Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual page 24

Fig. 16 Front passenger sun visor / label
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Read and observe and
For safety reasons, we recommend that you install child seats on the rear
seats whenever possible.
The following advice must be heeded when using a child seat in which the
child is carried on the front passenger seat.
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It is essential to switch off the front passenger airbag if using a child seat in
which the child is carried with its back facing the direction of travel
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If possible, adjust the front passenger seat backrest so that it is as vertical,
so as to ensure secure contact between the passenger seat backrest and the
back of the child seat.
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If possible, move the front passenger seat backwards so that there is no con-
tact between the front passenger seat and the child seat behind it.
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With child safety seats in groups 2 or 3, make sure that the loop-around fit-
tings attached to the child seat headrest is positioned in front of or at the
same height as the loop-around fittings on the B pillar on the passenger side.
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Set the height-adjustable front passenger seat as high up as possible.
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Set the front passenger seat belt as high up as possible.
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Place and fasten the child seat on the seat and the child in the child seat ac-
cording to the specifications in the manufacturer's user manual of the child
seat.
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Safety
on page 21 first.
WARNING
It is essential to switch off the front passenger airbag if using a child seat
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in which the child is carried with its back facing the direction of travel on
the front passenger seat
Never use a rear-facing child seat on the front passenger seat if the pas-
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senger airbag is activated. This child safety seat is positioned in the deploy-
ment area of the front passenger airbag. The airbag may cause the child se-
vere, or even fatal injuries, in the event of it being deployed.
This fact is also indicated by the label that can be found in one of the fol-
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lowing locations.
On the B-column on the front passenger side
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visible upon opening the front passenger door.
On the front passenger's sun visor. In some countries, the sticker is lo-
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cated on the front seat passenger's sun visor
With child safety seats in groups 2 or 3, make sure that the loop-around
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fittings attached to the child seat headrest is positioned in front of or at
the same height as the loop-around fittings on the B pillar on the passen-
ger side.
Once the child seat, in which the child is transported with the back to the
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direction of travel, is no longer used in the passenger seat, the front pas-
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senger airbag should be switched on again.
Child safety and side airbag
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Read and observe
The child must not be positioned in the deployment area of the side air-
bag » Fig. 17 - .
There must be sufficient room between the child and the deployment area of
the side airbag to ensure that the airbag can provide as much protection as
possible » Fig. 17 - .
» page 19, Deactivating airbags.
» Fig. 15. The sticker is
» Fig. 16.
Fig. 17
Incorrect seated position of a
child who is not properly secured
– risk from the side airbag/Child
properly protected by safety seat
and on page 21 first.
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