Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe 2023 Operator's Manual page 44

42 42 Occupant safety
* N N O O TE TE Deployment of components of the
restraint system when the front passenger
seat is unoccupied and a seat belt is
buckled
When the front passenger seat is unoccupied
and the seat belt tongue of the seat belt is
engaged in the seat belt buckle, components
of the restraint system may deploy unnecessa-
rily on the front passenger side, e.g. the Emer-
gency Tensioning Device.
Only buckle the seat belts as intended.
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% Observe the notes on storage areas
( page 99).
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Information on installing a child restraint sys-
tem and on children traveling in the vehicle
can be found in the "Children in the vehicle"
section ( page 55).
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Seat belt adjus Seat belt adjustment function tment function
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V V ehicles wit ehicles with PRE-S h PRE-SAFE AFE : : a er a front seat belt
has been fastened, the automatic seat belt adjust-
ment may apply a certain amount of tightening
force. Do not hold the seat belt tightly while it is
adjusting.
You can activate and deactivate the seat belt
adjustment function using the multimedia system
( page 42).
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A A ctiv ctivating/deactiv ating/deactivating seat belt adjus ating seat belt adjustment via
t t he multimedia syst he multimedia system em
Multimedia system:
Vehicle î Vehicle Settings
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Belt Adjustment
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Activate O or deactivate ª the function.
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R R eleasing seat belts eleasing seat belts
Press the release button in the seat belt
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buckle and guide the seat belt back with the
seat belt tongue.
Seat belt war arning function f Seat belt w ning function for t
passenger er passeng
The ü seat belt warning lamp on the instru-
ment display is a reminder that all vehicle occu-
pants must wear their seat belts correctly.
The ü seat belt warning lamp will light up for
tment via six seconds every time the vehicle is started.
In addition, a warning tone may sound.
When the driver's and front passenger's doors are
closed and the driver and front passenger have
fastened their seat belts, the seat belt warning will
go out.
In the following cases, the seat belt warning will
light up during a journey if:
The vehicle speed exceeds 15 mph (25 km/h)
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and the driver's or front passenger seat belt is
not fastened.
The driver or front passenger unfastens his or
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her seat belt while the vehicle is in motion.
or the dr he driv iver and fr er and front ont