Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class Owner's Manual page 28

Adjusting
Seats
You can adjust your seats either manually
or electrically*, depending on your vehi-
cle's equipment.
G
Risk of accident
Only adjust the driver's seat when the vehi-
cle is stationary. Otherwise, you may no
longer be able to observe road and traffic
conditions and you could lose control of the
vehicle as a result of the seat moving.
G
Risk of accident and injury
Make sure that nobody can become trapped
as you adjust the seat.
To reduce the risk of serious or fatal injuries
in the event of an accident or heavy deceler-
ation, e.g. by an airbag inflating within milli-
seconds, observe the following points:
All occupants must select a seat
position that allows the seat belt to be
worn correctly and that is as far away
from the front airbags as possible.
The position of the driver's seat must
allow the driver to drive the vehicle
safely. The distance from the driver's
seat to the pedals must be such that the
driver can fully depress the pedals. The
distance between the driver's chest and
the centre of the airbag cover must be
more than 25 cm. The driver's arms
should be slightly bent when holding the
steering wheel.
Getting started
Adjusting
Position the front-passenger seat as far
back as possible, especially if a child is
sitting on this seat or if a child is secured
in a restraint system on this seat.
Occupants must always wear their seat
belt correctly and position their back-
rest as close to the vertical as possible.
The head restraint should support the
back of your head at about eye level.
Rearward-facing child restraint systems
must not be fitted to the front-passen-
ger seat unless the front passenger air-
bag has been deactivated. In Mercedes-
Benz vehicles, the front passenger air-
bag is deactivated and the AIRBAG OFF
warning lamp is lit when a child restraint
system with automatic child seat recog-
nition is fitted to a front-passenger seat
in a vehicle with automatic child seat
recognition.
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