Skoda Octavia Operating Instructions Manual page 25

Use of a child seat on the front passenger seat
Does not apply to Taiwan
Fig. 15 Front passenger sun visor / label
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Read and observe and
Never use a rearward-facing child restraint system on a seat which is protec-
ted by an active airbag. This could cause serious injury to the child, even
death.
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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Set the height-adjustable front passenger seat as high up as possible.
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Safety
Fig. 14
Sticker on the B column on the
front passenger side.
on page 21 first.
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Set the front passenger seat belt as high up as possible.
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When using a child seat where there is a height adjuster in the upper area,
the height of the passenger seat belt is to be set so that the belt is not
"kinked" in the height adjuster. In the event of an accident, there is the risk
of injury to the neck of the child carried due to the seat belt!
WARNING
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
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-
senger airbag should be switched on again.
Use of the child seat on the front passenger seat
Applies to Taiwan
» .
Fig. 16 Front passenger sun visor / label
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Read and observe
No babies, infants or children are to be carried on the passenger seat.
A label to this effect can also be found on the passenger's sun visor
» Fig. 14. The sticker is
» Fig. 15.
and on page 21 first.
» Fig. 16.