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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Child restraint systems

& Choosing a child restraint

& Installing child restraint sys-

child suffering personal injury in the

system

tems with A/ELR seatbelt

event of an accident may be in-

creased.

WARNING

! Installing a rearward facing child

. Child restraint systems and seat-

restraint

belts can become hot in a vehicle

that has been closed up in sunny

weather; they could burn a small

child. Check the child restraint

system before you place a child

in it.

. Do not leave an unsecured child

restraint system in your vehicle.

Unsecured child restraint sys-

tems can be thrown around in-

Choose a child restraint system that is

side of the vehicle in a sudden

appropriate for the child’s age and size

stop, turn or accident; they can

(weight and height) in order to provide the

strike and injure vehicle occu-

child with proper protection. The child

pants as well as result in serious

restraint system should meet all applic-

1. Place the child restraint system in the

injuries or death to the child.

able requirements of Federal Motor Vehi-

rear seating position.

cle Safety Standards for the United States

2. Run the lap and shoulder belt through

or of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Stan-

or around the child restraint system

CAUTION

dards for Canada. It can be identified by

following the instructions provided by its

looking for the label on the child restraint

When you install a child restraint

manufacturer.

system or the manufacturer’s statement of

system, follow the manufacturer’s

3. Insert the tongue plate into the buckle

compliance in the document attached to

instructions supplied with it. After

until you hear a click.

the system.

installing the child restraint system,

Also it is important for you to make sure

check to ensure that it is held

that the child restraint system is compa-

securely in position. If it is not held

tible with the vehicle in which it will be

tight and secure, the danger of your

used.

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4. Take up the slack in the lap belt.

6. Push and pull the child restraint

8. To remove the child restraint system,

system forward and from side to side to

press the release button on the seatbelt

5. Pull out the seatbelt fully from the

check if it is firmly secured. Sometimes a

buckle and allow the belt to retract

retractor to change the retractor over from

child restraint can be more firmly secured

completely. The belt will return to the

the Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)

by pushing it down into the seat cushion

ELR mode.

to the Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR)

and then tightening the seatbelt.

function. Then, allow the belt to rewind

into the retractor. As the belt is rewinding,

7. Pull at the shoulder portion of the belt

WARNING

clicks will be heard which indicate the

to confirm that it cannot be pulled out (ALR

retractor functions as ALR.

properly functioning).

NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FA-

CING CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT

PASSENGER’S SEAT. DOING SO

RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH

TO THE CHILD BY PLACING THE

CHILD’S HEAD TOO CLOSE TO THE

SRS AIRBAG.

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Child restraint systems

NOTE

installed on the window-side seating

position to be safe. For details, refer

position or the rear center seating

When the child restraint system is no

to “Where to place a child restraint

position of a 4-door model, remove

longer in use, remove it and restore the

system” F1-25.

the rear seat head restraint. For de-

ELR function of the retractor. That

tails, refer to “Head restraint adjust-

function is restored by allowing the

ment” F1-8.

seatbelt to retract fully.

Store the head restraint in the trunk (4-

! Installing forward facing child re-

door models) or cargo area (5-door

straint

models). Avoid placing the head re-

straint in the passenger compartment

WARNING

to prevent it from being thrown around

in the passenger compartment in a

Before installing a child restraint

sudden stop or a sharp turn.

system, be sure to confirm that the

– When a child restraint system is

seatback is securely locked into

installed on the rear center seating

place. Otherwise, in an accident,

position of a 5-door model, raise the

serious injury or death could result.

rear seat head restraint to the ex-

4. Run the lap and shoulder belt through

tended position. Do not remove the

1. Shake the seatback slightly to confirm

or around the child restraint system

head restraint. For details, refer to

that it is securely locked into place.

following the instructions provided by its

“Rear center seating position” F1-8.

– It is possible to check whether the

manufacturer.

