Installing and removing the rear bench seat
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WARNING Risk of accident and injury as
a result of rear bench seat not being
engaged
If the rear bench seat is not engaged, it may
be flung around during travel.
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Always make sure that the rear bench
seat is engaged as described.
Keep the seat guide rails and anchorages in the
vehicle floor free of dirt and objects to ensure
that the rear bench seat engages securely.
If the indicator tab of the seat anchorage is not
retracted into the seat leg, the seat is not cor‐
rectly engaged. Engage the seat again.
Removing the rear bench seat
You can install the rear bench seats in the face-
to-face position only if the vehicle floor is equip‐
ped with four seat anchorages on the first rear
seat row or with a seat rail system.
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In vehicles with a seat rail system, carry out
the release, removal and subsequent re-
installation of the rear bench seat at the
marked at the marked basic position only
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page 69).
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Fold the release handle for rear seat anchor‐
age
1
up.
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Fold the rear bench seat forwards at the
upper edge of the seat backrest.
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Pull the release handle for front seat legs
2
up.
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Grasp the rear bench seat by the lower edge
of the seat cushion.
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Fold the rear bench seat forwards and
remove it from seat anchorages
3
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Installing the rear bench seat
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Grasp the rear bench seat by the lower edge
of the seat cushion.
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Insert the rear bench seat into front seat
anchorages
3
from above at the front and
allow it to engage.
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Make sure that the release handles for front
seat legs
2
are folded down towards the
floor of the vehicle.
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Fold the rear bench seat back into the seat
position.
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Press the release handle for rear seat anchor‐
age
1
down until indicator tabs
4
have
fully retracted into the rear seat legs.
The rear seat legs of the rear bench seat are cor‐
rectly engaged when the seat legs engage audibly
and indicator tabs
4
on the seat legs are no lon‐
ger visible and have fully retracted into the seat
legs.
Head restraints
Adjusting the head restraint mechanically
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WARNING Risk of accident due to
adjusting the vehicle settings while the
vehicle is in motion
You could lose control of the vehicle in the
following situations in particular:
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If you adjust the driver's seat, the head
restraint, the steering wheel or the mirror
while the vehicle is in motion
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If you fasten your seat belt while the vehi‐
cle is in motion
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