Befor
ecomme ncingyour jour ney,ensu rethat:
R there arenopeo ple, ani mal sor obje cts
betw eenthevehi cleoccu pants and anair-
ba g
R there arenoobje ctsbetw eentheseat,doo r
and B-pil lar
R no acce ssories,such ascup holder s,are
atta ched tothe vehi clewithin thedeploy-
ment areaof an airba g,e.g. todoo rsor sid e
wi ndow s
R no hea vy,sha rp-ed gedorfrag ile obje ctsare
in the pocke tsof your cloth ing.Store such
obje ctsinasui tabl eplace G
WARNI
NG
If yo umodi fythe cover ofan airba gor affi x
obje ctssuch assticke rsto it,the airba g
can nolong erper form itsintend edfuncti on.
The reisan incre asedrisk ofinju ry.
Neve rmodi fythe cover ofan airba gor affi x
obje ctstoit. G
WARNI
NG
Sensor sto control theairba gs are loca ted
in the doors.Mod ificati ons orwor knot per-
forme dcorre ctlytothe doorsor doo rpa nel-
ing, aswellas damag eddoo rs,can leadto
the functi onofthe senso rsbei ng imp aired .
The airba gs mig htthere forenotfuncti on
prop erlyany more .Co nseq uently ,the air
ba gs cannot protectvehi cleoccu pants as
they aredesigne dto do. Thereisan
incre asedrisk ofinju ry.
Neve rmodi fythe doorsor parts ofthe
doo rs.Alw ayshav ewor kon the doorsor
doo rpa neli ngcarri edoutat aqu alifi ed spe -
cia list wor kshop .
Fro ntair bag s !
Do
not place heavyobje ctsonthe front-
pa sse nger seat.Thi scou ldcau sethe sys-
tem toidentify theseatas bei ng occu pied.
In the eventofan acci dent, therestra int
sy stems onthe front-pa ssenger sidemay be
trigg eredand haveto be rep laced. Drive
r'sairba g0043 dep loysin front ofthe
stee ring wheel.Front-pa ssenger front air
ba g0044 dep loysin front ofand above theglove
box.
Whe ndep loyed, the front airba gs offe rad di-
tiona lhea dand thora xprote ction forthe occu -
pa nts inthe driver' sand front-pa ssenger
sea ts.
The PASSENGER AIRBAG OFFindicator lamp
infor msyouab ou tthe statu sof the front-
pa sse nger front airba g(Y page 39).
The front-pa ssenger front airba gwi llonly
dep loyif:
R the system, based onthe OCS weigh tsen-
sor readings, detectsthat thefront-
pa sse nger seatis occu pied (Ypage 46).
The PASSENGER AIRBAG OFFindicator
la mp isnot lit (Y page 46)
R the restra intsystem control unitpre dicts a
hig hacci dent severity
Kn ee bag s Drive
r'sknee bag0043 dep loysund erthe stee r-
ing colu mnand front-pa ssenger knee bag0044
und erthe glovebox. Thedriver' sand front-
pa sse nger knee bags are trigg eredtoge ther
wi th the front airba gs. 44
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cupan tsafe tySafe ty
Stowage
areas Stowage
spaces
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sin the passenger compartmen tare
stowed incorrec tly,they canslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupants. In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebrackets cannotalways
retain allobject sthey contain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection.
R Always stowobject sso that they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdo not pro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
startin gajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk .
Glove compar tment X
To open: pullhandle 0043and open glove box
flap 0044.
X To close :fold glove boxflap 0044upuntil it
engages.
The glove boxflap cont ains brackets forcoins,
pens, andcredit andservice cards. The
glove boxcanbelocked andunlocked
using themechanical key.
X To lock: insert themechanical keyinto the
lock andturn itto position 0048.
X To unlock: insertthemechanical keyinto
the lock andturn itto position 0047.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compar tment under thearm rest X
To open: pushbutton 0043upand raise arm-
rest 0044.
The stowage compartmen tcan belocked and
unlocked centrally using theSmartK ey
(Y page 66).
i Depending
onthe vehicle equipment, a
USB portandaMedia Interface isinstalled
in the stowage compartmen t.AMedia Inter-
face isauniversal interfaceformobile audio
equipment, e.g.foraniPod ®
or MP3 Playe r. Stowage
areas
225Stowage andfeatu res Z
