Occupant safety
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Never modify the doors or parts of the
doors.
Always have work on the doors or door
trim carried out at a qualified specialist
workshop.
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Seat belts
Releasing seat belts
WARNING Risk of injury due to deployed
airbag
A deployed airbag no longer offers any protec-
tion.
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Press the release button in the seat belt
buckle and guide the seat belt back with the
seat belt tongue.
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Have the vehicle towed to a qualified
specialist workshop in order to have the
deployed airbag replaced.
Risk due to components of the restraint system
which have already been deployed
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have the
vehicle towed to a qualified specialist workshop
aꢀer an accident.
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NOTE Damage caused by trapping the
seat belt
Have deployed airbags replaced immediately.
If an unused seat belt is not fully retracted, it
may become trapped in the door or in the seat
mechanism.
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WARNING Risk of injury or death from
deployed pyrotechnic seat belt tensioners
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WARNING Risk of burns from hot airbag
components
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Always ensure that an unused seat belt
is fully retracted.
Pyrotechnic seat belt tensioners that have
been deployed are no longer operational and
are unable to perform their intended protec-
tive function.
The airbag parts are hot aꢀer an airbag has
been deployed.
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Do not touch the airbag parts.
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Therefore, have deployed pyrotechnic
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Have a deployed airbag replaced at a
seat belt tensioners immediately
replaced at a qualified specialist work-
shop.
qualified specialist workshop as soon as
possible.
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