R
The vehicle occupant would thereby be
pushed into the seat belt by the rear bench
seat/rear seat or by the seat backrest. The
seat belt cannot protect as intended and
could result in additional injury.
R
Objects or loads in the boot/luggage com-
partment cannot be restrained by the seat
backrest.
This poses an increased risk of injury.
Before every trip, make sure that the seat
backrests and the rear bench seat/rear seat
are engaged before every trip.
!
Before folding the backrest in the rear com-
partment forwards, make sure that the rear
compartment armrest and the cupholder are
folded in. They may otherwise be damaged.
Observe the loading guidelines (
Y
page 288).
The left-hand and right-hand rear seat backrests
can be folded forwards separately to increase
the luggage compartment capacity.
Notes on using the luggage compart-
ment
Making the best use of your luggage compart-
ment:
R
You can increase the load capacity by adjust-
ing the backrest to the cargo position
(
Y
page 293).
R
The load area can be lengthened by folding
forward the folding backrest of the front-
passenger seat (
Y
page 291) and the corre-
sponding backrest in the rear.
Folding the rear seat backrest forwards
and back
Folding the rear seat backrest forwards
X
Fully insert the backrest head restraints if
necessary (
Y
page 109).
X
Move the driver's or front-passenger seat for-
wards if necessary.
X
Pull left-hand or right-hand release handle
;
of the seat backrest forwards.
The corresponding seat backrest
:
is
released.
X
Fold backrest
:
forwards.
X
Move the driver's or front-passenger seat
back if necessary.
X
Insert the seat belt into seat-belt holder
:
.
Folding back the rear seat backrest
!
Make sure that the seat belt does not
become trapped when folding the rear seat
backrest back. Otherwise, it could be dam-
aged.
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Stowage areas
Stowing
and
features
