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Ch ild Saf e ty
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle .
- Always remember that a chi ld leaning
forward, sitt ing 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 sw itch-
ed o n.
- If
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and st ay on, perform
the chec ks described
¢
page 161, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child rest raint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rea r seat positions if the PASS EN·
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 rest rained in ave-
hicle is being used
¢ page 143, Safety
belts,¢ page 151, Airbag system
and
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page 174, 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 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 passenger's seat safety belt have a con-
vertible locking retracto r for child restra ints .
The safety belt must be locked so that belt
webbing can not unreel. The ret ractor ca n be
activ ated t o lock the safety be lt a nd prevent
the safety belt webbing from loosening up
d uring normal driv ing . A child safety seat can
on ly be proper ly installed whe n the safety belt
is locked so that the chi ld and child safety
seat will stay in place.
Always remember: Even t ho ugh your vehicle is
equipped wit h a n Advan ced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 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.
A
WARNING
Improperly installed ch ild safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury
and death in a collision.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when insta lling a child
safety seat. An un locked safety belt re-
trac to r cannot hold the child safety seat
in place dur ing norma l driving 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 sa fety se at can fly a roun d
du ring a sudden stop or in a collision .
- Always make sure that t he rear seat
backres t t o which t he center rear safety
be lt is attached is securely latched when -
eve r the rea r center safety belt is being
used to secure a ch ild restra int .
- If the backrest is not securely lat ched,
the child and the child restraint will be
thrown forward together with the back-
rest and will strike parts of the vehicle
interior. The child can be seriously in-
jured or killed.
- Never install rear-facing child safety
seats or infant ca rrie rs o n the front pas-
senger seat . A child will be serious ly in-
jured and can be killed when the passen-
ge r airbag inflates.
- The infla t ing airbag will hit t he ch ild
safety seat or infant carrie r with great
for ce and will smas h the child safe ty seat
a nd child against t he backres t , cen t er
a rmrest, doo r or roof.
- Always inst all rear-fa cing ch ild safety
se at s or infa nt car rie rs on the rea r se at.
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