2004 MERCEDES-BENZ CLK CABRIOLET airbag off

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At a glance
Centre console Centre console
Upp
ersection P68.20-3003-31 Function Page
1 Switches the seat heat-
ing* on the driver's seat
on
/o ff
Switches the seat ven tila-
tion* on the driver's seat
on /o ff 96
95
2 Deactivates Park
tronic* 215
3 Coupé: extends
/retracts
the rear window blind* 152
4 Activates
/deactivates
ESP 70
5 Switch
esthe hazard warn-
ing lamps on /off 103
6 Locks
/unlocks the vehi-
cle 89
7 Folds down
/lowers the
rear seat head restraints 93
8 Anti-theft alarm system*
Deactivates tow
-awa yp ro-
tection*
Deactivates the int erior
motion sensor* 72
73
74 Function Page
9 Switches the seat heat-
ing* on the front-passen-
ger seat on /off
Switches the seat ventila-
tion* on the front-passen-
ger seat on /off 96
95
a Warning lamp for front-
passenger airbag 64
b Operates COMAN
D*or
the audio system – see the
separate Operat ing
Instructions c Contro
lsThermatic*
Contro lsThermotronic*
Switches the rear window
heating on /off 154
164
153
d Ash
tray wit hc igaret te
lighter*
or
Stowage compartment
with socket 229
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Getting started
Adjusting
You can adjust your seats either manually
or electrically*, depending on your vehi-
cle's equipment. Ad
just ing Seats
G
Risk of accident Only adjust the driver's
seat when the vehi-
cle is stationary. Oth erwise, you may no
lon ger be able toobserve road and traffic
cond itions and you could lose control of the
ve hicle as a result ofthe seat movin g. G
Risk of accident and injury Make sure that nobody can become trapped
as
you adjus tthe seat.
To reduce the risk of seri ousor fatal inju ries
in the event of an acci dent or heavydeceler-
ation, e.g .by an airbag inflating within milli-
seconds, observe the following points:
! All occupants must selec ta se at
position that allows the seat belt to be
worn correctly and th at is asfaraw ay
fr om the fro ntairbags as possible.
The position of the driver's seat must
allow the driver to drive the vehicle
sa fely. The distanc efrom the driver's
seat to th epedals mu st be such tha tthe
driver can fully depress the pedals. The
distance between the driver's chest and
the centre of the airbag cover must be
more than 25cm. The dri ver's ar ms
should beslightly bent when holding the
steering wheel. !
Position the front-pa ssen gerse at as far
ba ck as possible, especially if a child is
sitting on this seat or if a child is secured
in a restraint system onthis seat.
! Occ upants must always wea rthe irseat
be ltco rrec tly and po sitio ntheir back-
rest as clo seto the vertical as possible.
The head restraint should support the
ba ck ofyour head at about eye level.
! Rearward-faci ngchild restraint systems
must not be fitted to th efront-passen-
ger seat unless the front passenger air-
bag has been deactivated. In Merc edes-
Benz vehi cles, the front passenger air-
ba g is deactivated and the AIRBAG OFF
warning lamp is lit when a child restraint
system with automatic child seat recog-
nition is fitted to a front-passenger seat
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Safety
Occupant safety
Se at belts and restraint systems for chil-
dr en travelling in the vehicle are the most
important restraint systems. They are the
most effective means ofrestraining the
movement of vehicle occupants towards
the impact force and thus reduce the dan-
ger of them hitting parts ofthe vehicle inte-
rior. G
Risk ofinjury Mo
difications to or work incorrectly carried
out on a restrai ntsyste m(seat belt and seat
belt anchor ages, belt ten sioner, belt force
limiter or airbag) or its wiring, or tampering
with other network edelectronic systems,
could causet he res traint syste msto stop
worki ngcorrectl y.The airbags or belt ten-
si oners might, for example, be activated
inadvertently or fail to be triggered inan
accid ent eve nthough the dece leration
would be sufficient to trigger the airbag or
belt tensioner. Under no circumstances,
therefore, should you modify the restraint
sy stems yourself. Never tam per with elec-
tronic components or their software. G
Risk of injury Airb
ags do offer additional protection but
th ey are not a substitute for th eseat belts.
To reduce the risk of severe or eve nfatal
in jury, make sure that all occupants – in par-
ticular, pregnant women – always wear their
seat be lts correctly, are seated inan upright
positio nand have their seats positio ned
al mo st vertic ally. Seat
belts G
Risk of inju ry If you do not wear your
seat belt, or wear it
incorrectl y,or do not engage the belt tongue
in the buckle, the belt cannot fulfil its
intended protective function. It could even
cause severe or fatal injuries. For this rea-
son, make sure that all the occupants – in
particular, pregnant women – always wear
their sea tbelts correctly.
