2002 HONDA PASSPORT lock

3Driver and Passenger Safety
This section gives you important
information about how to protect
you and your passengers. It shows
how to use seat belts properly. It
explains the Supplemental
Restraint System. And it tells you
how to properly restrain infants
and children in your vehicle.
Important Safety Precautions
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Your Vehicle’s Safety Features 5
Seat Belts 6
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Airbags 7
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Seats and Seat-Backs 8
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Head Restraints 8
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Door Locks 9
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Pre-Drive Safety Checklist 9
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Protecting Adults 10
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1. Close and Lock the Doors 10
2. Adjust the Front Seats 10
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3. Adjust the Seat-Backs 11
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4. Adjust the Head Restraints12 5. Fasten and Position
the Seat Belts 13
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6. Adjust the Steering Wheel15
7. Maintain a Proper Sitting Position 16
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Advice for Pregnant Women 16
Additional Safety Precautions 17
Protecting Children 18
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All Children Must
Be Restrained 18
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Children Should Sit in
the Back Seat 19
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The Passenger’s Airbag Poses
Serious Risks to Children 19
If You Must Drive With
Several Children 20
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If a Child Requires
Close Attention 21
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Additional Safety Precautions 21
General Guidelines for
Using Child Seats 22
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Protecting Infants 26
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Protecting Small Children 31
. Protecting Larger Children
34
Using Child Seats
With Tethers 38
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Using LATCH 39
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Additional Information About
Your Seat Belts 41
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Seat Belt System
Components 41
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Lap/Shoulder Belt 41
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Lap Belt 42
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Seat Belt Maintenance 42
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Additional Information About
Your SRS 43
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SRS Components 43
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How Your Airbags Work 44
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How Your SRS Indicator
Light Works 45
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SRS Service 46
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Additional Safety Precautions 46
Carbon Monoxide Hazard 47
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Safety Labels 48
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Driver and Passenger Safety

POWER DOOR
LOCKSAIRBAGS
SEAT BELTS
SAFETY CAGE
COLLAPSIBLE
STEERING
COLUMN
CRUSH
ZONES
5Driver and Passenger SafetyYour vehicle is equipped with
many features that work together
to protect you and your
passengers during a crash.
Some safety features do not
require any action on your part.
These include a strong steel
framework that forms a safety
cage around the passenger
compartment; front and rear crush
zones that are designed to
crumple and absorb energy during
a crash; and a collapsible steering
column.
These safety features are designed
to reduce the severity of injuries
in a crash. However, you and your
passengers can
’t take full
advantage of these safety features
unless you remain sitting in a
proper position and always wear
your seat belts properly. In fact,
Your Vehicle ’s Safety Features

belts and wearing them
properly (see page 13).
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Door Locks
Keeping your doors locked
reduces the chance of being
thrown out of the vehicle during
a crash. It also helps prevent
occupants from accidentally
opening a door and falling out,
and outsiders from unexpectedly
opening your doors.
Pre-Drive Safety Checklist
To make sure you and your
passengers get the maximum
protection from your vehicle’s
safety features, check the
following each time before you
drive away.
•All adults, and children who
have outgrown child safety
seats, are wearing their seat
•Any infant or small child is
properly restrained in a child
seat in the back seat (see page
18).
•Front seat occupants are sitting
upright and as far back as
possible from the steering
wheel and dashboard (see page
10).
•Seat-backs are upright (see
page 11).
•Head restraints are properly
adjusted (see page 12).
•All doors and the tailgate are
closed and locked (see page
10).
•All cargo is properly stored or
secured (see page 175). The rest of this section gives more
detailed information about how
you can maximize your safety.
Remember, however, that no
safety system can prevent all
injuries or deaths that can occur in
severe crashes, even when seat
belts are properly worn and the
airbags deploy.

10Driver and Passenger Safety
Introduction
The following pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver and other adult
occupants.
These instructions also apply to
children who have outgrown child
seats and are large enough to wear
lap/shoulder belts. (See page 34
for important additional
guidelines on how to properly
protect larger children.)
1. Close and Lock the Doors
After everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors and
tailgate are closed and locked.
For safety, locking the doors
reduces the chance that a
passenger, especially a child, will
open a door while the vehicle is
moving and accidentally fall out.It also reduces the chance of
someone being thrown out of the
vehicle during a crash.
For security, locked doors can
prevent an outsider from
unexpectedly opening a door
when you come to a stop.
See page 104 for how to lock the
doors.
2. Adjust the Front Seats
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
from being struck by the inflating
airbag during a crash.
Protecting Adults

