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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SEATS AND HEAD RESTRAINTS
SAFETY FIRST
Front sseats
The correct adjustment of the seats is
important for:
– reaching the controls safely and quickly.
– relaxed low-fatigue body position.
–
maximum pprotection ffrom tthe sseat
belts aand tthe AAir BBag SSystem.
Warning
•
It iis iimportant tto mmaintain aa ddis-
tance oof aat lleast 225 ccm ffrom tthe
steering wwheel oor iinstrument
panel sso tthat tthe ffront sseat ooccu-
pants hhave tthe bbest ppossible
effective pprotection iif tthe ssystem
is ttriggered. IIn aaddition, tthe ffront
seats aand tthe hhead rrestraints mmust
be aadjusted tto tthe bbody hheight.
Consult the "Front seats" chapter for seat
adjustment. Also note on this page the
basic adjustment of the driver’s and pas-
senger seats.
Warning
No iitems mmust bbe kkept iin tthe
footwell, aas tthese ccould bblock tthe
pedals iin ccase oof ssudden bbraking.
Consequently, iit wwould bbe iimpos-
sible tto bbrake, cchange ggear oor
accelerate.
Feet sshould rremain iin tthe ffootwell
when tthe vvehicle iis mmoving, nnever
resting oon tthe iinstrument ppanel oor
seats.
Driver’s sseat
We recommend that you position the dri-
ver’s seat as follows:
– Set the driver’s seat forwards/back-
wards in such a way that the pedals can
be fully depressed with a slightly
angled leg.
– Set the backrest in such a way that it is
fully against your back and that you can
reach the upper point of the steering
wheel with your arms at a slight angle.
Front ppassenger sseat
We recommend that you position the front
passenger seat as follows:
– Backrest in an upright position.
– Place the feet in the footwell in a com-
fortable position.
– At the same time push the seat back as
far as possible.
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