Safety System Of Your Vehicle - Hyundai Santa Fe Owner's Manual

Safety system of your vehicle

This chapter provides you with important information about how to protect yourself and your passengers.
It explains how to properly use your seats and seat belts, and how your air bags work.
Additionally, this chapter explains how to properly restrain infants and children in your vehicle.
Important safety precautions...............................2-2
Always wear your seat belt............................................2-2
Restrain all children..........................................................2-2
Air bag hazards..................................................................2-2
Driver distraction...............................................................2-2
Control your speed ...........................................................2-3
Keep your vehicle in safe condition.............................2-3
Seats ........................................................................2-4
Safety precautions............................................................2-5
Front seats..........................................................................2-6
Rear seats .........................................................................2-12
Head restraint ..................................................................2-19
Seat warmers and air ventilation seats.....................2-24
seat belts...............................................................2-27
Seat belt safety precautions........................................2-27
Seat belt warning light ..................................................2-28
Seat belt restraint system ............................................2-31
Additional seat belt safety precautions ....................2-37
Care of seat belts ...........................................................2-39
Child restraint system (CRS) ..............................2-40
Our recommendation:Children always in the rear..2-40
Selecting a Child Restraint System (CRS) .................2-41
Installing a Child Restraint System (CRS)..................2-43
Suitability of each seating position for belted &
ISOFIX Child Restraint Systems according to UN
regulations ........................................................................2-48
Air bag - supplemental restraint system .........2-52
Where are the air bags? ...............................................2-54
How does the air bags system operate? ..................2-59
What to expect after an air bag inflates..................2-62
Why didn't my air bag go off in a collision? ...........2-64
SRS care ............................................................................2-69
Additional safety precautions ......................................2-70
Air bag warning labels ...................................................2-70
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