Mercedes-Benz S-Sedan 2015 Owners Manual - Manual (Page 50)

could accidentally trigger or fail to deploy
when necessary. This poses an increased risk
of injury or even fatal injury.
Never modify the seat belts, Emergency Ten-
sioning Devices, belt anchorages or inertia
reels. Make sure that the seat belts are
undamaged, not worn out and clean. Follow-
ing an accident, have the seat belts checked
immediately at a qualified specialist work-
shop.
Only use seat belts that have been approved
for your vehicle by Mercedes-Benz.
Proper use of the seat belts
Pay attention to the safety notes about the
seat belt (
Y
page 46).
All vehicle occupants must fasten their seat
belts correctly before you start driving. You
must also make sure that all vehicle occu-
pants have their seat belts correctly fastened
at all times during the journey.
When fastening your seat belt, always make
sure that:
R the seat belt tongue is only inserted into the
belt buckle that belongs to the seat.
R
the seat belt is pulled tight across your
body.
Avoid wearing bulky clothing, e.g. a winter
coat.
R
the seat belt is not twisted.
Only then can the forces which occur be
distributed over the area of the belt.
R the shoulder section of the belt is routed
across the center of your shoulder.
The shoulder section of the belt must not
come into contact with your neck or be
routed under your arm. Where possible,
adjust the seat belt to the appropriate
height.
R the lap belt must be taut and pass across
your lap as low down as possible.
The lap belt must always be routed across
your hip joints and not across your abdo-
men. Pregnant women must take particular
care with this. If necessary, push the lap
belt down to your hip joint and pull it tight
using the shoulder section of the belt.
R the seat belt is not routed over sharp,
pointed or fragile objects.
If such objects are located on or in your
clothing, e.g. pens, keys, eyeglasses, etc.,
stow these in a suitable location.
R only one person should use each seat belt
at any one time.
Babies and children must never travel sit-
ting on the lap of another vehicle occupant.
In the event of an accident, they could be
crushed between the vehicle occupant and
seat belt.
R
never secure any objects with a seat belt if
the seat belt is being used by one of the
vehicle's occupants.
Seat belts are solely intended to secure and
restrain persons. To secure objects, luggage
or loads, always observe the "Loading guide-
lines" (
Y
page 322).
Rear beltbags
i Observe the "Important safety notes" sec-
tion (
Y
page 51).
Depending on the vehicle's equipment, the
outer rear seat belts are equipped with a belt
bag. This can be seen from the BELTBAG iden-
tification on the rear seat belt.
G WARNING
In an accident, the belt bag may damage a
non-approved child restraint system. As a
result, the child restraint system may not be
able to provide the intended level of protec-
tion. This poses an increased risk of injury or
even fatal injury.
For this reason, a child restraint system with
an integrated seat belt should always be
installed using LATCH-type (ISOFIX). In a vehi-
cle with optional belt bags for the rear seats,
you should only ever use a booster seat with
integrated backrest that has been tested and
approved by Mercedes-Benz in conjunction
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