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Adjustments

Safe seating position

For relaxed and fatigue-free driving you

should select a sitting position that

reflects your personal requirements. In

combination with the safety belts and

airbags, the correct seating position

plays an important role in enhancing

occupant safety in the event of an acci-

dent. To ensure that the vehicle's safety

systems provide you with optimal pro-

tection, we request that you direct your

careful attention to the following sec-

tion.

For supplementary information on

transporting children, refer to page 54.

Sitting safely with airbags

Always maintain an adequate dis-

tance between yourself and the

airbags. Always hold the steering wheel

by the rim to keep any chance of injury

to hands or arms to an absolute mini-

mum should the airbag be deployed.

Never allow any objects, individuals or

animals to obstruct the areas between

passengers and airbags. Never use the

front airbag's cover as a storage tray or

support for objects of any kind. Never

allow front passengers to rest their feet

or legs on the airbag cover.<

For airbag locations and additional

information on airbags, refer to

page 52.

Sitting safely with safety belts

Never allow more than one person

to wear a single safety belt. Never

allow infants or small children to ride in

a passenger's lap. Avoid twisting the

belt while routing it firmly across the

pelvis and shoulder, wear it as snugly

against your body as possible. Do not

allow the belt to rest against hard or

fragile objects. Do not route the belt

across your neck, or run it across sharp

edges. Be sure that the belt does not

become caught or jammed. Avoid

wearing bulky clothing and pull on the

lap belt periodically to retension it over

your shoulders. In the event of a frontal

impact, a loose lap belt could slide over

the hips, leading to abdominal injury. In

addition, the safety belt's restraint

effectiveness is reduced if it is worn

loosely. Expectant mothers should

always wear their safety belts, taking

care to position the lap belt against the

lower hips, where it will not exert pres-

sure against the abdominal area.<

For information on using the safety

belts, refer to page 47.

Seats

When adjusting your seat, always

observe the following precautions

Never try to adjust your seat while

operating the vehicle. The seat

could respond with an unexpected

movement, and the ensuing loss of

vehicle control could lead to an acci-

dent. Never ride with the backrest

reclined to an extreme angle. This is

especially important for the front pas-

senger to remember. If you do so, there

is a risk that you will slide under the

safety belt in an accident, thus reducing

the protection provided by the safety

belt.<

Seat adjustment

> Manual seat adjustment, refer to

page 44

> Power seat adjustment, refer to

page 45

> Head restraint, refer to page 46

> Entering the rear, refer to page 46.

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