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Applies to w ith elect rically odjus toble front seals
Electrically ad justable driver and front passenger seats (power seats)
The switches look like a seat viewed from the s ide. The seat cushion and back rest
follow the mot ions of the respective switches.
Fi g. 43 Contro ls for elec tric seal adjustment
Move the co rres ponding switch =£lg . 43
to ad just the fronr seat to suit your size
Adjust ing th e height and for
wa rd/ba ckward position of sea t
c u shi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting backre st angle . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting lumbar support. The cu r
vatu re of the cu shi oned a re a is de
term in ed b y th e se tting s made in
the lum bar region. This supports
the natu ral c ur vature of the sp ine
very effe ctive ly .......... ...... .
WARNING
63
Dri vers or pa ssenge rs w ho are unb elted , out of
p os ition or t oo close to the airbag can b e se ri
o usly injur ed or killed b y an airbag as it un
in "W hy is sca t adju stm ent so im
po rtant? " on page 57.
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WARNING
Neve r adjust the seats while the vehicl e is
m oving. You r sea t ma y mo ve un expecte dly
and you could lose control of th e ve hicle.
• Never drive with the ba ckrest r eclined or
tilt ed far back! T he farther the bac kre sts arc
t ilt ed ba ck , the grea te r the ri sk of inju ry due to
incorrec t po sitionin g of the sa fety belt and im
proper seating po sitio n.
• The scats in your vehicle can be electri cally
ad juste d eve n with the ig nit ion ke y removed.
Neve r leave unattend ed childr en in th e ve
hi cle becau se the unsupe rvised use of the
electric scat adju stm ent s ca n result in serious
p erso nal injury.
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Applies to vehicles: with electrico lly ad jus table seats
Adjust ing front seat
The switc hes Look Like a seat viewed from side. The seat cus hion and backrest
follow the motions of the res pect ive switches.
Fig. 44 Use the sw itch to adjus t the sea t ba ckw ar d
and forw ard and also ad jus t the sea t cush io n fo r
height and tilt
Adjusting the seat back ward and for
ward and th e se at cushion for height
and tilt
- Move th e switc h in th e direction of the
arrow
44 toto adj ust th e front seat
e ither forwa rd or
- Move th e sw itch in th e dir ect io n of the
arrow
or to adjus t th e heig ht of th e
sca t cu shi on at the front or rear. At the
sa me time, move the switch in the direc
t io n of the
and to adjust th e
h eig ht of th e sea t.
Adjusting the backrest
-Move the switch 45 in the di
r ec tion of th e arrow
to rec lin e the back
r es t furth er.
- Move the sw itch in t he dir ec tion o f the
to ad ju st t he backre st to a mor e
up right posit ion.
F ig. 45 Switch@ adjus ts th e backres t a nd s witch adjus ts the lu mbar support
Lumbar support
-Pre ss on th e s urfa ce on sw itch
to in crease the curvature of the
lumbar cu sh io n area on the seat.
- Press on th e surfac e© on th e switch to
d ec rease th e curvat ure of the lumb ar
c u sh io n area on the seat.
- Press surface
on th e switc h to move
the lum bar su pport dow n.
- Press surfac e© on the switch to move
t h e lumbar su pport up.
• Switch 44 adj usts th e heigh t and for
ward/backwa rd pos ition of the sea t cu sh io n.
The ang le a nd h eig h t of th e seat c ushi on ca n be
a dju s1e d.
• Switch
45 @ adjusts the backre st ang le .
• Swit c h @ is for up/down and in/out adjus t
m ent of the lum bar su ppo rt. The cur va tur e of
the cu sh ioned area is dete rmin ed by the se ttings
made in the lu mbar r egio n. T his support s the
natural curv atu re of th e sp ine ve ry effec tively.
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WARNING
• Never adjust the driver or front passenger
seat while the vehicle is in motion. While ad
ju stin g your seat, you could adjust your seat to
an incorrect sitting position. Adjust your seat
before driving
or when th e vehicle is not
moving.
• The elect rical front seat adju stment also
work s with the ignition off. Therefore, chil
dren sh ould never be lef t unattended in the
vehicle -ther e is a risk of injury!
• Exercise caut ion when adjustin g the seat
height or fonvard/backward position. Care
l ess use of the front seat adjustment co ntrols
can cause injuri es.
WARNING (continued)
• To reduce the risk of personal injury in an
accident, front seat passenge rs must never
ride in a moving vehicle w ith the seat back re
clined. Safet y belt s offer prote ction only when
th e seatback is upright and belt s are properl y
po sition ed on the bod y. The more Lheseatback
i s re clined, the greate r th e risk of personal in
ju ry from an out of position safety belt.
avoid damaging the e lec trical co mp onen ts of
th e front seat, do not knee l on the sea t or apply
dir ect pressure at a sing le po int to the seat
cu shi on a nd
Applies to vehicles: wilh electrically adjustable fronts seat and memory buttons
Memory for driver 's s eat
Use memory buttons on dri ver seat to sto re to three diffe rent positions
for
seat.
