Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Coupe Roadster C197 owners manual page 52

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50 Occupantsafety If after six seconds the driver or frontpassengerseat.Otherwise,theEmergency passenger have not fastened their seat beltsTensioningDevicecouldbetriggeredinthe and the doors are closed: event of an accident. R the7seatbeltwarninglampremainslitTheETDstightentheseatbeltsinanaccident, as long as either the driver's or front-pulling them close against the body. passenger's seat belt is not fastened The ETDs do not correct incorrect seat R positions or incorrectly fastened seat belts. and if a vehicle speed of 15 mph Safety(25 km/h) is exceeded, the 7 seat belt The ETDs do not pull vehicle occupants back warning lamp lights up and a warning tonetowards the backrest. also sounds with increasing intensity for a Whentriggered, the seat belt force limiters maximumof60secondsoruntilthedriver help to reduce the peak force exerted by the or front-passenger seat belt has been seat belt on the vehicle occupant. fastened The seat belt force limiter are synchronized If the driver or front-passenger seat belt is with the front air bags, which take on a part unfastenedwhilethevehicleisinmotion,the of the deceleration force. Thus, the force 7seatbeltwarninglamplightsupanda exerted on the occupant is distributed over a warning tone sounds again. greater area. Thewarningtoneceasesevenifthedriveror Whentheignition is switched on, the ETDs front-passenger seat belt has still not been cannot be triggered unless: fastenedafter60seconds.The7seatbelt R the restraint systems are operational; see warning lamp stops flashing but remains lit. "SRSwarning lamp". (Y page 36) After the vehicle comes to a standstill, the R thebelttongueisengagedinthebuckleon warningtoneisreactivatedandthe7seat each of the three-point seat belts. belt warning lamp flashes again if the vehicle R the front-passenger seat is occupied and speed again exceeds 15 mph (25 km/h). thebelttongueisengagedinthebuckleon The 7seatbeltwarninglamponlygoes the front-passenger side. out if: TheETDsaretriggereddependingonthetype R both the driver and the front passenger and severity of an accident: have fastened their seat belts. R in the event of a head-on or rear-end or collision, if the vehicle decelerates or R thevehicleisstationaryandadoorisopen. accelerates rapidly in a longitudinal direction during the initial stages of the iFormoreinformationonthe7seat impact belt warning lamp, see "Warning and R in the event of a side impact, if the vehicle indicator lamps in the instrument cluster, seat belt" (Y page 187). is subjected to high lateral acceleration/ deceleration R EmergencyTensioningDevicesandbelt Coupe: in certain situations if the vehicle force limiters rolls over, and the system determines that it can provide additional protection The seat belts are equipped with Emergency R Roadster: if the vehicle rolls over Tensioning Devices and seat belt force If the Emergency Tensioning Devices (ETDs) limiter. aretriggered,youwillhearabang,andasmall !Ifthefront-passenger seat is not amountofsmokemayalsobereleased.Only occupied, do not engage the seat belt inrarecaseswillthebangaffectyourhearing. tongue in the buckle on the front-

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