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Pregnant women must take particular care
with this. If necessary, push the lap belt down
to your hip joint and pull it tight using the
shoulder section of the belt.
The seat belt is not routed over sharp, pointed
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or fragile objects.
If such objects are located on or in your cloth-
ing, e.g. pens, keys, spectacles, etc. stow
these in a suitable location.
Only one person should use each seat belt at
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any one time.
Babies and children must never travel sitting
on the lap of another vehicle occupant. In the
event of an accident, they could be crushed
between the vehicle occupant and seat belt.
Do not secure any objects with a seat belt if
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the seat belt is being used by one of the vehi-
cle's occupants.
Also ensure that no objects are placed
between a person and the seat. e.g. a cush-
ion.
Seat belts are solely intended to secure and
restrain persons. To secure objects, luggage or
loads, always observe the "Loading guidelines"
(
page 351).
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Fastening and adjusting the seat belts
Observe the safety notes on the seat belt
(
page 45) and the information on the correct
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use of the seat belt (
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Basic illustration
page 46).
Occupant safety
Adjust the seat (
page 107).
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The seat backrest must be in an almost ver-
tical position.
Pull the seat belt smoothly out of the belt out-
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let and engage belt tongue ; into belt
buckle :.
The seat belt on the driver's seat and the
front-passenger seat may be tightened auto-
matically, see "Belt adjustment"
(
page 47).
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If necessary, pull upwards on the shoulder
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section of the seat belt to tighten the belt
across your body.
The shoulder section of the seat belt must
always be routed across the centre of the shoul-
der. Adjust the belt outlet if necessary.
To raise: slide the belt outlet upwards.
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The belt outlet will engage in various posi-
tions.
To lower: hold belt outlet release = and slide
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belt outlet downwards.
Let go of belt outlet release = in the desired
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position and make sure that the belt outlet
engages.
Releasing the seat belts
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Make sure that the seat belt is fully rolled up.
Otherwise, the seat belt or belt tongue will be
trapped in the door or in the seat mechanism.
This could damage the door, the door trim
panel and the seat belt. Damaged seat belts
can no longer fulfil their protective function
and must be replaced. Visit a qualified spe-
cialist workshop.
Press release button in belt buckle, hold belt
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tongue firmly and guide the seat belt back.
Seat belt adjustment
The seat-belt adjustment is an integral part of
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the PRE-SAFE
convenience function. This func-
tion adjusts the driver's and front-passenger
seat belt to the upper body of the occupants.
The belt strap is tightened slightly when:
the seat belt tongue is engaged in the belt
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buckle and
the ignition is switched on
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The seat-belt adjustment will apply a certain
tightening force if any slack is detected between
the vehicle occupant and the seat belt. Do not
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