Fastening - Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe Operator's Manual

Occupant safety
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When fastening the seat belt, always make
sure that:
the seat belt tongue is only inserted to the
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belt buckle belonging to that seat.
the seat belt is tight across your body.
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Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. a winter
coat.
the seat belt is not twisted.
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Only then can the forces which occur be
distributed over the area of the belt.
the shoulder section of the belt is always
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routed across the center of your shoulder.
The shoulder section of the belt must not
come into contact with your neck or be
routed under your arm.
the lap belt passes tightly and as low down
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as possible across your lap.
The lap belt must always be routed across
your hip joints and not across your abdo-
men. This applies particularly to pregnant
women. If necessary, push the lap belt
down to your hip joint and pull it tight using
the shoulder section of the belt.
the seat belt is not routed across sharp,
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pointed or fragile objects.
If you have such items located on or in your
clothing, e.g. pens, keys or eyeglasses,
store these in a suitable place.
only one person is using a seat belt at a
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time.
Infants and children must never travel sit-
ting on the lap of a vehicle occupant. In the
event of an accident, they could be crushed
between the vehicle occupant and seat
belt.
objects are never secured with a seat belt if
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the seat belt is also being used by one of the
vehicle's occupants.
Seat belts are only intended to secure and
restrain vehicle occupants. Always observe
the "Loading guidelines" for securing objects,
luggage or loads ( page 282).
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Fastening a seat belt
Observe the safety notes on the seat belt
( page 46) and the notes on correct use of
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seat belts ( page 47).
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G WARNING
If the seat-belt extender is extended during
the journey, the seat belt is not fitted properly
on the body. The seat belt can then no longer
perform its intended protective function. This
poses an increased risk of injury or even fatal
injury.
Always make sure that the seat-belt extender
is retracted during a journey.
Seat-belt extender (example: Coupe)
The seat-belt extender for the driver and front
passenger helps you fasten your seat belt.
Seat-belt extender : is extended when the
respective door is closed and the SmartKey is
turned to position 1 or 2 in the ignition lock.
You can also extend seat-belt extender :
with seat-belt extender button A.