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Occupant safety
In the following situation, the side airbag and the
Emergency Tensioning Device are deactivated:
The automatic front passenger airbag shutoff
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has not categorized the person in the front
passenger seat as an adult or a person of
corresponding stature
and
The seat belt tongue is not inserted into the
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seat belt buckle on the front passenger seat
When installing a child restraint system on the
front passenger seat, always make sure of the
following:
Ensure that the child restraint system is posi‐
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tioned correctly (
page 47).
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Always comply with the child restraint sys‐
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tem manufacturer's installation instructions.
Never place objects (e.g. cushions) under or
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behind the child restraint system.
Fully retract the seat cushion length adjust‐
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ment.
The entire base of the child restraint system
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must always rest on the sitting surface of the
front passenger seat.
The backrest of the forward-facing child
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restraint system must, as far as possible, be
resting on the seat backrest of the front
passenger seat.
The child restraint system must not touch the
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roof or be put under strain by the head
restraints. Adjust the seat backrest inclina‐
tion and the head restraint setting accord‐
ingly.
& WARNING Risk of injury or death due to
objects between the seat surface and
the child restraint system
Objects between the sitting surface and the
child restraint system could affect the func‐
tion of the automatic front passenger airbag
shutoff.
Do not place any objects between the
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sitting surface and the child restraint
system.
The entire base of the child restraint
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system must always rest on the sitting
surface of the front passenger seat.
The backrest of the forward-facing child
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restraint system must, as far as possi‐
ble, be resting on the seat backrest of
the front passenger seat.
Always comply with the child restraint
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system manufacturer's installation
instructions.
A person on the front passenger seat must
observe the following information:
Fasten seat belts correctly (
page 34).
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Sit in an almost upright seat position with
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their back against the seat backrest.
Sit with their feet resting on the floor, if pos‐
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sible.
The front passenger airbag may otherwise be
disabled by mistake, for example, in the follow‐
ing situations:
The front passenger transfers their weight by
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supporting themselves on a vehicle armrest.
The front passenger sits in such a way that
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their weight is raised from the sitting sur‐
face.
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