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S a fet y belt s
A
WARNING
Never unfaste n safety belt while the veh i-
cle is moving . Doing so will increase your
risk of being injured or killed.
Adjusting safety belt height
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With the aid of the safety belt height adjust-
ment, the three point safety belt strap rout-
ing can be fitted to the shoulder area, accord-
ing to body size .
Fig.
177 Safety belt height adjustment for the front
sea ts - loop -around fittin gs
.. Push the loop-around fittings up i=> f ig. 177
@,
or
.. squeeze together the (!) button, and push
the loop-around fitt ings dow n @ .
.. Pull the belt to make sure that the upper at-
tachment is properly engaged .
A
WARNING
Always read and heed a ll WARNINGS and
other impo rtant informat io n i=> page 151.
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Tips
- The shoulder belt part sho uld route ap-
proximately over the midd le of your
s hou lder - under no circumstances
should it route over your neck and
throat area i=>
&
in Safety bel t position
on page 153.
- With the front seats, the he ight adj ust-
ment of the sea t can also be used t o ad-
ju st the position of the safety belts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause
severe injuries .
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause se-
rious injury or deat h. Safety belts can o nly
work when they are correctly positioned on
the body. Improper seat ing pos itions reduce
the effectiveness of safety be lts and will even
increa se t he risk of inju ry and death by mov-
ing the safety be lt to crit ical areas of the
body. Improper seating positions also in-
crease the risk of serious injury and death
when an a irbag dep loys and strikes an occu-
pant who is not in the correct seating posi -
tion. A driver is respons ible for the safety of
all veh icle occupants and especially for chil-
dren . Therefore:
.. Never perm it anyone to assume an incorrect
sitting pos ition in the vehicle while traveling
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A
WARNING
Improperly worn safety be lt s increase the
risk of ser ious persona l injury and death
whenever a vehicle is being used.
- Always ma ke sur e that all vehicle occu-
pants are co rrectly restra ined and stay in
a correct seating position whe never t he
veh icle is being used .
- Always read a nd heed all WARNINGS a nd
ot her impo rtant inform at ion
i=> page 151.
Safety
belt
preten-
sioners
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.
The safety belts are equipped with safety belt
pretensioners . The system is act ivated by sen-
sors in front, side and rear-end collisions of
grea t severity and in a rollover. This tightens
t he belt and t akes up belt slack i=>
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