Mercedes-Benz SL-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual
Page 369
368
Practical hints
What to do if …
Left display
Right display
Possible cause/consequence Possible solution
Front Passeng.
Airbag
Enabled
See Oper. Manual
The passenger front air bag is
activated while driving even
though a child, small individual,
or object below the system’s
weight threshold is on the pas-
senger seat, or the passenger
seat is empty. Objects on the
seat or forces acting on the seat
may make the system sense
supplemental weight.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location as soon as possible and
check the passenger seat for the following:
̈
Switch off the ignition (
̈
Apply the parking brake (
̈
Remove child and child restraint from passenger seat.
̈
Make sure that no objects which are applying supple-
mental weight onto the seat are present. The system
may recognize such supplemental weight and sense that
an occupant on the passenger seat is of a greater weight
than actually present.
̈
Keep the seat unoccupied, close the passenger door
and switch on the ignition (
Monitor the
5/ indicator lamp (
page 78) and the
multifunction display in the instrument cluster (
for the following:
(Continued on next page)