Mercedes-Benz 350 SDL Owner's Manual page 36

Seat Belts and Supplemental
Restraint System (SRS)
Your vehicle is equipped with seat
belts for all seats, emergency ten­
sioning retractors for the front seats,
driver airbag and knee bolster and
optional front passenger airbag and
knee bolster.
Seat Belts
Important!
Laws in most states and all Canadian
provinces require seat belt use.
All states and provinces require use of
child restraints that comply with U.S.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stand­
ard 213 and Canadian Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 213.1.
Seat Belt Warning System
With the key in steering lock posi­
tion 2, an audible warning sounds for
a short time if the driver's seat belt is
not fastened.
When someone enters the car (front)
the reminder lamp, located below the
front interior/reading lamp, flashes for
a short time to remind all occupants to
fasten seat belts.
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Fastening
1 Latch plate
2 Buckle
3 Release button
Pull belt with latch plate (1) across
shoulder and lap so that the lap belt is
positioned as low as possible on your
hips and not across your abdomen.
Do not twist the belt. For safety
reasons, avoid adjusting the seat into
positions which could affect the
correct seat belt position.
Push latch plate (1) into buckle (2)
until it clicks.