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Transporting children safely
Transporting children
saf
ely
Saf
et
y for children
Introduction
Read the additional information carefully
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page 21.
Please read the information regarding the air-
bag system fully before transporting babies
and children in a child seat or other child re-
straint system installed on the front passen-
ger seat.
This information is extremely important for
driver and passenger safety, particularly that
of babies and children.
SEAT recommends the use of child seats from
the SEAT accessory programme. These child
seats have been designed and tested for use
in SEAT vehicles. You can purchase child
seats with different mountings from a techni-
cal service centre.
Using child restraint systems with a base
or foot
Some child retention systems are secured to
the seat using a base or support leg. For cer-
tain kinds of equipment the use of an addi-
tional accessory will be necessary (e.g. an
accessory for the footwell) to fit the child re-
tention system corr
ectly and securely.
WARNING
Make sure children are properly belted in
and correctly secured t
o avoid severe or
fatal injuries while the vehicle is in motion.
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If a child seat is secured to the front pas-
senger seat, the risk to the child of sustain-
ing critical or fatal injuries in the event of an
accident increases.
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An inflating front passenger airbag can
strike the rear-facing child seat and project
it with great force against the door, the roof
or the backrest.
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Never install a child seat facing back-
wards on the front passenger seat unless
the front passenger front airbag has been
disabled. Risk of potentially fatal injuries to
the child! However, if it is necessary, in ex-
ceptional cases, to transport a child in the
front passenger seat, the front passenger
front airbag must always be disabled
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page 76. If the passenger seat has a
height adjustment option, move it to the
highest, most upright position. If you have a
fixed seat, do not install any child restraint
system in this location.
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For those vehicles that do not include a
key lock switch to deactivate the airbag,
the vehicle must be taken to a technical
service.
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Children up to 12 years old should always
travel on the rear seat.
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Children must al
ways be protected with
an approved child restraint system suited
to their height and weight.
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Children must assume the proper sitting
position and be properly belted in while
travelling.
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Ensure the seat backrest is upright when
a child seat is being used on it.
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Do not allow the child's head or other
part of his or her body to fall into the de-
ployment area of the side airbags.
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Make sure the belt webbing is correctly
positioned.
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Never hold children or babies on your lap
or in your arms.
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Only one child may occupy a child seat.
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If you are using a child seat with a base or
foot, always install this base or foot cor-
rectly and safely.
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If the vehicle has a storage compartment
in the footwell in front of the last row of
seats, this compartment cannot be used as
designed; on the contrary, it must be filled
using the specially designed accessory so
that the base or foot is correctly supported
by the closed compartment and the child
seat is secured properly. If this compart-
ment is not suitably secured when using a
child seat with a base or foot then the com-
partment cover could rupture in an acci-
dent and the child will be ejected and suf-
fer serious injury.
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