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body and the front of the passenger compart-
ment, the airbag can inflate comp lete ly and pro-
vide supp lemental protect ion in certain fronta l
coll is ions.
A WARNING
Not using a booster seat, us ing the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly installing a boos-
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im-
properly increases the risk of ser ious personal
inju ry and death in a collis ion or ot her eme r-
ge ncy sit uat io n. To help red uce the risk of se-
rious persona l injury and/o r death:
- The shoulder be lt must lie as close to the
cen t er of the child's collar bone as poss ible
and must lie flat and snug on the uppe r
body. It must never lie across the throat or
neck . The lap be lt must lie across t he pe lvis
and never across the stomac h or abdomen.
Make sure that the belt lies flat and s nug.
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary .
- Failure to proper ly route safety belts over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
acc ident or other emergency s ituation
¢ page 134.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos it ioned as close as poss ible to the
back rest on the vehicle seat.
- For adjustable head restraints : adj ust or re-
move the rear seat head restraint if it is d if-
ficult to install the child seat with the head
restra int in p lace
¢page 49. Install the
head restrain t again immedia t ely o nce t he
child seat is remove d. Driving without head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fata l neck injury dramatically.
- Never let a child put the sho ulder be lt under
the a rm or be hind the bac k, because it could
cause seve re injur ies in a crash.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in-
jured or even killed when an a irbag inflates.
- Never let a child stand or knee l on any seat,
for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
-
Ch ild s af e t y
- Always remember that a chi ld leaning fo r-
ward, sitt ing sideways or out of position in
any way during an acc ident can be struck by
a dep loying airbag . This w ill resu lt in serious
pe rsonal 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 t he ign itio n is swit ched on.
- If t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perfo rm the
checks des cribed¢
page 154, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child res t ra int off the front passen-
ge r seat a nd inst a ll it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if t he
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on wheneve r
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 134, Safety belts,
¢ page 142, Airbag system and
¢ page 166, Important information.
Securing child safety
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 emergency locking retractors for
the rear seats safety be lts and for the front pas-
senger's seat safety be lt have a convertible lock-
ing retractor for child restra ints. The safety be lt
must be locked so that be lt webb ing cannot un-
reel. The ret ractor ca n be activated to lock the
safe ty belt and preven t the safety belt webbing
from loosening up dur ing no rma l dr iving. A ch ild
safety se at can o nly be properly insta lled when
the safety be lt is locked so t hat the child and
child safety seat will stay in place .
Always remembe r: Even thoug h your ve hicle is
equipped wit h an Advanced Airbag system, a ll
children, especia lly t hose 12 yea rs and younger, .,,.
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