-Benz Service Ce n-
tr e for thispurpos e. In partic ular, work rele-
va nt to safety or on saf ety-re late dsyste ms
mu st be carrie dou t at aqua lifi ed speci alist
workshop. 216_R
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