2001 HONDA INSIGHT seats

This section gives you important
inf ormation about how to protect
yourself and your passenger. It
shows you how to use seat belts
properly. It explains your Supple-
mental Restraint System. And it tells
you how to properly restrain children
in your car..........
Important Safety Precautions . 6
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Your Car’s Saf ety Features . 7
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Seat Belts . 8
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Airbags . 9
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Seats & Seat-Backs . 10
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Head Restraints . 10
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Door Locks . 10
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Pre-Drive Saf ety Checklist . 11
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Protecting Adults . 12
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1. Close and Lock the Doors . 12
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2. Adjust the Front Seats . 12
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3. Adjust the Seat-Backs . 13
4. Fasten and Position the Seat
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Belts . 15
5. Maintain a Proper Sitting ................................
Position . 16
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Advice f or Pregnant Women . 17
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Additional Safety Precautions . 18
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Protecting Children . 19
All Children Must Be
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Restrained . 19
Your Car is Not Recommended ..............
f or Child Passengers . 20
The Passenger’s Airbag Poses
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Serious Risks to Children . 20
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Additional Safety Precaution . 22 General Guidelines f or Using
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Child Seats . 22
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Protecting Small Children . 26
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Protecting Larger Children . 29
Using Child Seats with
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Tethers . 33
Additional Inf ormation About Your .................................
Seat Belts . 34
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Seat Belt System Components . 34
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Lap/Shoulder Belt . 34
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Seat Belt Maintenance . 35
Additional Inf ormation About ..................................
Your SRS . 36
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SRS Components . 36
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How Your Airbags Work . 36
How the Automatic Seat Belt
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Tensioners Work . 38
How the SRS Indicator Light .......................................
Works . 38
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SRS Service . 39
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Additional Safety Precautions . 39
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Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 40
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Saf ety Labels . 41
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Head restraints can help protect you
f rom whiplash and other injuries.Keeping your doors locked reduces
thechanceof beingthrownoutof
the car during a crash. It also helps
prevent occupants f rom accidentally
opening a door and f alling out, and
outsiders f rom unexpectedly opening
your doors.
Move the seats
as far back as possible, and keep
adjustable seat-backs in an upright
position whenever the car is moving.
Your car’s seats are designed to keep
you in a comf ortable, upright
position so you can take f ull
advantage of the protection offered
by seat belts and the energy
absorbing materials in the seats.
How you adjust your seats and seat-
backs can also affect your safety. For
example, sitting too close to the
steering wheel or dashboard
increases the risk of you or your
passenger being injured by striking
theinsideof thecar,orbyan
inf lating airbag.
Reclining a seat-back too f ar reduces
the seat belt’s ef f ectiveness and
increases the chance that the seat’s
occupant will slide under the seat
belt in a crash and be seriously
injured.
Seats & Seat-Backs
Door L ocks
Head Restraints
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Your Car’s Saf ety Features
What you should do:
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Seat-backs are upright (see page).
To make sure you and your
passenger get the maximum
protection f rom your car’s saf ety
f eatures, check the f ollowing each
time before you drive away:
A small child riding in a f orward-
f acing child seat is properly
restrained (see page ). Both doors are closed and locked
(see page ).
All cargo is properly stored or
secured (see page ).
The rest of this section gives more
detailed inf ormation about how you
can maximize your saf ety.
Remember, however, that no saf ety
system can prevent all injuries or
deaths that can occur in severe
crashes, even when seat belts are
properly worn and the airbags deploy.
Occupants are sitting upright and
as far back as possible from the
steering wheel and dashboard
(see page ).
You and any adult passenger, or a
larger child who has outgrown
child seats, are wearing your seat
belts and wearing them properly
(see page ).
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Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Pre-Drive Saf ety Checklist
Your Car’s Saf ety Features
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Any driver who sits too close to the
steering wheel is at risk of being
seriously injured or killed by striking
the steering wheel, or f rom being
struck by an inf lating airbag during a
crash.
The f ollowing pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect adult occupants.
Af ter everyone has entered the car,
be sure the doors are closed and
locked.
These instructions also apply to a
child whom you have decided is
large enough and mature enough to
ride as a passenger. (See page f or
important additional guidelines on
how to properly protect larger
children.) Your car has a door monitor light on
the instrument panel to indicate
when a specif ic door is not tightly
closed.
For saf ety, locking the doors reduces
the chance that a passenger,
especially a child, will open a door
while the car is moving and
accidentally f all out. It also reduces
the chance of someone being thrown
out of the car during a crash.
For security, locked doors can
prevent an outsider f rom
unexpectedly opening a door when
you come to a stop.
See page f or how to lock the
doors.
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Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Protecting Adults
Introduction A djust the Front Seats
Close and L ock the Doors
1. 2.
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Most shorter drivers can get f ar
enough away f rom the steering
wheel and still reach the pedals.
However, if you are concerned about
sitting too close, we recommend that
you investigate whether some type
of adaptive equipment may help.
Once your seat is adjusted correctly,
rock it back and f orth to make sure
the seat is locked in position.
See page f or how to adjust the
seats.
To reduce the chance of injury, wear
your seat belt properly, sit upright
with your back against the seat, and
move the seat as far back as possible
f rom the steering wheel while still
maintaining f ull control of the car.
Also make sure your passenger
moves the seat as far to the rear as
possible.
Adjust the driver’s seat-back to a
comf ortable, upright position,
leaving ample space between your
chest and the airbag cover in the
center of the steering wheel. If you
sit too close to the steering wheel,
you could be injured if the airbag
inf lates.
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Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Protecting Adults
Adjust the Seat-Backs
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Sitting too close to an airbag
can result in serious injury or
death if the airbags inflate.
Always sit as far back from the
airbags as possible.

