Mercedes-Benz Metris Operator's Manual page 88

Seats
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Please observe the following conditions for safe
rear seating:
Only use rear bench seats approved for the
R
vehicle.
A rear bench seat with three seats without an
R
EASY-ENTRY/EXIT section may only be fitted
in there is no other row of rear seats behind it.
Passengers may only use the seats if the rear
R
bench seat has engaged correctly
( page 87).
Y
EASY-ENTRY/EXIT feature
G
WARNING
If the rear bench seat is not fully engaged, it
may be thrown about while the vehicle is mov-
ing. There is a risk of an accident and injury.
Always make sure that the rear bench seat is
fully engaged as described.
G
WARNING
When you adjust a seat, you or other vehicle
occupants could become trapped, e.g. on the
seat guide rail. There is a risk of injury.
Make sure when adjusting a seat that no one
has any body parts in the sweep of the seat.
G
WARNING
The rear bench seat will not engage when fol-
ded forward. The rear bench seat may inad-
vertently fold backward while accelerating,
braking, changing direction suddenly or in the
event of an accident, for example. People
within the sweep of the rear bench seat may
become trapped. There is a risk of injury.
Before driving off, always fold back the rear
bench seat if it is folded forward. Make sure
that the rear bench seat is fully engaged.
The only way to ensure that the rear bench seat
will engage securely is to always keep the seat
anchorages clean and free of foreign objects.
The rear seat anchorage is only engaged when
the red indicator tab is no longer visible and is
fully retracted into the seat anchorage.
Rear bench seat with EASY-ENTRY
Handle
:
EASY-ENTRY release handle
;
= Indicator tab for seat anchorage locking
mechanism
Release handle for front seat anchorages
?
If you fold the EASY-ENTRY section of the rear
bench seat forwards, it is simpler and easier to
get into or out of the second row of seats.
To fold the EASY-ENTRY section forwards:
X
pull EASY-ENTRY release handle ; upwards.
Fold the easy-entry section forwards with the
X
aid of release handle ;.
To fold the EASY-ENTRY section back: fold
X
the EASY-ENTRY section back until it engages
in the seat anchorages.
Indicator tab = is no longer visible.
The EASY-ENTRY section has engaged cor-
rectly if:
the seat anchorage engages audibly
R
indicator tab = is no longer visible and is
R
locked in place in the seat anchorage
To remove the EASY-ENTRY section: pull
X
EASY-ENTRY release handle ; upwards.
Fold the EASY-ENTRY section forwards.
X
Pull the release handle for front seat ancho-
X
rages ? upwards.
Fold the EASY-ENTRY section further for-
X
wards.
Lift the easy-entry section up and out of the
X
anchorage.
To install the EASY-ENTRY section: place
X
front seat leg of the EASY-ENTRY section on
the seat anchorages and engage.
Fold the EASY-ENTRY section back.
X
The rear seat leg of the EASY-ENTRY section
engages audibly. Indicator tab = on the seat
anchorage is no longer visible.