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Your Vehicle at a Glance
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U.S. modelDOOR LOCK
FUEL FILL
DOOR RELEASE HOOD RELEASE HANDLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (CVT)
MANUAL TRANSMISSION DIGITAL CLOCK AUDIO SYSTEM
GAUGES
FCD SELECT
BUTTON
ACCESSORY
POWER SOCKET
INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS
HEATING/COOLING
CONTROLS
POWER WINDOW
SWITCHES
(P. 95)
DRIVER’S FRONT
AIRBAG
(P.
21)
(P.
62)
(P.
51)
(P.
67) (P.
48) (P.
43)
(P.74, 78) PASSENGER’S FRONT
AIRBAG
(P. 21)
(P. 91)
(P. 71)
(P. 113)
(P. 110)
(P. 96) (P.
80)

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This section gives you important
inf ormation about how to protect
yourself and your passenger. It
shows you how to use seat belts. It
explains how your airbags work. And
it tells you how to properly restrain
children in your vehicle. .........
Important Safety Precautions . 8
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Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features . 9
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Seat Belts .10
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Airbags .11
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Protecting Adults and Teens . 12
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1. Close and Lock the Doors . 12
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2. Adjust the Seats .12
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3. Adjust the Seat-Backs . 13
4. Fasten and Position the .............................
Seat Belts .14
5. Maintain a Proper Sitting ................................
Position .15
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Advice f or Pregnant Women . 16
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Additional Safety Precautions . 17
Additional Inf ormation About Your .................................
Seat Belts .18
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Seat Belt System Components . 18
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Lap/Shoulder Belt .18
Automatic Seat Belt ...........................
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
How Your Front Airbags .........................................
Work .21 ..
How the SRS Indicator Works . 23
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Airbag Service .23
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Additional Safety Precautions . 24
Protecting Children .................
General Guidelines . 25
All Children Must Be ...............................
Restrained .25
Your Vehicle is Not Recommended f or Child ..........................
Passengers .26
The Passenger’s Front Airbag ................
Poses Serious Risks . 26
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Additional Safety Precautions . 28
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Protecting Small Children . 29
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Selecting a Child Seat .30
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Installing a Child Seat .30
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Protecting Larger Children . 34
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Checking Seat Belt Fit . 34
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Using a Booster Seat . 35
When Can a Larger Child ...............
Ride in This Vehicle . 36
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Additional Safety Precautions . 37
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Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 38
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Saf ety Labels .39
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Your vehicle is equipped with many
features that work together to
protect you and your passenger
during a crash.
Some f eatures do not require any
action on your part. These include a
strong aluminum f ramework that
forms a safety cage around the
passenger compartment; f ront and
rear crush zones, a collapsible
steering column; and tensioners that
tighten the seat belts in a crash.
However, you and your passenger
can’t take full advantage of these
f eatures unless you remain sitting in
a proper position and. In fact, some safety
f eatures can contribute to injuries if
they are not used properly.
The f ollowing pages explain how you
cantakeanactiveroleinprotecting
yourself and your passenger.
Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
always wear
your seat belt s
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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(1)
(2) (2)
(3)
(4)
(5) (6)
(7)
(8) (9)
(1) Safety Cage
(2) Crush Zones
(3) Seats and Seat-Backs
(4) Head Restraints
(5) Collapsible Steering Column
(6) Seat Belts
(7) Seat Belt Tensioners
(8) Airbags
(9) Door Locks

µIf you sit too close to the steering
wheel or dashboard, you can be
seriously injured by an inf lating
airbag, or by striking the steering
wheel or dashboard.
The f ollowing pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver, an adult
passenger or teenage child large
enough and mature enough to drive
or ride in your vehicle. See pages
f or important guidelines on
how to properly protect a small or
larger child.
Adjust the driver’s seat as far to the
rear as possible while allowing you to
maintain f ull control of the vehicle.
Have a passenger adjust his or her
seat as far to the rear as possible.
Af ter everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors are closed
and locked. Locking the doors reduces the
chance of someone being thrown out
of the vehicle during a crash, and it
helps prevent a passenger f rom
accidentally opening a door and
f alling out.
Locking the doors also helps prevent
an outsider f rom unexpectedly
opening a door when you come to a
stop.
Your vehicle has a door monitor
indicator on the instrument panel to
indicate when either door or the
hatch is not tightly closed. See page f or how to lock the
doors, and page f or how the
monitor indicator works.
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Protecting A dults and Teens
Adjust the Seats
Introduction
Close and L ock the Doors
1. 2.
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Adjust the driver’s seat-back to a
comf ortable, upright position,
leaving ample space between your
chest and the airbag cover in the
center of the steering wheel.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Transport
Canada recommend that drivers
allow at least 10 inches (25 cm)
between the center of the steering
wheel and the chest.
A passenger should also adjust their
seat-back to a comf ortable, upright
position.
If you cannot get f ar enough away
f rom the steering wheel and still
reach the controls, 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
seats.
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Protecting A dults and Teens
Adjust the Seat-Backs
3.
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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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.

