child seat KIA Optima 2006 2.G Owner's Manual

YOUR VEHICLE AT A GLANCE
2-2INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OVERVIEW1. Rearview mirror
2. Sunvisor
3. Sunroof (If Equipped)
4. Seat
5. Spare tire6. Tail-lights
7. Fuel filler lid
8. Parking brake
9. Rear door child safety lock
10. Power window switches 11. Door
12. Outside rearview mirror
13. Air bags
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MMSA2001
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SEATS
FRONT SEAT ADJUSTMENTMOVING THE FRONT SEAT
FORWARD AND BACKWARDTo move the seat forward or backward;
1. Pull the seat slide adjustment lever
under the front edge of the seat
cushion up and hold it.
2. Slide the seat to the position you
desire.
3. Release the lever and make sure the
seat is locked in place.
KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
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MMSA3007
WARNING - Drivers
 Never adjust the driver’s seat
or seatback when the vehicle
is moving. Doing so could
cause loss of control, and
serious personal injury or
death.
 Do not allow packages or
other objects to interfere with
the normal position of a
seatback. These objects may
prevent the seatback from
locking, which could result in
serious injury or death in the
event of a sudden stop or
collision.
 Always drive and ride with
your seatback upright and
the lap portion of the safety
belt snug and low across the
hips.
 Children can be killed or
injured by the passenger air
bag. The back seat is the
safest place for children 12
and under. Make sure all
children use seat belts or
child seats.
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SAFETY BELT RESTRAINT
SYSTEMWe strongly recommend that the driver
and all passengers be properly restrained
at all times by using the safety belts
provided with the vehicle. Proper use of
the safety belts decreases the risk of
severe injury or death in accidents or
sudden stops.Safety belts provide the best restraint
when:
• The seatback is upright.
• The occupant is sitting upright (not
slouched).
• The lap belt portion of the safety belt
is snug and low on the hips.
• The shoulder belt portion of the
safety belt is snug against the chest.
• The knees are straight forward.
To help you remember to fasten your
safety belt, a warning light will flash and
a chime will sound.
See safety belt warning on page 4-22.
All seats have lap/shoulder belts.
The center rear seat has a lap/shoulder
belt.
Inertial locks in the safety belt retractors
allow all of the lap/shoulder safety belts
to remain unlocked during normal
vehicle operation.This allows the
occupants some freedom of movement
and increased comfort while using the
safety belts. If a force is applied to thevehicle, such as a strong stop, a sharp
turn, or a collision, the safety belt
retractors will automatically lock the
safety belts.
Since the inertial locks do not require a
collision in order to lock up, you may
become aware of the safety belts locking
while braking or going around sharp
corners.
The center rear seat safety belt does not
have an inertial lock so it is always in a
locked condition.
Whenever possible, use the center rear
seat position to install your child
restraint. The center rear seat is the best
position to install your child restraint.
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WARNING
The driver and all passengers
should always use the safety
belts provided in order to
minimize the risk of severe
bodily injury.
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RESTRAINT OF PREGNANT
WOMENPregnant women should wear lap/shoulder
belt assemblies whenever possible
according to specific recommendations by
their doctors. The lap portion of the belt
should be worn AS SNUGLY AND
LOW AS POSSIBLE.
RESTRAINT OF INFANTS
AND SMALL CHILDRENSmall children and infants should be
restrained by an approved child-restraint
system to help protect them while riding
in a vehicle.
Never allow a child to stand or kneel on
the seat of a moving vehicle. Never
allow a safety belt to be placed around
both a child and an adult or around two
children at the same time.
Children can be killed or injured by the
passenger air bag. The back seat is the
safest place for children 12 and under.Many companies manufacture child
restraint systems (often called child
seats) for infants and small children. An
acceptable child restraint system must
always satisfy the Safety Standards of
your country. Make sure that any child-
restraint system you use in your vehicle
is labeled as complying with those safety
standards.
