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the SRS airbag needs enough space for de- ployment, the driver should always sit uprightand well back in the seat as far from the steer-ing wheel as practical while still maintainingfull vehicle control and the front passengershould move the seat as far back as possible and sit upright and well back in the seat.
Carefully read the sections  “Seatbelts” and “SRS air-
bag”  in chapter 1 of this owner ’s manual for instruc-
tions and precautions concerning the seatbelt sys- tem and SRS airbag system.   Child safety
WARNING
 Never hold a child on your lap or in your
arms while the vehicle is moving. The passen- ger cannot protect the child from injury in a 
collision, because the child will be caught be-tween the passenger and objects inside thevehicle.  While riding in the vehicle, infants and small
children should always be placed in the REAR seat in an infant or child restraint system which is appropriate for the child ’s age, height and weight. If a child is too big for a child re-straint system, the child should sit in the
REAR seat and be restrained using the seat-
belts. According to accident statistics, chil-dren are safer when properly restrained in therear seating positions than in the front seating positions. Never allow a child to stand up or 
kneel on the seat. 
Put children aged 12 and under in the REAR
seat properly restrained at all times in a childrestraint device or in a seatbelt. The SRS air-bag deploys with considerable speed and force and can injure or even kill children, es- 
pecially if they are 12 years of age and underand are not restrained or improperly re-strained. Because children are lighter and
weaker than adults, their risk being injured
from deployment is greater.   NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING
CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT SEAT. DOING SO 
RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE
CHILD BY PLACING THE CHILD ’S HEAD TOO
CLOSE TO THE SRS AIRBAG.  Always use the child safety locks whenever
a child rides in the rear seat. Serious injurycould result if a child accidentally opened thedoor and fell out. Refer to the  “Child safety 

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Front seats 1-2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Fore and aft adjustment 1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Reclining the seatback 1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Seat cushion height adjustment 
(driver’ s seat) 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Head restraint adjustment 1-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Seat heater (if equipped) 1-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Rear seats 1-8
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Armrest (if equipped) 1-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Headrest adjustment  – Wagon 1-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Folding down the rear seat  – Wagon 1-11 . . . . . . . . . . . 
Seatbelts 1-12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Seatbelt safety tips 1-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) 1-14 . . . . . . . . . . 
Automatic/Emergency Locking Retractor  (A/ELR) 1-14
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Seatbelt warning light and chime 1-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Fastening the seatbelt 1-15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Seatbelt maintenance 1-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Front seatbelt pretensioners 1-27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
System monitors 1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
System servicing 1-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Precautions against vehicle modification 1-30 . . . . . 
Child restraint systems 1-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Installing child restraint systems with  seatbelt 1-34
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Installation of child restraint systems by  use of lower and tether anchorages 1-36 . . . . . . . . . Top tether anchorages 1-39
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
SRS airbag 
(Supplemental Restraint System airbag) 1-42 . 
Vehicle with driver ’s and front passenger ’s 
SRS airbags and lap/shoulder restraints 1-42 . . . . 
SRS frontal airbag 1-46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
SRS side airbag (if equipped) 1-55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
SRS airbag system monitors 1-63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
SRS airbag system servicing 1-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Precautions against vehicle modification 1-66 . . . . . 
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restraint devices) sit in the REAR seat properly 
restrained at all times in a child restraint device
or in a seatbelt, whichever is appropriate for
the child’s age, height and weight. Secure ALL
types of child restraint devices (including for-
ward facing child seat) in the REAR seats at all times. 
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING CHILD
SEAT IN THE FRONT SEAT. DOING SO RISKS
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE CHILD
BY PLACING THE CHILD ’S HEAD TOO CLOSE
TO THE SRS AIRBAG. 
According to accident statistics, children are 
safer when properly restrained in the rear seat-
ing positions than in the front seating posi-
tions. For instructions and precautions con-
cerning child restraint systems, see the  “Child
restraint systems ” section in this chapter.  
Fore and aft adjustment
Pull the lever upward and slide the seat to the de- 
sired position. Then release the lever and move the
seat back and forth to make sure that it is securelylocked into place.