3. Place the child restraint system in the

seatback is locked visually. If the

– When a child restraint system is

rear seating position.

seatback is locked into place, the red

installed on the rear center seating

colored unlocking marker which is

position of a 5-door model, pass the

WARNING

attached to the bottom of the lock

rear center seatbelt through the belt

release knob is invisible. For details,

When you intend to install a child

guide properly. For details, refer to

refer to “Folding down the rear seat-

restraint system on the rear center

“Rear center seatbelt on 5-door mod-

back” F1-9.

seating position, if the child restraint

els” F1-16.

2. Prepare the rear seat head restraint

system does not fit snugly against

5. Insert the tongue plate into the buckle

where a child restraint system is intended

the contours of the rear center seat

until you hear a click.

to be installed in the following way.

cushion, install the child restraint

system on the window-side seating

– When a child restraint system is

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6. Take up the slack in the lap belt.

8. Before having a child sit in the child

11. To remove the child restraint system,

restraint system, try to move it back and

press the release button on the seatbelt

7. Pull out the seatbelt fully from the

forth and right and left to check if it is firmly

buckle and allow the belt to retract

retractor to change the retractor over from

secured. Sometimes a child restraint

completely. The belt will return to the

the Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)

system can be more firmly secured by

ELR mode.

to the Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR)

pushing it down into the seat cushion and

function. Then, allow the belt to rewind

If you have installed a child restraint

then tightening the seatbelt.

into the retractor. As the belt is rewinding,

system for the rear center seating posi-

clicks will be heard which indicate the

9. Pull at the shoulder portion of the belt

tion on a 5-door model, when you

retractor functions as ALR.

to confirm that it cannot be pulled out (ALR

remove the child restraint system, the

properly functioning).

seatbelt may not be restored to the ELR

10. Latch the top tether hook onto the

mode even if the seatbelt is retracted. In

tether anchorage that is located behind

this case, lower the head restraint to the

the rear seat and tighten the top tether

retracted position to allow the seatbelt to

firmly. For additional instructions, refer to

retract moreover. The seatbelt will return

“Top tether anchorages” F1-35.

to the ELR mode.

Remember that the head restraint is not

intended to be used at the lowest position

(retracted position). Therefore, when the

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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Child restraint systems

rear center seat is occupied (including

following the instructions provided by its

CAUTION

when a child restraint system is installed)

manufacturer.

next time, be sure to raise the head

When you install a child restraint

3. Insert the tongue plate into the buckle

restraint to the extended position.

system, follow the manufacturer’s

until you hear a click. Take care not to

instructions supplied with it. After

twist the seatbelt.

NOTE

installing the child restraint system,

Make sure the shoulder belt is positioned

When the child restraint system is no

check to ensure that it is held

across the center of child’s shoulder and

longer in use, remove it and restore the

securely in position. If it is not held

that the lap belt is positioned as low as

ELR function of the retractor. That

tight and secure, the danger of your

possible on the child’s hips.

function is restored by allowing the

child suffering personal injury in the

seatbelt to retract fully.

event of an accident may be in-

creased.

& Installing a booster seat

WARNING

. Child restraint systems and seat-

belts can become hot in a vehicle

that has been closed up in sunny

weather; they could burn a small

child. Check the child restraint

system before you place a child

in it.

4. To remove the booster seat, press the

. Do not leave an unsecured child

release button on the seatbelt buckle and

restraint system in your vehicle.

allow the belt to retract.

Unsecured child restraint sys-

tems can be thrown around in-

1. Place the booster seat in the rear

side of the vehicle in a sudden

WARNING

seating position and sit the child on it. The

stop, turn or accident; they can

child should sit well back on the booster

strike and injure vehicle occu-

. Never use a belt that is twisted or

seat.

pants as well as result in serious

reversed. In an accident, this can

2. Run the lap and shoulder belt through

injuries or death to the child.

increase the risk or severity of

or around the booster seat and the child

injury to the child.

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