2012 ACURA RL child lock

µ This section gives you important
inf ormation about how to protect
yourself and your passengers. It
shows you how to use seat belts. It
explains how your airbags work. And
it tells you how to properly restrain
inf ants and children in your vehicle.
......... Important Safety Precautions . 8
....... Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features . 9
......... Protecting Adults and Teens . 13
..... 1. Close and Lock the Doors . 13
........... 2. Adjust the Front Seats . 15
............ 3. Adjust the Seat-Backs . 16
... 4. Adjust the Head Restraints . 16
5. Fasten and Position the Seat
..................................... Belts . 17
6. Maintain a Proper Sitting
................................ Position . 19
..... Advice f or Pregnant Women . 19
... Additional Safety Precautions . 20
Additional Inf ormation About
....................... Your Seat Belts . 21
.. Seat Belt System Components . 21...................... Lap/Shoulder Belt . 22
Automatic Seat Belt
............................... Tensioners . 23
........... Seat Belt e-pretensioners . 24
............... Seat Belt Maintenance . 25
Additional Inf ormation About
........................... Your Airbags . 26
...... Airbag System Components . 26
How Your Front Airbags
......................................... Work . 28
... How Your Side Airbags Work . 32
How Your Side Curtain
.......................... Airbags Work . 33
.. How the SRS Indicator Works . 34
How the Side Airbag Of f
...................... Indicator Works . 35
How the Passenger Airbag
............... Of f Indicator Works . 35
............................. Airbag Service . 36
... Additional Safety Precautions . 37
Protecting Children General
................................ Guidelines . 38
All Children Must Be
............................... Restrained . 38
All Children Should Sit in a
................................. Back Seat . 39The Passenger’s Front Airbag
......... Can Pose Serious Risks . 39
If You Must Drive with Several
................................... Children . 41
If a Child Requires Close
.................................. Attention . 41
... Additional Safety Precautions . 41
Protecting Inf ants and Small
................................... Children . 43
....................... Protecting Inf ants . 43
......... Protecting Small Children . 44
..................... Selecting a Child Seat . 45
.................... Installing a Child Seat . 46
............................... With LATCH . 47
......... With a Lap/Shoulder Belt . 49
.............................. With a Tether . 51
........... Protecting Larger Children . 52
............... Checking Seat Belt Fit . 52
.................. Using a Booster Seat . 53
When Can a Larger Child Sit in
......................................... Front . 54
... Additional Safety Precautions . 55
............. Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 56
................................... Saf ety Labels . 57
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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µ The f ollowing pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver, adult
passengers, and teenage children
who are large enough and mature
enough to drive or ride in the f ront.
See pages f or important
guidelines on how to properly
protect inf ants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.
Af ter everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors are
closed and locked.Your vehicle has a door and trunk
open indicators on the multi-
inf ormation display to indicate when
a specif ic door or the trunk is not
tightly closed. You will see the
appropriate indicator(s) and the
message f or each condition.
When one or more doors are not
tightly closed, the ‘‘DOOR OPEN’’
indicator will come on.
Your vehicle has a programmable
auto door locking/unlocking f eature.
For more inf ormation, see page .You will also hear a beep when you
turn the ignition switch to the ON
(II) position, and each time you open
any door or the trunk with the key in
the ON (II) position. 38
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Introduction
Close and L ock the Doors 1.
Protecting A dults and Teens
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
13
This shows the front right and rear left
doors open.
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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). 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 object(s) hanging on the seat
or in the seat-back pocket.
Any object(s) touching the rear of
the seat-back.
If no obstructions are f ound, have
your vehicle checked by a dealer.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.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 a lockable retractor
that must be activated to secure a
child seat (see page ).
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. 17
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Additional Inf ormation About Your Seat Belts
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For added protection, the f ront seat
belts are equipped with automatic
seat belt tensioners. When activated,
the tensioners immediately tighten
the belts to help hold the driver and
a f ront passenger in position.The tensioners can be activated
during a collision in which the f ront
airbags . In this case, the
airbags would not be needed, but the
additional restraint could be helpf ul.
