lock Acura TL 2006 Owner's Manual

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Your Vehicle at a Glance
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POWER DOOR
LOCKSTRUNK RELEASE
BUTTON FUEL FILL DOOR
RELEASE HANDLE HOOD RELEASE
HANDLE AUDIO SYSTEM CLIMATE CONTROL
SYSTEM
AIRBAGS
POWER WINDOW
SWITCHES (P.11,25)
DRIVING POSITION
MEMORY SYSTEM
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MIRROR CONTROLS
CLOCK
(P.101)
(P.103)
(P.92)
(P.107)
(P.93) (P.177)(P.178)(P.193) (P.190)(P.127) (P.
120 )
(P.
112 )

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This section gives you important
inf ormation about how to protect
yourself and your passengers. It
shows you how to use seat belts. It
explains how your airbags work. And
it tells you how to properly restrain
inf ants and children in your vehicle.
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Important Safety Precautions .8
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Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features .9
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Protecting Adults and Teens .13
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1. Close and Lock the Doors .13
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2. Adjust the Front Seats .13
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3. Adjust the Seat-Backs .14
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4. Adjust the Head Restraints .15
5. Fasten and Position the
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Seat Belts .16
6. Maintain a Proper Sitting ................................
Position .18
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Advice f or Pregnant Women .18
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Additional Safety Precautions .19
Additional Inf ormation About .......................
Your Seat Belts .20
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Seat Belt System Components .20 ......................
Lap/Shoulder Belt .20
Automatic Seat Belt ...............................
Tensioners .21
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Seat Belt Maintenance .22
Additional Inf ormation About ...........................
Your Airbags .23
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Airbag System Components .23
How Your Front Airbags
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Work .25
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How Your Side Airbags Work .28
How Your Side Curtain Airbags
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Work .30
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How the SRS Indicator Works .30
How The Side Airbag Of f
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Indicator Works .31
How the Passenger Airbag Of f ......................
Indicator Works .31
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Airbag Service .32
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Additional Safety Precautions .33
Protecting Children General ................................
Guidelines .34
All Children Must Be ...............................
Restrained .34
All Children Should Sit in a .................................
Back Seat .35The Passenger’s Front Airbag
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Can Pose Serious Risks .35
If You Must Drive with Several ...................................
Children .37
If a Child Requires Close ..................................
Attention .37
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Additional Safety Precautions .38
Protecting Inf ants and Small ...................................
Children .39
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Protecting Inf ants .39
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Protecting Small Children .40
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Selecting a Child Seat .42
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Installing a Child Seat .43
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With LATCH .44
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With a Lap/Shoulder Belt .46
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With a Tether .47
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UsinganOuterAnchor .48
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Protecting Larger Children .49
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Checking Seat Belt Fit .49
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Using a Booster Seat .50
When Can a Lager Child Sit in
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Front .51
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Additional Safety Precautions .52
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Carbon Monoxide Hazard .53
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Saf ety Labels .54
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Your vehicle is equipped with many
features that work together to
protect you and your passengers
during a crash.
Some f eatures do not require any
action on your part. These include a
strong steel f ramework that f orms a
saf ety cage around the passenger
compartment; front and rear crush
zones; a collapsible steering column;
and tensioners that tighten the f ront
seat belts in a crash.
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Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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(2)
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(5)
(2)
(8) (10) (9)
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(7)
(1) Safety Cage
(2) Crush Zones
(3) Seats and Seat-Backs
(4) Head Restraints
(5) Collapsible Steering Column
(6) Seat Belts
(7) Front Airbags
(8) Side Airbags
(9) Side Curtain Airbags
(10) Door Locks
(11) Automatic Seat Belt Tensioners

µAfter everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors are closed
and locked.
The f ollowing pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver, adult passengers
and teenage children who are large
enough and mature enough to drive
or ride in the f ront seat.
