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

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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Head-thorax airbags
The head-thorax airbags are deployed:
ț on the impacted side of the vehicle
ț in impacts exceeding a preset deploy-
ment threshold
ț independently of the front airbags
The head-thorax airbags are not deployed
in impacts which do not exceed the sys-
tem’s deployment threshold.
The passenger head-thorax airbag will only
deploy if the system senses that the pas-
senger seat is occupied.
1 Head-thorax airbag
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 belts.
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
passenger’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 the passenger’s
seat belt (with the front passenger seat oc-
cupied) are fastened, or the vehicle is
standing still and a front door is opened.
For more information, see the “Practical
hints” section (
୴ page 340).