Wearing Seat Belts - Mercedes-Benz Vito Operating Instructions Manual

Safety
Occupant safety
G
Risk of injury
The seat belt cannot function correctly if the
belt or buckle is dirty or damaged. Keep the
belt and buckle clean, otherwise the belt
2
tongue cannot engage correctly.
Regularly check the seat belts to make sure
that they:
are not damaged
I
I are not routed over sharp edges
are not trapped
I
Otherwise the belt could tear in the event of
an accident. You or others could be serious-
ly or fatally injured.
Have seat belts which have been damaged
or subjected to heavy loads in an accident
replaced and have their anchorages
checked.
Mercedes-Benz recommends that, for safety
reasons, you only use seat belts which have
been specially approved for your vehicle by
Mercedes-Benz.
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Wearing seat belts

1 Belt sash guide
2 Belt tongue
3 Release button
4 Buckle
E
To fasten the seat belt: pull the belt
smoothly out of the belt reel.
E
Route the belt across your shoulder.
Nur fuer internen Gebrauch
E Click belt tongue 2 into seat belt
buckle 4.
E
If necessary, pull upwards on the shoul-
der section of the belt to tighten it
across your body.
E
Adjust the belt to the appropriate
height as necessary.
E
To release the seat belt: press re-
lease button 3 on seat belt buckle 4.
Belt height adjustment
G
Risk of accident
Only adjust the seat belt height when the
vehicle is stationary and the pedal-operated
parking brake is applied.
You could otherwise lose control of the ve-
hicle as a result of seat adjusting move-
ments and thereby endanger yourself and
others.
Adjust the belt to a height that allows it to
be routed across the middle of your shoul-
der.