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Child Safety
precautions apply when installing a child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
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page 113, Child restraints on the front
seat - some important things to know .
A
WARNING
Always take special precautions if you
must install a forward or rearward-facing
child restraint on the front passenger's
seat in exceptional situations:
- Whenever a forward or rearward-facing
child restraint is installed on the front
passenger 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
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page 122, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the PASS EN·
GER 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 providing any protec-
tion .
- An improperly installed child restraint
can interfere with the airbag as it de-
ploys and seriously injure or even kill the
child .
- Always carefully follow the manufactur-
er's instructions provided with the child
safety seat or carrier .
- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash .
A
WARNING
Forward-facing child restraints:
-Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up, against or very near the in-
strument panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-facing child restraint. The
backrest must be adjusted to an upright
position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on .
A
WARNING
Rearward-facing child restraints:
- A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger
seat will be seriously injured and can be
killed if the front airbag inflates - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- 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, door or
roof.
- Always be especially careful if you must
install a rearward facing child safety seat
on the front passenger seat in exception-
al circumstances .
- A tight tether strap on a rearward-facing
child restraint attached to the front pas-
senger seat can put too much pressure
on the weight-mat in the seat and regis-
ter a heavier weight in the Advanced Air-
bag System. The heavier weight regis-
tered can make the system work as
though an adult were on the seat and de-
ploy the Advanced Airbag when it must
be suppressed causing serious or even
fatal injury to the child.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on.
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