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- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
- Always remember that a chi ld leaning
forward, sitting sideways or out of posi-
t ion in any way during an acc ident can be
struck by a deploying airbag. This will re-
sult in serious personal injury or death.
- If
you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of excep-
t ional circumstances the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light must come on and
stay on, whenever the ignition is switch-
ed on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, perform
the checks described
¢
page 147, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child rest raint off the fron t pas-
senger seat and ins t all it proper ly at one
of the rear seat posi t ions 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 129, Safety
belts,¢ page 137, Airbag system
and
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page 161, Important things to know.
Installing
a child safety
seat
Securing a child safety seat using a
safety belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front
passenger's seat can be locked with the con-
vertible 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 passenger's seat safety belt have a con-
vertible locking retracto r fo r child restra ints .
The safety belt must be locked so that belt
webbi ng cannot unreel. The retracto r can be
activ ated to lock t he safety be lt and prevent
t he safe ty belt webbing from loosening up
d uring normal driving . A child sa fety seat can
only be properly installed when the safety belt
Child Sa f et y
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is locked so that the chi ld and child safety
seat will stay in place.
Always remember: Even tho ugh your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 12 years and young -
er, sho uld always ride in the back seat prope r-
ly restrained for the ir age and we ight .
A
WARNING
Imp roperly installed chi ld safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury
and deat h in a collision.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tracto r is locked when insta lling a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt re-
trac to r cannot hold the child safety seat
in place dur ing norma l dr iving or in a
crash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it.
A loose child safe t y seat can fly aroun d
du ring a sudden stop or in a collision.
- If the backrest is not securely latc hed,
the child and the child re5traint will be
thrown forward togethe r with the bac k-
rest and will strike parts of the vehicle
interior. The child can be se riously in-
jured or killed.
- Never install rearwa rd-facing child safety
seats or infant ca rrie rs on the front pas-
senger seat. A child will be serio usly in-
jured and can be killed when the passen-
ge r airbag inflates .
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild
safety seat or infant carrie r with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child against the bac krest, center
armrest, doo r or roof.
- Always install rearward-facing chi ld safe-
ty seats or infant carriers on the rea r
seat .
- Forwa rd-facing child safety seats o r in-
fa nt car riers installed on the front pas-
senger's seat may int erfere with the d e-
ployme nt of t he airbag a nd cause serious
inj ury t o the child.
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