CITROEN C3 Desire User Manual page 103

SEAT BELTS
Front seat belts
The front seat belts are fi tted with a pre-
tensioning and force limiting system.
This system improves safety in the front
seats in the event of a front impact.
Depending on the severity of the im-
pact, the pretensioning system instantly
tightens the seat belts against the body
of the occupants.
The pretensioning seat belts are active
when the ignition is on.
The force limiter reduces the pressure
of the seat belt on the chest of the occu-
pant, so increasing their protection.
Fastening
 Pull the strap, then insert the tongue
in the buckle.
 Check that the seat belt is fastened
correctly by pulling the strap.
Unfastening
 Press the red button on the buckle.
 Guide the seat belt as it is reeled in.
Seat belt not fastened/
unfastened warning lamp
When the ignition is switched on,
this warning lamp comes on in
the instrument panel, if the driver
and/or the front passenger has
not fastened their seat belt.
From approximately 12 mph (20 km/h)
this warning lamp fl ashes for two min-
utes accompanied by an audible signal of
increasing volume. Once these two min-
utes have elapsed, this warning lamp
remains on until the driver and/or the
front passenger fastens their seat belt.
SAFETY
Rear seat belts
The rear seats are each fi tted with a
three-point inertia reel seat belt with
force limiter.
Fastening
 Pull the strap, then insert the tongue
in the buckle.
 Check that the seat belt is fastened
correctly by pulling the strap.
Unfastening
 Press the red button on the buckle.
 Guide the seat belt as it is reeled in.
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