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Seite 57 Transporting children safely Controls Transporting children safely the selected options or country versions. This Vehicle features and options also applies to safety-related functions and This chapter describes all standard, country- systems. The respectively applicable country specific and optional features offered with the provisions must be observed when using the series. It also describes features that are not respective features and systems. necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to The right place for children Note Note Children in the vehicle Deactivating the front-seat passenger airbags Do not leave children unattended in the vehicle; otherwise, they could endanger them‐If a child restraint system is used in the front selves and other persons, e.g., by opening thepassenger seat, deactivate the front-seat pas‐ doors.◀ senger airbags; otherwise, there is an in‐ creased risk of injury to the child when the air‐ bags are activated, even with a child restraint Children should always be in the rear system.◀ Accident research shows that the safest place for children is in the back seat. Transporting children in the rear Installing child restraint Only transport children younger than systems 13 years of age or shorter than 5 ft/150 cm in the rear in child restraint systems provided in Hints accordance with the age, weight and size of Manufacturer's information for child re‐ the child; otherwise, there is an increased risk straint systems of injury in an accident. To select, mount and use child restraint sys‐ Children 13 years of age or older must wear a tems, observe the information provided by the safety belt as soon as a suitable child restraint system manufacturer; otherwise, the protec‐ system can no longer be used due to their age, tive effect can be lost.◀ weight and size.◀ Ensuring the stability of the child seat Children on the front passenger seat When installing child restraint systems, Should it ever be necessary to use a child re‐ make sure that the child seat is securely fas‐ straint system in the front passenger seat, tened to the backrest of the seat. Angle and make sure that the front, knee and side airbags headrest of the backrest might need to be ad‐ on the front passenger side are deactivated. justed or possibly be removed. Make sure that Automatic deactivation of front-seat passen‐ all backrests are securely locked. Otherwise ger airbags, refer to page 98. the stability of the child seat can be affected, and there is an increased risk of injury because 57 Online Edition for Part no. 01 40 2 960 891 - II/15

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