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Child safety

Carefully read the sections “Child restraint

systems”,“*SRS

airbag

(Supplemental

Restraint System airbag)”, and “Seatbelts”

in chapter 1 of this owner’s manual for in-

structions and precautions concerning the

child restraint system, seatbelt system

and SRS airbag system.

y

Never hold a child on your lap or

in your arms while the vehicle is

moving. The passenger cannot

protect the child from injury in a

collision, because the child will be

caught between the passenger

and objects inside the vehicle.

y

While riding in the vehicle, infants

and small children should always

be placed in the REAR seat in an

infant or child restraint system

which

is

appropriate

for

the

child’s age, height and weight. If a

child is too big for a child restraint

system, the child should sit in the

REAR seat and be restrained us-

ing the seatbelts. According to ac-

cident statistics, children are saf-

er when properly restrained in the

rear seating positions than in the

front seating positions. Never al-

low a child to stand up or kneel on

the seat.

y

Put children aged 12 and under in

the REAR seat properly restrained

at all times in a child restraint de-

vice or in a seatbelt. The SRS air-

bag deploys with considerable

speed and force and can injure or

even kill children, especially if

they are 12 years of age and under

and are not restrained or improp-

erly restrained. Because children

are

lighter

and

weaker

than

adults, their risk being injured

from deployment is greater.

y

NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD

FACING CHILD SEAT IN THE

FRONT SEAT. DOING SO RISKS

SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO

THE CHILD BY PLACING THE

CHILD’S HEAD TOO CLOSE TO

THE SRS AIRBAG.

y

Always use the child safety locks

whenever a child rides in the rear

seat. Serious injury could result if

a child accidentally opened the

door and fell out. Refer to the

“Child safety locks” section in

chapter 2.

y

Always lock the passenger’s win-

dows using the lock switch when

children are riding in the vehicle.

Failure to follow this procedure

could result in injury to a child op-

erating the power window. Refer

to the “Windows” section in chap-

ter 2.

y

Never leave unattended children

in the vehicle. They could acci-

dentally injure themselves or oth-

ers through inadvertent operation

of the vehicle. Also, on hot or sun-

ny days, temperature in a closed

vehicle could quickly become

high enough to cause severe or

possibly fatal injuries to them.

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