Protecting Adults And Teens; Close And Lock The Doors; Adjust The Front Seats - Honda 2008 Ridgeline Owner's Manual

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.
See pages 32 36 for important
guidelines on how to properly
protect infants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.
1.

Close and Lock the Doors

After everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors are closed
and locked. Before driving, be sure
the tailgate is also closed.
Locking the doors reduces the
chance of someone being thrown out
of the vehicle during a crash, and it
helps prevent passengers from
accidentally opening a door and
falling out.
Your vehicle has a door and
tailgate monitor on the
instrument panel to indicate when a
specific door or the tailgate is not
tightly closed.
Your vehicle also has an
In-Bed Trunk open
indicator to show when the In-Bed
Trunk lid is not tightly closed (see
69
page ).
Locking the doors also helps prevent
an outsider from unexpectedly
opening a door when you come to a
stop.
See page 83 for how to lock the
doors, and page 64 for how the door
and tailgate monitor system works.
Your vehicle has the auto door
locking/unlocking feature. For more
information, see page 84 .

Protecting Adults and Teens

2.

Adjust the Front Seats

Adjust the driver's seat as far to the
rear as possible while allowing you to
maintain full control of the vehicle.
Have a front passenger adjust their
seat as far to the rear as possible.
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