••••
F ig. 46 Memory buttons on the front seot: to sove
the setlings, first press the SET butlon and then one
of the memory butlons , l, 2 or 3 .
Storing settings for driving forward
-Sw itch on the igniti on. Do not en gage
Rever se gear.
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-Press the =*i g. 46
bri efly whil e the key is s till in the ignition .
T hi s ca n be don e on the driver side only
whe n th e ve hicle is
moving.
- lfyou w ish to reca ll the memor y set
t ings whe n the vehicle is moving, hold
dow n the memory button until the sa ve d
p osit ion is reac hed .
The m em ory butt ons ca n sto re th e sea t positions th e fron t d river
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Appl ies to vehicles: with electrically adjusta ble fron ts sea t an d memory bu ttons
Assigning dr iver seat settings to a remote control key
S eat settings can be assigned to each remote control key so that the driver seat is
automatically adjusted to fit a particular driver's size and height.
Ass igning remote control keys
-Do not take more than 10 second s when
performing steps 1-4, othe rw ise the re
mote control key will not be assign ed and
your setting s will not be stored .
- Adju st y our seat and a ssign the adjust
ments to a memory button.
Applies to vehicles: with seat heating
Heated front seats
-Remove the key from the ignition lock.
- Push the unlock symbol
32,
14 the remote contro l twice . You
will hear an acou sti c s igna l to let you k now
that the seat positions have be en ass ign ed.
The remote key is s et. •
The seat cushions and backrests of the front seats can be heated electrically.
Fig. 47 Detai l o f i ns trume nt panel : thu mb w heels
for front seat h eating
- Turn rhe left or right whe el 47
Th e se at heating i s switch ed off in the O po
s it ion.
Th e se at heating only work s when the ignition is
s wit ch ed on. Th e le ft thumb whe el co ntrol s the
l e ft sea t and the right thumb whee l th e right seat
Note
D o no t kneel on the se at or apply sharp pressur e
at a sing le point to the seat cu shi on and back
re st. Thi s can dama ge th e heating ele m en ts. •
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App lies to vehic les: with front armrest
Front center armrest
The front center armrest can be adju sted up and down orforwa rd and backward.
Fig. 48 Front center armrest
Rear seat bench
Adjust ing the height of the armrest
-th e armr est in the directio n of th e
arro w
48 gradua lly unti l it latche s
i n to the desi red pos ition .
- T o lowe r the armr est, you must
it all the wa y up. Then you will b e able to
l ow er it do wn.
Adjusting the armrest for ward or
backward
- Pull the armr est forward © fu lly unti l it
e ngage s or pus h it
Folding backrest forward and backward
The rear seat backrest can be folded forward to expand th e luggage compartment.
Fig. 49 Rea r seal backrest : un lock ing
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The rear sea tback i s split for folding. Both
sec tions can b e fold ed for ward individu
all y.
Folding the rear seatback forward
- Fir st mo ve th e dri ver's se at and front
pa sse nge r's se at as
for ward a s po ssible .
- Unlock th e ba ckrest u sing the mast er
ke y int o th e lock
49 tu rni ng the
lo ck
th e hori zontal po sit io n to the
v erti cal po sition.
- Pu ll the backre st re lea se lever in the di
rec tio n of the arro w.
-
th e bac kres t all t he w ay
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Raising the backrest into place
Fig. 5 0 Rear seat backrest marking
-Fold the backrest back up firmly until it
engages. The red marking must not be vis
ibl e
50. Make sure that the saf ety
bel ts do not get trapped.
- Lock the backrest using the master key
into lock
66, fig. 49 by turning
th e lock from the vertical position to the
horizonta l po sition.
WARNING
Improperl y positioned safety belts can ca use
serio us personal injury in an accident.
• Safety belts olTeroptimum protection only
w hen the scat back is upright and belts arc
correc tly positioned on the body.
• Always make sure that the rear scat back
rest to which the center rear safety belt is at
t ached is secure ly lat ch ed whenever the rear
center safe ty belt is being use d. If the backre st
is not secure ly lat ch ed, the passenger
will move forward with the backrest during
WARNING (continued)
sudde n braking, in a sudden maneuver and
es pecia lly in a cras h.
• Never attach the safety belt to the buckle
for another seat. Attac hing the belt to the
wrong buckle
will reduce safety belt effective
n ess and can cause serious persona l injury.
