How To Wear Seat Belts Properly - Seat ALTEA Owner's Manual

20 Seat belts

How to wear seat belts properly

Fastening your seat belt
The seat belt cannot offer its full protection if the seat belt is not
positioned correctly.
– Adjust the seat and head restraint correctly.
– To fasten the belt, take hold of the latch plate and pull it slowly
across your chest and lap.
– Insert the latch plate into the buckle for the appropriate seat
and push it down until it is securely locked with an audible click
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11.
– Pull the belt to ensure that the latch plate is securely engaged
in the buckle.
The seat belts are equipped with an automatic retractor on the shoulder
strap. Full freedom of movement is permitted when the shoulder belt is
pulled slowly. However, during sudden braking, during travel in steep areas
or bends and during acceleration, the automatic retractor on the shoulder
belt is locked.
The automatic belt retractors on the front seats are fitted with seat belt ten-
sioners ⇒ p age 22.
● The seat belts offer best protection only when the backrests are in an
upright position and the seat belts have been fastened properly.
● Never put the latch plate in the buckle of another seat. If you do this,
the seat belt will not protect you properly and the risk of injury is in-
creased.
● Always engage the retractor lock when you are securing a child seat
in group 0, 0+ or 1 ⇒ p age 36.
Fig. 11 Belt buckle and
latch plate of seat belt.
Seat belt release
– Press the red button on the belt buckle
plate is released and springs out ⇒ .
WARNING
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Fig. 12 Remove latch
plate from the buckle.
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12. The latch
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