Protecting Adults And Teens; Close And Lock The Doors - Acura 2009 TL Owner's Manual

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Introduction
The following pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver, adult passengers
and teenage children who are large
enough and mature enough to drive
or ride in the front seat.
See pages for important
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guidelines on how to properly
protect infants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.
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1.

Close and Lock the Doors

After everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors and trunk
are closed and locked.
Your vehicle has a door/
trunk open indicator (red)
on the instrument panel to indicate
when any door or the trunk lid is not
tightly closed.
See page 146
doors, and page
trunk open indicator works.
Your vehicle also has a door and
trunk open indicator on the multi-
information display to indicate when
a specific door or the trunk is not
tightly closed. You will see the
appropriate indicator(s) for each
condition.
for how to lock the
12 for how the door/
2009 TL

Protecting Adults and Teens

You will also hear a beep when you
＊
turn the ignition switch to the ON
(II) position, and each time you open
any door or the trunk with the key in
the ON (II) position.
＊ : Models equipped with the
keyless access system have an
engine start/stop button instead
of an ignition switch. ON Mode
is the equivalent of ON (II). For
more information, see pages
178 and 180 .
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