Locking the doors also helps prevent
an outsider f rom unexpectedly
opening a door when you come to a
stop. Locking the doors reduces the
chance of someone being thrown out
of the vehicle during a crash, and it
helps prevent passengers f rom
accidentally opening a door and
f alling out. If any door or the trunk is not closed
tightly, the multi-information display
reminds you to close the open
door(s) or the trunk bef ore you start
driving (see page ).
See page f or how to lock the
doors.
See pages f or important
guidelines on how to properly
protect inf ants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.
Adjust the driver’s seat as far to the
rear as possible while allowing you to
maintain f ull control of the vehicle.
Have your f ront passenger adjust
their seat as f ar to the rear as
possible.
If you sit too close to the steering
wheel or dashboard, you can be
seriously injured by an inf lating f ront
airbag, or by striking the steering
wheel or dashboard.
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Protecting A dults and Teens
Adjust the Front Seats
Close and L ock the Doors
Introduction 2.
1.
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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Your seat belt system includes lap/
shoulder belts in all f ive seating
positions. The f ront seat belts are
also equipped with automatic seat
belt tensioners.The lap and shoulder belt goes over
your shoulder, across your chest,
and across your hips.
To fasten the belt, insert the latch
plate into the buckle, then tug on the
belt to make sure the buckle is
latched (see page f or how to
properly position the belt).
To unlock the belt, press the red
PRESSbuttononthebuckle.Guide
the belt across your body so that it
retracts completely. Af ter exiting the
vehicle, be sure the belt is out of the
way and will not get closed in the
door.All seat belts have an emergency
locking retractor. In normal driving,
the retractor lets you move f reely in
your seat while it keeps some
tension on the belt. During a collision
or sudden stop, the retractor
automatically locks the belt to help
restrain your body.
The seat belts in all positions except
the driver’s have an additional
locking mechanism that must be
activated to secure a child seat (see
page ).
If the shoulder part of the belt is
pulled all the way out, the locking
mechanism will activate. The belt
will retract, but it will not allow the
passenger to move f reely.
If you continue driving without
f astening your seat belt, the beeper
sounds and the indicator f lashes
again at regular intervals, and you
will also see a ‘‘FASTEN SEAT
BELT’’ message on the multi-
inf ormation display. The seat belt system
includes an indicator on the
instrument panel to remind you and
your passengers to f asten your seat
belts.
If you turn the ignition switch to the
ON (II) position without f astening
your belt, a beeper will sound and
the indicator will flash. If you do not
f asten your seat belt bef ore the
beeper stops, the indicator will stop
f lashing but remain on. 16
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Seat Belt System Components L ap/Shoulder Belt
Additional Inf ormation About Your Seat Belts
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To deactivate the locking
mechanism, unlatch the buckle and
let the seat belt f ully retract. To
ref asten the seat belt, pull it out only
as f ar as needed.For added protection, the f ront seat
belts are equipped with automatic
seat belt tensioners. When activated,
the tensioners immediately tighten
the belts to help hold the driver and
a f ront passenger in place.The tensioners are designed to
activate primarily in f rontal collisions,
andtheyshouldactivateinany
collision severe enough to cause
f ront airbag inf lation.
The tensioners can also be activated
during a collision in which the f ront
airbags
. In this case, the
airbags would not be needed, but the
additional restraint could be helpf ul.
When the tensioners are activated,
the seat belts will remain tight until
they are unbuckled in the normal
manner.
If the f ront seat belt tensioners ever
activate, they must be replaced as
the belts will no longer retract
properly.
do not deploy
A utomatic Seat Belt T ensioners
Additional Inf ormation About Your Seat Belts
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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If they do, they
could be very seriously injured in a
crash. Even very young
children learn how to unlock
vehicle doors, turn on the ignition
switch, and open the trunk, which
can lead to accidental injury or
death.
If you are not wearing a
seat belt in a crash, you could be
thrown forward and crush the
child against the dashboard or a
seat-back. If you are wearing a
seat belt, the child can be torn
from your arms and be seriously
hurt or killed.
During a crash, the
belt could press deep into the child
and cause serious or fatal injuries.
