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Seats and storage
General recommen
dations
Why is your seat adjustment so
important?
The safety belts and the airbag system can
only provide maximum protection if the front
seats are correctly adjusted.
There are various ways of adjusting the front
seats to provide safe and comfortable support
for the driver and the front passenger. Adjust
you r seat prope rly so that :
- you can easily and quickly reach all the
switches and controls in the instrument
panel
-your body is properly supported thus reduc
ing physical stress and fatigue
- the safety be lts and airbag system can offer
maximum protection ¢
page 140.
In the following sections, you will see exactly
how you can best adjust your seats .
There are special regulations and instructions
for installing a child safety seat on the front
passenger's seat. Always follow the informa
tion regarding child safety provided in
¢ page 161, Child Safety.
WARNING
Refer to¢ page 121, Driving Safely for
important information, tips, suggestions
and warnings that you should read and fol
low for your own safety and the safety of
your passengers.
A WARNING
, -
Incorrect seating position of the driver and
all other passengers can result in serious
personal injury .
- Always keep your feet on the floor when
the vehicle is in motion -never put your
feet on top of the instrument panel, out of the w indow or on top of the seat cush
ion. This applies especially to the passen- gers
. If your seating position is incorrect,
you increase the risk of injury in the case
of sudden braking or an accident. If the
airbag inflates and the seating position is incorrect, this could result in personal
injury or even death.
- It is important for both the driver and front passenger to keep a distance of at
least 10 inches (25 cm) between them
selves and the steering wheel and/or in
strument panel.
If you're sitting any
closer than this, the airbag system can
not protect you properly. In addition, the
front seats and head restraints must be
adjusted to your body height so that they
can give you maximum protection.
- Always try to keep as much distance as
possible between yourself and the steer
ing wheel or instrument panel.
- Do not adjust the driver's or front pas
senger 's seat while the vehicle is moving.
Your seat may move unexpectedly, caus
ing sudden loss of veh icle control and
personal injury. If you adjust your seat
while the veh icle is moving, you are out
of posit ion.
Driver's seat
The correct seat position is important for safe
and relaxed driving .
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat in the following manner :
.. Adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so
that you can easily push the pedals to the
floor wh ile keeping your knees slightly bent
o &. in Why is your seat adjustment so im
portant? on page 60 .
.,. Adjust the seatback so that when you sit
w ith your back against the seatback , you can
still grasp the top of the steering wheel.
.. Applies to vehicles with adjustable head re
straints: Adjust the head restraint so the up
per edge is as even as possible with the top
of your head. If that is not possible, try to
adjust the head restraint so that it is as .,.
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Power easy entry function
Applies to vehicles: with power adjustable seats
The easy entry function makes it easier for
the rear passengers to enter and leave the ve
hicle.
Fig. 68 Comfort seat s•: easy entry contro ls
Fi g. 69 Spor t sea ts•: easy e ntry co ntrols
• To fold the front seat backrests forward/
back,
lift the latch @¢ fig. 68 or¢ fig. 69
and fold the backrest forward.
• To move the front seats forward/back, press
and hold the @ button until the seat has
reached the desired position.
When the front seats are moved forward,
their origina l position is stored . When it is
moved back, the seat automatically stops in
this position. To move the seat even further
back, you have to release the switch @ and re
activate it .
Applies to vehicles w ith adjustab le head re
straints : The head restraints from the front
seats, depending on the seat height that has
been set, are automat ically retracted when
the seatbacks are folded down . They return to
the ir original position again when the seat
backs for the front seats are raised .
(D Tips
With the driver's or passenger's door
closed, the corresponding switch to move
the seat is inoperat ive.
Seat adjustments in MMI
Appl ies to vehicles: with seat memory and MMI
The passenger 's seat can be adjusted to vari
ous positions by the driver.
Convenience side view
• Select: !CAR I function button > Seat adjust
ment > Passenger's seat > Convenience side
view.
O r
- -• Select: I CAR I function button > Car systems*
control button > Vehicle settings > Seats >
Passenger's seat > Convenience side view.
• Continue to press the control knob until the
adjustment process is complete.
Seat symmetry
• Select: Function button !CAR !> Seat adjust
ment > Passenger's seat > Seat symmetry.
Or
• Select: !CARI function button> Car systems*
control button > Vehicle settings > Seats >
Passenger's seat> Align with driver's seat.
• Continue to press the control knob until the
adjustment process is comp lete.
U sing the
Convenience side view function, the
passenger's seat is adjusted so that the driver
has the best possible view to the right. Whe n
the Convenience side view is set, the specific
position of the driver's seat is taken into con
sideration .
Using the
Seat symmetry function, the pas
senger's seat can be moved to the same posi
tion as the driver's seat. The settings for the
driver's seat are imported and set automati
ca lly.
Center armrest
The center armrest can be adjusted to several
levels .
Fig. 70 Arm rest between t he driver 's/front passenger's
seats .
Adjusting the center armrest
.. To adjust the angle, raise the armrest from
the starting position
r=:> fig. 70 detent by de
tent .
.. To bring the armrest back into the starting
pos ition, raise it out of the top detent and
fold it back down .
The armrest can slide forward and back .
Head restraints
Front head restraints
Applies to vehicles: with ad justable head restraints
Head restraints that are adjusted according
to body size, along with the seat belt, offer
effective protection.
F ig . 71 Fro nt seat: adjusting the man ual head re
st raint s
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Fig. 72 Front seat: adjusting the power head restraint
Adjust the head restraint so the upper edge is
as even as possible with the top of your head .
If that is not possib le, t ry to adjust the head
restraint so that it is as close to this position
as possible
r=:> page 63 .
.,. To adjust the height of the manual head re
straint*, grip the head restraint on the sides
with both hands and slide it up/down until it
locks into pla cer=:>
fig. 71 .
.. To adjust the height of the power head re
straint *, press the button up/down
<=:> fig. 72.
Refer tor=:> page 124, Proper adjustment of
head restraints
for guidelines on how to ad
j ust the height of the front head restraints to
suit the occupant 's body size.
A WARNING
-Driving without head restraints or with
head restraints that are not properly ad
justed increases the risk of serious or fa
tal neck injury dramatica lly.
- Read and heed all WARNINGS
<=:> page 124, Proper adjustment of head
restraints .
@ Tips
-To prevent the head restraints from run
ning into the headliner, they retract au
tomatically when moving the seat for
ward or upward .
- Correctly adjusted head restraints and
safety belts are an extremely effective
combination of safety featu res.