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.. Inse rt the tongue into the correct buckle of
your seat until you hear it latch securely
e:>page 177, fig. 203 .
.. Pull on the be lt to make sure that it is se -
curely latched in the buckle .
A WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can
cause se rious personal injury in an acci-
de nt.
- Expectant mothers must always wear the
lap po rtion of the safety belt as low as
poss ible across the pe lvis and be low the
rounding of the abdomen.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other impor tant information
e:> .&. in Fas-
tening safe ty belts on page 177.
Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release
button only after the vehicle has stopped.
Fig. 206 Releasing the tongu e from the buckle
.. Push the red release button on the buck le
e:> fig. 206 . The belt tongue will spring out
of the bu ckle
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.. Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you
guide the belt tongue to its stowed posit ion.
On vehicles with
third row seat* : an unfas-
t ened safety belt can be secured in the retain-
ing clip in t he luggage compartment s ide
tr im . In this way, the luggage compartment
cover can be removed without obst ruct ion. Al-
so, the belt tongue height can be adjusted so
that luggage compartment can be loaded
without obst ruction wit h the backrest folded
:5: forward.
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Safety belts 179
A WARNING
Never unfasten safety belt whi le the vehi-
cle is moving . Doing so will increase your
risk of being injured o r killed.
Adjusting safety belt height
Wit h the aid of the safety belt heigh t adjust-
ment, the three point safety belt strap rout-
ing can be fitted to the shoulder area, accord-
ing to body size .
Fig. 207 Safety belt height adj ust ment - loop-a round
fittings
The shoulder belt should lie as close t o the
center of the collar bone as possible and
should fit well on the body
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position on page 178 .
.. Push
the loop-around fittings up c:> fig. 207
@, or
.. squeeze together the (D button, and push
the loop-around fittings down @ .
.. Pull the belt to make sure that the upper at-
t achment is properly engaged .
A WARNING
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Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
c::> page 176 .
(0 Tips
With the front seats, the he igh t adj ust-
ment of the sea t can also be used to adju st
the position of the safety belts.
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