If the tensioner is activated, the SRS
indicator comes on and the tensioner
must be replaced. 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.
do not deploy
A utomatic Seat Belt T ensioners
Additional Inf ormation About Your Seat Belts
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Allowing a child to play with a
seat belt or wrap one around
their neck can result in serious
injury or death.
Instruct children not to play with
any seat belt and make sure
any unused seat belt a child
can reach is buckled, fully
retracted, and locked.
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Leaving children without
adult supervision is illegal in most
states, Canadian provinces and
territories, and can be very
hazardous.Children
who play in vehicles can
accidentally get trapped inside.
Teach your children not to play in
or around vehicles. Know how to
operate the emergency trunk
opener and decide if your children
should be shown how to use this
feature(seepage ). This can prevent
children f rom accidentally f alling
out (see page ). If a child wraps a loose
seat belt around their neck, they
can be seriously or f atally injured.
(See pages and f or how to
activate and deactivate the
lockable retractor.)
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, infants and small
childrenleftinavehicleonahot
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.49 50 155
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Do not leave children alone in a
vehicle.L ock all doors and t he t runk when
your vehicle is not in use. Use t he childproof door locks t o
prevent children f rom opening t he
rear doors.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 and
locked.
K eep vehicle keys/remot e
transmitters out of the reach of
children.
Protecting Children General Guidelines
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Two types of seats may be used: a
seat designed exclusively f or inf ants,
or a convertible seat used in the rear-
f acing, reclining mode.
If placed
f acing f orward, an inf ant could be
very seriously injured during a
f rontal collision.
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.
Only a rear-f acing child seat provides
proper support f or a baby’s head,
neck, and back.A rear-f acing child seat can be placed
in any seating position in the back
seat, but not in the f ront.
If the passenger’s f ront airbag
inflates, it can hit the back of the
child seat with enough f orce to kill or
seriously injure an inf ant.
When properly installed, a rear-
f acing child seat may prevent the
driver or a f ront passenger f rommoving their seat as far back as
recommended, or f rom locking their
seat-back in the desired position.
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, you may wish to get
a smaller rear-f acing child seat. It can also interf ere with proper
operation of the passenger’s
advanced front airbag system.
Protecting Inf ants and Small Children
Do not put a rear-f acing child seat in
a f orward-f acing position.
Child Seat T ypeRear-f acing Child Seat Placement
Never put a
rear-f acing child seat in t he f ront
seat .
Protecting Inf ants
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Placing a rear-facing child seat
in the front seat can result in
serious injury or death during a
crash.
Always place a rear-facing child
seat in the back seat, not the
front.
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When not using the LATCH system,
all child seats must be secured to the
vehicle with the lap part of a lap/
shoulder belt.
With the child seat in the desired
seating position, route the belt
through the child seat according
to the seat maker’s instructions,
then insert the latch plate into the
buckle and remove any slack f rom
the lap portion of the belt.To activate the lockable retractor,
slowly pull the shoulder part of the
belt all the way out until it stops,
then let the belt feed back into the
retractor.
Af ter 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
thebeltout,itisnotlocked,and
you will need to repeat these steps. In addition, the lap/shoulder belts in
all seating positions except the
driver’s have a lockable retractor
that must be activated to secure a
child seat.
1. 2.
3.
Installing a Child Seat
Installing a Child Seat with a L ap/
Shoulder Belt
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To deactivate the lockable retractor
andremoveachildseat,unlatchthe
buckle, unroute the seat belt, and let
the belt fully retract.
Push and pull the child seat
f orward and f rom side-to-side to
verif y that it is secure enough to
stay upright during normal driving
maneuvers. If the child seat is not
secure, unlatch the belt, allow it to
retract f ully, then repeat these
steps. Af ter conf irming that the belt is
locked, grab the shoulder part of
the belt near the buckle, and pull
up to remove any slack from the
lap part of the belt. Remember, if
the lap part of the belt is not tight,
the child seat will not be secure.
To remove slack, it may help to
putweightonthechildseat,or
push on the back of the seat while
pulling up on the belt.5. 4.
Installing a Child Seat
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