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G
Risk of accident
Only adjust the driver's seat when the vehi-
cle is stationary. Otherwise, your attention
could be diverted from the road and traffic
conditions and you could lose control of the
vehicle as a result of the seat moving. You
could thereby cause an accident.
G
Risk of injury
Make sure that nobody can become trapped
as the seat is adjusted.
To reduce the risk of serious or even fatal in-
jury as a result of an accident with a high
rate of vehicle deceleration, e.g. due to an
airbag inflating within milliseconds, you
should observe the following points:
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All occupants must select a seat posi-
tion in which they can wear their seat
belt correctly and which is as far away
from the front airbag as possible.
The seat position must also allow the
driver to be able to drive the vehicle
safely. The position of the driver in rela-
tion to the pedals must be such that he
is able to depress them fully. The dis-
tance from the driver's chest to the mid-
dle of the airbag cover must be more
than 25 cm. The driver's arms should be
slightly bent when holding the steering
wheel.
Move the front-passenger seat to its
rearmost position, particularly if a child
is sitting either directly on this seat or is
secured in a restraint system fitted on
this seat.
Occupants must wear their seat belt
correctly at all times and lean back
against their backrest, which should be
positioned as close to the vertical as
possible.
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Make sure that the centre of the head
restraint supports the back of your head
at about eye level. This reduces the risk
of injury to your head and neck in the
event of an accident or similar situa-
tions.
Do not lean forwards (e.g. over the pad-
ded boss of the steering wheel), espe-
cially while the vehicle is in motion.
Do not rest your feet on the dashboard.
Only hold the steering wheel by the rim.
This allows the airbag to inflate fully. If
you hold the steering wheel by the in-
side, you could be injured if the airbag
were to deploy.
Do not lean on the doors from inside the
vehicle.
Do not place any objects on the airbag
or between the airbag and the occupant.
Do not hang any hard objects, such as
coat hangers, on the grab handles.