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Occupant safety
crushed between the vehicle occupant
and seat belt.
• objects are never secured with a seat belt
if the seat belt is also being used by one
of the vehicle 's occupants.
Seat belts are only intended to secure and
restrain vehicle occupants. Always observe
the "Loading guidelines " for securing
objects, luggage or l oads
(I>
page 180).
Fastening seat belts
Observe the safety notes on the seat belt
(I>
page 38) and the notes on correct use of
seat belts
(I>
page 39).
For easy fastening , the seat bel t is guided
through a belt loop on the side of the driv-
er 's seat.
the seat
(I>
page 74).
The seat backrest must be in an almost
vertical position.
Pull the seat belt smoothly from belt out-
let
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and engage belt tongue ® into
belt buckle Q).
If
necessary, pull upwards on t he shoul-
der section of the seat belt to tighten the
belt across your body.
Releasing the seat belts
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Make sure t hat t he seat belt is fully
rolled up. Otherwi se, the seat belt or
belt tongue will be trapped i n the door or
in the seat mechani sm . This coul d darn-
age the door, the door trim panel and the
seat bel t. Damaged seat bel ts can no l on-
ger fulfil the i r protective function and
must be replaced . Visit a qualifi ed spe-
cial ist workshop.
Press rel ease button Q), hold belt
tongue ® and guide it back towards belt
outlet @ .
Belt warning for the driver and front
passenger
The
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seat bel t warning lamp i n the
instrument cluster i s a reminder that all
vehicle occupants must wear the i r seat
belts. It may light up continuously or flash .
In addition, a warning tone may sound.
The
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seat belt warning lamp goes out
and the warning tone ceases when the driver
and the front passenger have fastened their
seat belt.
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If you are using an ISO FIX child
restraint system on the front-passenger
seat and the child is not secured using
the seat belt of t he front- passenger seat,
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