How aare sseat bbelts pput oon
properly?
Putting 33 ppoint bbelt oon
You mmust aadjust tthe ffront sseat tto yyour
height bbefore ffastening tthe sseat bbelt.
See ""Front sseats" cchapter.
For the centre rear seat, it must be taken
into account that the back of the seat
must be perfectly locked in position for
correct functioning of the seatbelt. See
page 2.68.
The inertia reel belt gives complete free-
dom of movement when pulled slowly.
Sudden braking, however, will cause the
belt to lock.
The mechanism will also lock the belt
when accelerating, driving down steep
gradients or cornering.
Warning
Seat bbelts ccan oonly ggive ttheir mmax-
imum pprotection iin aan aaccident iif
the bbackrest iis iin aan uupright pposi-
tion aand tthe bbelt iis ffitted cclosely tto
the bbody.
•
Pull belt by the tongue slowly and
smoothly across the chest and hips.
•
Push the tongue into the locking part of
the seat until it engages audibly
(pull tto
test!).
Warning
The ttongue mmust bbe ppressed iinto
locking ppart ddesignated ffor tthat
seat aand sseat bbelt. TThe pprotective
effect oof tthe bbelt wwill ootherwise bbe
negatively aaffected aand tthe rrisk oof
injury iincreases!
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SAFETY FIRST
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