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& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
damaged or modified seat belts
Seat belts cannot provide protection in the
following situations:
If the seat belts are damaged, modified,
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extremely dirty, bleached or dyed
If the seat belt buckle is damaged or
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extremely dirty
If the Emergency Tensioning Devices, seat
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belt anchorages or seat belt retractors
have been modified
Seat belts may be damaged in an accident,
although the damage may not be visible, e.g.
due to splinters of glass.
Modified or damaged seat belts may tear or
fail, e.g. in an accident.
Modified Emergency Tensioning Devices can
accidentally trigger or fail to function as inten‐
ded.
Never modify the seat belts, Emergency
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Tensioning Devices, seat belt ancho‐
rages or seat belt retractors.
Make sure that the seat belts are
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undamaged, not worn and clean.
Always have the seat belts checked
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immediately after an accident at a quali‐
fied specialist workshop.
Only use seat belts that have been approved for
your vehicle by the sales organization named on
the inside front cover.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death from
deployed pyrotechnic Emergency Ten‐
sioning Devices
Pyrotechnic Emergency Tensioning Devices
that have been deployed are no longer opera‐
tional and are unable to perform their inten‐
ded protective function.
Therefore, have deployed pyrotechnic
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Emergency Tensioning Devices immedi‐
ately replaced at a qualified specialist
workshop.
For your safety and that of your passengers, it is
recommended that you have the vehicle towed to
a qualified specialist workshop after an accident.
Occupant safety
* NOTE Damage caused by trapping the
seat belt
If an unused seat belt is not fully retracted, it
may become trapped in the door or in the
seat mechanism.
Always ensure that an unused seat belt
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is fully retracted.
Fastening and adjusting the seat belts
If the seat belt is pulled quickly or sharply, the
seat belt retractor locks. The seat belt strap can‐
not be pulled out any further.
Always engage seat belt tongue
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seat belt into seat belt buckle
responding seat.
Press and hold the seat belt outlet release
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and slide seat belt outlet
position.
Let go of the seat belt outlet release and
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ensure that seat belt outlet
position.
Vehicles with single co-driver's seat:
* NOTE Deployment of the Emergency Ten‐
sioning Device when the co-driver's seat
is unoccupied
If the seat belt tongue is engaged in the seat
belt buckle of the unoccupied co-driver's
seat, the Emergency Tensioning Device may
also deploy in the event of an accident along
with other systems.
Only one person should use each seat
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belt at any one time.
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of the
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of the cor‐
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into the desired
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locks into
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