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Drive with your safety belt on
Fasten your safety belt at the beginning
of every trip.
To close
Make sure you hear the lock engage in
the belt buckle.
To open
Press the red button in the buckle. Hold
the belt and guide it back into its reel.
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For your safety, please comply
with the following instructions for
wearing safety belts. Otherwise, your
personal safety will be diminished, and
the safety belts' protective function
impaired. The following information also
applies to your passengers:
Never allow more than one person to
wear a single safety belt. Infants or
small children should never be held on
the lap of a passenger.
Avoid twisting the belt while routing it
firmly across the pelvis and shoulder,
wear it as snugly against your body as
possible. Do not allow the belt to rest
against hard or fragile objects in your
pockets. Never route the belt across
your neck, do not run it across sharp
edges and ensure that the belt does not
become caught or jammed.
Avoid wearing bulky clothing and pull
on the belt periodically to retension it
over your shoulder. In the event of a
frontal impact, a loose lap belt could
slide over your hips, leading to abdom-
inal injury. In addition, the safety belt's
restraint effectiveness is reduced if the
belt is worn loosely.
Expectant mothers should always wear
their safety belts, taking care to position
the lap belt against the lower hips,
where it will not exert pressure against
the abdominal area.<
For care instructions, refer to page 121.
If the safety belt system has been
subjected to the stresses involved
in an accident or damaged in any other
way, have the complete mechanism
replaced by your BMW center,
including the safety belt tensioner and
have the belt anchorages checked.
If a child-restraint system
* is in the
vehicle during an accident, consult the
manufacturer's instructions regarding
replacement.<
Child-restraint systems*
Since your vehicle is equipped
with an airbag for the front pas-
senger, never use any rearward-facing
child-restraint systems on the front pas-
senger seat, otherwise serious injuries
can occur if the airbag is triggered.
Never modify a child-restraint system in
any way, as the result could be reduced
protection for your child.<
Safety belts
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