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Child safety
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The child and the passenger can also in-
jure each other in an accident.
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Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger airbag in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem.
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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.
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Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant
carriers
on
the
rear seat.
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Make sure there is enough space
in
front of
the child in the child seat. If necessary, ad-
just
the
angle and position of the seat in
front of the
child
seat.
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Forward-facing child safety seats installed
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
with the airbag when it inflates and cause
serious injury to the child. Always install for-
ward-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat.
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If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child
restraint
on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety
and well-being require that the following
special precautions be taken:
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Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been
designed
and certified by its manu-
facturer
for
use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side airbag.
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Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down
adjustment
range and move it back to the
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
.
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Always make sure that the safety belt
up-
per anchorage is behind the child restraint
and
not
next to or in front of the child
re-
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straint so that the safety belt will be prop-
erly positioned.
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Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the
rearmost
position
in its
fore
and aft adjustment
range.
-Always make sure that the backrest is in
the upright position.
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Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power
inverter
or seat heat-
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device
is
connected to the 12-
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been
retrofitted
or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never
install
any child
restraint
sys-
tem on
this
seat.
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Make sure that
there
are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or oth-
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
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Never
place
objects
on
the
seat
(such as
a
laptop, CD
player, electronic
games
de-
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may influence the elec-
trical capacitance measured by the capaci-
tive passenger detection system and can
also fly around in an accident and cause
serious personal injury.
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Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting
in it.
A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision
.
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Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being
used
<::;>
page 139, Safety belts,
c::>
page 147, Airbag system
and
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page 171, Child safety.
.8.
WARNING
To
reduce
the
risk
of
serious
injury,
make sure
that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
comes on and stays on whenever a child re-
straint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is switched on.
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