Air bags;occupant safety:air bags, Air bags – Mercedes-Benz E-Wagon 2006 Owners Manual User Manual

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Safety and Security

Occupant safety

Air bags

If it is necessary to modify an air bag system

to accommodate a person with disabilities,

contact your local authorized

Mercedes-Benz Center or call our Customer

Assistance Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes

(1-800-367-6372) for details.

Warning!

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Air bags are designed to reduce the poten-

tial of injury and fatality in certain frontal im-

pacts (front air bags), side impacts (side

impact air bags and head protection window

curtain air bags) or rollovers (head protec-

tion window curtain air bags). However, no

system available today can totally eliminate

injuries and fatalities.

The activation of the air bags temporarily re-

leases a small amount of dust from the

air bags. This dust, however, is neither inju-

rious to your health, nor does it indicate a

fire in the vehicle. The dust might cause

some temporary breathing difficulty for peo-

ple with asthma or other breathing trouble.

To avoid this, you may wish to get out of the

vehicle as soon as it is safe to do so. If you

have any breathing difficulty but cannot get

out of the vehicle after the air bag inflates,

then get fresh air by opening a window or

door.

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To reduce the risk of injury when the front

air bags inflate, it is very important for the

driver and front passenger to always be in a

properly seated position and to wear their

respective seat belts.

For maximum protection in the event of a

collision always be in normal seated position

with your back against the backrest. Fasten

your seat belt and make sure that it is prop-

erly positioned on your body.

Since the air bag inflates with considerable

speed and force, a proper seating and hands

on steering wheel position will help to keep

you at a safe distance from the air bag.

Occupants who are unbelted, out of position

or too close to the air bag can be seriously

injured or killed by an air bag as it inflates

with great force in the blink of an eye:

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Sit properly belted in a nearly upright
position with your back against the seat
backrest.

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