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Ch ild s afet y
A
WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious pe rsonal injury and
death in a collision.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat . An unlocked safety belt retrac-
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
dur ing no rma l driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
pla ce even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can f ly around d uring
a sudden stop or in a coll ision .
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the child restrain t will be thrown
forward together with the backrest and will
strike parts of the vehicle interior. The chi ld
can be seriously injured or killed .
- Never install rearward -facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the front passen-
ger seat. A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger airbag in-
flates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof .
- Always install rearward-facing ch ild safety
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat .
- Forward-facing ch ild safety seats or infant
carr iers installed on the front passenger 's
seat may interfere with the deployment of
the a irbag and cause serious injury to the
child.
- It
is safe r to install a forward-facing ch ild
safety seat on the rear seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used¢
page 150 .
Specia l preca ut ions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the fron t passenger seat ¢
page 129, Child
restraints on the front seat - some impor-
tant things to know.
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A
WARNING
-
Always take special precautions if you must
install a forward or rearward -facing child re-
stra int on the front passenger's seat in excep-
tional s ituations:
- Whenever a forward or rearward-fac ing
child restraint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light must come on and stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described¢
page 138, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- Improper installation of child restraints can
reduce their effectiveness or even prevent
them from provid ing any protect ion.
- An improperly installed child restraint can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
seriously injure or even kill the child.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier .
- Never place additiona l items on the seat
that can increase the tota l weight registered
by the weight-sensing mat and can cause in-
jury in a crash.
A
WARNING
Forward-facing child restra ints:
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been des igned and certified by its man-
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side airbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
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