2012 Citroen DS4 Owner's Manual

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Child safety

General points relating to child seats
Although one of CITROËN's main criteria when designing your vehicle, the safety of your childrenalso depends on you.
CITROËN recommends
that childrenshould travel in the rear seats
of your vehicle: -"rearwards-facing"
up to the age of 2, -
"forwards-facing"over the age of 2. For maximum safet
y, please obser ve the
following recommendations:
- in accordance with European regulations,all children under the age of 12 or less
than one and a half metres tall must
trave
l in approved child seats suited to
their weight , on seats fitted with a seat
belt or ISOFIX mountings * ,
- statistically, the safest seats in your
vehicle for carrying children are the rear seats,-a child weighing less than 9 kg must
travel in the "rearwards-facing" position both in the front and in the rear.
*

The rules for carrying children are specific to each country. Refer to the current legislation
in
your country.

Child safety
Child seat in the front


"Rearwards-facing"

When a "rear wards-facing" child seat is
installed on the front passenger seat , it
is essential that the passenger airbag is
deactivated. Otherwise, the child wouldrisk being seriously injured or killed if the airbag were to inflate.
"Forwards-facing"
When a "for wards-facing" child seat is installedon the front passenger seat, adjust the
vehicle's seat to the intermediate longitudinalposition with the seat back upright and leave
the passenger airbag activated.

Intermediate longitudinal position

To assure the safety of your child, you must deactivate the passenger's front airbag whenyou install a child seat in the rear wards facing position on the front passenger's seat. Other wise, there is a risk that the child could be seriously injured or killed if the airbag weredeployed.

Refer to the advice
given on the label present
on both sides of the passenger's sun visor.

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Child safety





Child seats recommended by CITROËN
CITROËN offers a complete range of recommended child seats which are secured using a ythree point seat belt:
Group 0+: from bir th to 13 kgGroups 1, 2 and 3: from 9 to 36 kg




L1"RÖMER Baby-Safe Plus" Installed in the rearwards-facing position.


L2
"KIDDY Comfort Pro"
The impact shield must be
used
for carrying young children (from 9 to 18 kg).
Groups 2 and 3: from 15 to 36 kg


L3"RECARO Start''


L4"KLIPPAN Optima"
From the age of 6 years (approximately 22 kg), thebooster is used on its own.



L5
"R
ÖMER KIDFIX" Can be fitted to the vehicle's ISOFIX mountings.
The child is restrained by the seat belt.

Locations for child seats secured using the seat belt
in relation to the weight of the child and the seat in the vehicle.
Seat
Weight of the child/ indicative age
Less than 13 kg (groups 0 (b) and 0+)Up to ≈ 1 year
From 9 to 18 kg (group 1)From 1 to ≈ 3 years
From 15 to 25 kg(group 2)From 3 to ≈ 6 years
From 22 to 36 kg (group 3)
From 6 to ≈ 10 years

Front passen
ger seat (c)




- fixed

U(R1)U(R1)U(R1)U(R1)




- height adjustableU(R2)U(R2)U(R2)U(R2)

Outer rear seatsUUUU

Centre rear seat XXXX
(a) Universal child seat: child seat which can be installed in all vehicles using the seat belt. (b) Group 0: from birth to 10 kg. Infant car seats and "car cots" cannot be installed on the front passenger seat. (c) Consult the legislation in force in your country before installing your child on this seat.
U
: seat suitable for the installation of a child seat secured using the seat belt and universally approved "rear facing" and/or "forward facing". U(R1): identical to U, with the vehicle's seat backrest inclined fully forwards. U(R2): identical to U, with the vehicle's seat adjusted to the highest position.X
: seating position not suitable for installing a child seat for the weight group indicated.