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will have a greater negative influence on
the vehicle's aerodynamics, center of
gravity and overall handling. Always
drive slowly, avo id sudden braking and
maneuvers when transporting cargo on
the roof of your vehicle.
- Never exceed the maximum permissible
load carrying capacity of the roof of your
vehicle, the pe rmissib le axle weights and
the permiss ible total weight of your veh i-
cle¢ page 261, Weights.
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For the sake of the environment
As a result of the increased wind resist-
ance created by a roof rack, your vehicle is
using fue l unnecessarily. So remove the
roof rack after using it.
Luggage
compartment
General information
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WARNING
Read and follow the important safety pre-
cautions on<> page 125, Stowing lug-
gage.
Enlarging the luggage compartment
App lies to vehicles: with fold ing rear seatback
The backrests can be folded forward sepa-
rately or together using the two release lev-
ers.
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Fig. 64
Luggage compartment : release lever
S ea t s a n d s t o rage
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Fig. 65
Backrest: release lever, securing knob and latc h
Release lever in lug gage comp artment
.. Pull the release lever¢ fig. 64 in the direc-
tion of the arrow to fo ld the backrest for -
ward .
Release handle on th e backrest
.. Pull the release lever @ ¢ fig . 65 in the di-
rection of the arrow to fold the backrest for-
ward.
Folding th e backrest back into th e upright
position
.. Fold the backrest back up again until it
latches and the red marking @ is no longer
visible ¢ .&_.
You can lock the backrest when it is latched in
place using the mechanical key
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¢ fig . 65 . This prevents any access to the lug -
gage compartment from the vehicle interior.
You can only enlarge the luggage compart-
ment if the backrest is not locked.
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WARNING
-
- The backrest must always be securely
latched so that the safety belt of the cen-
ter seating position can work properly to
he lp protec t the occupant.
- The backrest must be securely latched in
position so that no items contained in
the luggage compa rtment can slide for-
ward upon sudden braking.
- Always check whether the latch is fully
engaged by pull ing the seatback for-
ward.
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