Seat belts
You must fasten your seat belts before every ride.
Fastening: When fastening, the belt buckle should lock with an audible click.
Release: Press the red button to release the buckle from the buckle and hold the belt webbing towards the retractor.
The adjustment of the upper attachment point of the belt to the height of the seated person occurs automatically during the longitudinal adjustment of the seat.
The seat belt is blocked when:
- jerking the tape
- sudden braking or acceleration
- cornering - strong crown of the car
Belt tensioner
The belt tensioner provides a much better fit of the belt to the body of a person during a collision and allows you to securely hold him in the seat. In a fraction of a second, the belt buckle will move back under the influence of gas pressure, simultaneously tightening the diagonal and lap belts. This ensures reliable protection against slipping of a person under the waist belt.
For your safety, please follow the instructions below for the use of the belt, otherwise it will not be able to fully perform its protective function. Please inform all your companions of the need to comply with the rules for the use of seat belts.
Only one person should wear one seat belt at all times. While the car is in motion, infants and young children must not be kept on the laps of adult passengers.
The belt tape should be tightly stretched and fit without twisting to the chest and waist, and there should not be hard or brittle objects under the clothes pockets. The belt should not wrap around the neck. It must not be pinched or rubbed against sharp edges.
The belt should fit as close to the body as possible, so the clothes should not be tight. Tighten the belt in the shoulder area more often. Otherwise, in a frontal collision, a loose lap belt may slip up over the thighs and injure the lower abdomen. Due to the increased gap between the belt and the body, the holding effect of the belt is realized with a delay.
Pregnant women should always fasten their seat belts, making sure, in particular, that the lap belt covers the hips from below and does not put pressure on the stomach.
Do not modify the seat belt system.
Safe transport of children
For children under the age of 12 and less than 150 cm tall, special approved systems must be used for safe transportation.
Babies up to 9 months old can be transported in cradles mounted on the back seat against the direction of travel and acidified by serial seat belts.
For each age group, BMW workshops offer appropriate systems for the safe transport of children. Child safety systems must not be installed in the front passenger seat, otherwise injury may result if the airbag deploys.
It is unacceptable to make changes to the design of systems for transporting children, otherwise they will not be able to fully fulfill their protective function.
Integrated child seats
These two child seats are integrated in the rear seat and comply with the legal requirements developed on the basis of the EU Directive R-44. intended for children from 3 to 12 years old (from 15 to 38 kg).
For children from 9 months to 3.5 years (from 9 to 18 kg) these seats must be used in combination with the special backrest and safety table available from a BMW workshop.
Seat extension
Grasp the front of the rear seat and pull it up and back slightly as shown by the arrow.
Lowering the seat
Grasping the loop, pull forward and down as shown by the arrow.
Observe the instructions for using the seat belts above, otherwise they will not be able to perform their protective function.
Airbags (NPB)
1. front airbags for driver and passenger
2. side airbags
Protective action
The front airbags protect the driver and front passenger in a frontal collision. when the protective effect of the seat belts alone is not sufficient. Side airbags provide protection in side impacts.
In the event of an accident, only the airbag located on the side on which the impact occurs is activated.
The illustration shows the directions of impacts to which the airbags react. Side protection is provided only when the vehicle is equipped with side airbags.
Inertial sensors continuously monitor the acceleration forces acting on the vehicle. If, as a result of a collision, the driver and passenger are subjected to such an acceleration force that the seat belts alone can no longer provide sufficient protection, the airbag inflators for the driver and front passenger are activated in parallel with each other. However, the front passenger airbag is only activated if a sensor in the seat detects that someone is actually sitting on it.
In the event of a side collision, if necessary, the side airbag on the side on which the collision occurred is activated.
The airbags, which are located under the safety trims of the steering wheel, the front panel and under the side/front door trims, are deployed. filling with gas in a few milliseconds. At the same time, they break the safety lining in predetermined places.
Rapid deployment, which is necessary for the normal functioning of the airbag, is accompanied by an ignition pop and inflation noise, which, however, are simply not perceived against the background of an accident. The gas required to inflate the airbag does not pose any danger and after a while escapes along with the resulting smoke.
The whole process develops within one twentieth of a second.
Airbag control lamp
The lamp on the instrument panel indicates that the system is ready for operation after turning the ignition key to position 1.
The system is ready for operation: The control lamp lights up for a while, after which it goes out.
The system is faulty:
- The control lamp does not light up
- The control lamp, lit up for a short time, goes out and lights up again
In the event of a system malfunction, there is a danger that if it collides with an obstacle, it will not work, even if the accident is severe enough.
Please contact a BMW workshop immediately to have the system checked.
The airbag warning lamp also illuminates when the belt tensioner is deployed.
For your safety, please follow the instructions below regarding airbags, otherwise they will not be able to fully perform their protective function. Please inform all your companions of the need to follow the instructions regarding airbags.
The presence of airbags does not relieve you of the need to fasten your seat belt, since airbags are only one of the safety features. In case of minor accidents, vehicle rollovers and impacts to the rear, and if the vehicle is not equipped with side airbags, only the seat belt protects you in the event of side impacts.
Sit on the seat as you like, but at the same time as far as possible from the steering wheel, front panel or heh door.
Always hold the steering wheel by the rim. Failure to do so may result in injury to the hands or forearms. There must be no foreign objects between the airbag and the person it protects. The airbag cover for the front passenger cannot be used as a shelf for small items.
The safety lining of the steering wheel, front panel and side door trim must not be pasted over, fitted or modified in any way.
It is unacceptable to strengthen systems for the safe transportation of children in the front passenger seat. Children under 12 years of age should only be transported in the back seat.
Even if all instructions are followed, under certain circumstances, personal injury due to the deployment of airbags cannot be ruled out. For sensitive passengers, the firing pop and noise during airbag inflation can cause short-term hearing loss.
Locking children in the car
After inserting the key into the slot in the rear door, turn it outward.
Now it will be impossible to open the door from the salon.