Seat Adjustment - BMW 325Ci Owner's Manual

Seat adjustment

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F or y o ur p ers o n al s afe ty w h e n a dju stin g
th e s e at p o sitio n, ple a s e follo w th e
in stru ctio n s b elo w c are fully:
N e v er try to a dju st y o ur s e at w hile
drivin g th e v e hicle . T h e s e at c o uld
re s p o n d w ith a n u n e x p e ct e d m o v e -
m e nt, a n d th e e n s uin g lo ss of v e hicle
c o ntrol c o uld le a d to a n a c cid e nt.
B e s ure th at th e s afe ty b elt re m ain s
firmly a g ain st y o ur b o d y at all tim e s. In
th e e v e nt of a fro ntal im p a ct, a lo o s e la p
b elt c o uld slid e o v er th e hip s, le a din g to
a b d o min al injury. In a d ditio n, th e s afe ty
b elt's re straint e ffe ctiv e n e ss is re d u c e d
if th e b elt is w orn lo o s ely.
N e v er rid e w ith th e b a c kre st re clin e d to
a n e xtre m e a n gle (e s p e cially im p orta nt
for th e fro nt p a ss e n g er to re m e m b er),
oth er w is e , y o u ru n th e ris k of slidin g
u n d er th e s afe ty b elt d urin g a n a c ci-
d e nt, th u s n e g atin g th e prot e ctio n th e
s afe ty b elt pro vid e s.<
C orrect sitting posture
T o re d u c e strain o n th e s pin al c olu m n,
sit all th e w a y b a c k in th e s e at a n d re st
y o ur b a c k fully a g ain st th e b a c kre st.
T h e id e al sittin g p o sture is a c hie v e d
w ith y o ur h e a d e xt e n din g fro m y o ur
s pin e in a straig ht lin e .
F or lo n g - dista n c e drivin g, y o u m a y w is h
to in cre a s e th e b a c kre st a n gle slig htly
to re d u c e m u s c ular t e n sio n. Y o u s h o uld
b e a ble to gra s p th e st e erin g w h e el at
its hig h e st p oint w ith y o ur arm s slig htly
b e nt.
1 B a c k w ard / F or w ard a dju stm e n t
2 C u s hio n h eig ht
3 B a c kre st a n gle
F ollo w th e s e ttin g in stru ctio n s o n
this p a g e . F ailure to d o s o c o uld
re s ult in diminis h e d p ers o n al s afe ty.<