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.. Inse rt the tongue into the correct buckle of
your seat until you hear it latch securely
e:> p age 177, fig. 203 .
.. Pull on the be lt to make sure that it is se -
curely latched in the buckle .
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WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can
cause se rious personal injury in an acci-
de nt.
- Expectant mothers must a lways wear the
lap po rtion of the safety belt as low as
poss ible across the pe lvis and be low the
rounding of the abdomen.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other impor tant information
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in Fas-
tening safe ty belts on page 177.
Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release
button only after the vehicle has stopped.
Fig. 206
Releas ing the tongu e from the buckle
.. Push the red release button on the buck le
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fig. 206 .
The belt tongue will spring out
of the bu ckle
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.. Let the bel t wind up on the retractor as you
guide the belt tongue to its stowed posit ion.
On vehicles with third row seat* : an unfas-
t ened safety belt can be secured in the retain-
ing clip in t he luggage compartment
s ide
tr im . In this way, the luggage compartment
cover can be removed without obst ruct io n. Al-
so, the belt tongue height can be adjusted so
that luggage compartment
can be loaded
without obst ruction wit h the backrest folded
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forward.
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Safety
belts
179
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WARNING
Never unfasten safety belt whi le the vehi-
cle is mov ing . Doing so will increase your
risk of being injured o r killed.
Adjusting safety belt height
Wit h the aid of the safety belt heigh t adjust-
ment, the three point safety belt strap rout-
ing can be fitted to the shoulder area, accord-
ing to body size .
Fig. 207 Safety be lt height adj ust ment - loop-a round
fittings
The shoulder belt should lie as close t o the
center of the collar bone as possible and
should fit well on the body
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in Safety belt
position on page 178 .
.. Push
the loop-around fittings
up c:>
fig. 207
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or
.. squeeze
together the
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button, and
push
the loop-around fittings down @ .
.. Pull the belt to make sure that the upper at-
t achment is properly engaged .
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WARNING
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Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
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page 176 .
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Tips
With the front seats, the he igh t adj ust-
ment of the sea t can also be used to adju st
the position of the safety belts.
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