Mercedes Benz GLC Class owners manual page 60

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58 Occupantsafety the restraint system are activated independ-The vehicle can be deformed considerably, ently of each other in certain frontal collisionwithout an air bag being deployed. This is the situations: case if only parts which are relatively easily RFrontair bags and driver's knee bagdeformed are affected and the rate of decel- RWindowcurtainairbag,ifthesystemdeter-eration is not high. Conversely, air bags may ty minesthatdeploymentcanofferadditionalbe deployed even though the vehicle suffers protection to that provided by the seat beltonlyminordeformation.Thisisthecaseif,for SafeThefront-passengerfront air bag is activatedexample, very rigid vehicle parts such as lon- or deactivated depending on the person ongitudinalbodymembersarehit,andsufficient the front-passenger seat. The front-deceleration occurs as a result. ystem passenger front air bag can only deploy in anIf the control unit of the restraint s accident if the PASSENGERAIRBAGONindi-detectsasideimpactoravehiclerollover,the cator lamp is lit. Observe the information onrelevant components of the restraint system the PASSENGERAIRBAGindicator lampsare activated separately depending on the Ypage43). anticipated type of accident. ( Your vehicle has two-stage front air bags.RSideimpactairbagsonthesideofimpact, During the first deployment stage, the frontindependently of the Emergency Tension- air bag is filled with propellant gas to reduceing Device and the use of the seat belt on the risk of injuries. The front air bag is fullythedriver'sseatandouterseatsinthesec- deployed with the maximum amount of pro-ondrow pellant gas if a second deployment thresholdThe side impact air bag on the front- is reached within a few milliseconds.passenger side (front) deploys under the The activation threshold of the Emergencyfollowing conditions: TensioningDevicesandtheairbagaredeter--the OCS system detects that the front- minedbyevaluatingtherateofvehicledecel-passenger seat is occupied or eration or acceleration which occurs at vari--the belt tongue is engaged in the belt ss is pre- buckle of the front-passenger seat ouspoints in the vehicle. This proce emptive in nature. Deployment should takeRWindowcurtainair bag on the side of placeingoodtimeatthestartofthecollision.impact, independently of the use of the The rate of vehicle deceleration or accelera-seatbeltandindependentlyofwhetherthe tion and the direction of the force are essen-front-passenger seat is occupied tially determined by: RFrontEmergencyTensioningDevices,ifthe Rthedistribution of forces during the colli-system determines that deployment can sion offer additional protection for the vehicle Rthecollision angle occupants in this situation Rthedeformationcharacteristicsofthevehi-RRearEmergencyTensioningDevicesincer- cle tain situations if the vehicle rolls over RthecharacteristicsoftheobjectwithwhichRWindowcurtainairbagsonthedriver'sand the vehicle has collided front-passenger side in certain situations Factorswhichcanonlybeseenandmeasuredwhenthevehicle rolls over, if the system atdeploymentcanofferaddi- after a collision has occurred do not play adeterminesth decisive role in the deployment of an air bag.tional protection to that provided by the Nor do they provide an indication of air bagseat belt deployment. iNotallairbagsaredeployedinanacci- dent. The different air bag systems work independently of each other.

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