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Seat belts
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Applies to vehicles:
Taking off the seat belts
The red button releases the belt from the buckle.
Seat belt height adjustment
Seat belt height adjusters can be used to adjust the height
of the shoulder portion of the seat belt.
Fig. 213 The latch
plate of the belt
springs out of the
buckle
Fig. 212 Belt height
adjustment for the
front seats: guide
fitting
– Press the red button in the seat belt buckle ⇒ fig. 213.
The latch plate will spring out of the buckle.
2
– Take hold of the guide fitting and slide it up ⇒ fig. 212 A,
– Guide the belt back by hand so that it is taken up by the
retractor.
or
1
– Compress the adjuster A and slide the guide fitting
2
downwards A.
Belt tensioners
– After adjusting, pull the shoulder belt sharply to check
that the catch on the guide fitting is engaged securely.
How the belt tensioners work
The seat belts for the driver and front passenger are
equipped with belt tensioners.
Note
• The shoulder portion of the seat belt must be positioned roughly
midway over the shoulder – it must never rest against the neck
The seat belts on the front seats are tensioned automatically in
frontal, side and rear-end impacts above a certain degree of
severity. This helps to reduce the forward motion of the occupants.
⇒
in “Adjusting the seat belts” on page 197.
• It is also possible to adjust the height of the front seats to obtain
the best position for the front seat belts.
In a less severe accident, or in the event of a roll-over, the belt
tensioners are not activated.
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