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A WARNING
During pregnancy, women should especially
make sure to wear the lap portion of the seat
belt as low as possible across the hips so that
there is no pressure on the stomach.
Seat belt height adjustment
Applies to: vehicles with seat belt height adjustment
Seat belt height adjusters can be used to adjust
the height of the shoulder portion of the seat
belt.
V:
Fig.
224 Belt height adjustment - top guide fitting
The shoulder section of the belt should be fitted
across the centre of the collar bone close to the
body
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in Adjusting the seat belts on
page 278.
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Take hold of the guide fitting and slide it up
wards
@,
or
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Compress the adjuster
(T)
and slide the guide
fitting downwards
@.
•
After adjusting, pull the shoulder belt sharply
to check that the catch on the guide fitting is
engaged securely.
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- It is also possible to adjust the height of the
front seats to obtain the best position for
the front seat belts.
-The shoulder section of the belt should be
fitted across the centre of the collar bone
close to the body. The lap belt must be worn
tightly over the hips. It must not be
posi
tioned over the stomach. Pull the belt tight
if necessary to take up any slack.
Taking off the seat belts
The
red button releases the belt from the buckle.
Fig.
225 The latch plate of the belt springs out of the
buckle
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Press the red button in the seat belt buckle.
The latch plate will spring out of the buckle.
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Guide the belt back by hand so that it is taken
up by the retractor.
Belt tensioners
Reversible
belt tensioners*
The following functions are available when seat
belts with reversible belt tensioners are buckled:
- The seat belts can be tensioned reversibly in
certain situations
^>page
120.
- The seat belts can be also be tensioned reversi
bly in light collisions.
Pyrotechnic belt tensioners*
Seat belts with pyrotechnic belt tensioners are
tensioned automatically in severe collisions, de
pending on the circumstances. This helps to re
duce the forward motion of the occupants.
A,
WARNING
- False activation of the
belttensioner
is pos
sible.
- Any work on the tensioner system or remov
al and installation of system components
for other repairs must be performed by a
qualified workshop.
- The pyrotechnic system can only be activa
ted once. If the pyrotechnic belt tensioners
have been activated at any time, the system
must be replaced.
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