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Safety -> Seat belts for Your Citroen Ds5 SUV First Generation (2011-2018)

Seat belts  
Front seat belts  
Rear seat belts  
The rear seats are each fitted with a seat belt,  
three-point anchorages with inertia reel and  
force limiter (except for the centre rear seat).  
Fastening  
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Pull the strap, then insert the tongue in the  
The front seat belts are fitted with a  
pretensioning and force limiting system.  
This system improves safety in the front  
seats in the event of a front or side impact.  
Depending on the severity of the impact, the  
pretensioning system instantly tightens the seat  
belts against the body of the occupants.  
The pretensioning seat belts are active when  
the ignition is on.  
buckle.  
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Check that the seat belt is fastened  
correctly by pulling the strap.  
Unfastening  
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Press the red button on the buckle.  
Guide the seat belt as it reels in.  
The force limiter reduces the pressure of the  
seat belt on the chest of the occupant,  
so improving their protection.  
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Safety  
Front seat belt warning lamps  
On switching on the ignition, warning  
lamp 1 comes on in the instrument  
panel and the corresponding warning  
lamp 2 and/or 3 come(s) on in red  
in the passenger's seat belt and front airbag  
warning lamp display, if the corresponding seat  
belt is not fastened or is unfastened.  
Rear seat belt warning lamps  
Front seat belt height adjustment  
Seat belt not fastened /  
unfastened warning lamps*  
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To adjust the anchorage point, squeeze the  
control and slide it until you find a notch.  
On switching on the ignition, the  
corresponding warning lamps 4, 5 and  
6 come on in red for about 30 seconds  
if a seat belt is not fastened.  
1. Front and/or rear seat belts not fastened /  
unfastened warning lamp in the instrument  
panel.  
2. Front left seat belt warning lamp.  
3. Front right seat belt warning lamp.  
4. Rear right seat belt warning lamp.  
5. Rear centre seat belt warning lamp.  
6. Rear left seat belt warning lamp.  
Above 12 mph (20 km/h), the corresponding  
warning lamps 4, 5 or 6 comes on in red,  
accompanied by an audible signal and a  
message in the instrument panel screen, when  
a rear passenger has unbuckled their seat belt.  
From approximately 12 mph  
(20 km/h), the warning lamp(s) flash  
for two minutes accompanied by  
an audible signal. Once these two  
minutes have elapsed, the warning lamp(s)  
remain on until the driver or one or more  
passengers fasten their seat belt.  
* Depending on version and/or country of sale.  
Advice  
The driver must ensure that passengers use  
the seat belts correctly and that they are all  
fastened before setting off.  
In order to be effective, a seat belt must:  
Recommendations for children  
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be tightened as close to the body as  
possible,  
Use a suitable child seat if the passenger is  
less than 12 years old or shorter than one  
and a half metres.  
Never use the same seat belt to secure more  
than one person.  
Never allow a child to travel on your lap.  
For more information on child seats, refer to  
the corresponding section.  
Wherever you are seated in the vehicle,  
always fasten your seat belt, even for short  
journeys.  
Do not interchange the seat belt buckles as  
they will not fulfil their role fully.  
The seat belts are fitted with an inertia reel  
permitting automatic adjustment of the  
length of the strap to your size. The seat belt  
is stowed automatically when not in use.  
Before and after use, ensure that the seat  
belt is reeled in correctly.  
The lower part of the strap must be  
positioned as low as possible on the pelvis.  
The upper part must be positioned in the  
hollow of the shoulder.  
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be pulled in front of you with a smooth  
movement, checking that it does not  
twist,  
be used to restrain only one person,  
not bear any trace of cuts or fraying,  
not be converted or modified to avoid  
affecting its performance.  
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In accordance with current safety  
regulations, for all repairs on your vehicle's  
seat belts, go to a qualified workshop with  
the skills and equipment needed, which a  
CITROËN dealer is able to provide.  
Have your seat belts checked regularly by  
a CITROËN dealer or a qualified workshop,  
particularly if the straps show signs of  
damage.  
Clean the seat belt straps with soapy  
water or a textile cleaning product, sold by  
CITROËN dealers.  
After folding or moving a seat or rear bench  
seat, ensure that the seat belt is positioned  
and reeled in correctly.  
In the event of an impact  
depending on the nature and  
seriousness of the impact, the  
pretensioning device may be deployed  
before and independently of the airbags.  
Deployment of the pretensioners is  
accompanied by a slight discharge of  
harmless smoke and a noise, due to the  
activation of the pyrotechnic cartridge  
incorporated in the system.  
The inertia reels are fitted with an automatic  
locking device which comes into operation in  
the event of a collision, emergency braking  
or if the vehicle rolls over. You can release  
the device by pulling the strap firmly and  
then releasing it so that it reels in slightly.  
In all cases, the airbag warning lamp  
comes on.  
Following an impact, have the seat belts  
system checked, and if necessary replaced,  
by a CITROËN dealer or a qualified  
workshop.