Both seat belts have an emergency
retractor. In normal driving, the
retractor lets you move f reely in your
seat while it keeps some tension on
the belt. During a collision or sudden
stop, the retractor automatically
locks the belt to help restrain your
body.
The passenger’s seat belt has an
additional locking mechanism that
must be activated to secure a
f orward-f acing child seat (see page).
To deactivate the locking
mechanism, unlatch the buckle and
let the seat belt f ully retract. To
ref asten the seat belt, pull it out only
as f ar as needed. If the shoulder part of the belt is
pulled all the way out, the locking
mechanism will activate. The belt
will retract, but it will not allow the
passenger to move f reely.
The lap and shoulder belt goes over
your shoulder, across your chest,
and across your hips.
To fasten the belt, insert the latch
plate into the buckle, then tug on the
belt to make sure the buckle is
latched (see page f or how to
properly position the belt).
To unlock the belt, push the red
PRESSbuttononthebuckle.Guide
the belt across your body so that it
retracts completely. Af ter exiting the
vehicle, be sure the belt is out of the
way and will not get closed in the
door.
Your seat belt system includes lap/
shoulder belts in both seating
positions. These belts are equipped
with automatic seat belt tensioners.
If you continue driving without
f astening your seat belt, the beeper
will sound and the indicator will f lash
again at regular intervals. The seat belt system
includes an indicator on the
instrument panel and a beeper to
remind you to f asten your seat belt.
If you turn the ignition switch to ON
(II) bef ore f astening your seat belt,
the beeper will sound, and the
indicator will f lash. If you do not
f asten your seat belt bef ore the
beeper stops, the indicator will stop
f lashing but remain on. 14
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Additional Inf ormation About Your Seat Belts
L ap/Shoulder Belt
Seat Belt System Components
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If you are not wearing a seat
belt in crash, you could be thrown
f orward and crush the child
against the dashboard. If you are
wearing a seat belt, the child can
be torn f rom your arms and be
seriously hurt or killed.
If they do, they
could be very seriously injured in a
crash. Leaving children without
adult supervision is illegal in most
states and Canadian provinces,
and can be very hazardous. Even very young
children learn how to unlock
vehicle doors, turn on the ignition
switch, and open the trunk, which
can lead to accidental injury or
death.
For example, a small child lef t in a
vehicle on a hot day can die f rom
heatstroke. A child lef t alone with
the key in the ignition switch can
accidentally set the vehicle in
motion, possibly injuring
themselves or others.
During a crash, the
belt could press deep into the child
and cause serious or fatal injuries.
Children who play in vehicles can
accidentally get trapped inside.
Teach your children not to play in
or around vehicles.
Additional Saf ety Precautions
Protecting Children General Guidelines
Never hold a small child on your
lap.
Never let two children use thesame seat belt . Do not leave children alone in a
vehicle. K eep vehicle keys and remot e
transmitters out of the reach ofchildren.
Never put a seat belt over yourself and a child.
Lock both doors and the hatchwhen your vehicle is not in use.
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With the child seat in position,
route the belt through the child
seat according to the seat maker’s
instructions, then insert the latch
plate into the buckle.
To activate the lockable retractor,
slowly pull the shoulder part of the
belt all the way out until it stops,
then let the belt f eed back into the
retractor.
In this vehicle, a child seat must be
secured to the vehicle with the lap
part of the lap/shoulder belt. In
addition, the passenger’s lap/
shoulder belt has a locking
mechanism that must be activated to
secure a child seat.
Move the vehicle seat to the rear-
most position. Moving the seat as
f ar back as possible reduces the
chance of a child being injured or
killed if the passenger’s airbag
inflates. After the belt has retracted, tug on
it. If the belt is locked, you will not
be able to pull it out. If you can pull
the belt out, it is not locked and
you will need to repeat these steps.
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2.
3.4.
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Installing a Child Seat
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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