On The Front-Passenger Seat - SMART forfour Owner's Manual

Children in the vehicle
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positioning of the child restraint system
in addition to the child restraint system
manufacturer's installation instructions.
Warning symbol for a rearward-facing child
restraint system
If you use a rearward-facing child
restraint system on the front-passenger
seat, you must disable the front-passenger
front airbag.
The airbag-off switch for manually acti-
vating and disabling the front-passenger
front airbag is in the dashboard on the
front-passenger side.
X
Push in airbag-off switch : beyond the
point of resistance.
X
To disable the front-passenger front
airbag: turn airbag-off switch : anti-
clockwise.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF 4 indi-
cator lamp on the overhead control panel
lights up and stays on when the ignition
Y
is switched on (
X
To activate the front-passenger front
airbag: turn airbag-off switch : clock-
wise.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG ON × indica-
tor lamp on the overhead control panel
lights up and stays on when the ignition
Y
is switched on (
The passenger airbag is enabled when the
ignition is switched on unless the
passenger airbag has been manually disa-
bled. If the passenger airbag is deactiva-
ted and the ignition is switched on, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF 4 indicator
lamp in the overhead control panel
Y
( page 39) lights up permanently.
Child restraint system on the front-
passenger seat
General notes
Accident statistics show that children
secured in the rear seats are safer than
children secured in the front-passenger
seat. For this reason, smart strongly advi-
ses that you install a child restraint sys-
tem on a rear seat.
If you secure a child in a child restraint
system on the front-passenger seat, always
observe the information on "Disabling the
front-passenger front airbag" (
You can thus avoid the risks that could
arise as a result of:
the enabling or disabling of the front-
R
passenger front airbag by mistake
the unsuitable positioning of the child
R
restraint system, e.g. too close to the
dashboard
page 39).
page 39).
Y
page 51).