freightliner Sprinter Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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Safety and security
Front airbags
The front airbags are designed to increase
protection to the driver's and passenger's
head and chest.
Driver's front airbag 1 inflates in front of
the steering wheel; passenger's front
airbag 2 inflates in front of and above the
glove box and the center console.
The driver's front airbag and co-driver's
front airbag are deployed:
O in the initial stages of an accident with
a high rate of vehicle acceleration or
deceleration in a longitudinal direction
O if the system determines that airbag
deployment can offer protection be-
yond that provided by the seat belt
O if the respective seat belt is fastened
O independently of other airbags in the
vehicle
Thorax sidebags
The thorax sidebags are only integrated
into the outer side of the backrests on sin-
gle front seats. The purpose of the thorax
sidebags is to increase the level of protec-
tion for the thorax (but not the head, neck
and arms) of the occupants on the side of
the vehicle on which the impact occurs.
G Warning
For safety reasons, we recommend that you
use seat covers that have been tested for the
Sprinters and that have a seam for
thorax sidebags. A thorax sidebag may other-
wise not inflate correctly and could fail to pro-
vide the intended degree of protection in the
event of a collision. You can obtain these cov-
ers from an authorized Sprinter Dealer, for
example.
G Warning
To reduce the risk of injury to occupants if a
thorax sidebag is deployed, make sure that:
O no persons, animals or objects are
present between the vehicle occupants
and the thorax sidebag deployment range
O no accessories, for example cup holders,
are secured to the doors
O only light items of clothing are hung from
the coat hooks in the vehicle
O there are no heavy or sharp objects in the
pockets of items of clothing
G Warning
Observe the following to reduce the risk of
serious or fatal injury if the thorax sidebag is
deployed:
O vehicle occupants – in particular,
children – must never lean their head
against the area of the window in which
the thorax sidebag inflates.
O vehicle occupants must wear their seat
belt correctly at all times and lean back
against the backrest, which should be po-
sitioned as upright as possible.
O always secure children who are less than
5 ft (1.50 m) tall and/or under 12 years
of age in a suitable child restraint system.

freightliner Sprinter Specifications

General

Brand	freightliner
Model	Sprinter
Category	Automobile
Language	English