Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2006 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 72)

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Head-thorax air bags
1 Head-thorax air bag
The head-thorax air bags are deployed
ț on the impacted side of the vehicle
ț in impacts exceeding a preset deploy-
ment threshold
ț independently of the front air bags
The passenger-side head-thorax air bag
will only deploy if the system senses that
the passenger seat is occupied.
The head-thorax air bags are not deployed
in impacts which do not exceed the sys-
tem’s deployment threshold.
Seat belts
When the engine is started, the seat belt
telltale
< illuminates for a maximum of
6 seconds and a warning chime sounds to
remind you and your passenger to fasten
your seat belt.
If after these 6 seconds, the driver’s or the
passenger’s seat belt (with the passenger
seat occupied) are not fastened with all
doors closed,
ț and the vehicle speed does not exceed
15 mph (25 km/h), the seat belt
telltale
< remains illuminated for as
long as either the driver’s or passen-
ger’s seat belt is not fastened.
ț and the vehicle speed exceeds 15 mph
(25 km/h), the seat belt telltale
<
starts flashing and a warning chime
sounds with increasing intensity until
both the driver’s and passenger’s seat
belt are fastened, or for a maximum of
60 seconds from the time the vehicle
speed exceeded 15 mph (25 km/h) if
either the driver’s or passenger’s seat
belt remains unfastened.
If the driver’s or passenger’s seat belt
remains unfastened after 60 seconds,
the seat belt telltale
< stops flash-
ing and the warning chime stops
sounding. The seat belt telltale
<
then continues to be illuminated for as
long as either the driver’s or passen-
ger’s seat belt are not fastened.
The seat belt telltale < will only go out
if both the driver’s and passenger’s seat
belt (with the passenger seat occupied)
are fastened, or the vehicle is standing still
and a door is opened.