
The side air bags are designed to
deploy only in a certain side-impact
collision, depending on an impact
severity, an angle, a speed and a
direction. The side air bags are not
designed to deploy in all side-impact
crashes.
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Do not allow occupants to lean
their heads or bodies toward
doors, to put their arms on the
doors, to stretch their arms out
of the window, or to place
objects between the doors and
the occupant, when they occu-
py the seat equipped with side
and/or curtain air bags.
WARNING
The side air bag is supplemen-tal to the seat belt system, not
a substitute. Therefore, your
seat belt must be fastened at
all times while the vehicle is in
motion. The air bags deploy
only in a certain side impact,
which is severe enough to
cause significant injury.
For the maximum protection from side air bags and to
avoid injury by a deploying
side air bag, all occupants
should sit in an upright posi-
tion with a seat belt properly
fastened. The driver's hands
should be placed on the steer-
ing wheel in the 9:00-o'clock
and 3:00-o'clock position. The
passenger' arms and hands
should be placed on their
laps.
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Do not use any accessoryseat covers.
Use of a seat cover may reduce the system effects or
prevent the system operation.
Do not install any accessories over or near the side air bags.
Do not place any objects over the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself.
Do not place any objects (i.e. umbrella and bag) between a
door and a seat. Such objects
may become dangerous pro-
jectiles and may cause injury,
when a side air bag inflates.
To prevent inadvertent deployment of a side air bag,
which may result in personal
injury, avoid any impact on the
air bag sensor, when the igni-
tion switch is ON.
When a seat or a seat cover is damaged, have the vehicle
checked and repaired by an
authorized EQUUS dealer
because your vehicle is
equipped with side air bags
and an occupant classifica-
tion system.
WARNING

Curtain air bag
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
They are designed to help protect
the passengers' heads in the front
and the rear seats (excluding the
rear center seat) in a certain side
impact collision.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy only in a certain side-impact
collision, depending on an impact
severity, an angle, a speed and a
direction. The curtain air bags are not
designed to deploy in all side impact
situations, a frontal/rear collision or
most rollovers.
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In order to get best protectionfrom the side and curtain air
bags, occupants of the front
and rear seats (excluding the
rear center seat) should sit in
an upright position with the
seat belts properly fastened.
Importantly, children should
sit in a proper child restraint
in a rear seat.
When a child is seated in a rear seat, the child must be
seated in a proper child
restraint. Make sure to install
a child restraint system as far
away from a door as possible,
and secure the child restraint
system in a locked position.
Do not allow the occupants to lean their heads or bodies
onto doors, to put their arms
on the doors, to stretch their
arms out of the window, or to
place objects between the
doors and passengers, when
occupying in the seat
equipped with side and/or
curtain air bags.
Never attempt to modify or repair any components of the
side curtain air bag system.
This should be done only by
an authorized EQUUS dealer.
Failure to follow the above
instructions may result in injury
or death in an accident.
WARNING

Smart key ................................................................3-6
Locking........................................................................\
.........3-7
Unlocking ........................................................................\
.....3-7
Trunk Unlocking.................................................................3-8
Panic Button .......................................................................3\
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Start-Up........................................................................\
.......3-8
Mechanical Key..................................................................3-9
Loss of a Smart Key.......................................................3-10
Smart key precautions...................................................3-10
Record your key number ..............................................3-10
Immobilizer system ........................................................3-10
Restrictions in Handling Keys ......................................3-11
Battery Replacement......................................................3-12
Theft-Alarm system ............................................3-13
Door locks .............................................................3-14
Operating Door Locks From Outside the Vehicle ...3-14
Power Door Latch ...........................................................3-15
Operating Door Locks From Inside the Vehicle ......3-15
Auto Door Lock/Unlock Features ...............................3-17
Child-Protector Rear Door Locks ...............................3-17
Trunk ......................................................................3-\
18
Non-Powered Trunk .......................................................3-18
Power Trunk .....................................................................3-1\
9
To Reset the Power Trunk ..........................................3-22
Trunk Lid Control Button .............................................3-22
Emergency Trunk Safety Release ..............................3-23
Smart Trunk ......................................................................3-\
24
Windows ................................................................3-28
Power Windows ...............................................................3-29
Convenient features ofyour vehicle

