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CONTINUED: If equipped
Your Vehicle at a Glance
You rVehicle a ta Glance
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HOOD RELEASE
HANDLE AUDIO
SYSTEM
GAUGES INSTRUMENT
PANEL
INDICATORS HomeLink
BUTTONS
AUTOMATIC
TRANSMISSION
HEADPHONE CONNECTORS
AUXILIARY INPUT JACKS
FUEL
FILL DOOR
RELEASE BUTTON
POWER
WINDOW
SWITCHES
DRIVING
POSITION
MEMORY SYSTEM
CLIMATE CONTROL
SYSTEM MIRROR
CONTROL
AUTO BUTTON
PARKING BRAKE
PEDAL REAR
CLIMATE
CONTROL SYSTEM
MOONROOF
SWITCH
POWER TAILGATE
BUTTON
POWER
DOOR LOCK
MASTER SWITCH
PARKING BRAKE
RELEASE HANDLE (P.272)
(P.63)
(P.72)
(P.130)
(P.151)
(P.147)
(P.317) (P.132)(P.319) (P.151) (P.263) (P.264)(P.173)(P.333) (P.178)
(P.168)
(P.153)
(P.150)
PASSENGER’S
FRONT AIRBAG
DRIVER’S
FRONT
AIRBAG (P.9
, 27)
(P.155) (P.9, 34)
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To use the horn, press the center pad of the steering wheel.
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Your Vehicle at a Glance
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DRIVING POSITION
MEMORY SYSTEM
VEHICLE
STABILITY
ASSIST SYSTEM
OFF SWITCH
REAR WINDOW
DEFOGGER HAZARD WARNING
BUTTON
HEADLIGHT
WASHER
SWITCH
PARKING BRAKE
RELEASE HANDLE
POWER WINDOW
SWITCHES ACTIVE DAMPER
SYSTEM SWITCH
MIRROR
CONTROLS
POWER TAILGATE
BUTTON PASSENGER
AIRBAG
OFF INDICATOR
INSTRUMENT
PANEL
BRIGHTNESS
WINDSHIELD
WIPERS/WASHERS
STEERING
WHEEL
AUDIO CONTROLS
HEADLIGHT/TURN
SIGNAL/
FRONT FOG LIGHTS
FUEL FILL DOOR
RELEASE BUTTON STEERING
WHEEL
ADJUSTMENTS HORN
CRUISE CONTROL
BUTTONS SEAT
HEATER
SWITCHES
HOOD RELEASE
HANDLE
POWER
DOOR LOCK
MASTER SWITCH
(P.117)
(P.352)
(P.153)
(P.155)
(P.130)
(P.151)
(P.147)(P.317) (P.132)
(P.319) (P.124)
(P.266) (P.353) (P.146)(P.164) (P.122) (P.122)
(P.34)
(P.123)
(P.116)
(P.229)
(P.118)
ACCESSORY POWER
SOCKETS
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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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Your vehicle is equipped with many
features that work together to
protect you and your passengers
during a crash.
Some f eatures do not require any
action on your part. These include a
strong steel f ramework that f orms a
saf ety cage around the passenger
compartment; front and rear crush
zones; a collapsible steering column;
and tensioners that tighten the f ront
seat belts in a crash.
However, you and your passengers
can’t take f ull 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 passengers.
Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
always wear
your seat belts
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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(7) (9)
(3) (1)
(2)
(6)
(10) (8)
(5)
(2)(11)
(4)
(1) Safety Cage
(2) Crush Zones
(3) Seats and Seat-Backs
(4) Head Restraints
(5) Collapsible Steering Column
(6) Seat Belts
(7) Front Airbags
(8) Side Airbags
(9) Side Curtain Airbags
(10) Front Seat Belt Tensioners
(11) Door Locks
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The
following pages pro vide
instru ctions on how to properly
protect the driver, adult
passengers, and teen age children
who are large enough and mature
enough to drive or ride in the front.
See pages f or important
guidelines on how to properly
protect inf ants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.
After everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors and the
tailgate are closed and locked. When the tailgate is not tightly
closed, the ‘‘TAILGATE OPEN’’
message will come on.
When one or more doors are not
tightly closed, the ‘‘DOOR OPEN’’
message will come on. Your vehicle has a door and tailgate
monitor on the multi-inf ormation
display to indicate when a specif ic
door or the tailgate is not tightly
closed. You will see the appropriate
indicator and the message f or each
condition.
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Introduction
Close and L ock the Doors
1.
Protecting A dults and Teens
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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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 front passenger adjust their
seat as far to the rear as possible.
Locking the doors reduces the
chance of someone being thrown out
of the vehicle during a crash, and it
helps prevent passengers 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 the auto door
locking/unlocking f eature. For more
inf ormation, see page .
When both tailgate and one or more
doors are not tightly closed, the
‘‘DOOR & TAILGATE OPEN’’
message will come on. 130Adjust the Front Seats
2.
Protecting A dults and Teens
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All seat belts have an emergency
locking 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 seat belts in all positions except
the driver’s have an additional
lockable retractor that must be
activated to secure a child seat (see
page ).
The lap/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, press 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.
If the indicator comes on or the
beeper sounds when the driver’s seat
belt is latched and there is no f ront
seat passenger and no items on the
front seat, something may be
interf ering with the monitoring
system. Look f or and remove:
Any items under the f ront
passenger’s seat.
Any objects hanging on the seat or
in the seat-back pocket.
Any objects, such as a f olded-down
back seat, that are touching the
rear of the seat-back.
If no obstructions are f ound, have
your vehicle checked by a dealer. To deactivate the lockable retractor,
unlatch the buckle and let the seat
belt fully retract. To refasten 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 lockable
retractor will activate. The belt will
retract, but it will not allow the
passenger to move f reely.
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Additional Inf ormation About Your Seat Belts
L ap/Shoulder Belt
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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For example, infants and small
childrenleftinavehicleonahot
day can die from heatstroke. A
child left alone with the key in the
ignition switch can accide ntally set
the vehicle in motion, possibly
injuring themselves or others.
If
you are not wearing a
seat belt in a crash, you could be
thrown forward and crush the
child against the dashboard or a
seat-back. If you are wearing a
seat belt, the child can be torn
from your arms and be seriously
hurt or killed.
During a crash, the
belt could press deep into the child
and cause serious or fatal injuries.
This can prevent children
from accidentally falling out (see
page ). If
a child wraps a loose
seat belt around their neck, they
can be seriously or fatally injured.
(See pages and f or how to
activate and deactivate the
lockable retractor.) Children who play in vehicles can
accidentally get trapped inside.
Teach your children not to play in
or around vehicles.
Even very young
children learn how to unlock
vehicle doors, turn on the ignition
switch, and open the tailgate,
which can lead to accidental injury
or death.
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.
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Protecting Children General Guidelines
Additional Saf ety Precautions
Neverholdaninfantorchildon
your lap.
Never put a seat belt over yourselfand a child.
Use childproof door locks t oprevent children f rom opening t hedoors. Make sure any unused seat belt
t hat a child can reach is buckled,the lockable retractor is activated,and the belt is f ully retracted andlocked.
Lock all doors and the tailgatewhen your vehicle is not in use.
K eep vehicle keys/remot etransmitters out of the reach ofchildren.
Never let two children use the
same seat belt .
Do not leave children alone in avehicle.
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