Occupant safety, 64 safety and security – Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual
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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
In this section you will learn the most im-
portant facts about the restraint system
components of the vehicle.
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Seat belts (
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Child restraints (
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Lower Anchors and Tethers for
CHildren (LATCH) (
Additional protection potential is provided
by:
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Supplemental Restraint System (SRS)
with
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Air bags (
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Air bag control unit (with crash
sensors)
ț
Emergency tensioning device (ETD)
for seat belts (
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Active head restraints (
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CLK cabriolet: Roll bars (
Air bag system components with
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Front passenger front air bag off
indicator lamp (
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Front passenger seat with Occupant
Classification System (OCS)
(
Although the systems are independent,
their protective functions work in conjunc-
tion with each other.
The SRS system conducts a self-test when
the ignition is switched on and in regular
intervals while the engine is running. This
facilitates detection of system malfunc-
tions. The
1 indicator lamp in the in-
strument cluster comes on when the
ignition is switched on and goes out no lat-
er than a few seconds after the engine has
been started.
The SRS components are in operational
readiness if the
1 indicator lamp is not
lit when the engine is running.
A malfunction in the system has been
detected if the
1 indicator lamp:
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fails to go out after approximately
4 seconds after the engine was started
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does not come on at all
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comes on after the engine was started
or while driving
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For information on infants and children
traveling with you in the vehicle and restraint
systems for infants and children, see “Children
in the vehicle” (