2007 Acura MDX child restraint

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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
airbags work, and it tells you how to
properly restrain infants 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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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 .12
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3. Adjust the Seat-Backs .13
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4. Adjust the Head Restraints .14
5. Fasten and Position the Seat
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Belts .15
6. Maintain a Proper Sitting ................................
Position .17
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Advice f or Pregnant Women .18
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Additional Safety Precautions .19 Additional Inf ormation About
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Your Seat Belts .20
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Seat Belt System Components .20
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Lap/Shoulder Belt .21
Automatic Seat Belt
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Tensioners .22
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Seat Belt Maintenance .23
Additional Inf ormation About ...........................
Your Airbags .24
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Airbag System Components .24
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Advanced Airbag .29
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How Your Side Airbags Work .30
How Your Side Curtain Airbags
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Work .32
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How the SRS Indicator Works .33
How The Side Airbag Of f
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Indicator Works .33
How the Passenger Airbag ...............
Of f Indicator Works .34
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Airbag Service .35
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Additional Safety Precautions .35
Protecting Children General ................................
Guidelines .37
All Children Must Be ...............................
Restrained .37 All Children Should Sit in a
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Back Seat .38
The Passenger’s Front Airbag .........
Can Pose Serious Risks .38
If You Must Drive with Several ...................................
Children .40
If a Child Requires Close ..................................
Attention .40
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Additional Safety Precautions .41
Protecting inf ants and .........................
Small Children .42
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Protecting Inf ants .42
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Protecting Small Children .43
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Selecting a Child Seat .45
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Installing a Child Seat .46
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With LATCH .47
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With a Lap/Shoulder Seat Belt .50
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With a Tether .51
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Protecting Larger Children .54
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Checking Seat Belt Fit .54
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Using a Booster Seat .55
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When Can a Child Sit in Front .56
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Additional Safety Precautions .57
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Carbon Monoxide Hazard .58
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Saf ety Labels .59
How Your Front Airbags Work
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Place the child seat on the vehicle
seat, then attach the seat to the
lower anchors according to the
child seat maker’s instructions.
Some LATCH-compatible seats
have a rigid-type connector as
shown above. Other
LATCH-compatible seats have
a flexible-type connector as shown
above.
Whatever type you have, follow
the child seat maker’s instructions
for adjusting or tightening the fit. Lif t the head restraint (see page
), then route the tether strap
through the legs of the head
restraint and over the seat-back,
making sure the strap is not
twisted.
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4.5.
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Installing a Child Seat
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RIGID TYPE FLEXIBLE TYPE TETHER STRAP
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Push and pull the child seat
f orward and f rom side to side to
verify that it is secure. Attach the tether strap hook to the
tether anchor, then tighten the
strap as instructed by the child
seat maker.To install a LATCH-compatible child
seat in the center seating position on
the second row seat, use the center
lower anchors as shown above. Follow step 1 through 4 as
described previously to secure the
child seat.
Lower the head restraint f irst.
Route the tether strap over the
head restraint and seat-back, then
attach the tether strap hook to the
anchor, making sure the strap is
not twisted.
Push and pull the child seat
f orward and f rom side-to-side to
verify that it is secure.
Pull up the cover below the
armrest and f ind one of the
anchors. The other anchor is
located underneath the f lap at the
bottom of the outer seat’s inner
bolster.
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7. 2.
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1.
Using t he Cent er L A T CH
Installing a Child Seat
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Each second row seat has a tether
anchorage point behind the seat-
back. After
properly securing the child
seat in the desired position (see
page ), lif t the head restraint,
then route the tether strap over
the seat-back. For the center seat, lower the head
restraint, then route the tether strap
over the head restraint and seat-back.
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Second Row Inst allat ion
Installing a Child Seat
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TETHER ANCHORAGE POINT TETHER STRAP
Outer Seating Position
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Route the tether strap over the
head restraint, then attach the
tether strap hook to the anchor,
making sure the strap is not
twisted.
Each
third row seat has a tether
an chorage point on the tailgate sill.
Secure the child seat in the
desired position (see page ).
Select
the anchor point you want
to use. Then open the anchor
cover with a small flat-tip
screwdriver.
Tighten
the strap according to the
seat maker’s instructions.
Attach
the tether strap hook to the
anchor, making sure the tether
strap is not twisted.
2. 1. 3.
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3.
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Installing a Child Seat
T hird Row Inst allat ion
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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CONT INUED
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Parking Over Things that Burn .342
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Passenger Airbag Of f Indicator .34
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PGM-FI System .454
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Power Seat Adjustments .140
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Power Socket Locations .160
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Power Windows .147
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Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts .18
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Protecting Adults and Teens .11
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Additional Safety Precautions .19
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Advice f or Pregnant Women .18
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Protecting Children .37
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General Guidelines .37
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Protecting Inf ants .42
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Protecting Larger Children .54
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Protecting Small Children .43
Using Child Seats with
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Tethers .51
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Using LATCH .47
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Radiator Overheating .428
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Radio/Disc Sound System . 179, 199
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Readiness Codes .456
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Rear A/C Unit .173
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Rear Audio Control Panel . 237 ........
Rear Entertainment System . 233
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Rear Lights, Bulb Replacement . 400
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Rear View Camera and Monitor . 314
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Rear View Mirror .152
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Rear Window Def ogger . 172
Rear Window Wiper and .......................................
Washer .117
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Reclining the Seat Backs . 140
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Reclining the Second Seats . 142
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Reminder Indicators .64
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Remote Audio Controls . 229
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Remote Control (RES) . 238
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Remote Transmitter .135
Replacement Inf ormation ................
Engine Oil and Filter . 388
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Fuses .437
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Light Bulbs .397
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Schedule .375
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Timing Belt .396
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Tires .412
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Wiper Blades .405
Replacing Seat Belts Af ter a ............................................
Crash .23
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Reserve Tank, Engine Coolant . 320
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Restraint, Child .37
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Reverse Gear Position . 334................................
Rotation, Tire .412
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Safety Belts . 8, 20
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Safety Defects, Reporting . 462
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Saf ety Features .7
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Airbags .9
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Door Locks .11
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Head Restraints .14
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Seat Belts . 8, 15
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Seats & Seat-Backs . 12,13
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Saf ety Labels, Location of . 59
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Saf ety Messages .iii
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Satellite Radio, XM . 183, 208
Index
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