Rearview camera................................................3-107
Multi-view camera system ...............................3-108
Lighting................................................................3-109
Battery saver function ................................................3-109
Headlamp escort function ..........................................3-109
Lighting control .............................................................3-110
High beam operation....................................................3-111
Turn signals and lane change signals......................3-112
Front fog light ...............................................................3-113
Daytime running light .................................................3-113
Headlight leveling device ...........................................3-113
AFLS (Adaptive Front Lighting System) ..................3-114
Wipers and washer ............................................3-115
Windshield wipers ........................................................3-115
Windshield washer........................................................3-117
Interior light........................................................3-118
Front........................................................................\
.........3-118
Rear ........................................................................\
..........3-119
Trunk room lamp ...........................................................3-119
Door courtesy lamp ......................................................3-119
Glove box lamp ..............................................................3-120
Vanity mirror lamp ........................................................3-120
Welcome system ................................................3-121
Puddle lamp ....................................................................3-12\
1
Headlamp................................................................\
.........3-121
Interior light ..................................................................3-121
Defroster .............................................................3-122
Rear window defroster ...............................................3-122
Front wiper deicer ........................................................3-122
Convenient features ofyour vehicle

Your EQUUS is equipped with a
Smart Key to lock/unlock doors (and
a trunk) and even start the engine.
1. Door Lock
2. Door Unlock
3. Trunk Unlock
4. Panic
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■Conventional smart key
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■ Card type smart key
- Smart key
Leaving children unattended in
a vehicle with the Smart Key is
more dangerous, when the
Engine Start/Stop button is in
the ACC or ON position.
Children could imitate adults'
behavior and press the Engine
Start/Stop Button.
The Smart Key enables children
to operate power windows or
other controls, or even make
the vehicle move, which may
result in serious bodily injury or
even death. Never leave the
keys in your vehicle with unsu-
pervised children, when the
Engine is running.
WARNING

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Repeatedly attempt to unlock a door
(both electronic and manual) while
simultaneously pulling out a door
handle.
Operate the locks and handles of
other front/rear doors.
Lower a front window and use the
mechanical key from outside to
unlock the door.
With the Central Door LockSwitch:
When pressing the switch (1), all
vehicle doors will lock.
When pressing the switch (2), all vehicle doors will unlock. When the Smart Key is in the vehi-
cle, or when any door is opened,
the doors cannot be locked by
pressing the lock button (1) of the
central door lock switch.
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Convenient features of your vehicle
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■Driver’s door
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■ Front passenger’s door
The doors should always be
securely closed and locked
while the vehicle is in motion.
When the doors are unlocked,
the doors are at increasing risk
of opening up in a crash.
WARNING
Do not leave children or ani-
mals unattended in your vehi-
cle. An enclosed vehicle may
become extremely hot, causing
death or serious injury to unat-
tended children or animals who
cannot escape the vehicle.
Children may operate the vehi-
cle, injuring themselves or
encountering other harm from
someone entering to the vehi-
cle.
WARNING
Opening a door when some-
thing is approaching may cause
damage or injury. Carefully
open the doors and watch for
vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles
or pedestrians approaching to
the vehicle door.
CAUTION

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Convenient features of your vehicle
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(1) Driver’s Door Power WindowSwitch
(2) Front Passenger’s Door Power Window Switch
(3) Rear Door (left) Power Window Switch and Curtain Switch
(if equipped)
(4) Rear Door (right) Power Window Switch and Curtain Switch
(if equipped) (5) Window Opening and Closing
(6) A
utomatic Power Window
Up/Down
(7) Power Window Lock Switch
Information
In a cold and wet temperature, power
windows may not properly operate
due to a possible ice formation.
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Power Windows
The Engine Start/Stop Button must
be ON, before raising or lowering the
windows.
Each door has a Power Window
switch to control that door's window.
The driver has a Power Window Lock
switch to block the operation of pas-
senger windows. The power windows
even operate for approximately 30
seconds after turning the Engine
Start/Stop Button to the ACC or
LOCK position. However, after open-
ing a front door, the Power Windows
do not operate.
Information
While driving with the rear windows
down or with the sunroof (if equipped)
open (or partially open), your vehicle
may experience noise due to the wind
resistance. This is normal, and the
noise can be reduced or eliminated by
taking the following actions. When the
noise occurs with one or both of the
rear windows down, lower both the
front windows approximately by one
inch. When you experience the noise
with the sunroof open, slightly close
the sunroof to reduce the opening size.
Window Opening and Closing
To open:
Press the window switch to the first
detent position (5). Release the
switch to stop the operation, as
desired.
To close:
Pull up the window switch to the first
detent position (5). Release the
switch to stop the operation, as
desired.
Auto Up/Down Window
Momentary pressing or pulling up of
the Power Window Switch to the sec-
ond detent position (6) can com-
pletely raise or lower the window,
even when the switch is released. To
stop the window at the desired posi-
tion while the window is in operation,
slightly press or pull up the switch,
and release.
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To avoid serious injury or death,
do not extend your head, arms
or body outside the windows
while driving.
WARNING
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