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Con
trols
Seats
The st eering wh eelposition is st ored when
yo utu rn the keyfrom position 2to 1in
the igni tion lock or when yous tore or set a
mem orypo sition.
Yo u ca nse t the easy-entry /exit feat ur e
using COMA ND (
=page 204). Folding the
fron t se at ba ckrest forw ard
Th erecesse dha nd lefor unlo ckingt he seat
ba ckrest is on th etop of th eseat.
1 Seat relea selever
To all ow passengers intherear to get in
an d out com fortab ly, th efront seat is:
! autom atical ly mo vedfo rwards if you
fol dth eba ckrest for ward
! automat ical ly mo ved ba ckif you fold
th e ba ckrest back
i Ifyo u pull the seat release lever, thehead
res traint lowers au tomatically. !
Make sure that there are no item sof lu ggage
in the footwell or behind these atsw henadj ust-
in gt he seats, as they could dam age the seats.
Fo ldin gth eseat ba ckrest forw ards
6 Pull seat release lever1 in the direc-
tion of the arrow andf old the ba ckrest
fo rward.
Th ehe ad rest raint lowers and th e seat
moves forw ards.
Fo lding these at backres tback
6 Pull seat release lever1 in the direc-
tion of the arrow andf old the ba ckrest
ba ck until it engage s.
The seat movesba ck toits or igin al po-
si tion. The head restraint raises again.
Th eba ckrest is lock ed agai n. G
Risk of inju ry Make sur
ethat nobody can become trap ped
when you activa te the ea sy-entry/e xitfe a-
tu re.
If there is a risk of entrapmen tby thesteer-
in gc olum n,move thesteering wheelad just-
me ntlever orpre ssthe memory bu tton.
If there is a risk of entrapment by these at,
you can also can cel th eadj ustm entproce-
du reby movi ngthese at ad justmentsw itch.
The steering column and dri ver’s se atstop
moving immed iately.
Neve r leave childr en unsupe rvised in the ve-
hi cle. They could op en the dr iver’s door and
th ereb y unintentionall yactivate the ea sy-
en try/e xitfe at ur ean d become trapped as a
result. P54.25-5008-31 G
Risk of inj ury Make
sure that nobody can beco metrap ped
when moving thes eat.If there isar isk of en-
tr ap men t,move the seat adjust ment sw itch
on the door. 216_R
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244 Con
trols
We arin gseat belts We
aring seat bel ts G
Risk of inj ury A
seat belt which is not worncorrect ly,or
wh ich has notb een enga gedin theseat belt
buckle corr ectly, cannot perfor mitsinte nd-
ed pro tective fun ction. Unde rcertain cir-
cu ms tanc es this couldev en cause severe or
fa ta l inj uries.
Make sur ethat al loccupa nts– inpa rtic ular ,
pre gnantwo me n–w earth eirs ea tbel tscor-
re ctly at all times:
! These at belt must pass clos ely ov er
your body and mu stnot be twisted.Yo u
sh ould therefo reavoid wearing bul ky
clot hing (e.g. awinter coat).Th e shoul-
de rsect ion of the bel tmu stbe routed
ac ross the middl eof yo urshould er–on
no acco un t ac ross yo urneck orunder
you r arm –an d pu lledtight ag ainst your
uppe rbody. Thelap sect ion of the belt
mu stalways pass across thepelvic area
as low dow nas possible, i.e. ac ross your
hip joints –not across your stomach or
lower abdo me n.Ifne cessary, ti ghten
th ebel tstrap by pu llingit dow nslig htly
an dr etig hten in the dire ction of the iner-
tia reel. !
Donot route the belt strap over sharp-
ed gedor fragile object s, es pe ciall yif
thes eare lo cated onorinyour clot hing,
e. g. spect acles, pe ns, keys, etc. The
sea tbel tst ra p could be da magedan d
tear in an ac cide nt andyo uor other ve-
hi cle oc cup ants could be injur ed.
! Only one person should useea ch seat
be lt at any one time .Do not allow chil-
dren tobe ca rried on thelap of another
occ upant,sinc eth ec hild canth en no
longer berestrained in the eve nt ofan
ac cident, br aking or asudden chan ge in
di re ction, which cou ldresult inse vere or
fata lin ju ries tothech ild an dot he roc cu-
pa nts.
! Persons less than 1.50 mtall cannot
we arthe seat belts co rrec tly. For this
re ason, secure pe rsons less than 1.50 m
ta llin specia lly de signe d,suitab le re-
straint syste ms. !
Childre nless than 1.50 mtallor under
12 yea rsof ag ecannot wearthe seat
bel tsprop erly. Therefore ,alway ssecure
th ese childre nin suitable chil drestrai nt
syste mson suitabl eveh icle seats
( =
page 40). Fo llow thema nufact urer’s
in st allation inst ruc tions when fitti ngthe
child restraint syste m.
! Do not secure anyob ject s with a seat
be ltifthe seat belt is being used byone
of the veh icle’soc cu pan ts. G
Risk of inju ry A
se at be lton lyoffers its intended degre eof
prot ection ifth ebackre stisposi tioned as
close to the vertical aspossible andth eoc-
cupa ntis sit ting upright .Av oid seat posi-
ti on sthat do not allow the seat belt tobe
routed correc tly (
=page 231). Position the
backrest asclose tothever tica las possibl e.
Do not drive withthe ba ckrest rec line dt oo
far ba ck. 216_R
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