Transporting Children Safely; Child Seat - Skoda Fabia Owner's Manual

Transporting children safely

Child seat

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Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Use of a child seat on the front passenger seat
Use of the child seat on the front passenger seat
Child safety and side airbag
Classification of child seats
Use of child seats fastened with a seat belt
To avoid serious injury or death children are always to be in an appropriate
child safety seat with regards to height, weight, and age.
For safety reasons, we recommend that you always transport child seats on
the rear seats.
Child seats complying with the ECE-R 44 Economic Commission for Europe
standard must be used.
Child seats that comply with the ECE-R 44 standard are identified with a test
mark that cannot be removed: a large E within a circle with the test number
below.
With child safety seats in groups 2 and 3, make sure that the loop-around fit-
tings attached to the child seat headrest is positioned in front of or at the
same height as the loop-around fittings on the B pillar on the passenger side.
WARNING
You should never carry children - including babies! - on your lap.
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Never leave children unattended in the vehicle. Certain outside climatic
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conditions can cause life-threatening temperatures in the vehicle.
The child must be secured in the vehicle throughout the journey! Other-
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wise, in the event of an accident, the child would be thrown through the
vehicle and as a result may suffer fatal injuries and also injure other occu-
pants.
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Safety
WARNING (Continued)
Children are exposed to an increased risk of injury in the event of an acci-
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dent if they lean forward or adopt an incorrect seated position when the
vehicle is moving. This particularly applies to children who are transported
on the front passenger seat, as they can suffer severe, or even fatal, inju-
ries if the airbag system is deployed!
Pay particular attention to the information provided by the manufacturer
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of the child safety seat regarding the correct routing of the belt. Seat belts
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which are not correctly adjusted can themselves cause injuries even, in mi-
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nor accidents.
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Safety belts must be checked to ensure that they are positioned properly.
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Care should also be taken to ensure that the belt is not damaged by sharp-
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edged fittings.
It is essential to switch off the front passenger airbag if using a child seat
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on the front passenger seat in which the child is carried with its back facing
the direction of travel. Further information
on the front passenger seat.
When installing the child seat on the back seat, the corresponding front
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seat must be adjusted so that there is no contact between the front seat
and the child seat or the child being transported in a child seat.
CAUTION
When installing a child seat in which the child faces forward, adjust the head
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restraints so that they are as high as possible.
If the head restraints still prevent the child seat from being installed, even in
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the highest position, you will need to remove them
ing the child seat, refit the head restraints.
Note
We recommend that you use child seats from ŠKODA Original Accessories.
These child seats were developed and also tested for use in ŠKODA vehicles.
They meet the ECE-R 44 standard.
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