Seat adjustment/head restraints
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Guidelines for Rescue Services, smart, 2006
Rescue
a
Risk of injury
Action
When vehicle parts are
cut open
or
cut off
,
sharp
edges
are produced, which can cause
injury
to the
casualties
or to the
rescue personnel
.
Cover the relevant parts with protective covers
or pillar padding.
Seat adjustment
Vehicles in the smart model series feature manual
seat adjustment mechanisms as standard equip
ment. The release levers for fore/aft adjustment
(1) are located at the fronts of the seats, with
backrest adjustment (2) for the driver seat only
on the outside of the seat.
Deformation of the seat rails often means that
the seats can no longer be pushed back after an
accident.
In these cases, the instrument panel can be
pushed away from the casualty using a hydraulic
rescue ram. This is described in more detail in the
chapter entitled "Pushing away the instrument
panel" (p. 17).
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1
Fore/aft adjustment release
2
Backrest adjustment
Head restraints
On the following smart vehicles the head
restraints are integrated in the backrests:
• smart fortwo coupé and cabrio (model 450)
• smart roadster and roadster coupé
(model 452)
In the smart forfour (model 454), all the seats
feature manually adjustable head restraints.
To remove, pull the head restraint upwards; it can
then be lifted off.
