50 Child safety
Seat belt guide handle
●Secure the seat belt guide handle to the side head restraint on the win-
dow side. The guide handle is secured by a button.
●Open the upper button on the seat belt guide handle and pass the belt
webbing below the side head restraint and through the guide handle.
●Close the button again.
Adjusting the seat belt
●Guide the automatic three-point seat belt below the side head restraint.
●Pull the latch plate and slowly place the belt webbing across the child's
chest and lap.
●Insert the latch plate into the buckle for the appropriate seat and push it
down until it is securely locked with an audible click.
●Pull the belt to ensure that the latch plate is securely engaged in the
buckle.
WARNING
The seat belt only offers maximum protection from severe or fatal injuries
when it is correctly positioned.
●Children must assume the proper sitting position and be properly bel-
ted in while travelling.
●The shoulder belt must be positioned against the middle of the
shoulder.
●The seat belt must lie flat and fit comfortably.
●Allow the belt to retract until it fits tightly over the child's seat.
●The lap part of the seat belt must lie across the pelvis, never across
the stomach.
●Only one child may occupy a child seat.
Removing the child seat
Fig. 33 Integrated
child seats. lowering
the cushion
Lowering the cushion
●Pull the unlock lever ⇒ Fig. 33 A on the cushion in the direction of the
arrow 1.
●Push the cushion down through the central area B in the direction of
the arrow 2 until it safely engages ⇒ . The side supports fold away auto-
matically.
Removing the side head restraint
●Open the seat belt guide handle.
●Guide the seat belt by hand to pull the belt back in more easily and not
damage the trim.
●Push the head restraint up as far as it will go.
●Fold the seat backrest of the rear seat forwards ⇒ page 117.
●Remove the head restraint along with the side head restraint.
●Remove the head restraint and side head restraint by pulling on it.
●Fitting the head restraint.
