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S a fety
belts
A
WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and oth-
er important informat ion
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page 140 .
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Tips
You can also adjust the height of the front
seats to change the position of the safety
belts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly posit ioned safety belts can cause se-
vere injuries.
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause seri-
ous injury or death. Safety belts can only work
when they are correctly positioned on the body.
Improper seating positions reduce the effective-
ness of safety belts and will even increase the
risk of injury and death by moving the safety belt
to crit ica l areas of the body . Improper seating
positions also increase the risk of serious injury
and death when an airbag deploys and strikes an
occupant who is not in the correct seating posi-
tion. A driver is responsible for the safety of all
vehicle occupants and especia lly for children.
Therefore:
... Never permit anyone to assume an incorrect
sitting position in the vehicle whi le traveling
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A
WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts increase the risk
of serious personal injury and death whenever
a vehicle is being used.
- Always make sure that all vehicle occupants
are correctly restrained and stay in a correct
seat ing pos ition whenever the veh icle is be -
ing used.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
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page 140.
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Belt tensioners
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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.
Reversible safety belt tensioners
The safety belts on the front seats are equipped
with power reversible tensioners. The following
functions are available when the driver's/front
passenger 's safety belts are fastened:
- Automatic tensioners: at the start of a drive,
the safety belts automatically adjust to the
passenger after a certain time period or vehicle
speed. To switch the automatic tensioners off,
select the following in the MMI:
!CARI
function
button
>
Car systems > Vehicle settings
>
Seats
>
Driver's seat or Passenger's seat
>
Au-
tomatic belt tensioner
>
Off .
- In certa in driving situations , the safety belts
may tighten with a reve rsib le tensioning func -
tion
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- The safety be lts may also tighten with this re-
vers ible tensioning funct ion in minor collisions.
Pyrotechnic safety belt pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped wit h safety belt
pretensioners . The system is activated by sensors
in front, side and rear-end collisions of great se-
verity and in a rollover. This tightens the belt and
takes up belt slack
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safety belt pretensioner on page 145.
Taking up
the slack helps to reduce forward occupant
movement during a collision.
A
WARNING
- It is possible for the pretensioners
to deploy
incorrectly.
- The pyrotechnic system can only provide
protection for one collision. If the pyrotech-
nic pretens ioners deploy, the pretensioning
system must be replaced .
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Tips
The pyrotechnic safety belt pretensioners
can
only deploy once.
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