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Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release
button only after the vehicle has stopped .
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Fig. 1 1 1 Releasing the to ngue fr om t he buckle
• Push the red re lease button on t he buc kle
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The belt tongue will spring ou t
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• Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you
guide the belt tongue to its stowed posit ion.
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WARNING
Never unfaste n safety belt while the vehi-
cle is moving . Doing so will increase your
risk of being injured or killed .
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause
severe injuries.
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Wearing safety be lts improperly can cause se-
rious injury or death. Safety belts can only
work when they are correctly positioned on
the body . Improper seating positions reduce
the effect iveness of safety belts and will even
increase the risk of injury and death by mov-
ing the safety belt to critical a reas of the
body. Imp rope r seat ing pos itions also in-
crease the risk of serious injury and death
when an airbag deploys and strikes an occu-
pant who is not in the correct seating posi-
tion . A driver is responsib le for the safety of
all vehicle occupants and especially for chil-
dren. Therefore :
• Never permit anyone to ass ume an incorrect
sitting position in the vehicle whi le traveling
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Safety
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WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts increase the
risk of serious persona l injury and death
whenever a vehicle is being used.
- Always make sure that all vehicle occu-
pants are correctly restrained and stay in
a correc t seating position whe never the
veh icle is being used.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
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Safety
belt
preten-
sioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In fron t and side collisions above a particular
severity, safety belts in use are tensioned au-
tomatically.
The safety belts for the front seating positions
are equipped with safety belt pretensioners .
The system is activated by sensors in front
and side collisions of great sever ity. This t ight -
ens the be lt and takes up belt slack ~ .&.
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Service and disposal of safety belt preten-
sioner on page 110.
Taki ng up the sla ck helps
to reduce forward occupan t movement dur ing
a coll ision .
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The safety belt pretensione r can only be
act ivated once.
- In minor frontal and s ide collisions, in
rear-end collisions, in a rollover and in
accidents involving very lit t le impact
force, the safety be lt pretensioner are
not activated.
- Whe n the safety belt pretensioner is ac-
tivated, a fine dust is released. This is
normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle .
- The relevant safety requ irements must
be observed when the vehicle or compo-
nents of the system are scrapped. A
qualified dealership is fam iliar with
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