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Ch ild Saf e ty
- Childre n on the front seat of any car,
even w ith Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ous ly injured or even killed when an a ir-
bag inflates .
- Never let a child stand or knee l on any
seat, for examp le t he front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle .
- Always remember that a ch ild lean ing
forward, sitt ing s ideways or out of posi-
t ion in any way during an acc ident can be
st ruck by a deploying airbag . This will re-
sult in serious personal injury o r dea t h .
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of excep -
t io nal circumstances the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light must come on and
stay on, whenever the igni t ion is sw itch-
ed on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t
doe s not come on a nd st ay on, perform
the chec ks described ¢
page 161, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take t he child rest rain t off th e fron t pa s-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rea r seat positions if the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used¢
page 140, Safety
belts,¢ page 149, Airbag system
and
¢
page 175, Important things to know.
Installing
a child safety
seat
Securing a child safety seat using a
safety belt
Safety bel ts for the rear sea ts and the front
passenger can be locked with the convertible
locking retractor to properly secure child
safety seats .
The safety belts emergency locking retractors
for the rear seats safety belts and for the
fro nt passenge r's seat safety belt have a con-
vertible locking retracto r fo r child restra ints .
The safety belt m ust be locked so t hat be lt
web bing cannot unree l. The retractor can be
activated to lock the safety belt and prevent
the safety belt webbing from loosening up
duri ng norma l dr iving . A chi ld safety seat can
only be prope rly insta lled when t he safety belt
is locked so that the ch ild and child safety
sea t will stay in place .
Always remember: Even tho ugh your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system , all
children, especially thos e 12 years and young-
er, sho uld always ride in the back seat prope r-
ly restra ined fo r the ir age and size.
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WARNING
Im prop erly inst alled ch ild safety sea t s in-
crease the risk of serious pe rsonal injury
and d eath in a collision.
- Always make sure t hat t he safet y bel t re-
trac t o r is locked w hen insta lling a child
safety seat . An un locke d safety belt re-
tracto r cannot hold the child safety seat
in place dur ing no rma l driving or in a
crash.
- Always buckle the child sa fety seat firmly
in place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it .
A loose child safety seat can fly around
du ring a s udden stop or in a collision .
- Always make sure that the rear seat
backrest to wh ich the center rear safety
be lt* is attached is sec urely latched
wheneve r the rea r center sa fet y belt is
be ing used to secu re a child rest raint.
- If the backrest is not securely lat ched,
the child and the child res t raint will be
throw n forward togethe r with t he back-
rest and will strike pa rt s of t he vehi cle
interior. The child can be seriously in-
jured or killed.
- Never insta ll rear-facing child safety
seats or infant carrie rs on t he front pas-
sen g er seat . A child will be serious ly in-
jured and can be killed when the passen-
ge r airbag inflates.
- The inflating air bag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
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