Transporting children safely 183
Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical Data
Children of more than 150 cm in height may use the seat belts fitted to the vehicle
without a seat bolster.
Use of child safety seats
An overview of the usefulness of child seats on each of the seats according to the ECE-
R44 standard:
Universal category - seat is suitable for all approved types of child safety seats.
The seat can be fitted with fixing eyes for the “ISOFIX*”system.
The divided rear seat - seat can be fitted with fixing eyes for the system “To p
Te t he r *” page 186, “Attaching child seat using the “Top Tether” system”.
Child seats of group 0/0+
The optimal solution for babies of up to about 9 months old weighing up to 10 kg or
babies up to about 18 months old weighing up to 13 kg is a child safety seat which can
be adjusted into the reclining position fig. 164.
In view of the fact that such child seats are installed that the child is seated with its back
facing the direction of travel, they must not be used on the front passenger
seat page 181, “Use of child safety seats on the front passenger seat”.
It is essential to always switch off the front passenger airbag (airbags) when
attaching in exceptional circumstances a child safety seat on the front
passenger seat where the child is seated with its back facing in direction of
travel (in some countries also when the child is facing the direction of travel):
in a specialist garage
or by using the switch for the front passenger airbag* page 178,
“Switch for the front passenger airbag*”.
Please comply with any differing national legal regulations regarding the
use of child safety seats.
If this is not done, a child seated on the front passenger seat may suffer
severe or even fatal injuries if the front passenger airbag or airbags are
deployed.
You should have the front passenger airbag (or airbags) reactivated just as
soon as you no longer use a child safety seat on the front passenger seat.
Group Weight
0 0 - 10 kg page 183
0+ up to 13 kg page 183
1 9 - 18 kg page 184
2 15 - 25 kg page 184
3 22 - 36 kg page 185
Child seat
of the group
Front passenger
seat
Rear seat
outside
Rear seat
middle
0
0+
1
2 and 3