Make sure that the be lt:
! isrouted across your pelvic area as low
do wn as possible, i.e. across your hip
joints and not your abd omen
! fits clo sely
! isnot twisted
! is rout edacross the middle ofyour
shoulder
! isnot routed across your neck or under
you rarm
! ispulled tight over your hip joints by
pu lling the shoulder se ction of the belt
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50 Safety
Occupant safety
Triggering ofbelt tensioners, belt force limiters and
airbags
In the event ofa collision, the sensor in the
airbag contro lunit evaluates important
physical data, such as duration, direction
and rate of veh icle deceleration or acceler-
ation. Based on this evaluation and pre-
emptively, the belt tensioners are the first
to be triggered by the airb agcontrol unit in
a collis ion with longi tudinal deceleration as
a function of the rate of vehicle decelera-
tion.
The front airbags are not triggered unless a
second activation threshold is reached, i.e.
an even higher rate of vehicle deceleration
in the longitudinal direction is exceeded. i
Thefront airbag on the front-passenger side
is only tri ggered if:
! the front-passenger seat oc cupancy sensor
has detected that the seat is occupied
! the PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF warning lamp
onthe centre console is not lit (
=page 64)
The belt tensioners are only activated if the seat
belt buck le tongue is correctl yengaged in the
se at belt buckle.
Criteria for the activation of belt
tensioners and airbags
To determine whether it is necessary to
activ ate a belt tensioner or airbag, the air-
bag control unit evaluates the duration and
direction of vehicle deceleration or accel-
eration during the initial phase of the colli-
sion.
The activation thresholds for the belt ten-
sioners and the airbags are variable and
are adapted in accordance with the rate of
ve hicle deceleration. This process ispre-
emptive in nature as airbag deployment
must take place during the impact and not
at the end of the collision. G
Risk of inju ry A malfu
nction has occurred if the 1
warning lamp:
! doesnot com eon when yousw itchon
th eignition
! does not go out after a few seconds
when the engine is running
! comes on again
Individ ual systems could beactivated inad-
verte ntly or may not be triggered at all in the
event of an accident with a high rate of vehi-
cle deceleration. Ifthis happens, have the
SRS system checked and repaired immedi-
ately at a qualified specialist wor kshop
wh ich has the necessary specialist know-
ledg eand tools to carry out the work
require d.
Mercedes-Benz recomme nds that youuse a
Mercedes-Benz Service Centre for this pur-
pose. In particular, work relevant to safety
or on safety-re lated systems must be car-
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Safety
Occupant safety Ai
rb ag syst em G
Risk ofinjury If the belt tensi
onersha ve bee ntriggered,
have them replaced ata qualified specialist
workshop which has th eneces sary special-
ist knowledge and tools to carry out the
work required. Mercedes -Benz recommends
that you use a Mercedes-Be nzService
Centre for this purpose.
In particular, work rele vant to safety or on
safe ty-re lated systems mustbe carried out
at a qualified spec ialist workshop.
Ob serve the safety regulations for th edis-
posal of belt tensioners. Any Mercedes-B enz
Service Centre can provide detail sof these
regulations. G
Risk of injury To reduce the risk of serious or fata
linjury in
an accident with a high rate of deceleration,
e.g. injuries caused by an airbaginflating
within milliseconds or in the ev ent of abrupt
br aking, please observe the following
inst ructions:
! Allve hicle occupants must select a seat
position in which it is possible to wear
the seat belt correctl ybut which is as far
back from the airba gas possible. The
position of the driver's seat must allow
the driver to drive th evehicle safely. The
driver's arms shou ldbe slightly bent
when holding the steering wheel. The
distance from th edriver's seat to the
pedals must be such that the dr iver can
fully depress the pedals.
! Vehicle occupants should wear their
seat belt correctly at all times and lean
back against the bac krest, which should
be positioned almost vertically. The
head restraint should support the back
of yo urhead at abo uteye level. !
Move the front- passenger seat as far to
the rear as possible, especially if a child
is secured in a restraint system installed
on this sea t.
! Never secure a rearward-facing child
restraint system on the front-pass enger
seat if the front-passenger front airbag
is not deactivate d.In the CLK-Class, the
fr ont-passen ger fro ntairbag is deacti-
vated if a child restraint system with
automatic child seat recognition is
secured to a front-passenger seat and
the AIRBAG OFF lamp is lit. If the auto-
matic child seat rec ognition is defective,
children must be secured in a child
restraint system ins talled on a suitable
re ar seat. If you are using aforward-f ac-
in g child seat on the fro nt-pa ssen ger
seat, the front-passenger seat must be
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Safety
Occupant safety
Front airbags
The front airbags increase the protection
afforded to the driver and front passenger
against head and chest in juries. The
driver's front airbag and front-passenger
front airbag are triggered:
! inthe first stages of an accident with
high forces of vehicle deceleration or
acceleration in a longi tudinal direction
! ifthe system foresees that airbag
deployment can offer additional pro-
tection to that provided by the seat belt !
depending on the use of the seat belt
! independently of other airbags in the
vehicle
! rarely if the vehicle overturns, unless
high forces of vehicle deceleration in a
long itudinal direction are detected
The dri ver's front airbag is located inthe
steering wheel. The front-passenge rfront
airbag is fitted above the glove compart-
ment.
