Why do you need SRS seat belt tensioners?
Pretensioners help optimize the performance of the airbag systems. Maintaining proper occupant position reduces the amount of work the airbags must perform, and thus increases the level of protection provided by the SRS system.
What does the SRS light mean on a Mercedes Benz?
What does SRS light mean? SRS stands for Supplemental Restraint System. If this warning light stays on in your Mercedes Benz, that means that there is a problem with the airbags or the components that are part of the SRS system.
Do you need to disconnect seat covers for SRS?
Air bags and Emergency Tensioning Devices (ETD) are designed to function one time only. Once these systems deploy they must NOT be reused. If you work on the SRS system, you should disconnect the battery. Do not use seat covers unless approved by Mercedes-Benz. Seat covers can restrict the proper operation of the airbags integrated into the seats.
What does it mean when SRS warning light stays on?
SRS stands for Supplemental Restraint System. If this warning light stays on in your Mercedes Benz, that means that there is a problem with the airbags or the components that are part of the SRS system. It is very unlikely that your airbags are going to deploy randomly, but the concern is that they may not deploy…
Where is the SRS light on the dash?
If the red SRS lamp on the dash is accompanied by the orange airbag lamp next to the transmission shifter is lit, the fault is commonly connected to the passenger seat sensor.
Is there a way to reset the SRS lights?
This resets the SRS lights as before on ignition power, without a star reset. Just for information the China emulator box contains a programmable PIC chip that emulates exactly the signal that would be given from the MB seat pad matrix.
Can a Mercedes SRS child seat detecting be linked out?
A later auto child seat detecting, post face lift, later E Class W210 model, cannot be ‘linked out’ in any way sorry!
Is the seat belt tensioner on my LR3 bad?
I’m having the same issue with my ’05 LR3. Trouble codes are showing a bad passenger seatbelt tensioner with repair cost of $400. The ironic thing is that just prior to the light appearing I had a tall driver move the driver’s seat back pretty far.