The child-restraint system should be
chosen to fit both the size of the child
and the size of the vehicle seat. Be sure
to follow any instructions provided by
the child-restraint system manufacturer
when installing the child-restraint
system.
WARNING - Pregnant
Women
Pregnant women must never
place the lap portion of the
safety belt over the area of the
abdomen where the fetus is
located or above the abdomen.
WARNING - Children on
Laps
Never hold a child on your lap
or in your arms in a moving
vehicle.
Even a very strong person
cannot hold onto a child in the
event of even a minor collision.
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KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
3-28RESTRAINT OF LARGE
CHILDRENAs children grow, they may need to use
new child-restraint systems, including
larger child seats or booster seats, which
are appropriate for their increased size.
A child who has outgrown available
child-restraint systems should use the
belts provided in the vehicle. When seated
in the rear outboard seats, the child should
be restrained by the lap/shoulder belt.
If the shoulder belt portion slightly
touches the child’s neck or face, try
placing the child closer to the center of the
vehicle. If the shoulder belt still touches
their face or neck they may need to bereturned to a child restraint system.
In addition, after-market devices are
available from independent manufacturers
which help pull the shoulder belt down
and away from the child’s face or neck.
CAUTION - Hot Metal
Parts
Safety belts and seats can become
hot in a vehicle that has been closed
during warm/hot weather; they
could burn a child. Check seat
covers and buckles before you
place a child anywhere near them.
WARNING - Shoulder
Belts ON Small Children
 Never allow a shoulder belt to
be in contact with a child’s
neck or face while the vehicle
is in motion.
 If safety belts are not properly
worn and adjusted, the risk of
death or serious injury to
such a child is high.
WARNING - Child
Restraints
 All child restraint systems are
designed to be secured in
vehicle seats by lap belts or
the lap-belt portion of a lap/
should-er belt.
Children will be endangered
in a crash if their child
restraint systems are not
properly secur-ed by the
safety belts in the vehicle.
 According to accident
statistics, children are safer
when proper-ly restrained in
the rear seatin positions
rather than the front seating
positions.
 When a child restraint system
is not secured by a safety
belt, store it in the trunk so
that it will not be thrown
forward in the event of a
sudden stop or accident.
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PLACEMENT OF A CHILD
RESTRAINT SYSTEMWe recommend that, whenever possible,
you put the child restraint in the center
position of the rear seat.
If the center rear seat is not available, or
you are using more than one child
restraint system in the vehicle at the
same time, the rear safety belts have
been designed to allow a child restraint
to be used in these positions. Since those
safety belts normally lock only under
extreme or emergency conditions
(emergency lock mode) you must
manually adjust those belts to the auto
lock mode.
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WARNING
When a child restraint is not in
use, make sure that it is
secured by a safety belt. In a
sudden stop or accident, a
loose child restraint could be
thrown forward and injure
someone.
WARNING - Restraint
Instructions
Failure to observe this manuals
instructions regarding child
restraint systems and the
instructions provided with the
child restraint system could
increase the chance and/or
severity of injury in an accident.✻
NOTICE
The driver’s safety belt
incorporates the emergency lock
mode only.
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Placing a Passenger Safety Belt
Into the Auto Lock ModeThe use of the auto lock mode will
ensure that the normal movement of the
child in the vehicle does not cause the
safety belt to be pulled out and loosen
the firmness of its hold on the child
restraint system.To secure a child restraint in the rear
outboard seats, follow the procedure
below.
1. Place the child restraint system in the
seat and route the lap/shoulder belt
around or through the restraint,
following the restraint manufacturer’s
instructions. Be sure the safety belt
webbing is not twisted.
KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
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MMSA3080
MMSA3027
WARNING - Child
Restraint Placement
Never use a child restraint in
the front passenger seat. In a
collision the air bag inflates
with great force. A child in a
restraint in the front passenger
seat can be severely or fatally
injured by the power of the air
bag.
