NOTE: The Advanced Front Air
Bags have a multistage inflator de-
sign. This allows the air bag to
have different rates of inflation
based on several factors, including
the severity and type of collision.
Here are some simple steps you can
take to minimize the risk of harm
from a deploying air bag:
1.Children 12 years old and un-
der should always ride buckled up
in a rear seat.WARNING!
Infants in rear facing child re-
straints should never ride in the
front seat of a vehicle with a pas-
senger Advanced Front Air Bag.
An air bag deployment can cause
severe injury or death to infants in
that position.
Children that are not big enough to
wear the vehicle seat belt properly
(see section on Child Restraints)
should be secured in the rear seat in child restraints or belt-positioning
booster seats. Older children who do
not use child restraints or belt-
positioning booster seats should ride
properly buckled up in the rear seat.
Never allow children to slide the
shoulder belt behind them or under
their arm.
You should read the instructions pro-
vided with your child restraint to make
sure that you are using it properly.2.
All occupants should always
wear their lap and shoulder belts
properly.
3. The driver and front passenger
seats should be moved back as far
as practical to allow the Advanced
Front Air Bags room to inflate.
4. Do not lean against the door or
window. If your vehicle has side
air bags, and deployment occurs,
the side air bags will inflate force-
fully into the space between you
and the door. 5.
If the air bag system in this ve-
hicle needs to be modified to ac-
commodate a disabled person,
contact the Customer Center.WARNING!
Infants in rear facing child re-
straints should never ride in the
front seat of a vehicle with a pas-
senger Advanced Front Air Bag.
An air bag deployment can cause
severe injury or death to infants in
that position.
Buckle up even though you are an
excellent driver, even on short trips.
Someone on the road may be a poor
driver and cause a collision that in-
cludes you. This can happen far away
from home or on your own street.
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CHILD RESTRAINTS
Everyone in your vehicle needs to be
buckled up all the time, including
babies and children.
Children 12 years or younger should
ride properly buckled up in a rear
seat, if available. According to crashstatistics, children are safer when
properly restrained in the rear seats,
rather than in the front.
WARNING!
In a collision, an unrestrained
child, even a tiny baby, can be-
come a projectile inside the ve-
hicle. The force required to hold
even an infant on your lap could
become so great that you could
not hold the child, no matter how
strong you are. The child and oth-
ers could be badly injured. Any
child riding in your vehicle
should be in a proper restraint for
the child's size.
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WARNING!(Continued)
Occupants, especially children, should not lean on or sleep
against the door, side windows, or
area where the SAB air bags in-
flate, even if they are in an infant
or child restraint.
There are different sizes and types of
restraints for children from newborn
size to the child almost large enough
for an adult safety belt. Always check
the child seat owner's manual to en-
sure you have the correct seat for your
child. Use the restraint that is correct
for your child.
Universal Child Seating Position Chart
Mass Group Front Passenger Rear Outboard
Group up to 10 kgXU
Group 0+ up to 13 kgXU
Group I 9 to 18 kgXU
Group II 15 to 25 kgXU
Group III 22 to 36 kgXU
Key of letters used in the table above
U = Suitable for “universal” category restraints approved for use in this mass group.
X = Seat position not suitable for children in this mass group.
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NOTE: When using the ISOFIX
attaching system to install a child
restraint, please ensure that all
seat belts not being used for occu-
pant restraints are stowed and out
of reach of children. It is recom-
mended that before installing the
child restraint, buckle the seat belt
so the seat belt is tucked behind
the child restraint and out of
reach. If the buckled seat belt in-
terferes with the child restraint in-
stallation, instead of tucking the
seat belt behind the child re-
straint, route the seat belt through
the child restraint belt path and
then buckle it. This should stow
the seat belt out of the reach of an
inquisitive child. Remind all chil-
dren in the vehicle that the seat
belts are not toys and should not be
played with, and never leave your
child unattended in the vehicle.Installing The ISOFIX-
Compatible Child Restraint
System
We urge you to carefully follow the
directions of the manufacturer when
installing your child restraint. Not all
child restraint systems will be in-
stalled as described here. Again, care-
fully follow the installation instruc-
tions that were provided with the
child restraint system.
The rear seat lower anchor-
ages are round bars, located
at the rear of the seat cush-
ion where it meets the seat-
back, and are just visible when you
lean into the rear seat to install the
child restraint. You will easily feel
them if you run your finger along the
intersection of the seatback and seat
cushion surfaces.