See pages 91 and 92 for how to
adjust the front seats.
11Driver and Passenger Safety
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 from the steering
wheel while still maintaining full
control of the vehicle.
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration and
Transport Canada recommend that
drivers adjust the seat so the
center of the chest is at least 10
inches away from the center of the
steering wheel. Also make sure
your front seat passenger moves
the seat as far to the rear as
possible.
Sitting too close to the airbag
can result in serious injury or
death if the airbags inflate.
Always sit as far back from the
airbags as possible.
Most shorter drivers can get far
enough away from 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 forth to
make sure the seat is locked in
position.
3. Adjust the Seat-Backs
Adjust the driver
’s seat-back to
a comfortable, 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 inflates.
A front passenger should also
adjust the seat-back to an upright
position, but as far from the

17Driver and Passenger Safety
always wear a seat belt whenever
she drives or rides in a vehicle.
We recommend that a pregnant
woman use a lap/shoulder belt
whenever possible. Remember to
keep the lap portion of the belt as
low as possible across your hips.
Pregnant women should also sit as
far back as possible from the
steering wheel or dashboard. This
will reduce the risk of injuries to
both the mother and her unborn
child that can be caused by a
crash or an inflating airbag.
Each time you have a checkup,
ask your doctor if it’
s okay for
you to drive.
Additional Safety
Precautions
•Two people should never use
the same seat belt. If they do, they could be very seriously
injured in a crash.
•Do not put any accessories on
seat belts. Devices intended to
improve occupant comfort, or
reposition the shoulder part of a
seat belt, can severely
compromise the protective
capability of the seat belt and
increase the chance of serious
injury in a crash.
•Do not place hard or sharp
objects between yourself and
an airbag. Carrying hard or
sharp objects on your lap, or
driving with a pipe or other
sharp object in your mouth, can
result in injuries if your airbags
inflate.
•Keep your hands and arms
away from the airbag covers.
If your hands or arms are close
to the SRS covers in the center
of the steering wheel or on top
of the dashboard, they could be
injured if the airbags inflate.
•Never let passengers ride in
the cargo area or on top of a
folded-down back seat.
All
passengers must sit in locked,
upright seats and be properly
restrained by seat belts.
•Do not attach or place objects
on the airbag covers. Any
object attached to or placed on
the covers marked “SRS
AIRBAG” in the center of the
steering wheel and on top of
the dashboard could interfere
with the proper operation of the
airbags. Or, if the airbags
inflate, the objects could be
propelled inside the car and
hurt someone.

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If a Child Requires Close
Attention
Many
parents say they prefer to
put an infant or small child in the
front passenger seat so they can
watch the child, or because the
child requires attention.
Placing a child in the front seat
exposes the child to hazards from
the airbag, and paying close
attention to a child distracts the
driver from the important tasks of
driving, placing both of you at
risk.
If a child requires physical
attention or frequent visual
contact, we strongly recommend
that another adult ride with the
child in the back seat. The back
seat is far safer for a child than the
front.
Additional Safety
Precautions
• Use child-safe door locks to
prevent children from opening
the doors. Using this feature
will prevent children from
opening the doors and
accidentally falling out (see
page 105).
•Use the main power window
switch to prevent children
from opening the rear
windows. Using this feature
will prevent children from
playing with the windows,
which could expose them to
hazards or distract the driver
(see page 107).
•Do not leave children alone in
your vehicle. Leaving children
without adult supervision is
illegal in most states and can be
very hazardous. For example,
infants and small children left
in a vehicle on a hot day can
die from heat stroke. And
children left alone with the key
in the ignition can accidentally
set the vehicle in motion,
possibly injuring themselves or
others.
•Keep vehicle keys and remote
transmitters out of the reach
of children. Even very young
children learn how to unlock
vehicle doors, turn on the
ignition, and open the tailgate,
which can lead to accidental
injury or death.

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Rear-Facing Child Seat
Placement
In this vehicle, a rear-facing child
seat can be placed in any seating
position in the back seat, but not
in the front seat.
Never put a rear-facing child
seat in the front seat. If the
passenger’s airbag inflates, it can
hit the back of the child seat with
enough force to kill or seriously
injure an infant. If an infant must
be closely watched, we
recommend that another adult sit
in the back seat with the baby.
Do not put a rear-facing child
seat in a forward-facing position.
If placed facing forward, an infant
could be very seriously injured
during a frontal collision. When properly installed, a rear-
facing child seat may prevent a
driver or a front seat passenger
from moving the seat as far back
as recommended (see page 10).
Or it may prevent them from
locking the seat-back in the
desired upright position (see page
11).
In either case, we recommend that
you place the child seat directly
behind the front passenger seat,
move the front seat as far forward
as needed, and leave it
unoccupied. You may also wish to
get a smaller child seat that allows
you to safely carry a front
passenger.
Installing a Rear-Facing Child
Seat With a Lap/Shoulder Belt
The lap/shoulder belts in the outer
back seats have a locking
mechanism that must be activated
to secure a child seat.
The following pages provide
instructions on how to secure a
rear-facing child seat with this
type of seat belt.
See page 30 for how to secure a
rear-facing child seat in the center
back seat with the lap belt. For
tips on installing an infant seat
with either type of seat belt, see
page 31.