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5. Before placing the child in the child
restraint, forcibly try to push the seat
from side to side and forward to make
sure that the seat is securely held in
place.
6. Double check that the retractor is in
the automatic locking mode by trying
to pull the shoulder portion of the
safety belt out of the retractor. If you
cannot pull the belt out of the retractor,
it is in the automatic locking mode. If
you can, repeat step 4.
To remove the child restraint, press the
release button on the buckle and then
pull the lap/shoulder belt out of the
restraint and allow the safety belt to
retract fully.
KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
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MMSA3030
✻
NOTICE
When the safety belt is allowed to
retract to its fully stowed position,
the retractor will automatically
switch from the “Auto Lock”
mode to the emergency lock mode
for normal adult usage.
WARNING - Auto Lock
Mode
The lap/shoulder belt
automatically returns to the
“emergency lock mode”
whenever the belt is allowed to
retract fully. Therefore, the
preceding seven steps must be
followed each time a child
restraint is installed.
If the safety belt is not placed in
the “auto lock” mode, severe
injury or death could occur to
the child and/or other
occupants in the vehicle in a
collision, since the child
restraint will not be effectively
held in place.
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INSTALLING A CHILD
RESTRAINT IN THE REAR
CENTER SEATTo install a child restraint in the rear
center seat, do the following:
1. Place the child-restraint in the desired
position. Route the lap/ shoulder belt
through the restraint according to the
seat manufacturer’s instructions.
2. Insert the tongue plate into the
buckle.3. Adjust the lap/ shoulder safety belt
for a snug hold on the child restraint
by pulling on the loose end of the
belt.
Child seat anchorage positionFor small children and babies, the use of
a child seat or infant seat is strongly
recommended. This child seat or infant
seat should be of appropriate size for the
child and should be installed in
accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions. It is further recommended
that the seat be placed in the vehicle’s
rear seat since this can make an
important contribution to safety. Your
vehicle is provided with three child
restraint hook holders on the package
tray behind the rear seat for installing the
child seat or infant seat.
MMSA3031
WARNING - Child
Restraint Placement
Never use a child restraint in the
front passenger seat. A child in
a child restraint installed in the
front passenger seat can be
severely or fatally injured by an
air bag which could impact the
child restraint with great force
when the air bag inflates.
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KNOWING YOUR VEHICLE
3-34CHILD RESTRAINT
ANCHORAGE POSITIONYour vehicle is equipped with an anchor
for securing the tether strap of a child
restraint system (child seat).
The child restraint anchor fittings are
installed on the shelf behind the rear seat.Installing a child restraint seat ;
1. Position the child restraint seat on the
rear passenger seat cushion.
2. Route the child restraint seat tether
strap over the back of the seat.
For vehicles with adjustable head
restraints, route the tether strap under
the head restraint and between the
head restraint posts, otherwise route
the tether strap over the top of the
seatback.
3. Locate the correct anchor on the
package tray behind the rear seat for
the selected seating position.
4. Open the tether anchor cover.
5. Clip the tether strap hook to the
tether strap hook holder.
6. Tighten the tether strap to secure the
seat.
MMSA3032
Child Restraint Anchorage
WARNING
If the tether strap is clipped
incorrectly, the child restraint
seat may not be restrained
properly in the event of a
collision.
WARNING - Child
Restraint
Check that the child restraint
system is secure by pushing and
pulling it in different directions.
Incorrectly fitted child restraints
may swing, twist, tip or come
away causing death or injury.
WARNING - Child
Restraint Anchorage
 Child restraint anchorages are
designed to withstand only
those loads imposed by
correctly fitted child restraints.
Under no circumstances are
they to be used for adult seat
belts or harnesses or for
attaching other items or
equipment to the vehicle.
 The tether strap may not work
properly if attached
somewhere other than the
correct tether anchor.
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