In addition, there are tether
strap anchorages behind
each rear seating position.
Access ports to the tether an-
chors are located in the panel between
the rear seat and the rear window. The
tether anchors are underneath access covers in the carpet covering the back of
the seat where you see this symbol.
Many, but not all, restraint systems
will be equipped with separate straps
on each side, with each having a hook
or connector for attachment to the
lower anchorage and a means of ad-
justing the tension in the strap.
Forward-facing toddler restraints and
some rear-facing infant restraints will
also be equipped with a tether strap, a
hook for attachment to the tether
strap anchorage and a means of ad-
justing the tension of the strap.
You will first loosen the child seat
adjusters on the lower straps and on
the tether strap so that you can more
easily attach the hooks or connectors
to the vehicle anchorages. Next, at-
tach the lower hooks or connectors
over the top of the seat cover material.
Then, rotate the tether anchorage
cover directly behind the seat where
you are placing the child restraint,
push the tether strap and hook
through the access port and down into
the trunk. Open the access cover on
the carpet covering the back of the
seat and attach the tether strap hook
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Exhaust GasWARNING!
Exhaust gases can injure or kill.
They contain carbon monoxide
(CO), which is colorless and odor-
less. Breathing it can make you un-
conscious and can eventually poi-
son you. To avoid breathing (CO),
follow these safety tips:
Do not run the engine in a closedgarage or in confined areas any
longer than needed to move your
vehicle in or out of the area.
If you are required to drive with
the trunk/liftgate open, make
sure that all windows are closed
and the climate control BLOWER
switch is set at high speed. DO
NOT use the recirculation mode.
If it is necessary to sit in a parked vehicle with the engine running,
adjust your heating or cooling
controls to force outside air into
the vehicle. Set the blower at high
speed. The best protection against carbon
monoxide entry into the vehicle body
is a properly maintained engine ex-
haust system.
Whenever a change is noticed in the
sound of the exhaust system, when
exhaust fumes can be detected inside
the vehicle, or when the underside or
rear of the vehicle is damaged, have a
competent mechanic inspect the com-
plete exhaust system and adjacent
body areas for broken, damaged, de-
teriorated, or mispositioned parts.
Open seams or loose connections
could permit exhaust fumes to seep
into the passenger compartment. In
addition, inspect the exhaust system
each time the vehicle is raised for lu-
brication or oil change. Replace as
required.
Safety Checks You Should
Make Inside The Vehicle
Seat Belts
Inspect the belt system periodically,
checking for cuts, frays, and loose
parts. Damaged parts must be re-
placed immediately. Do not disas-
semble or modify the system.
Front seat belt assemblies must be
replaced after a collision. Rear seat
belt assemblies must be replaced after
a collision if they have been damaged
(i.e., bent retractor, torn webbing,
etc.). If there is any question regard-
ing belt or retractor condition, replace
the belt.
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CIGAR LIGHTER AND ASH RECEIVER(for versions/markets, where provided) . . . . . . . .103
CUPHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 FRONT SEAT CUPHOLDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
REAR SEAT CUPHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
STORAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
GLOVE BOX STORAGE COMPARTMENT . . . . .104
CONSOLE FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
REAR WINDOW FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
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CONVERTIBLE TOP
OPERATIONCAUTION!Failure to follow these cautions may
cause interior water damage, stains
or mildew on the top material: Avoid high-pressure car washes,as they can damage the top mate-
rial. Also, increased water pres-
sure may force water past the
weather strips.
Remove any standing water from the top and dry the surface before
opening it. Operating the top,
opening a door or lowering a win-
dow while the top is wet may al-
low water to drip into the vehicles
interior.
Use care when washing the vehicle,
water pressure directed at the
weather strip seals may cause water
to leak into the vehicles interior.
WARNING!
The convertible top does not pro-
vide the structural protection that a
reinforced metal roof does and the
fabric top cannot be expected to
prevent the ejection of the occu-
pants in a collision. Therefore, it is
important that all occupants wear
their seat belts at all times. Death or
serious injuries could occur if you
are ejected from the vehicle during
a collision.You can lower or raise the power con-
vertible top from inside the vehicle or
lower the top remotely using the Re-
mote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmit-
ter. Either operation takes approxi-
mately 30 seconds. The entire process,
including unlatching or latching the
top at the windshield header is auto-
matic.The top does take up some space in
the trunk when retracted. However,
the trunk will still hold a significant
amount of cargo. When operating the power convert-
ible top, the trunk lid will pivot at the
rear of the vehicle, swing open by the
rear window, and then pivot back-
ward. This allows room for the top to
retract into or unfold from its stowage
area in the trunk.
