Saf ety, Occupant safety – Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2013 Owners Manual User Manual

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For more information about releasing the seat

belt with release button ?, see "Releasing

seat belts" (

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page 64).

Seat belt adjustment

The seat-belt adjustment function adjusts the

driver's and front-passenger seat belt to the

upper body of the occupants.
The belt strap is tightened slightly when:

R

you engage the belt tongue in the belt

buckle and you then turn the SmartKey to

position 2 in the ignition lock.

R

the SmartKey is in position 2 in the ignition

lock and you then engage the belt tongue

in the buckle.

The seat-belt adjustment will apply a

retraction force if any slack is detected

between the occupant and the seat belt. Do

not hold on to the seat belt tightly while it is

adjusting. You can switch the seat-belt

adjustment on and off in the on-board

computer (

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page 388).

The seat-belt adjustment is an integral part of

the PRE-SAFE

®

convenience function. More

information about PRE-SAFE

®

can be found

in the "PRE-SAFE

®

(preventative occupant

protection)" section (

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page 59).

Belt height adjustment

You can adjust the seat belt height on the

driver's seat and the front-passenger seat.

Adjust the height so that the upper part of the

seat belt is routed across the center of your

shoulder.

X

To raise: slide the belt sash guide upwards.

The belt sash guide engages in various

positions.

X

To lower: press and hold belt sash guide

release :.

X

Slide the belt sash guide downwards.

X

Release belt sash guide release : and

make sure that the belt sash guide has

engaged.

The seat belts for the outer seats in the rear

are adjusted automatically.

Releasing seat belts

X

Press release button ?(

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page 63) and

guide belt tongue ; back towards belt

sash guide :.

!

Make sure that the seat belt is fully rolled

up. Otherwise, the seat belt or belt tongue

will be trapped in the door or in the seat

mechanism. This could damage the door,

the door trim panel and the seat belt.

Damaged seat belts can no longer fulfill

their protective function and must be

replaced. Visit a qualified specialist

workshop.

Belt warning for the driver and front

passenger

Regardless of whether the driver's and front-

passenger seat belts have already been

fastened, the 7 seat belt warning lamp will

light up for six seconds each time the engine

is started. It then goes out if the driver and

the front passenger have fastened their seat

belts.
If the driver's seat belt is not fastened when

the engine is started, an additional warning

tone will sound. The warning tone goes out

after approximately six seconds or once the

driver's seat belt is fastened.

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