5. Close the boot lid if necessary.
The rear seat backrest is unlocked when the red marking → Fig. 1 2 is visible.
Folding back the rear seat backrest
1. Fold back the rear seat backrest and push it firmly into the catch until it engages securely into place →
The red marking → Fig. 1 2 must no longer be visible.
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WARNING
Injuries can be caused if the rear seat backrest is folded forwards and backwards without due care and attention.
● While folding the rear seat backrest forward, always make sure that no people or animals are in its path.
● Never fold the rear seat backrest forwards or backwards while the vehicle is in motion.
● Ensure that the seat belt is not trapped or damaged when folding back the rear seat backrest.
● Always keep hands, fingers, feet and other body parts away from the swivel area when folding the rear seat backrest forwards and
backwards.
● Ensure that each rear seat backrest engages securely, otherwise the seat belts for the rear seats will not offer maximum
protection. This applies to the centre seat of the rear bench seat in particular. If a seat is occupied and the corresponding rear seat
backrest has not clicked securely into place, the seat occupant and rear seat backrest may move forwards in the event of a sudden
braking or driving manoeuvre or during accidents.
● The rear seat backrest has not engaged properly if you can see a red marking → Fig. 1 2 . Always make sure that the red mark is
never visible when the rear seat backrest is in the upright position.
● If the rear seat backrest is folded forwards or is not engaged securely into place, passengers must not use these seats.
NOTICE
Damage to the vehicle, vehicle components, particularly the seat belts and their components, or to other objects could be caused if
the rear seat backrest is folded forwards and backwards in an uncontrolled way or without due care.
● Before folding the rear seat backrests forwards, always adjust the front seats so that the rear head restraints or rear seat cushions
do not collide with the front seats.
● Before folding the rear seat backrest forward, make sure that there is no latch plate of a seat belt in a belt buckle.
● Before folding down the rear seat backrest, always make sure that there are no objects located in its path.
The following section describes the options for adjusting and removing the head restraints. Always ensure that your sitting position is
correct (→ Sitting position).
Every seat is fitted with a head restraint. The head restraints are approved specifically for the respective seat and must not be installed
at any other seat in the vehicle.
If a seat is occupied, select the correct head restraint setting for the respective head restraint. If a seat is unoccupied, the respective
head restraint can be pushed down as far as it will go.
The rear centre head restraint (depending on vehicle equipment) is designed solely for use with the centre seat on the rear bench seat.
Therefore you should not install this head restraint in any of the other positions.
There are notches in the rods of the head restraints which enable them to engage in different positions. Only correctly mounted head
restraints can engage in the notches in the adjustment area. To prevent accidental removal of the head restraints after installation,
stops are fitted at the top and bottom of the adjustment area.
Correct head restraint adjustment
Adjust the head restraint so that its upper edge is at the same height as the top of the head, but not lower than eye level. Position the
back of your head as close to the head restraint as possible.
In vehicles with head restraints that can be adjusted forwards and backwards, position the head restraints on the front seats as close
as possible to the back of your head.
Head restraint adjustment for shorter people
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