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The sho ulder belt should lie as close to the
center of the collar bone as possib le an d
should fit well on the body ¢ A in Saf ety belt
position on page 147.
Power safety belt height adjustment*
You can adju st the height of the safety belts
using the mu ltifunction button on the driver
or fro nt passenge r seat ¢
page 60.
&_ WARNING
-
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important informat ion¢ page 146.
You can also adjust the height of the front
seats to change the position of the safety
be lts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause
severe injuries.
Wear ing sa fet y be lts imprope rly can cause se -
rious injur y or death. Safety be lts can only
wo rk when they are correct ly positioned on
the body. Improper seating positions reduce
the effect iveness of safety belts and will eve n
increase the risk of injury and death by mov-
ing the safety belt t o critical areas of the
body. Imprope r seat ing pos itions also in-
crease t he risk of serio us injur y and death
when an air bag deploys and str ikes an occu -
pa nt who is not in the cor rect seating posi-
tion. A dr iver is responsib le for the sa fety of
all vehicle occupants and especially for chi l-
dren . Therefore:
""Never permit anyone to ass ume an inco rrec t
sitting position in the veh icle while traveling
¢ .&,.
&_ WARNING
Imprope rly worn safety belts increase the
risk of se rious personal injury and death
whenever a veh icle is being used .
Sa f ety belts 149
- Always ma ke sure that all vehicle occu-
pants are correctly restrained and stay in
a correct seating position whenever the
veh icle is being used .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other impo rtant information
¢page 146 .
Safety belt preten-
sioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front, side and rear-end collisions above a
particular severity and in a rollover, safety
belts are tensioned automatically.
Reversible safety belt tensioners
The safety belts on the fro nt sea t s are eq uip-
ped with powe r reversi ble t ensioners. The fol-
low ing functions a re ava ila ble when the dr iv-
er's/fro nt passenge r's safety belts are fas-
tened :
- Aut omatic tens ioners : at t he star t of a drive,
the safety be lts automat ically adjust to the
passenger afte r a certain time period or ve-
hicle speed. To switch the automatic ten -
sioners off, select the following in t he MMI:
!CARI fu nction button > Car systems > Vehi-
cle settings > Seats > Driver's seat or Pas-
senger's seat > Automatic belt tensioner
>
Off .
- In ce rt ain dr iving s ituations , the safety be lts
may t ight en with a reve rsible tens ion ing
fu nction
¢ page 194 .
- The safety be lt s may also tighten with th is
reve rsible te nsion ing functio n in minor colli-
sion s.
Pyrotechnic safety belt pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped with safety be lt
pre t ensioners . The system is act ivated by se n-
so rs in front, side and rear-end collisions of
great seve rity and in a rollover. This tig hte ns
t he be lt and t akes up belt slack ¢ .&.
in Service
and disposal of safe ty belt pretensioner on
page 150.
Taking up the slack helps to reduce .,.
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