See page f or additional
inf ormation about your seat belt
system and how to take care of your
belts.After occupants have adjusted their
seats and put on seat belts, it is very
important that they continue to sit
upright, well back in their seats, with
their feet on the floor, until the car is
parked and the engine is of f .
Sitting improperly can increase the
chance of injury during a crash. For
example, if an occupant slouches,
lies down, turns sideways, sits
forward, leans forward or sideways,
or puts one or both f eet up, the
chance of injury during a crash is
greatly increased.In addition, an occupant who is out of
position can be seriously or f atally
injured by striking interior parts of
thecar,orbybeingstruckbyan
inf lating airbag.
If a seat belt does not seem to work
as it should, it may not protect the
occupant in a crash.
Anyone using a seat belt that is
not working properly can be
seriously injured or killed. Have your
Honda dealer check the belt as soon
as possible.
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Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Protecting Adults
Maintain a Proper Sitting
Position
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No one should
sit in a seat wit h an inoperat ive seat belt.
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Leaving a child without adult
supervision is illegal in most states
and Canadian provinces and can
be very hazardous. For example, a
small child lef t in a car on a hot
day can die f rom heatstroke. A
child lef t alone with the key in the
ignition can accidentally set the
car in motion, possibly injuring
themselves or others. As discussed on page , because
your car does not have a back seat,
and because of the passenger’s
airbag hazard, we strongly
recommend that you do not carry a
small child as a passenger in this car.
However, if you must carry a small
child in this car, the child must be
properly restrained in a child seat. To provide proper protection, a child
seat should meet three
requirements:
The child seat should
meet Federal Motor Vehicle
Saf ety Standard 213 (FMVSS 213)
or Canadian Motor Vehicle Saf ety
Standard 213 (CMVSS 213). Look
for the manufacturer’s statement
of compliance on the box and seat.
The f ollowing pages give general
guidelines f or selecting and installing
a child seat. See page f or
additional information. 20
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Protecting Children
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Do not leave a child alone in your car. Select ing a Child Seat
T he child seat should meet saf et yst andards.
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General Guidelines f or Using
Child Seats
Additional Saf ety Precaution 22

A child who can sit
up without support should be
restrained in a f orward-f acing child
seat. See page f or additional
inf ormation on protecting small
children. Due to variations in the design of
child seats, vehicle seats, and seat
belts, all child seats will not f it all
seating positions in all cars.
Bef ore purchasing a child seat, we
recommend that parents test the
child seat to make sure it f its
properly in the passenger’s seat. If a
previously purchased child seat does
not f it, you will need to buy a
different one that will fit.
However, Honda is conf ident that
one or more child seat models can f it
andbeproperlyinstalledinthiscar.
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T he child seat should be of the proper t ype and size t o f it t he child.
Small Children: T he child seat should f it the
passenger’s seat .
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Protecting Children
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