Operation

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Emergency Tensioning Devices, belt force limiters
The front seat belts and the outer seat belts in the rear are equipped with ETDs and seat belt force limiters. The ETDs tighten the seat belts in an accident, pulling them close against the bod ...

Kickdown
Use kickdown for maximum acceleration. Vehicles for USA except AMG vehicles: fully depress the accelerator pedal. The transmission shifts to a lower gear depending on the engine speed. Vehicl ...

Tradition: 40 years of accident research at Mercedes-Benz
This close cooperation between Daimler safety specialists, the emergency services and the police has a long tradition: in 1969 Mercedes-Benz started its ongoing accident research programme, in whi ...