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ward resulting in injury caused bybeing struck by the seatback.
WARNING
After folding the rear seat, unlessthe driver’s position is properly setaccording to the driver’s physical fig‐ure, do not fold the rear seat. It mayincrease body injuries in a suddenstop or collision.
WARNING
When you return the rear seatbackto its upright position after beingfolded down:Be careful not to damage the seatbelt webbing or buckle. Do not allowthe seat belt webbing or buckle toget caught or pinched in the rearseat. Ensure that the seatback iscompletely locked into its uprightposition by pushing on the top of theseatback. Otherwise, in an accidentor sudden stop, the seat could fold
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down and allow cargo enter the pas‐senger compartment, which couldresult in serious injury or death.
CAUTION
nDamaging rear seat belt buck‐les
When you fold the rear seatback, in‐sert the buckle between the rearseatback and cushion. Doing so canprevent the buckle from being dam‐aged by the rear seatback.
CAUTION
nRear seat belts
When returning the rear seatbacksto the upright position, remember toreturn the rear shoulder belts totheir proper position.
WARNING
nCargo
Cargo should always be secured toprevent it from being thrown aboutthe vehicle in a collision and causinginjury to the vehicle occupants. Donot place objects in the rear seats,since they cannot be properly se‐cured and may hit the front seat oc‐cupants in a collision.
WARNING
nCargo loading
Make sure the engine is off, the au‐tomatic transaxle is in P (Park) orthe manual transaxle is in 1st, andthe parking brake is securely appliedwhenever loading or unloading cargo.Failure to take these steps may al‐low the vehicle to move if the shiftlever is inadvertently moved to an‐other position.
Safety features of your vehicle
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