2002 HONDA PASSPORT wheel

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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only during a moderate to
severe frontal collision.
•Airbags can pose serious
hazards.
To do their job,
airbags must inflate with
tremendous force and speed. So
while airbags save lives, they
can cause serious injuries to
adults and larger children who
are not wearing seat belts, are
not wearing them properly, are
sitting too close to the airbag,
or are not sitting in a proper
position. Infants and small
children are at an even greater
risk of injury or death.
What you should do: Always
wear your seat belt properly, and
sit upright and as far back as
possible from the steering wheel
or dashboard.
Seats and Seat-Backs
Your vehicle’ s seats are designed
to keep you in a comfortable,
upright position so you can take
full 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 the inside of
the vehicle, or by an inflating
airbag. Reclining a seat-back too far
reduces the seat belt
’s
effectiveness and increases the
chance that the seat’ s occupant
will slide under the seat belt in a
crash and be seriously injured.
What you should do: Move the
front seats as far back as possible,
and keep adjustable seat-backs in
an upright position whenever the
vehicle is moving.
Head Restraints
Head restraints can help protect
you from whiplash and other
injuries. For maximum protection,
the back of your head should rest
against the center of the head
restraint.

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.
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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

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into the buckle, and tug on the
belt to make sure the belt is
securely latched.
Position the belt as low as
possible across your hips. This
lets your strong pelvic bones take
the force of a crash and reduces
the chance of internal injuries.
Pull on the loose end of the belt
for a snug but comfortable fit.
If a Seat Belt Doesn’t Work
Properly
If a seat belt does not seem to
work as it should, it may not
protect the occupant in a crash.
No one should sit in a seat with
an inoperative seat belt.
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.
See page 41 for additional
information about your seat belt
system and how to take care of
your belts.
6. Adjust the Steering Wheel
Adjust the steering wheel, if
needed, so that the wheel points
toward your chest, not toward
your face.
Pointing the steering wheel
toward your chest provides
optimal protection from the
airbag.
See page 115 for how to adjust the
steering wheel.

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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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Honda provides a lifetime
warranty on seat belts. Honda will
repair or replace any seat belt
component that fails to function
properly during normal use.
Please see your Honda Warranty
Information
booklet for details.
Not checking or maintaining
seat belts can result in serious
injury or death if the seat belts
do not work properly when
needed.
Check your seat belts regularly
and have any problem
corrected as soon as possible.
If a seat belt is worn during a
crash, you should have your
dealer inspect the belt, and replace
it if necessary. A belt that has
been worn during a crash may not
provide the same level of
protection in a subsequent crash.
The dealer should also inspect the
anchors for damage and replace
them if needed.
For information on how to clean
your seat belts, see page 229. The SRS is designed to provide
protection under a wide range of
driving conditions, including
off-road driving. When driving
off-road, it is important that
everyone wear their seat belts
properly, and that you drive at
speeds that are safe for the terrain
and conditions. Refer to the
Off-Road Driving Information
booklet for tips on proper
operation.
SRS Components
Your Supplemental Restraint
System (SRS) includes:
•Two frontal airbags. The
driver ’
s airbag is stored in the
center of the steering wheel;
the front passenger ’s airbag is
stored in the dashboard. Both
are marked “SRS AIRBAG.”
Additional Information
About Your SRS