&
WARNING Risk of injury or deathdue to
damaged or modified seat belts
Seat belts cannot provide protection in the
following situations:
R
The seat belt is damaged, has been modi‐
fied, is extremely dirty, bleached or dyed
R
The seat belt buckle is damaged or
extremely dirty
R
Modificationshave been made to the
Emergency Tensioning Device,seatbelt
anchorageorseatbeltretractor
Seatbelts maysustain non-visible damagein
an accident, e.g.due to glass splinters.
Modified or damaged seat belts could tear or
fail in theevent of an accident, forexample.
Modified Emergency Tensioning Devicesmay
be deployed unintentionally or notfunction as
intended.
#
Nevermodify theseat belts, Emergency
Tensioning Devices, seatbeltancho‐
ragesorseat belt retractors.
#
Make surethat theseat belts arenot
damaged, arenot worn and areclean.
#
Alwayshave theseat belts checked
immediatelyafter an accident at aquali‐
fied specialistworkshop.
Only use seat belts that have been approvedfor
your vehicle by thesales organization namedon
theinside front cover.
&
WARNING Risk of injury or deathfrom
deployedpyrotechnicEmergency Ten‐
sioning Devices
Pyrotechnic Emergency Tensioning Devices
that have been deployedare no longer opera‐
tional and areunable to perform their inten‐
ded protectivefunction.
#
Therefore, have deployedpyrotechnic
EmergencyTensioning Devices immedi‐
ately replaced at aqualified specialist
workshop.
Foryour safetyand that of your passengers, it is
recommended that youhave thevehicle towedto
aqualified specialistworkshop afteranaccident.
*
NOTE Damage caused by trapping the
seat belt
If an unused seat belt is notfully retracted,it
maybecome trappedinthe door or in the
seat mechanism.
#
Alwaysensurethat an unused seat belt
is fully retracted.
Fastening and adjusting theseat belts
If theseat belt is pulled quicklyorsharply, the
seat belt retractor locks. The seat belt strapcan‐
notbepulled out anyfurther.
#
Alwaysengageseat belt tongue 2 of the
seat belt intoseat belt buckle 1 of thecor‐
responding seat.
#
Press and hold theseat belt outletrelease
and slide seat belt outlet 3 intothe desired
position.
#
Letgoofthe seat belt outletrelease and
ensurethat seat belt outlet 3 locks into
position.
Vehicles with single front passengerseat:
*
NOTE Deployment of theEmergency Ten‐
sioning Device when thefront-passenger
seat is unoccupied
If theseat belt tongueisengaged in theseat
belt buckle of theunoccupied front-passenger
seat, theEmergency Tensioning Device may
also deploy in theevent of an accident along
with other systems.
#
Onlyone person should use eachseat
belt at anyone time.
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