2003 MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 Owner's Manual

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 57 Safety and Security
Occupant safety
serious injuries or death should the side 
airbag be activated.
(2) Always sit upright, properly use the seat 
belts and use an appropriately sized in-
fant or c

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 58 Safety and SecurityOccupant safetySafety guidelines for the seat belt, 
emergency tensioning device and 
airbagWarning!
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Damaged seat belts or belts that were 
highly stressed in an accident mus

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 59 Safety and Security
Occupant safety
When you sell your vehicle we strongly 
urge you to give notice to the subsequent 
owner that it is equipped with an SRS by 
alerting them to the applicable sect

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 60 Safety and SecurityOccupant safetyThe front passenger side impact airbag 2 
will only deploy if the system senses that 
the front passenger seat is occupied.
The window curtain airbags fill up the

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 61 Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Warning!
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Always fasten your seat belt before driving 
off. Always make sure your passengers are 
properly restrained, even those sitting in the 
rear and pregn

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 62 Safety and SecurityOccupant safetyWarning!
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USE SEAT BELTS PROPERLY
Seat belts can only work when used 
properly. Never wear seat belts in any 
other way than as described in this sec-
tion, as t

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 63 Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Emergency tensioning device (ETD), 
seat belt force limiter
The seat belts for the front and rear outer 
seats are equipped with emergency ten-
sioning devices a

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MERCEDES-BENZ CL500 2003 C215 Owners Manual 64 Safety and SecurityOccupant safetyAll lap-shoulder belts except the driver’s 
seat belt have special seat belt retractors 
for secure fastening of child restraints.
To fasten a child restraint, f