Front airbags
1 Driver's front airbag
2 Front-passenger front airbag G
Risk ofinjury Af
ter an airbag has bee ntriggered:
! airbag parts are hot. Do not touch them,
oth erwi se you could be burnt
! have the airbags replaced at a qualified
specialist workshop whic hhas the nec-
essary specialist knowledge and tools to
carry out the work required. Mercedes-
Ben zrecom mends that you use a
Mercedes -Benz Serv ice Centre for
this purpose. Inparticular, work rele-
vant to safety or on safety-relate dsys-
tems must be carried out at a qualified
specialist workshop G
Risk of injury A small
amount of finepowder is released as
an airbag inflates. Thi spowder does not
constitute a health hazard, nor does it imply
that fire has brok enout in the vehicle. This
po wder could cause short-term breathing
dif ficu lties for persons suffering from
as thma or oth errespiratory conditions. In
order to prev ent these breathing difficulties,
leave the vehicle immediately when you are
certain it is safe to do so or open the win-
do ws to allow fresh air to enter the ve hicle.
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Occupant safety
The driver's front airbag
inflates in front of
the steering wheel and the front-passen ger
front airbag inflates infront of and above
the glove compartment.
Front-passenger front airbag 2ison ly
triggered if:
! the front-passenger seat is laden or
occupied
! the PASSENGER AIRBAG OFF wa rning
lamp on the centre console is not lit
(= page 64).
This indicates that a child seat without
au tomatic child seat rec ognition is fit-
te d or that achild seat wit hautomatic
child seat recognition is fitte dincor-
rec tly.
! Do not place heavy objects onthe front-
pas seng er seat. Ifthe system assumes the seat
is occupied because there are objects placed on
it, the restr aint systems on the front-passe nger
si de could be triggered in the event of an acci-
dent and will then need to be replaced. Sidebags (Coupé) G
Risk of injury To reduce the risk of in
juryto occu pantsif a
sidebag is triggered, make sure that:
! there are no other persons ,animals or
ob jects between the vehic leoccu pants
and the deployment range of the side-
bags
! noacce ssories, e.g. cup holders, are
secure dto the doors
! only lig htitems of clothing are hun gon
the coat hooks in the vehicle
! no heavy or sharp objec tsare lef tin the
pockets in clo thing G
Risk ofinjury Ob
serve the following notes to reduce the
ris ko f serio usorfatal in jury if the sidebag is
triggered:
! Vehicle occupants – in particular, chil-
dren – must never lean their head into
the area of the window in which the
sidebag is triggered.
! Vehicle occupants must wear their seat
belt correctly at all times and lean back
against the backrest, which should be
positioned almost vertically.
! Always secure children less than 1.50 m
tall and under twelve years of age insuit-
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Safety
Occupant safety
The purpose of triggering sidebags is to
increase the level of protection for the tho-
rax (but not the head, neck or arms) of
occupants affected by the impact. The
sidebags are installed in the middle of the
doors and in the sidewa llin the rear. The
locations in which the sidebags in your
ve hicle are fitted are identified by the
SRS /AIRBAG label on each of these areas.
1 Front sidebag
2 Rea rsidebag
3 Windowbag The sid
ebag inflates in the door area below
the window.
The sidebags are triggered:
! on the side on which an impact occurs
! inthe first stages of an accident with
high lateral forces of vehicle decelera-
tion or acceleration, e.g. a side impact
! ifthe system foresees that airbag
deployment can offer additional pro-
tection to that provided by the seat belt
! depending on the use of the seat belt
! independently of the front airbags
! independently of the belt tensioners
! rarely if the vehicle overturns, unless
high forces of vehicle deceleration ina
lo ngitudinal direction are detected and
it is predi cted that airbag inflation will
prov ide additional protection to that of
the seat belt i
Inthe eve ntofan imp act on the front-pas-
senger side, the front-passenger sidebag is only
triggered if:
! the front -pas se nger seat occupancy sensor
ha s detecte dthat the seat is occ upied
The rear sidebag on the driver's side is triggered
in conjun ction wit hthe driver's sidebag.
i You will find further information about air-
bag depl oyment on ( =
page 54).
You will find furt herin formation about the trig-
gering of belt tensioners and belt force limiters
on ( =
page 50).
Win dowbags (Coupé)
P91.40-2393-31 G
Risk of inju ry In ord
erfor the windowbag to provide its
intended level of prot ection, you must make
sure that there are no other persons, ani-
mals or objects between the vehic leoccu-
pants and the inflation range of the window-
bags. 209en_d2.boo Seite
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