freightliner Sprinter Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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Safety and security
i This Operator’s Manual describes all fea-
tures, standard or optional, potentially available
for your vehicle at the time of purchase. Please
be aware that your vehicle might not be
equipped with all features described in this man-
ual.
This section contains important informa-
tion about the restraint systems in your ve-
hicle.
The seat belts, belt tensioners, belt force
limiters and airbags are restraint systems
designed to complement one another.
They reduce the risk of injury in specific,
pre-defined types of accident situations
and thereby increase occupant safety.
However, the seat belts and airbags can-
not generally prevent injuries caused by
objects penetrating the vehicle from the
outside.
The most important restraint systems are:
O the seat belts
O restraint systems for children, since
they are the most effective means of
reducing the extent to which the occu-
pants are moved in the event of an ac-
cident
Additional protection is provided by:
O SRS (S
upplemental Restraint System),
comprising:
O + warning lamp
O emergency tensioning retractors
O belt force limiters
O airbags
An airbag increases the degree of protec-
tion afforded to vehicle occupants wearing
a seat belt and is therefore only to be con-
sidered as an additional restraint system
to the seat belt.
Airbags do not in any way relieve any vehi-
cle occupants of the need to wear their
seat belt correctly at all times.
This is partly because an airbag is not acti-
vated in all accident situations since in
some cases it would not provide and pro-
tection beyond that already afforded by a
correctly fastened seat belt.
Furthermore, an activated airbag can only
provide increased protection if the seat
belt is being worn correctly, because:
O the belt helps to hold the vehicle
occupant in the best position in rela-
tion to the airbag.
O the belt prevents the vehicle occupant
from being propelled in the opposite
direction from the force of impact, e.g.,
in the event of a head-on collision, and
is therefore better able to reduce the
risk of injury.
In accidents in which an airbag is
activated, the airbag will therefore only of-
fer an increase in the protection provided
by the seat belt, i.e. additional protection,
if the seat belt is worn correctly.
For the restraint systems to provide their
full protective potential, make sure that:
O the seat and head restraint are adjust-
ed to the correct position (e page 67).
O the seat belt is worn correctly
(
e page 35).
O the airbags are unobstructed and can
inflate properly if they are deployed
(e page 40).
O the steering wheel is adjusted to the
correct position (e page 73).
O the restraint systems have not been
tampered with.
Vehicle equipment
Occupant safety
Restraint systems

freightliner Sprinter Specifications

General

Brand	freightliner
Model	Sprinter
Category	Automobile
Language	English