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Pregnant women must also be correctly
restrained
The best way to protect the fetus is to make sure
that expectant mothers always wear safety belts
correctly - throughout the pregnan cy.
Fig. 153 Safety belt position dur ing pregnancy
To provide max imum protection, safety belts
must always be posit ioned correctly on the wear-
er 's body ¢ page 138.
.. Adjust the front seat and adjustable head re-
straint* correctly
r:::;, page 53, General informa-
tion .
.. Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it evenly
across the chest and pelv is
r:::;, fig. 153, r:::;, &_ .
.,. Inse rt the tongue into the correct buckle of
your seat until you hea r it latch secure ly
r:=:>poge 137, fig. 151.
.,. Pull on the be lt to make sure that it is secu rely
latched in the buckle .
_& WARNING
Improperly positioned safety be lts can cause
ser ious personal injury in an accident.
- Expectant mot hers must a lways wear the
lap portion of the safety belt as low as pos-
sible across the pelvis and below the round-
ing of the abdomen .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
¢ A in Fasten-
ing safety belts on page 138.
Safet y bel ts
Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release
button only o~er the vehicle hos stopped .
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Fig. 154 Releasing the tongue from the buckle
.. Push the red re lease button on t he buck le
r:::;, fig. 154. The belt tongue will spring out of
the buck ler:::;,&_ .
.,. Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you
guide the belt tongue to its stowed position .
_& WARNING
-
Never unfasten safety belt wh ile the vehicle is
moving . Doing so will increase your risk of be-
ing injured or killed .
Adjusting safety belt height
With the aid of the safety belt height adjust-
ment, the three point safety belt strop routing
con be fitted to the shoulder area, according to
body size.
Fig. 155 Safety belt height adjust ment fo r the front seats
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The shoulder be lt shou ld lie as close to the center
of the collar bone as possible and shou ld fit well
on the body ¢ &. in Safe ty belt position on
page 138. .,,.
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