Fold the seat backrest back. The locking mechanism must audibly snap into
place.
Check this by pulling on the seat backrest.
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WARNING (Continued)
When moving the seat backrest, keep limbs out of the area between the
seat and seat backrest – risk of injury!
Never transport the following items on the seat backrest when folded
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Note
forwards.
After a certain time, play can develop within the adjustment mechanism of the
backrest angle.
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Objects that could restrict the driver's view.
Objects which make it impossible for the driver to control the vehicle
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(e.g. if they roll under the pedals, or protrude into the driver's zone).
Objects which could lead to injury to passengers (e.g. if accelerating
Folding front passenger seat
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sharply, braking or changing direction).
Fig. 53
Folding the front passenger seat
forward
Rear seat backrests
Read and observe on page 50 first.
The front passenger seat can (depending on vehicle equipment fitted) be fol-
ded forward into a horizontal position.
Fig. 54 Fold down seat backrest / pull on belt for side trim panel
1
To fold the seat down, pull the lever in the direction of arrow
and fold
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2
down the seat back in the direction of arrow
» Fig. 53. The locking mecha-
Folding forward
Press the release handle
nism must audibly snap into place.
A
1
in the direction of arrow
and tilt » Fig. 54 the
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Slide the seat forwards up to the stop.
To fold back, pull the lever in the direction of arrow
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2
seat backrest in the direction of arrow
.
1
pull and fold back the
seat back in the direction of arrow . The locking mechanism must audibly
snap into place.
Remove or push the head restraints all the way down » page 52 and fold the
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2
2
seat backrest forward in the direction of arrow
.
Move the seat all the way back to the stop (depending on the specification,
the seat may resume the forward position it previously had).
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For all-in-one seat backrests, press the release handles A on both sides of the
seat backrest at the same time.
WARNING
Folding backwards
If the head restraints had been removed, they should be reinserted with the
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If the seat backrest is folded down, only the seat behind the driver's seat
backrest slightly raised» page 52.
can be used to transport passengers.
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C
3
Pull the seat belt
for the side panel in the direction of arrow
» Fig. 54.
until the release
audibly locks. Check this by pulling on the seat backrest.
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When transporting objects on the folded seat backrest, the front passen-
2
Raise the seat backrest against the direction of arrow
ger airbag should be deactivated » page 16.
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A
handle
Make sure that the red marker
Do not adjust the seat back while driving - danger of injury and accidents!
B
is not visible.
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Seats and head restraints