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Pull the belt to make sure that the upper at-
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WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and oth-
er important information
¢ page 137.
With the front seats, the height adjustment
of the seat can also be used to adjust the po-
sition of t he safety belts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause se-
vere injuries.
Wear ing safety be lts improperly can cause seri-
ous injury or death. Safety belts can on ly work
when they are correct ly posit ioned on the body .
Imp roper seat ing posit ions reduce the effective-
ness of safety belts and will even increase the risk
of inju ry and death by moving t he safety be lt to
crit ica l areas of the body. Improper seat ing posi-
tions also increase the risk of ser ious injury and
deat h when an airbag deploys and stri kes an oc-
cupant who is not in t he cor rect seating posit ion .
A driver is responsible for the safety of all veh icle
occupants and espec ially for children. Therefore :
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Never permit anyone to ass ume an inco rrect sit-
t ing position in the vehicle while trave ling
¢ ,& .
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WARNING
Imprope rly worn safety belts increase the risk
of serious personal injury and death whe never
a vehicle is be ing used.
- Always make sure that al l vehicle occupants
are correctly restrained and stay in a cor rect
sea ti ng pos it ion whenever the veh icle is be-
ing used.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
ot her important info rmat ion
¢page 137 .
Sa f ety bel t s
Belt tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front, side and rear-end collisions above a
particular severity and in a rollover, safety belts
are tensioned automatically.
Reversible safety belt tensioners
The safety belts on the front seats are eq uipped
with power reversib le tensioners. The fo llow ing
funct ions are availab le when the driver's/front
passenge r's safety belts are fastened:
- Automatic tens ioners : at the start of a drive,
the safety belts automat ically adjust to the
passenger after a certain time per iod or vehicle
speed. To sw itch t he automat ic tensioners off,
select the following in the MMI:
!CA R I
fu nction
button
> (Car )* systems
>
Vehicle setting s >
Seat s > Driver's seat or Passenger's seat > Au-
tomatic belt ten sioner
>
Off .
- In ce rtai n dr iving situations, the safety belts
may t ighten with a revers ible tens ion ing func-
t ion
¢ page 185 .
- The safety be lt s may also t igh t en wit h t his re-
versible tens ion ing fu nct ion in m inor collisions.
Pyrotechnic safety belt pretensioners
The safety belts are equ ipped with safe ty belt
pretensioners . The system is act ivated by se nsors
in front, side and rea r-e nd coll isions of great se-
ver ity and in a ro llover. This tig htens the belt a nd
ta kes up belt slack¢ .&.
in Service and disposal of
safety belt pre tensioner on page 142 .
Taking up
t he slack he lps to reduce forward occupa nt
movement during a collision.
A
WARNING
- It is poss ible for the pretens ioners to deploy
incorrectly.
- The pyrotechnic system can only provide
protection for one coll is ion. If the pyrotech-
nic pretensioners deploy, the pretens ion ing
sys t em must be replaced .
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Tips
The pyrotechnic safety be lt pretensioners can
o nly dep loy once .
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