Citroen DS3 Quiz
Child safety

Front seat belts

In this manual: Child safety
Instruments and controls — 22Multifunction screens — 22Familiarisation — 9Interior features — 25Multifunction screens — 5Comfort — 7Heating/ventilation — 25Access — 34Visibility — 37Fittings — 16Child safety — 32Side airbags — 1Driving — 6Automatic gearbox — 20Checks — 10Practical information — 35Technical data — 6
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The front seat belts are fi tted with a pretensioning and force limiting system.

This system improves safety in the front seats in the event of a front impact.

Depending on the severity of the impact, the pretensioning system instantly tightens the seat belts against the body of the occupants.

The pretensioning seat belts are active when the ignition is on.

The force limiter reduces the pressure of the seat belt on the chest of the occupant, so increasing their protection.

Fastening

  • Pull the strap, then insert the tongue in the buckle.
  • Check that the seat belt is fastened correctly by pulling the strap.

Unfastening

  • Press the red button on the buckle.
  • Guide the seat belt as it is reeled in.

Seat belt not fastened/ unfastened warning lamp

When the ignition is switched on,

When the ignition is switched on, this warning lamp comes on in the instrument panel, if the driver and/or the front passenger has not fastened their seat belt.

From approximately 20 km/h this warning lamp fl ashes for two minutes accompanied by an audible signal of increasing volume. Once these two minutes have elapsed, this warning lamp remains on until the driver and/or the front passenger fastens their seat belt.

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