2007 Acura RDX Owner's Manual

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Children 
depend on adults  to protect
them.  However,  despite their best
intentions,  many  adults  do not  know
how  to  protect child
passengers.
If  you  have  children,  or ever  need

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If the  vehicle  seat is
too  far forward,  or the  child’s  head is
thro wn forward  during  a collision,  an
inflating  front airbag  can strike  the
child  with enough  force  to kill  or
ver

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To remind you of the passenger’s
f ront airbag hazards, and that
children must be properly restrained
in a back seat, your vehicle has
warninglabelsonthedashboard
(U.S. models) and on the f ront

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Many parents  say they  prefer  to put
an  infant  or a small  child in the  front
passenger  seat so they  can watch  the
child,  or because  the child  requires
attention.
Your 
vehicle  has a b

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If a child  wraps  a loose
seat  belt around  their neck,  they
can  be seriously  or fatally  injured.
(S ee  pages  and for how  to
activate  and deactivate  the
lockable  retractor.)
Leaving  c

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Acura RDX 2007  Owners Manual An inf ant must be properly
restrained in a rear-f acing, reclining
child seat until the child reaches the
seat maker’s weight or height limit
f or the seat, and the child is at least
one year old.A

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Acura RDX 2007  Owners Manual In any of these situations, we
strongly recommend that you install
the child seat directly behind the
f ront passenger’s seat, move the seat
as far forward as needed, and leave it
unoccupied. Or, yo

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Acura RDX 2007  Owners Manual We strongly  recommend  placing a
forward-fa cing child  seat in a back
seat,  not the  front.
If  the  vehicle  seat is too
far  forward,  or the  child’s  head is
thro wn forward  during  a collis