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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 how your airbag
work, and it tells you how to properly
restrain inf ants and children in your
vehicle.
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Important Safety Precautions . 6
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Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features . 7
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Seat Belts . 8
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Airbags . 9
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Protecting Adults and Teens . 11
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1. Close and Lock the Doors . 11
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2. Adjust the Front Seats . 11
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3. Adjust the Seat-Backs . 12
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4. Adjust the Head Restraints . 13
5. Fasten and Position the
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Lap/Shoulder Seat Belts . 14
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6. Adjust the Steering Wheel . 15
7. Maintain a Proper Sitting
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Position . 15
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Advice f or Pregnant Women . 16
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Additional Safety Precautions . 16 Additional Inf ormation About Your
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Seat Belts . 18
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Seat Belt System Components . 18
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Lap/Shoulder Belt . 18
Automatic Seat Belt
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Tensioners . 19
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Seat Belt Maintenance . 19
Additional Inf ormation About ...........................
Your Airbags . 21
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Airbag System Components . 21
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Advanced Airbags . 24
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How Your Side Airbags Work . 26
How Your Side Curtain
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Airbags Work . 27
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How the SRS Indicator Works . 27
How the Side Airbag Of f
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Indicator Works . 28
How the Passenger Airbag ...............
Of f Indicator Works . 29
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Airbag Service . 30
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Additional Safety Precautions . 31
Protecting Children General ................................
Guidelines . 32
All Children Must Be ...............................
Restrained . 32 All Children Should Sit in the
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Back Seat . 33
The Passenger’s Front Airbag .........
Can Pose Serious Risks . 33
If You Must Drive with Several ...................................
Children . 35
If a Child Requires Close ..................................
Attention . 35
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Additional Safety Precautions . 36
Protecting Inf ants and Small ....................................
Childlen . 37
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Protecting Inf ants . 37
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Protecting Small Children . 38
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Selecting a Child Seat . 39
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Installing a Child Seat . 40
Installing a Child Seat with .....................................
LATCH . 41
Installing a Child Seat with ...............
a Lap/Shoulder Belt . 43
Installing a Child Seat with ...................................
a Tether . 45
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Protecting Larger Children . 47
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Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 51
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Saf ety Labels . 52
How Your Front Airbags Work
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety5
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Other LATCH-compatible seats have
a f lexible-type connection as shown
above.Whatever type you have, f ollow
the child seat maker’s instructions
f or adjusting or tightening the f it. Route the tether strap through the
legs of the head restraint, then
attach the hook to the anchorage
point as shown.
Make sure the strap is not twisted,
then tighten the strap according to
the child seat maker’s instructions.
Push and pull the child seat
f orward and f rom side-to-side to
verif y that it is secure.
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6. 7.
Installing a Child Seat
Driver and Passenger Saf ety42
Flexible type
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Since a tether can provide additional
security to the lap/shoulder belt
installation, we recommend using a
tether whenever one is required or
available. (Tethers are required in
Canada.)
A child seat with a tether can be
installed in any seating position in
the back seat, using one of the
anchorage points shown above.
Lif t the anchor point lid, then
attach the tether strap hook to the
anchor, making sure the strap is
not twisted.
Tighten the strap according to the
seat maker’s instructions.
Af ter securing the child seat in the
desired position (see page ), lif t
the head restraint, then route the
tether strap over the top of the
seat-back and through the head
restraint legs.
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2. 3.
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Installing a Child Seat
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Installing a Child Seat with a
TetherUsing an Out er A nchorage Point
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COVER
TETHER ANCHORAGE P OINTS ANCHOR
TETHER
STRAP
HOOK
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Tires . 248
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Wiper Blades . 243
Replacing Seat Belts Af ter a ............................................
Crash . 19
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Reserve Tank, Coolant . 169, 221
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Restraint, Child . 32
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Reverse Gear Position . 184
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Roof Rack . 175
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Rotation, Tire . 248
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Saf ety Belts . 8, 18
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Safety Defects, Reporting . 302
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Saf ety Features . 7
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Airbags . 9, 21
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Seat Belts . 8
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Saf ety Labels, Location of . 52
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Saf ety Messages . ii
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Seat Belts . 8, 18
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Additional Information . 18
Automatic Seat Belt
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Tensioners . 19
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Cleaning . 240
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Lap/Shoulder Belt . 14, 18
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Maintenance . 19 Reminder Indicator and
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Beeper . 18, 58
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System Components . 18
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Use During Pregnancy . 16
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Seat Heaters . 90
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Seats, Adjusting the . 83
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Security System . 155
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Select/Reset Knob . 65, 66
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Serial Number . 282
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Service Intervals . 205, 210
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Service Manual . 303
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Service Station Procedures . 165
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Setting the Clock . 154
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Shif t Lever Position Indicators . 183
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Shif t Lock Release . 186
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Side Airbags . 26
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How Your Side Airbags Work . 26
How the Side Airbag Of f
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Indicator Works . 28
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Side Curtain Airbags . 27
How Your Side Curtain ..........................
Airbags Work . 27
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Signaling Turns . 70
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6-speed Manual Transmission . 180
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Fluid Level . 228
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Shif ting . 180 .......................
Reverse Lockout . 182
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Snow Tires . 250
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Sound System . 120
Spare Tire
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Inf lating . 256
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Specif ications . 285, 287
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Spark Plugs . 285, 287
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Specif ications Charts . 284, 286
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Speed Control . 156
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Speed Limiter . 182, 185
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SRS, Additional Inf ormation . 21
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Additional Safety Precautions . 31
How Your Airbags
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Work . 22, 26, 27
How Your SRS Indicator .......................................
Works . 27
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SRS Components . 21
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SRS Service . 30
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SRS Indicator . 27, 59
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START (Ignition Key Position) . 77
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Starting the Engine . 179
In Cold Weather at High ..................................
Altitude . 179
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With a Dead Battery . 264
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Steam Coming f rom Engine . 266
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