Mercedes Benz GLC Class owners manual page 46

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44 Occupantsafety Depending on the person in the front-If the seat belt is pulled out of the belt outlet passenger seat, the front-passenger front airquickly or with a jerky movement, the belt bag must either be deactivated or enabled;retractor locks. The belt strap cannot be seethefollowingpoints.Youmustmakesureextracted any further. of this both before and during a journey.The Emergency Tensioning Device tightens RChildreninachildrestraint system:the seat belt in an accident, pulling the belt whetherthefront-passengerfrontairbagisclose against the body. However it does not Safetyenabled or deactivated depends on thepullthevehicleoccupantbackinthedirection installedchildrestraintsystem,andtheageof the backrest. and size of the child. Therefore, be sure toThe Emergency Tensioning Device does not observe the notes on the "Occupant Clas-correct an incorrect seat position or the rout- sification System (OCS)" (Y page 51) anding of an incorrectly fastened seat belt. on"Children in the vehicle" (Y page 60).Whentriggered, the seat belt force limiters Thereyouwillalsofindinstructionsonrear-reduce the force exerted by the seat belt on wardandforward-facingchildrestraintsys-the vehicle occupant. tems on the front-passenger seat.Theseatbeltforcelimitersforthefrontseats RAllotherpersons:dependingontheclas-are synchronized with the front air bags, sification of the person in the front-which absorb part of the deceleration force. passenger seat, the front-passenger frontThiscanreducetheforceexertedonthevehi- air bag is enabled or deactivatedcle occupants during an accident. Ypage51).Besuretoobservethenotes ( !Ifthefront-passengerseatisunoccupied, on"Seat belts“ (Y page 44) and "Air bags"donotinsertthebelttongueintothebuckle (Y page 48). There you can also find infor-of the front-passenger seat. This may oth- mation on the correct seat position.erwise lead to the triggering of the Emer- gencyTensioningDeviceintheeventofan Seat belts accident, which will then need to be replaced. Introduction Seat belts are the most effective means ofImportant safety notes restricting the movement of vehicle occu-The use of seat belts and child restraint sys- pants in the event of an accident or the vehi-tems is required by law in: cle rolling over. This reduces the risk of vehi-Rall 50 states cle occupantscomingintocontactwithparts of the vehicle interior or being ejected fromRtheU.S.territories the vehicle. Furthermore, the seat belt helpsRtheDistrict of Columbia tokeepthevehicleoccupantinthebestposi-Rall Canadian provinces tion in relation to the air bag.Even where this is not required by law, all The seat belt system comprises: vehicle occupants should correctly fasten RSeatbelts their seat belts before starting the journey. REmergencyTensioning Devices for theGWARNING front seat belts and the outer seat belts inIf the seat belt is incorrectly fastened, it can- the rear not protect as intended. Furthermore, an RSeatbelt force limiters for the front seatincorrectly fastened seat belt can cause addi- belts and the outer seat belts in the reartional injury, for example, in an accident, dur- ing braking or when abruptly changing direc-

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