Protecting Adults And Teens; Close And Lock The Doors - Acura TL 2012 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 seat.
See pages 37 56 for important
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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.
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 152 for how to lock the
doors, and page 71 for how the door/
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.
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2012 TL

Protecting Adults and Teens

You will also hear a beep when you
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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
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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 184 and 187.
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