Mercedes-Benz CLA Operator's Manual page 44

42 42 Occupant safety
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have the
vehicle towed to a quali ed specialist workshop
a er an accident.
* N N O O TE TE 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.
F F ast astening seat belts ening 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 2
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belt into seat belt buckle 1 of the corre-
sponding seat.
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A seat belt can only provide the best level of
protection if it is worn correctly. Observe the
notes on fastening the seat belt (
* N N O O TE TE Deployment of components of the
restraint system when the front passenger
seat is unoccupied and a seat belt is
buckled
When the front passenger seat is unoccupied
and the seat belt tongue of the seat belt is
engaged in the seat belt buckle, components
of the restraint system may deploy unnecessa-
rily on the front passenger side, e.g. the Emer-
gency Tensioning Device.
Only buckle the seat belts as intended.
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% Observe the notes on storage areas
( page 101).
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Information on installing a child restraint sys-
of the seat
tem and on children traveling in the vehicle
can be found in the "Children in the vehicle"
section ( page 55).
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Seat belt adjus Seat belt adjustment function tment function
page 39).
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V V ehicles wit ehicles with PRE-S h PRE-SAFE
has been fastened, the automatic seat belt adjust-
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AFE : : A er a front seat belt