• A passen ger who is not correc tly re strain ed
can be ser ious ly injured by the safety belt itself
when it move s from the stronger parts of the
bod y into sensitiv e areas like th e abdomen.
• Never le t the safety belts become trapped
between the scat and the side of the ve hicle
when raising the scat back s. A trapped safety
belt can be damag ed so that it can not help to
r ed uce the risk of injury in a cras h.
• Alway s mak e sure that rear seal safe ty belts
arc in their proper positio n and able lo be used
after the rear scat backr ests have been se
c ur ely lat che d in the up right position.
• Neve r let passengers ride on the rear load
surface in the luggage compartment area or sit
on the folded clown backrests. Passengers who
are not properly wearing their safety belts risk
ser ious injuri es and even dea th in a co llisio n.
• Alwa ys make sure that the rear seat back
r es ts are securely latched after moving them
back to the upright positio n. to properly latch
it back. Loose items in the
compart
ment can fl y through th e passenger compart
ment in a crash and cause ser ious injury.
• A red mark on the backre st latch show that
the back rest is not secur ely engaged. When
th e marker i s not visible th e backrest is prop
erly and securely latched. Always make sur e
the mark i s not visi bl e after raising the back
re sts to the upri ght
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Applies lo vehicles: with an opening in the rear backrest lo transport long objects
Transporting long items
Your vehicle has an opening in the center of the rear back rest, which ena bles y ou
to t ra n spor t long ob jects, which do not fi t in th e luggage c om partme nt.
Fig. 51 Opening from the inside
Opening from inside the vehicle
-Fold d own t he rear arm rest comp le te ly.
- Unl ock t he re lease han dle ::::)f1 g. 51
loca te d in th e plas tic cover be hind th e rear
a rmre st by turn ing the master key to th e
pos itio n.
- Gras p the hand le a nd lowe r the cove r
in to t he
The p last ic cover is in
tegra te d t o t he ce nte r rea r arm rest.
Opening from the luggage compart
ment
- Ope n the rea r li d.
- Press d ow n th e re lease button in th e di-
r ec tion o f th e a rrow
an d fold th e
cove r towa rd th e int erior of th e ve hicle.
W hen th e cove r is unlo cked a red mark ing
w ill be vis ib le on t he re lease button .
Loading the long objects inside the ve
hicle
- Place t he lo ng o bjec ts th roug h the
cente r open ing ca re full y and sec ure them
w ith an app ropriate strap .
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Fig. 52 Opening from the luggage c ompar tme nt
- Close th e rear lid .
Closing from the inside
- R em ove a ll objects.
- Fo ld the plast ic cover upward and press
u ntil you h ear it click into place.
- Lock t he co ver by tu rn ing the m aste r
key to the
- Fold t he rea r arm res t back into p lace .
WARNING
Loose luggage or oth er obj ect s in th e vehicle
ca n ca use se rious pers on al inju ry.
• Durin g sudd en braking mano euv res or ac
cident s, loo se obje cts in th e passe nge r com
partm ent can
for ward, injurin g vehicle
occ upant s.
• Sec ure heavy objects w ith suit abl e s trap s
s o that th ey cannot mo ve around while you
arc driving.
• When you tr an sport heavy o bjec ts, a lways
k ee p in mind that a chan ge in th e ce nter of
g rav ity ca n als o cau se chan ges in vehicle han-
dlin g.
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Tips
Pro tec t yo ur vehicle from soilin g, for e xam ple by
w ra p ping dirt y item s in a blank et be for e lo adin g
th em thr ough the th rough-lo adi ng op enin g
glove compartment
Fig. 53 Front possenger side : glove comportment
Th e co mpartm ent can b e op ened by pu llin g th e
l eve r
53. It is loc ke d wh en th e key s lo t is in
th e pos ition.
S tora ge for the vehicle l it erat ure
Th e ve hicle lite ratur e
54 should a lways
b e ke pt in th e g love c ompartm ent. Do place
o th er obj ec ts in shel f for th e ve hicl e lllre, th ey might fall behi nd th e glove co mpart
Cooling the g love co mpartm ent 1
3
l
T here is an air outl et o n
le ft of th e rear panel
glo ve comp artm ent.
Optiona l e qu ip me nt Fig
. 54 In open glove compartment: optional ve
h icle manual storage
and air outlet
Turn th e air ou tle t to op en and close Always
c lose a ir outlet wh en no t in u se.
WARNING
An open glove co mpartment d oor can in
cre ase the ris k of seriou s injury during ha rd
braking or in a cras h.
• L oose items
th e glo ve compart ment can fly throu gh the pa sse nger co m par tmen t in a
cra sh and ca use serious in jury.
• Alwa ys kee p th e g love co mpartm ent clo se d
properly wh en th e vehicl e is moving
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