Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren R199 owners manual page 65

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Safety and Security Occupant safety iAir bags are designed to activate only in cer-Safety guidelines for the seat belt, No modifications of any kind may be tain frontal impacts (front air bags, knee air emergency tensioning device and air made to any components or wiring of bags) and side impacts (head-thorax air bags) bag the SRS. This includes changing or which exceed preset thresholds. Only during removing any component or part of the these types of impacts will they provide their Warning!G SRS, the installation of additional trim supplemental protection. material, badges, etc. over the steering The driver and passenger should always wear Damaged seat belts or seat belts that wheel hub, passenger front air bag cov- their seat belts. Otherwise it is not possible for er, outboard sides of the front seat the air bags to provide their supplemental were highly stressed in an accident backrests, door trim panels, or door trim protection. must be replaced and their anchoring panels, and installation of additional In cases of other types of impacts and impacts points must also be checked. Only use electrical/electronic equipment on or below air bag deployment thresholds, air bags seat belts installed or supplied by an near SRS components and wiring. Keep will not deploy. The driver and passenger will authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.area between air bags and occupants then be protected to the extent possible by a Air bags and Emergency Tensioning free from objects (e.g. packages, properly fastened seat belt. A properly fastened Devices (ETDs) are designed to function purses, umbrellas, etc.). seat belt is also needed to provide the best pos-on a one-time-only basis. An air bag or Air bag system components will be hot sible protection in a rollover.ETD that was activated must be after an air bag has inflated. Do not We caution you not to rely on the presence of the replaced.touch. air bags in order to avoid wearing your seat belt. Do not pass seat belts over sharp edges. It is important to your safety and that of your pas-They could tear. Never place your feet on the instrument senger that you replace deployed air bags and panel, dashboard, or on the seat. Always repair any malfunctioning air bags to ensure that Do not make any modification that could keep both feet on the floor in front of the the vehicle will continue to provide supplemental change the effectiveness of the seat seat. crash protection for occupants.belts. Do not bleach or dye seat belts as this may severely weaken them. In a crash, they may not be able to provide adequate protection. 64

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