2003 HONDA ACCORD COUPE lock

Your Car at a Glance
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POWER WINDOW
SWITCHES
MIRROR CONTROLS
AUDIO SYSTEM
DIGITAL CLOCK
INSTRUMENT PANEL (P.
61)
POWER DOOR LOCK
MASTER SWITCH
HOOD RELEASE
HANDLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MANUAL TRANSMISSION HEATING/COOLING
CONTROLS
(P.122)
CLIMATE CONTROL
SYSTEM
(P.129)
FUEL FILL DOOR/
TRUNK RELEASE HANDLE
(P.108)
(P.86)
(P.103)
(P.225, 91)
(P.226) (P.243,
245)
(P.248) (P.153,
171,193)
(P.148,
163,187)
HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS
(P.79)

This section gives you important
inf ormation about how to protect
yourself and your passengers. It
shows you how to use seat belts
properly. It explains your Supple-
mental Restraint System. And it tells
you how to properly restrain inf ants
andchildreninyourcar..........
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 and Seat-Backs . 11
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Head Restraints .11
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Door Locks .11
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Pre-Drive Saf ety Checklist . 12
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Protecting Adults .13
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1. Close and Lock the Doors . 13
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2. Adjust the Front Seats . 14 ............
3. Adjust the Seat-Backs . 15
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4. Adjust the Head Restraints . 16
5. Fasten and Position the Seat .....................................
Belts .16
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6. Adjust the Steering Wheel . 18
7. Maintain a Proper Sitting ................................
Position .18
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Advice f or Pregnant Women . 19
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Additional Safety Precautions . 20
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Protecting Children .21
All Children Must Be ...............................
Restrained .21
Children Should Sit in the Back ...........................................
Seat .22
The Passenger’s Front Airbag Poses Serious Risks to ...............................
Children .22
If You Must Drive with Several ...................................
Children .24
If a Child Requires Close ..................................
Attention .25
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Additional Safety Precautions . 25
General Guidelines f or Using ...............................
Child Seats .26
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Protecting Inf ants .30
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Protecting Small Children . 34 .......
Protecting Larger Children . 38
Using Child Seats with .....................................
Tethers .42
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Using LATCH .43
Additional Inf ormation About Your .................................
Seat Belts .46
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Seat Belt System Components . 46
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Lap/Shoulder Belt .46
Automatic Seat Belt ...............................
Tensioners .47
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Seat Belt Maintenance . 48
Additional Inf ormation About ...........................
Your Airbags .49
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SRS Components .49
How Your Front Airbags .........................................
Work .49
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How Your Side Airbags Work . 51
How Your Side Curtain ..........................
Airbags Work .52
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How the SRS Indicator Works . 52
How the Side Airbag Cutof f ...........
Indicator Light Works . 53
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Airbag Service .55
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Additional Safety Precautions . 55
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Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 56
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Saf ety Labels .57
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Your car is equipped with many
features that work together to
protect you and your passengers
during a crash.
Some saf ety f eatures do not require
anyactiononyourpart.These
include a strong steel f ramework
that forms a safety cage around the
passenger compartment; f ront and
rear crush zones that are designed to
crumple and absorb energy during a
crash; a collapsible steering column;
and seat belt tensioners that
automatically tighten the front seat
belts in the event of a crash.
CONT INUED
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Your Car’s Saf ety Features
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(1)
(2)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5) (7)
(8)
(7) (10)
(11)
(9)
(6)
(6) Seat Belts
(7) Front Airbags
(8) Side Airbags
(9) Side Curtain Airbags
(10) Door Locks
(11) Seat Belt Tensioners
If equipped
: (1) Safety Cage
(2) Crush Zones
(3) Seats and Seat-Backs
(4) Head Restraints
(5) Collapsible Steering Column

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.Move the f ront
seats as far back as possible, and
keep adjustable seat-backs in an
upright position whenever the car is
moving. Head restraints can help protect you
f rom whiplash and other injuries. For
maximum protection, the back of
your head should rest against the
center of the head restraint.
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.
Seats & Seat-Backs
Head Restraints
Door L ocks
What you should do:
Your Car’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety11

To make sure you and your
passengers get the maximum
protection f rom your car’s saf ety
f eatures, check the f ollowing each
time before you drive away:All adults, and children who have
outgrown child saf ety seats, are
wearing their seat belts and
wearingthemproperly(seepage ).
Any inf ant or small child is
properly restrained in a child seat
inthebackseat(seepage ). Frontseatoccupantsaresitting
upright and as f ar back as possible
f rom the steering wheel and
dashboard (see page ).
Seat-backs are upright (see page
).
Head restraints are properly
adjusted (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.
Both doors are closed and locked
(see page ).
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Pre-Drive Saf ety Checklist
Your Car’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety12

The f ollowing 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 f or
important additional guidelines on
how to properly protect larger
children.)Af ter everyone has entered the car,
be sure the doors are closed and
locked.
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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Introduction
Close and L ock the Doors
1.
Protecting Adults
Driver and Passenger Saf ety13

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 inflating front airbag
during a crash.To reduce the chance of injury, wear
your seat belt properly, sit upright
with your back against the seat, and
movetheseatawayfromthe
steering wheel to the f arthest
distance that allows you to maintain
f ull control of the car.
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
f ront seats.
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 (25cm)
away f rom the center of the steering
wheel. In addition to adjusting the
seat, you can adjust the steering
wheel in and out (see page ).
Also make sure your f ront seat
passenger moves the seat as f ar to
the rear as possible.
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Adjust the Front Seats
2.
Protecting Adults
Driver and Passenger Saf ety14
Sitting too close to a front
airbag can result in serious
injury or death if the front
airbags inflate.
Always sit as far back from the
front airbags as possible.

Many parents say they pref er to put
an inf ant or small child in the f ront
passenger seat so they can watch the
child, or because the child requires
attention.
Placing a child in the f ront seat
exposes the child to hazards f rom
the passenger’s f ront airbag, and
paying close attention to a child
distracts the driver f rom the
important tasks of driving, placing
both of you at risk.
If a child requires physical attention
or f requent 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.Leaving children without
adult supervision is illegal in most
states and Canadian provinces,
and can be very hazardous. For
example, inf ants and small
childrenleftinavehicleonahot
day can die f rom heatstroke. And
children lef t alone with the key in
the ignition can accidentally set
the vehicle in motion, possibly
injuring themselves or others. Children who play in cars can
accidentally get trapped inside the
trunk and be seriously injured or
could die. Teach your children not
to play in or around cars. Know
how to operate the emergency
trunk opener and decide if your
children should be shown how to
use this f eature (see page ).
Even very young
children learn how to unlock
vehicle doors, turn on the ignition,
and open the trunk, which can
lead to accidental injury or death. 93
Protecting Children
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
If a Child Requires Close
Attention
Additional Saf ety Precautions
Do not leave children alone in your
vehicle. Lock both doors and the trunk
when your car is not in use.
K eep car keys/remot etransmitters out of the reach ofchildren.
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