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Driv
er'sai rba g0043 deploy sin fro ntofthe
stee ringwh eel.Front- passe nge rfro ntair
ba g0044 deploy sin fro ntofand above theglove
bo x.
Wh endeploy ed ,the frontairba gs offeraddi-
tio nal head and thoraxpro tecti onfor the occu -
pa nts inthe frontsea ts.
The PASSEN GERAIRBAG OFFindicator lamp
info rms youab ou tthe status ofthe front-
pa sse nge rfro ntairba g(Y page 40).
The front-pa ssenge rfro ntairba gwi llonl y
de ploy if:
R the system ,ba sed onthe OCSwe ight sen -
sor readings, detects thatthe front-
pa sse nge rsea tis occu pied (Ypage 47) .
The PASSEN GERAIRBAG OFFindicator
la mp isnot lit (Y page 48)
R the restraint system contro luni tpre dicts a
hi gh acc ident severity
Kn ee bag s Driv
er'sknee bag0043 deploy sund erthe stee r-
ing colum nand front-pa ssenge rknee bag0044
und erthe glove box.The driver 'sand front-
pa sse nge rknee bags aretrig gered toge ther
wi th the frontairba gs. The
driver 'sand front-pa ssenge rknee bags
off eradditio nal thigh, knee andlowe rle g pro -
tecti onfor the occu pants inthe frontsea ts.
Si de impac tair bag s G
WA
RNING
Unsu itable sea tcove rscan obstru ctor pre -
vent deploy ment ofthe airba gs inte grated
into theseats.Conse quentl y,the airba gs
canno tpro tect vehicleoccu pants asthe y
ar ede signe dto do.In additio n,the opera -
tio nof the occu pant cla ssificati on system
(O CS) couldbe adver selyaf fecte d.Thi s
po ses anincr eased riskof inju ryor eve n
fa tal inju ry.
Yo usho uld onl yus esea tcove rstha tha ve
be en appro ved forthe respectiv esea tby
Me rced es-Benz. Front
side imp act airba gs 0043 and rearsi de
imp act airba gs 0044 deploy next tothe outer
bo lster ofthe seatba ckres t.
Wh endeploy ed ,the side imp act airba goff ers
ad ditio nal thor axpro tecti on.Italso offers
ad ditio nal pelvispro tecti onfor occu pants in
the frontsea ts.How ever,itdo es not protect
the :
R he ad
R neck
R arms
If the restraint system contro luni tde tects a
si de imp act, theside imp act airba gis
de ploy ed on the side on which the impact
occu rs. 46
Oc
cupant safetySafe ty
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Have
brakepads insta lled and brakefluid
repl aced ataqu alifi ed spe cialist wor kshop .
If the brakesys tem hasonly beensub ject to
mode rateloads, youshou ldtest thefunctio n-
al ity ofyour bra kes atregu larinterva ls.
You canfind ades crip tion ofBrake Assist
(BAS) on(Ypage 61).
Merce des-Benz recomm endsthatyouonly
hav ebra kepads/l ining sinsta lled on your vehi -
cle whichhav ebee nap prove dfor Merce des-
Benz vehicles orwhi chcorres pondtoan
equ ivalent quality standa rd.Brake pads/
li nings whichhav enot beenap prove dfor
Merce des-Benz vehicles orwhi chare not ofan
equ ivalent quality coul daffe ctyour vehi cle's
ope ratingsafe ty.
Merce des-Benz recomm endsthatyouonly use
bra kefluidthat hasbeenspe cially ap prove d
for your vehi clebyMerce des-Benz, orwhi ch
corres pondsto an equ ivalent quality standa rd.
Brake fluidwhi chhas notbeenap prove dfor
Merce des-Benz vehicles orwhi chisnot ofan
equ ivalent quality coul daffe ctyour vehi cle's
ope ratingsafe ty.
Che cking brake linin gthic kness You
canmea surethe brea kpa d/li ning thick-
ness using atest gage.Col or-cod ing(gre enor
red) onthe test gageallow syo uto dete rmine
whe ther thebrakepad/li ning thickness isstil l
suff icient.The test gageis in the vehi cledocu -
ment wallet inthe glovebox. Front
wheel Re
ar whe el
X Bring thevehi cleand wheelsinto asui tabl e
pos itionso that youcan attach testgage
0083.
X Secur ethe vehi cleaga inst rolling away
(Y page 145 ).
X Engage park pos itionP.
X Swi tch offthe engi ne.
X Pla cetest gage0083 betw eenthewhe el's
spo kes onbra kepad/li ning 0087.
X Hold testgage0083 vertica lly on bra ke
dis c0043 and slide mea suring pin 0044onto
bra kedisc0043.
X Che ckwhi chcolo rfiel d0085 the arro won
mea suring pin 0044ispoi nting to.
Gree n:the brakepad/li ning thickness is
suff icient.
Red: thebrakepad/li ning thickness isnot
suff icient.Have thebrakepads/l ining
checked ataqu alifi ed spe cialist wor kshop .
To avo idan inaccura temea surement:
R make sureyo upos itionthe whe elssuitabl y
R do not putthe mea suring pin onareces sin
the brakedisc Dri
vin gon wetroads
Hydropl aning If
the roadsur face iswet, hydropl aning may
occur dependi ngon water level, spe edand tire
tread depth. 152
Dri
vin gtipsDri vin gand parking
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able
tohold theobj ect splace din them in
th eeven tof an acc iden t.Ther eis arisk of
inj ury, particular lyin theeven tof shar p
brak ingorsudden chang esofdire ction .
R Always stow object sin suc haway that
th ey can notbe tossed about inthese or
simi larsituatio ns.
R Always makesure that obj ect sdo notpro-
tr ude outofthest owage spaces,luggage
net sor stowage nets.
R En sure that clo sable stowage spacesare
shut beforebegin ningyour journ ey.
R Always stow and secure heav y,hard ,poin -
te d, shar p-edged, fragile orlarge object s
in thecar gocom partmen t.
Obse rveth eloadin gguideli nes(Ypage 251).
St owage compartm ent sin thefront Glove
box X
To open :pull handle0043and open glovebox
flap 0044.
X To close: foldglovebox flap 0044upwards
unt ilit eng ages.
Ther eis apen holde rat theto pof theglov e
box flap. Eyegla
ssescomp artm ent X
To open :pres smar king0043.
Mak esure that theeyeglas sescom partmen tis
always closed while theveh icle isin mot ion.
St owage compartm ent inthefront cen-
ter console X
To open :pres sth emar kingon cov er0043.
i De
pen dingon theveh icle equipm ent,
th ere may beanasht rayinthecen tercon -
sole instead ofast orag ecom partmen t.
St owage compartm ent infront ofthe
ar mr est (vehi cleswith autom atic trans -
mis sion) 252
St
owage areasSt owage andfeatures