Volkswagen Campmobile 1973, Руководство пользователя

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Safety belts
Safety belts for front seats
Safety belts for rear seats
Do not strap in more than one person in
each belt.
Belt care
A safety belt is provided for each seating
position in your Volkswagen. For your
protection, fasten your safety belt before
driving off and wear it at all times while
the car is in motion.
Store safety belts of unoccupied seats
properly. This reduces the possibility of
their becoming a striking object in case
of a sudden stop. Insert the belt into the anchor housing on
the inboard side of the seat and push
down until it is securely locked. buckle already engaged in the anchor
housing. Take up any slack of the loose
belt by moving the slide on the belt.
Keep safety belts clean. If cleaning is nec-
essary, wash them with a mild soap solu-
tion, without removing them from the car.
Do not bleach or dye safety belts. Do not
use any other cleaning agents. They may
weaken the webbing.
Check buckles and retractors for proper
function. Check belt webbing and bindings
for damage.
The front seats are equipped with combi-
nation lap/shoulder belts. For easy storage
a hook is provided on the door post.
A shoulder belt should not be worn by a
person less than 4’7” in height because it
would not be in its most protective posi-
tion, and therefore may increase the
possibility of injury in a collision.
To fasten your combination lap/shoulder
belt, grasp the belt tongue, take it off the
hook on the door post and pull the belt across
your lap and chest.
The belt should not be worn loose or
twisted.
To unfasten the belt, push in the release
marked PRESS in the anchor housing. The
belt tongue will spring out of the anchor
housing.
When not in use the belt should be hung
on the hook provided for this purpose on
the door post.
Belts should not be worn too loose or twisted.
They should fit snugly across your body.
The lap belt section should be completely
unrolled from the retractor.
To adjust the length of the belts, press in
the release in the buckle as you pull the
respective belt section in the desired
direction. With this release it is also
possible to adjust the belt length with the
The rear seats are equipped with adjus-
table lap belts.
Pull the longer section across your lap
and insert the tongue in the inboard buck-
le. Push in until you hear a click to be
sure the belt is locked securely.
To unfasten the belt, push in the release
marked PRESS in the buckle.
To lengthen or shorten the rear belt,
hold the belt tongue at a right angle to the
belt and pull the respective belt section in
the desired direction. Take up any slack of
the loose belt end by moving the slide on
the belt.
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