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Seat belts
Taking seat belts off
– Press the red button in the belt lock
the tongue of the lock to jump out.
– Guide the belt back with your hand to enable the inertia reel to wind
up the belt webbing more easily.
A plastic knob in the belt webbing holds the belt tongue in a position which is easy
to get hold of.
Three-point seat belt for the rear middle seat
The three-point seat belt for the rear middle seat is anchored in the
area of the luggage compartment on the left side of the headliner.
Your car is equipped as standard with the three-point seat belt
Fastening the seat belt
– Pull the belt with both lock tongues out of the headliner mount.
– Insert the lock tongue at the end of the belt into the seat belt buckle
on the left side until it is heard to lock in place.
Fig. 144 Releasing lock
tongue from belt lock
⇒ fig.
144. The spring force causes
– Pull the second lock tongue, which is moveable on the seat belt, over
the chest and insert it into the belt buckle on the right side until it is
heard to lock in place.
– Pull on the belt to check that both lock tongues are reliably engaged in
the locks.
– The belt tongues of the three-point seat belt for the rear middle seat
are shaped differently so that they only fit into the respective belt
buckle. If you attempt to insert a lock tongue into the wrong belt lock
it will not lock.
Taking seat belt off
– Take off the seat belt in the reverse order to fastening.
WARNING
The three-point safety belt for the rear middle seat can only fulfil its func-
tion reliably when the backrests are correctly locked into position
⇒ page 66.
After releasing the seat belt hold it tight and let it slowly reel up until both
lock tongues lock into the headliner mount and are secured with a magnet -
risk of injury.
Never release simultaneously both tongues of the lock.
Belt tensioner
Safety for the driver and front passenger wearing their seat belts is enhanced by
the belt tensioners fitted to the inertia reels of the front three-point seat belts.
The fastened three-point seat belts are automatically tensioned in the event of a
frontal collision of a certain severity. The belts tensioners are also deployed if the
seat belts are not fastened.
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