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In o rder for the airbag to offer protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants, especia lly
any children, who must be in the front seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances,
be properly
restrained and as far away from the airbag as
possible
.
By keeping room between the child 's
body and the front of the passenger compart-
ment
,
the airbag can inflate comp letely and pro-
vide supp lemental protect ion in certain frontal
coll isions.
A
WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly insta lling a boos
-
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emer-
gency situat ion. To help reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury and/or death:
-
The shoulder belt must lie as close to the
center of the child's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body
.
It
must neve
r
lie across the throat or
neck. The lap belt must lie across the pelv is
and never across the stomac
h
or abdomen
.
Make sure tha
t
the belt lies fla
t
and sn ug.
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
-
Failure to properly route safety belts over a
child 's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢
page 176
.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos itioned as close as poss ible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat
.
-
For adjustable head restraints: adjust or re-
move the rear seat head restraint if it is dif-
ficult to install the child seat with the head
restra int in place
¢
page 60.
Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restra ints or w ith head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious o
r fat
a
l
neck injury d ramatically
.
-
Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be se riously in-
jured or even killed when a
n
ai rbag inflates.
-
Never let a child stand or knee
l
on any seat,
for example the front seat.
-
Ch ild
safety
-
Never let a chi ld ride in the cargo area of
your veh icle.
-
Always remember that a chi ld leaning for-
ward, sitting sideways or out of position in
any way du ring an accident can be struck by
a dep loying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death
.
-
If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptiona
l
circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light must come on and stay on, when-
eve
r
the ignit ion is switched on.
-
If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not come on and stay on, perfo rm the
checks desc ribed
¢
page 196, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
-
Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ge
r
seat an
d
install it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on
.
-
Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a chi ld restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢
page 176, Safety belts,
¢
page 184, Airbag system
and
¢
page 209, Important information.
Securing
child
seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas-
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats
.
The safety belts emergen cy locking retractors for
the rear seats safety be lts and fo
r
t he front pas-
senger's sea
t
sa fety be lt have a conve
rti
ble lock-
ing retractor for child restraints
.
The safety be lt
must be
locke
d so that be lt webbing cannot un-
ree
l.
The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up dur ing norma
l
d riving. A ch ild
safety seat can on ly be properly installed when
the safety belt is locked so that the ch ild and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember
:
Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
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