Mercedes-Benz Metris Operator's Manual page 30

Occupant safety
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& W W ARNING
ARNING Risk of injury or death from
deployed pyrotechnic Emergency Tension-
ing Devices
Pyrotechnic Emergency Tensioning Devices
that have been deployed are no longer opera-
tional and are unable to perform their intended
protective function.
Therefore, have deployed pyrotechnic
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Emergency Tensioning Devices immedi-
ately replaced at a quali ed specialist
workshop.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you have the
vehicle towed to a quali ed specialist workshop
a er an accident.
* N N O O TE TE Damage caused by trapping the seat
belt
If an unused seat belt is not fully retracted, it
may become trapped in the door or in the seat
mechanism.
Always ensure that an unused seat belt is
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fully retracted.
F F ast astening and adjus ening and adjusting seat belts ting seat belts
If the seat belt is pulled quickly or sharply, the seat
belt retractor locks. The seat belt strap cannot be
pulled out any further.
Always engage seat belt tongue
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belt into seat belt buckle
sponding seat.
Press and hold the seat belt outlet release and
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slide seat belt outlet 3
tion.
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R R eleasing t
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F F unction of t
and co-dr and co-driv iver er
The ü seat belt warning lamp in the Instrument
Display is a reminder that all vehicle occupants
must wear their seat belts correctly.
The ü seat belt warning lamp lights up for six
seconds each time the vehicle is switched on.
A warning tone may also sound.
A er the vehicle is started, the seat belt warning
goes out as soon as the driver's and the co-driver's
seat belts are fastened.
2 of the seat
While driving, the seat belt warning lights up in the
1 of the corre-
following cases:
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into the desired posi-
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Let go of the seat belt outlet release and
ensure that seat belt outlet
tion.
Only a seat belt which is worn correctly can
provide the intended level of protection.
Observe the notes on fastening the seatbelt
( page 26).
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NOTE TE Deployment of components of the
restraint system when the front passenger
seat is unoccupied and a seat belt is buck-
led
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 stowage areas
( page 164).
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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 36).
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eleasing the seat belt he seat belt
Press the release button in the seat belt buckle
and guide the seat belt back with the seat belt
tongue.
unction of the seat belt w he seat belt war arning syst ning system f
If the vehicle's speed is higher than 15 mph
(25 km/h) and the driver's or co-driver's seat
belt is not fastened
If the driver or co-driver unfasten their seat belt
during the journey
3 locks into posi-
em for dr or driv iver er