BMW 5 E60 E61 owners manual page 47

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Transporting children safely The right place for children for installation and use provided by the At a glance child restraint’s manufacturer whenever Children always in the rear you use such a device. Accident research shows that the safest All rear sitting positions in your vehicle place for children in a vehicle is in the rear meet the recommendations of SAE J1819, seat. an industry-recommended practice for Older children should be tightly secured securing child-restraint systems in motor with a safety belt, after they have outgrown vehicles. Controls a booster seat that is appropriate for their Exception for the front passenger age, height and weight. seat A child sitting in the rear seat and not Should it become necessary to use a properly restrained may place his or child-restraint system on the front her head on or near the airbag, if so passenger seat, the airbags on the passen- equipped. For example, a child — even ger's side must be deactivated. The pas- Driving tips though belted — may fall asleep with his or senger airbag indicator lamp above the her head against the side airbag. It may be interior rearview mirror must light up con- difficult for a driver to ensure that children tinuously. Otherwise, the front passenger in the rear seat will remain properly posi- airbags remain active and there is consid- tioned at all times and do not place their erable risk of injury to children if the airbags heads on or near the side airbag. There- are triggered, even with a child-restraint fore, we recommend that the rear side air- system. In this case, children should be Navigation bags, if provided, be deactivated if you plan seated in the rear and the system should be to transport children in the rear seat.< checked at your BMW center.< Deactivating the rear seat side Never install a rearward-facing child- airbags restraint system in the front passen- The rear seat side airbags may already ger seat of this vehicle if the passenger air- have been deactivated by a BMW center. bag is not deactivated. If you do so, the Entertainment Labels in the rear door opening should indi-child could be severely injured when the cate the status of your rear seat side air- airbag is triggered. bags. If you are uncertain of their status, or Your vehicle is equipped with an airbag wish to have the airbags activated or deac- supplemental restraint system for the front tivated, please contact your BMW center. passenger. Because the backrest on any rearward-facing child-restraint system – of Child-restraint system in the rear the kind designed for infants under 1 year and 20 Ibs./9 kg – would be within the air- Communications Children under 13 years of age and bag's deployment range, you should never children less than 5 ft/150 cm tall mount such a system in the front passenger should always ride in the rear and the seat, since the impact of the airbag against restraint systems should be secured with the child restraint's backrest could lead to the vehicle's safety belts.< serious or fatal injuries.< Younger children should be secured in an More information on automatic deactiva- appropriate forward-facing child-restraint tion of the front passenger airbags, refer to Mobility system that has first been properly page 83. restrained. We strongly urge you to care- fully read and comply with the instructions 45 Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 0 157 647 - © 07/03 BMW AG Reference

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