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Seats and Restraints
5. To tighten the belt, push down
on the child restraint, pull the
shoulder portion of the belt to
tighten the lap portion of the belt,
and feed the shoulder belt back
into the retractor. When installing
a forward-facing child restraint, it
may be helpful to use your knee
to push down on the child
restraint as you tighten the belt.
If the child restraint system has
a lock-off mechanism, use it to
secure the vehicle safety belt.
6. Before placing a child in the
child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. Push and
pull the child restraint in different
directions to be sure it is secure.
If the airbags are off, the off
indicator in the passenger airbag
status indicator will come on and
stay on when the vehicle is started.
If a child restraint has been installed
and the on indicator is lit, see If the
On Indicator Is Lit for a Child
Restraint under Passenger Sensing
System on page 3-28.
To remove the child restraint,
unfasten the vehicle safety belt and
let it return to the stowed position.
Pedestrian Protection
System
Your vehicle is equipped with a
pedestrian protection system which
is designed to lift the rear part of the
bonnet when a pedestrian is
detected during a frontal impact
within the approximate speed range.
When the vehicle is involved in a
frontal impact with an object or a
pedestrian, sensors in the front
bumper determine the force applied
by the object to the front bumper.
When the frontal impact speed is
approximately between 22 km/h
(14 mph) and 50 km/h (31 mph), the
pedestrian protection system lifts
the rear part of the bonnet to help
reduce pedestrian head injuries.
Lifting the rear part of the bonnet
creates more clearance between the
bonnet and the hard components in
the engine compartment.
In addition, the front bumper of the
vehicle was designed to help reduce
the injury to a pedestrian's legs.
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