Mercedes-Benz 2005 C 230 Kompressor User Manual

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Safety and Security

Occupant safety

Occupant Classification System

The Occupant Classification System (OCS)
automatically turns the front passenger
front air bag on or off based on the classi-
fied occupant weight category determined
by weight sensor readings from the front
passenger seat.

Occupants must sit properly belted in a
nearly upright position with their back
against the seat backrest and feet on the
floor to be correctly classified. If the occu-
pant's weight is transferred to another
object in the vehicle (e.g. by leaning on
armrests), the OCS may not be able to
properly approximate the occupant’s
weight category.

Both driver and the front passenger should
always use the

56 indicator lamp

as an indication of whether or not the front
passenger is properly positioned.

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The system does not deactivate the
front passenger side impact air bag,
the window curtain air bag and the
emergency tensioning device.

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If your seat, including your trim cover
and cushion needs to be serviced in
any way, take the vehicle to your
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

Only seat accessories approved by
Mercedes-Benz may be used.

Warning!

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If the

56 indicator lamp illuminates

when an adult or someone larger than a

small individual is in the front passenger

seat, have the front passenger re-position

himself or herself in the seat until the
56 indicator lamp goes out.

More information about air bag display mes-

sages (

page 349).

In the event of a collision, the air bag control

unit will not allow front passenger front air

bag deployment when the OCS classified

the front passenger seat occupant as being

up to or less than the weight of a typical

12-month-old child in a standard child re-

straint or if the front passenger seat is

sensed as being empty.

When the OCS senses that the front passen-

ger seat occupant is classified as being up

to or less than the weight of a typical

12-month-old child in a standard child re-

straint, the

56 indicator lamp will il-

luminate when the engine is started and

remain illuminated, indicating that the front

passenger front air bag is deactivated.

When the OCS senses that the front passen-

ger seat is classified as being empty, the
56 indicator lamp will illuminate
when the engine is started and remain illu-

minated, indicating that the front passenger

front air bag is deactivated.

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