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Ch ild Saf e ty
increases the risk of serious or fatal neck
injury dramat ically.
- Children on the front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ously injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates.
- Never let a child stand or kneel on any
seat, for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
- Always remember that a child leaning
forward, sitt ing sideways or out of posi-
t ion in any way during an accident can be
struck by a deploying airbag . This will re-
sult in serious personal injury or deat h.
- 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 ignit ion is switch-
ed on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
does not come on and st ay on, perform
the checks des cribed
<=> page 157, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child rest raint off the front pas -
senge r seat and install it proper ly at one
of the rea r seat positions 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 rest rained in ave-
hicle is being used <=>
page 136, Safety
belts,<=> page 145, Airbag system
and
<=> page 171, 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 safe ty belts and for the
fron t passenger's seat safety be lt have a con-
vertib le locking ret ractor for child restraints .
The safety belt must be locked so that belt
webbing cannot unreel. The retractor can be
activated t o lock t he safety belt and prevent
the safety belt webbing from looseni ng up
during normal driving. A child safety seat can
only be prope rly insta lled when the safety be lt
is locked so that t he child and child safety
seat will st ay in place .
Always remember : Even t hough your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 12 years and young-
er, should always ride in the back seat prope r-
ly restra ined for the ir age and size.
&
WARNING
,____._
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury
and death 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-
tractor cannot hold the child safety seat
in place during norma l driving or in a
crash .
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a child is not sitt ing in it.
A loose child safety seat can fly arou nd
during a sudden stop or in a collision.
-Always make sure that t he rear seat
backrest to which the center rear safety
belt* is attached is sec urely latched
wheneve r the rear center safety belt is
be ing used to secu re a child restrain t .
- If t he backrest is not securely latched,
t he child and t he child rest raint 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 carriers on the front pas-
senger seat. A child will be serious ly in-
jured and can be killed whe n the passen-
ger airbag inflates .
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