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S
eats
and
s
torag
e
sudden braking or an accident,
you
wo uld not
be able to brake or accelerate.
Front passenger's seat
Always move the front passenger seat into the
rearmost position.
To avoid contact wit
h
the airbag wh ile
it
is de-
ploying, do not sit any closer to the inst rument
panel than necessary and always wear the three
-
point safety belt provided adjusted correctly. We
recommend that you adjust the passenger's seat
in the following manner:
.,.
Bring the backrest up to an (almost) upright
position
. Do not
ride with the seat reclined
.
.,.
Applies to vehicles with adjustable head re-
straints: Adjust the head restra int
so
the upper
edge is as even as possible with the top of your
head. If that is not possible, try to adjust the
head restraint so that it is as close to this posi-
tion as possible
¢
page 62.
.,.
Place your feet on the floor in fron
t
of the pas-
senger's seat.
Front
seats
Power seat adjustment
Applies to vehicles: with power adjustable seats
Fig.
67 Front
seats:
power
seat
adju
stment
Controls
@
-Adjusting the lumbar support*: press the
button in the correspond ing position¢
.&
.
@
-
Moving the seat up/down: press the button
up/down~
&
.
@
-
Moving the seat forward/back: press the but-
ton fo rward/back
~
11:-:,.
.
60
©
-
Adjusting the backrest angle: press the but
-
ton
forward/back
¢
.&
.
©
-
Raising/ lowering*
t
he head
rest
raints: press
the button up/down~
&
.
@
-
Lengthening/shorte ning the upper thigh
support*: lift the hand le. A spring moves the
fron
t
seat cushion fo rward ¢ ,&..
&
WARNING
-
-
Never
adj
ust
t
he driver's or front passeng-
er's seat while the vehicle is moving. If you
do this while the vehicle is moving
,
yo
u
will
be out of posit ion. Always adjust the driver 's
or front passenger's seat when the vehicle is
not moving
.
- Be careful when adjusting the seat height.
Check to see that no one is in the way, or se-
rious injury could result!
- Because the seats can be electrically adjust-
ed w ith the ignition off or with the ignition
key removed, never leave childre
n
unattend-
ed in the vehicle.
Unsupervised
use of the
electric seat adj ustments may cause serious
mJury.
-
To reduce the risk of injury in the case of
sudden braking or accident, fro nt passen-
gers must
never
ride in
a
moving vehicle
wit
h
the
backrest
reclined. Safety
belt
s
and
the air bag system on ly offer maximum
pro-
tect
ion
when the backrest is upright and the
safety belts are properly positioned on t he
body. The more the backrest is reclined, the
greater the risk of persona
l
injury from an
incorrect seating posit ion and improperly
positioned safety belts.
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