Mercedes-Benz GLA 180 Owner's Manual page 295

Stowage areas
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The vehicle occupant would thereby be
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pushed into the seat belt by the rear bench
seat/rear seat or by the seat backrest. The
seat belt cannot protect as intended and
could result in additional injury.
Objects or loads in the boot/luggage com-
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partment cannot be restrained by the seat
backrest.
This poses an increased risk of injury.
Before every trip, make sure that the seat
backrests and the rear bench seat/rear seat
are engaged before every trip.
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Before folding the backrest in the rear com-
partment forwards, make sure that the rear
compartment armrest and the cupholder are
folded in. They may otherwise be damaged.
Observe the loading guidelines (
The left-hand and right-hand rear seat backrests
can be folded forwards separately to increase
the luggage compartment capacity.
Notes on using the luggage compart-
ment
Making the best use of your luggage compart-
ment:
You can increase the load capacity by adjust-
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ing the backrest to the cargo position
( page 293).
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The load area can be lengthened by folding
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forward the folding backrest of the front-
passenger seat (
sponding backrest in the rear.
page 288).
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page 291) and the corre-
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Folding the rear seat backrest forwards
and back
Folding the rear seat backrest forwards
Fully insert the backrest head restraints if
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necessary ( page 109).
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Move the driver's or front-passenger seat for-
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wards if necessary.
Pull left-hand or right-hand release handle ;
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of the seat backrest forwards.
The corresponding seat backrest : is
released.
Fold backrest : forwards.
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Move the driver's or front-passenger seat
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back if necessary.
Insert the seat belt into seat-belt holder :.
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Folding back the rear seat backrest
!
Make sure that the seat belt does not
become trapped when folding the rear seat
backrest back. Otherwise, it could be dam-
aged.