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Occupant safety
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the seat belt is not routed across sharp,
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pointed or fragile objects.
If you have such items located on or in your
clothing, e.g. pens, keys or spectacles,
store these in a suitable place.
only one person is using a seat belt.
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Infants and children must never travel sit-
ting on the lap of a vehicle occupant. In the
event of an accident, they could be crushed
between the vehicle occupant and seat
belt.
objects are never secured with a seat belt if
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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 notes in the "Stowage options/compart-
ments" section for securing objects, luggage
or loads (
page 264).
Y
Fastening seat belts
Observe the safety notes on the seat belt
(
page 42) and the notes on correct use of
Y
seat belts (
page 43).
Y
Adjust the seat (
X
Y
The seat backrest must be in an almost
vertical position.
Pull the seat belt smoothly out of belt loop
X
= and engage belt tongue ; into belt
buckle :.
The seat belt on the driver's seat and the
front-passenger seat may be tightened
automatically; see "Belt adjustment"
(
page 45).
Y
If necessary, pull upwards on the shoulder
X
section of the seat belt to tighten the belt
across your body.
Releasing the seat belts
! Make sure that the seat belt is fully rolled
up. Otherwise, the seat belt or belt tongue
will be trapped in the door or in the seat
mechanism. This could damage the door,
the door trim panel and the seat belt. Dam-
aged seat belts can no longer fulfil their
protective function and must be replaced.
Visit a qualified specialist workshop.
Press release button :, hold belt
X
tongue ; firmly and guide it back to belt
loop =.
page 96).
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