Mercedes Benz SLK R171 owners manual page 36

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171_AKB; 3; 60, en-US 2009-05-11T16:00:23+02:00 - Seite 34 d2ureepe, Version: 2.11.8.1 34 Occupant safety thorax air bag be deployed. Always sit asauthorized Mercedes-Benz Center at an upright as possible, wear the seat beltadditional cost. properly and use an appropriately sized Please contact an authorized Mercedes-Benz infant restraint, toddler restraint, or Center or call the Customer Assistance booster seat recommended for the size and Center (in the USA) at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes weight of the child. (1-800-367-6372), or Customer Service (in Canada) at 1-800-387-0100 for details. Failure to follow these instructions can result in severe injuries to you or other occupants. Air bags are designed to deploy only in certain If you sell your vehicle, it is important that you frontal impacts (front air bags and knee bags) make the buyer aware of this safety and in side impacts (head-thorax air bags) if information. Be sure to give the buyer this the system determines the need for air bag Operator’s Manual. deployment. Only in the event of such a situation will they provide their supplemental GWarning! protection. Safety and security There is a possibility of a head-thorax air bag- The driver and passenger should always wear related injury if occupants, especially their seat belts. Otherwise it is not possible children, are not properly seated or restrained for the air bags to provide their supplemental when next to a head-thorax air bag which protection. needs to deploy rapidly in a side impact in In case of other types of impacts and impacts order to do its job. below air bag deployment thresholds, air To help avoid the possibility of injury, please bags will not deploy. The driver and passenger follow these guidelines: will then be protected to the extent possible (1) Occupants, especially children, by a properly fastened seat belt. A properly should never place their bodies or fastened seat belt is also needed to provide lean their heads in the area of the the best possible protection in a rollover. door where the head-thorax air Air bags are not a substitute for seat belts. bag inflates. This could result in Always wear your seat belt, regardless of serious injuries or death should whether or not your vehicle is equipped with the head-thorax air bag be air bags. deployed. It is important to your safety and that of your (2) Always sit as upright as possible, passenger to have deployed air bags replaced wear the seat belt properly, and for and to have any malfunctioning air bags children 12 years old and under, repaired. This will help to make sure the air use an appropriately sized infant bags will continue to provide supplemental restraint, toddler restraint, or crash protection for occupants. booster seat recommended for the size and weight of the child. Safety guidelines for the seat belt, (3) Always wear seat belts properly. Emergency Tensioning Device (ETD) and air bag If you believe that, even with the use of these guidelines, it would be safer for your GWarning! passenger seat occupants to have the R Damaged seat belts or seat belts that have passenger side head-thorax air bag been subjected to stress in an accident deactivated, then deactivation can be carried must be replaced. Their anchoring points out upon your written request at an must also be checked. Only use seat belts

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