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Safety
Use of the child seat on the front
passenger seat
1)
Transporting children on the front passenger
seat is not permitted in all countries. Further-
mor
e, not all child seats are approved for use
on the front passenger seat. Your technical
service centre has an updated list of all ap-
proved child seats. Only used child seats that
are approved for each vehicle.
The front airbag on the front passenger side
is highly dangerous for a child. The front pas-
senger seat is life-threatening to a child if he
or she is transported in a rear-facing child
seat.
If a rear-facing child seat is secured to the
front passenger seat, an inflating front airbag
can strike it with such great force that severe
or fatal injuries may result
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. Therefore,
r
ear
-f
acing child seats must never be placed
on the front passenger seat when the front
passenger front airbag is enabled.
Only use a rear-facing child seat on the front
passenger seat if the front passenger front
airbag is disabled. When it is disabled, the
yellow control lamp on the dash panel
will be lit up
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page 75.
If you cannot disable the front passenger
front airbag and it remains activated, it is
forbidden to transport children on the
front passenger seat
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.
Things t
o not
e if using a chil
d seat on the
front passenger seat:
●
The front passenger front airbag must be
disabled when using a rear-facing child
seat
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page 76.
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The seat backrest of the front passenger
seat must be upright.
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The front passenger seat must be moved
as far back as possible.
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A height-adjustable front passenger seat
must be raised to its highest point.
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The seat belt height adjustment must be as
high as possible.
Suitable child seats
The child seat must be authorised by the
manufacturer especially for use on a front
passenger seat with a front or side airbag.
If the front passenger seat is equipped with
retaining rings, the child seat can be se-
cured using an approved retaining system
provided it is approved for this type of vehicle
in accordance with current regulations of the
country in question.
Universal seats for children of groups 0, 0+,
1, 2 or 3 according to the standard ECE-R 44
can be mounted on the front passenger seat
and the rear seats.
WARNING
If a child seat is mounted on the front pas-
senger seat, the risk of the child sustaining
se
vere or fatal injuries in the event of an ac-
cident increases. Rear-facing child seats
must never be mounted on the front pas-
senger seat when the front passenger front
airbag is enabled. This is life-threatening to
the child should the front airbag deploy, as
the child seat would be struck by the infla-
ted airbag and thrown against the seat
backrest.
WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, a child
must be transport
ed in a rear-facing child
seat on the front passenger seat, strictly
observe the following:
●
Always disable the front passenger front
airbag and leave it disabled.
1)
Compliance with current national legislation
and the manufactur
er's instructions is required
when using or installing child seats.
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