This can prevent children
f rom accidentally f alling out (see
page ). Leaving children without
adult supervision is illegal in most
states and Canadian provinces,
and can be very hazardous.
For example, infants and small
childrenleftinavehicleonahot
day can die f rom heatstroke. A
child lef t alone with the key in the
ignition switch can accidentally set
the vehicle in motion, possibly
injuring themselves or others.
Children
who play in vehicles can
accidentally get trapped inside.
Teach your children not to play in
or around vehicles. Know how to
operate the emergency trunk
opener and decide if your children
should be shown how to use this
feature(seepage ).
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Additional Saf ety Precautions
Never let two children use the
same seat belt . K eep vehicle keys and remot e
transmitters out of the reach ofchildren.
Neverholdaninfantorchildon
your lap.
Never put a seat belt over yourselfand a child.
Use childproof door locks t oprevent children f rom opening t hedoors. Do not leave children alone in a
vehicle.
L ock all doors and t he t runk whenyour vehicle is not in use.
Protecting Children General Guidelines
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An inf ant must be properly
restrained in a rear-f acing, reclining
child seat until the child reaches the
seat maker’s weight or height limit
f or the seat, and the child is at least
one year old.
Only a rear-f acing child seat provides
proper support f or a baby’s head,
neck, and back.Two types of seats may be used: a
seat designed exclusively f or inf ants,
or a convertible seat used in the rear-
f acing, reclining mode.
If placed
f acing f orward, an inf ant could be
very seriously injured during a
f rontal collision. In this vehicle, a rear-f acing child
seatcanbeplacedinanyseating
position in the back seat, but not in
the front.
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If the passenger’s front airbag
inflates, it can hit the back of the
child seat with enough f orce to kill or
seriously injure an inf ant.
When properly installed, a rear-
f acing child seat may prevent the
driver or a f ront passenger f rom
moving their seat as far back as
recommended, or f rom locking their
seat-back in the desired position.
It could also interf ere with proper
operation of the passenger’s
advanced front airbag system.
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Protecting Inf ants
Child Seat T ype Child Seat Placement
Do not put a rear-f acing child seat in a f orward-f acing position. Never put a rear-f acing
child seat in t he f ront seat
Protecting Inf ants and Small Children
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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When not using the LATCH system,
all child seats must be secured to the
vehicle with the lap part of a lap/
shoulder belt.With the child seat in the desired
seating position, route the belt
through the child seat according
to the seat maker’s instructions,
then insert the latch plate into the
buckle.To activate the lockable retractor,
slowly pull the shoulder part of the
belt all the way out until it stops,
then let the belt f eed back into the
retractor.
Af ter the belt has retracted, tug on
it. If the belt is locked, you will not
be able to pull it out. If you can pull
thebeltout,itisnotlocked,and
you will need to repeat these steps.
In addition, the lap/shoulder belts in
all seating positions except the
driver’s have a locking mechanism
that must be activated to secure a
child seat.
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3.
Installing a Child Seat
Installing a Child Seat with a L ap/
Shoulder Belt
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Push and pull the child seat
f orward and f rom side-to-side to
verify that it is secure enough to
stay upright during normal driving
maneuvers. If the child seat is not
secure, unlatch the belt, allow it to
retract f ully, then repeat these
steps.A child seat with a tether can be
installed in any seating position in
the back seat, using one of the
anchorage points shown above.
Af ter conf irming that the belt is
locked, grab the shoulder part of
the belt near the buckle, and pull
up to remove any slack from the
lap part of the belt. Remember, if
the lap part of the belt is not tight,
the child seat will not be secure.
To remove slack, it may help to
putweightonthechildseat,or
push on the back of the seat while
pulling up on the belt.
To deactivate the locking
mechanism and remove a child seat,
unlatch the buckle, unroute the seat
belt, and let the belt f ully retract. Since a tether can provide additional
security to the lap/shoulder belt
installation, we recommend using a
tether whenever one is required or
available.
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5.
Installing a Child Seat
Installing a Child Seat with a
Tether
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
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ANCHORAGE POINT