User Manual - Page 41

For 2016 VOLVO V40.

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02 Safety
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WHIPS - child seats
The protection provided by the car to children
seated in a child seat or on a booster cushion
is not diminished by the WHIPS system
(p. 38).
Child seat/booster cushion (p. 46) can be
placed on the front passenger seat provided
that the car does not have an activated airbag
(p. 34) on the front passenger side.
Related information
General information on child safety
(p. 45)
WHIPS - seating position
In order to obtain optimum protection from
the WHIPS system (p. 38) the driver and pas-
senger must have the correct seating position
and make sure that the system's function is
not obstructed.
Seating position
Set the correct seating position in the front
seat (p. 78) before driving starts.
Driver and front seat passenger should sit in
the centre of the seat with as little space as
possible between the head and the head
restraint.
Function
Do not leave any objects on the floor behind the
driver's seat/passenger seat that may prevent the
WHIPS system from functioning.
WARNING
Do not squeeze rigid objects between the
rear seat cushion and the front seat's
backrest. Make sure you do not to
obstruct the function of the WHIPS sys-
tem.
Do not place objects on the rear seat that may
prevent the WHIPS system from functioning.
WARNING
If a rear seat backrest is folded down, the
corresponding front seat must be moved
forward so that it does not touch the
folded backrest.
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