When lowering the top, the system
extends the hard tonneau cover,
which stows conveniently underneath
the trunk lid. The tonneau cover
closes the area between the rear seats
and the trunk lid to conceal the top
when stowed.
When raising the top, the system re-
tracts the hard tonneau cover back
into its stowage area underneath the
trunk lid.
To complete either operation, the
trunk lid returns to its normal posi-
tion and then latches.
Spring-loaded flipper doors, which
provide clearance for the linkage,
close off notches in the quarter trim
panels when the top is down.
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CAUTION!(Continued)
Make sure there is sufficient clearance of at least 2.2 m for the
top to move up.
To prevent striking a low ceiling or automatic door opener with
the top, it is strongly recom-
mended that you do not operate
the power top inside a garage or
parking structure.
Failure to follow these cautions can
cause damage to the convertible top
components, trunk contents, and
the vehicle interior.CAUTION!
Do not operate the power top with the hydraulic pump valve open.
Do not allow the top to remain in
the suspended position. After ap-
proximately 10 minutes in the
suspended position, the hydraulic
pressure will release, which will
allow the top and the trunk lid to
lower. Pressing the power top
switch will cancel this operation.
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CAUTION!(Continued)
Always use a normal ice scraper to remove snow or ice from the
rear window. Use of a sharp ob-
ject or other tools could scratch
the panels (hard top) or tear the
fabric (soft top) when removing
snow or ice.
Always close the top when leaving your vehicle so as not to leave the
interior exposed to potentially
damaging outdoor conditions.
Do not leave the top lowered for
several weeks at a time. Close it
occasionally to prevent discolor-
ation in the folds of the fabric and
to allow the creases to smooth
out. This is especially important
if the top was stowed when not
completely dry.
Failure to follow these cautions can
cause damage to the convertible top
components, trunk contents, and
the vehicle interior.
WARNING!
Failure to follow these warnings
can result in injuries that are seri-
ous or fatal to you, your passengers,
and others around you:
Before operating the power top, make sure that no moving parts
of the convertible top can injure a
person or animal.
Never place any extremities (hands, feet, etc.) near the con-
vertible top components, the up-
per windshield area, the shelf
area behind the rear seats, or the
convertible top stowage area
while raising or lowering the con-
vertible top.
When using the power top button
on RKE transmitter, if potential
danger exists while lowering the
top, release the button immedi-
ately to interrupt the operation.
When using the power top switch on the instrument panel, if poten-
tial danger exists while lowering
the top, release the switch imme-
diately to interrupt the operation.
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POWER CONVERTIBLE
TOP CONTROLS
The power top switch is located on the
front of the center console.
There is also a power top button on
the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter for remotely lowering the
power convertible top.
LOWERING THE POWER
CONVERTIBLE TOP
Using The Power Top Switch
NOTE: The power top switch will
operate when the ignition switch is
turned to the ON or ACC position
and when in the power accessory
delay.
There are two Top Down
switch positions. Press and
hold the switch to the first
detent, which is indicated by
the EVIC displaying “CONVERT-
IBLE TOP IN OPERATION” message.
The system will lower all fully raised
windows approximately 10 mm, lower
the top to its fully retracted position,
and then raise the windows. Press and
hold the switch to the second detent.
The system will lower all four windows
and the top to their fully retracted
positions.
The driver has to press and hold the
convertible top switch during the en-
tire opening cycle, if there is an ob-
struction and the driver is alerted, the
convertible top operation can be
stopped by releasing the switch.
Using The Remote Keyless Entry
Transmitter
NOTE: Steps 1 – 3 must be per-
formed within five seconds.
1. Press and release the UNLOCK
button on the RKE transmitter. 2. Press and hold the
POWER TOP button until
the Power Top and All Win-
dows Down feature is com-
plete.
3.
Press and release the POWER TOP
button on the RKE transmitter.
NOTE:
If the RKE transmitter
button is released before the power
top is completely down steps 1–3
must be performed again.
RAISING THE POWER
CONVERTIBLE TOP
Using The Power Top Switch
NOTE: The power top switch will
operate when the ignition switch is
turned to the ON or ACC position
and when in the power accessory
delay.
Power Top Button
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