2008 DODGE SPRINTER child seat

65 Safety
Occupant safety
2
2 TopTether anchorage
3TopTether hook
4TopTether belt of LATCH type child re-
straint system
\1
Slide head restraint
1
upward.
\1
Guide TopTether belt
4
under head
restraint
1
from the front and be-
tween the two head restraint bars.
\1
Hook TopTether hook
3
into
TopTether anchorage
2
on the feet
of the bench seat.
\1
If necessary, slide head restraint
1

back down a little (
\2
page 121).
Make sure that TopTether belt
4

can move freely.
\1
Install the
LATCH type
child restraint
system with TopTether. The manu-
facturer’s installation instructions
must be observed.
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67 Safety
Emergency exit
2
Warning (Continued)
G
\4Only vehicle occupants who are able
to operate the emergency exit win-
dow are permitted to sit next to the
emergency exit window.\4Access to the emergency exit window
must be free of obstacles. Do not
place any large or heavy objects on
the seats or in front of the seats next
to the emergency exit window.\4Do not use the window handles as
hooks, e.g., for lightweight objects,
bags or items of clothing.
Warning
G
Please observe the following instructions
to reduce the risk of an accident or injury
when exiting the vehicle through the
emergency exit window:\4Only open the emergency exit window
when the vehicle is stationary.\4Take care not to trap anyone when
closing and opening the emergency
exit window. Somebody must hold the
emergency exit window open.
Continued
Warning (Continued)
G
\4Pay attention to the traffic conditions
when opening the emergency exit
window and make sure there is suffi-
cient clearance.\4Pay attention to the traffic conditions
when exiting the vehicle and take ac-
count of the vehicle height and the
surrounding conditions.Extreme caution must be exercised in par-
ticular if there are children in the vicinity.
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191 Controls in detail
Driving and parking
3
Handbrake
The handbrake is located between the
driver’s seat and the passenger’s seat.1Lever
2Release knob
Warning
G
Regulations in some countries require the
parking lamps to be switched on to illumi-
nate the vehicle for other road users if
parked on a public road at night. In built-
up areas, night reflectors can also be
used.
Observe legal requirements.
Warning
G
Never leave children unsupervised in the
vehicle. They could release the hand-
brake. This could lead to a serious or fatal
accident.
!
CAUTION
You must only apply the handbrake
when the vehicle is stationary.
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641 Index
Checking tire pressure electronically
with the Advanced Tire Pressure
Monitoring System
(Advanced TPMS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Checking tire pressure electronically
with the Tire Pressure Monitoring
System (TPMS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Checks, regular
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Childrenin the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ISOFIX seat securing system . . . . 61
LATCH type child restraint
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
restraint systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Chock
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
Cigarette lighter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Cleaning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
,424
after driving off-road or
on construction sites . . . . . . . . . 425
air cleaner element . . . . . . . . . . 415
cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
padded boss of the steering
wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
rear view camera lens . . . . . . . . 422
rear view camera monitor . . . . . 424
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Clearance lampchanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
see identification lamp . . . . . . . 533Clocksetting
vehicles with steering wheel
buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
vehicles without steering
wheel buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Cockpit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Cold tire inflation pressure
. . . . 394
COMANDsee the separate Operating
InstructionsComfort seat
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Constant headlamp mode
. . . . . 171
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648 Indexbrake pad/lining wear . . . . . . . . 470
coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
engine diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
ESP
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
,468
handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
operating speed governor (ADR) . . 274poly-V-belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
preglow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
,476
reserve warning
indicator (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . 475,476
windshield washer/headlamp
cleaning system washer fluid
level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Inflation pressuresee Tires, Inflation pressuresInformation regarding electronic
recording devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Instrument cluster
. . . . . . . . 20
,142
lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
vehicles with steering wheel buttons
selecting the language . . . . . . 166
setting the status line . . . . . . . 167
Instrument lighting
. . . . . . . . . . . 144
Interior lightingchanging bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138Interior lighting, rear
. . . . . . . . . 138
Interior motion sensor
. . . . . . . . . 80
Intermittent wipe
. . . . . . . . . . . . 210
ISOFIX child seat securing
system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
TopTether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
J
Jackjacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
preparing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515Jump-starting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
connection point . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Jump-starting connection
point
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
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654 IndexRear window heating
. . . . . . . . . 214
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Rear window wiper
. . . . . . . . . . . 212
Rear-view mirror
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Recommended tire inflation
pressure
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Refueling
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Remote controlauxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
battery check lamp . . . . . . . . . 240
changing the batteries . . . . . . 541
central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
changing the batteries . . . . . . . . 539
key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
opening the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 83
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Removing the battery cover in the
driver’s footwell
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Removing/installing the floor cover-
ing in the driver’s footwell
. . . . . 575
Reserve warning indicator
(fuel)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
,476
Residual heat mode
. . . . . . . . . . 222
problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Restraint system
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
belt force limiters . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
child restraint systems . . . . . . . . 56
display message . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
emergency tensioning retractor . 44
front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36thorax sidebag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
windowbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reverse lamp
. . . . . . . . . . . 530
,531
changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Reverse warning feature
. . . . . . 271
Rims
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Road hazard lamp
. . . . . . . . . . . . 513
Roll-back warningsee ParktronicRoof load
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Roof rack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Roof ventilator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
S
Seat
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
,116
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,114
folding rear bench seat . . . . . . . 124
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