Robbio204

After being rear ended tonight, my headrests of the driver and passenger seats popped out. Why did this happen? Is it some kind of safety thing? How to reset or must it be done by an MB dealership, although the car is going to the dealer anyway...? Thanks

atiqa

This happened to me when I was rear ended also, I assumed it was a safety thing.
The body shop that Mercedes sends your car to will take care of all of that.

Robbio204

Thanks

Rick Hunter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W63HZiteNmY

chilledbenz

There for a min I thought the poster was referring to the option of pulling the headrest forward..which is a normal function to help support your neck on long drives and you just push it back when your done using it. Thats a pretty cool video I didn't even realize that happens.

PHYBENZ

It is a safety feature to prevent Whiplash.

Ron Jr

Active headrests.

Will617

Very neat. I read about it but never actually saw it in motion.
Great info

tpick23

Aren't active headrests the ones that will move up veritcally when you move the seat forward towards the dash?

PHYBENZ

They are called, Active Front Head Restraints:

In case of a rear impact exceeding a preset threshold, the Active Front Head Restraints move forward and slightly upward, reducing the distance between the head restraint and the front-seat occupants' heads. This action helps limit the rearward travel of their heads, thus reducing the possibility or severity of whiplash-type neck injuries.

Straight off the website.

RLE

The owner's manual shows how to restore them to the normal position.

Klyff-r6

What happens if I close the latch?

phatmanrx7

^^^

Me too. i think the paintshop i went too closed the latch on accident, what can we do if this happens?