Honda Civic 5 Owners Manual

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							µ 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.
......... Important Safety Precautions . 8
....... Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features . 9
..................................... Seat Belts . 10
......................................... Airbags . 12
......... Protecting Adults and Teens . 14
...................... 1. Close the Doors . 14
........... 2. Adjust the Front Seats . 15
............ 3. Adjust the Seat-Backs . 16
... 4. Adjust the Head Restraints . 16
5. Fasten and Position the Seat
..................................... Belts . 17
6. Maintain a Proper Sitting
................................ Position . 19
..... Advice f or Pregnant Women . 20
... Additional Safety Precautions . 20
Additional Inf ormation About Your
................................. Seat Belts . 22
.. Seat Belt System Components . 22...................... Lap/Shoulder Belt . 23
Automatic Seat Belt
............................... Tensioners . 24
............... Seat Belt Maintenance . 25
Additional Inf ormation About
........................... Your Airbags . 27
...... Airbag System Components . 27
How Your Front Airbags
......................................... Work . 28
... How Your Side Airbags Work . 29
How Your Side Curtain
.......................... Airbags Work . 30
.. How the SRS Indicator Works . 30
............................. Airbag Service . 32
... Additional Safety Precautions . 32
Protecting Children General
................................ Guidelines . 34
All Children Must Be
............................... Restrained . 34
All Children Should Sit in a
................................. Back Seat . 35
The Passenger’s Front Airbag
................ Poses Serious Risks . 35
TheSideAirbagPosesSerious
......................................... Risks . 38If You Must Drive with Several
................................... Children . 39
If a Child Requires Close
.................................. Attention . 39
... Additional Safety Precautions . 39
Protecting Inf ants and Small
................................... Children . 41
....................... Protecting Inf ants . 41
......... Protecting Small Children . 43
Selecting a Child Restraint
.......................................... System . 44
Installing a Child Restraint
...................................... System . 46
Child Restraint System f or EU
................................. Countries . 47
.... With the Lower Anchorages . 49
......... With a Lap/Shoulder Belt . 53
.............................. With a Tether . 60
........... Protecting Larger Children . 61
............... Checking Seat Belt Fit . 62
.................. Using a Booster Seat . 63
When Can a Larger Child Sit in
......................................... Front . 64
... Additional Safety Precautions . 65
............. Carbon Monoxide Hazard . 66
................................... Saf ety Labels . 67
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Driver and Passenger Saf ety7
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							µ You’ll f ind many saf ety
recommendations throughout this
section, and throughout this manual.
Therecommendationsonthispage
are the ones we consider to be the
most important.
A seat belt is your best protection in
all types of collisions. Airbags are
designed to supplement seat belts,
not replace them. So even though
your vehicle is equipped with airbags,
make sure you and your passengers
always wear your seat belts, and
wear them properly (see page ).
Children age 12 and under should
ride properly restrained in a back
seat, not the front seat. Infants and
smallchildrenshouldberestrained
in a child restraint system. Larger
childrenshoulduseaboosterseat
and a lap/shoulder belt until they
canusethebeltproperlywithoutabooster seat (see pages ).
While airbags can save lives, they
can cause serious or fatal injuries to
occupants who sit too close to them,
or are not properly restrained.
Inf ants, young children, and short
adults are at the greatest risk. Be
sure to f ollow all instructions and
warnings in this manual.
Alcohol and driving don’t mix. Even
one drink can reduce your ability to
respond to changing conditions, and
your reaction time gets worse with
every additional drink. So don’t drink
and drive, and don’t let your f riends
drink and drive, either.Excessive speed is a major f actor in
crash injuries and deaths. Generally,
the higher the speed, the greater the
risk, but serious injuries can also
occur at lower speeds. Never drive
f aster than is saf e f or current
conditions, regardless of the
maximum speed posted.
Having a tyre blowout or a
mechanical f ailure can be extremely
hazardous. To reduce the possibility
of such problems, check your tyre
pressures and condition f requently,
and perform all regularly scheduled
maintenance (see page , and f or
EU countries, see the Service Book/
separate service inf ormation booklet
that came with your vehicle). 1734
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Important Saf ety Precautions
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Always Wear Your Seat Belt
Restrain All ChildrenBe Aware of Airbag Hazards
Don’t Drink and DriveControl Your Speed
K eep Your Vehicle in Saf e
Condition
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							Your vehicle is equipped with many
features that work together to
protect you and your passengers
during a crash.
However, you and your passengers
can’t take full advantage of these
f eatures unless you remain sitting in
the correct position and
. In fact, some safety
f eatures can contribute to injuries if
they are not used properly.
The f ollowing pages explain how you
cantakeanactiveroleinprotecting
yourself and your passengers. 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.
Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
always wear
your seat belt s
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(3)(4)
(6)
(2) (8)
(6)
(7)
(2) (5)(7)(8)(9)
(10) (1)(9)
(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) Front Seat Belt Tensioners
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µ Your vehicle is equipped with seat
belts in all seating positions.
Your seat belt system also includes
an indicator on the instrument panel
to remind you and your passengers
to f asten your seat belts.
Seat belts are the single most
effectivesafetydeviceforadultsand
larger children. (Inf ants and smaller
children must be properly restrained
in child restraint systems.)
Not wearing a seat belt properly
increases the chance of serious
injury or death in a crash, even
though your vehicle has airbags.In most European Countries there is
a law covering the use of seat belts.
Please take time to f amiliarize
yourself with the legal requirements
of the countries in which you will
drive.When properly worn, seat belts:
Keep you connected to the vehicle
so you can take advantage of the
vehicle’s built-in saf ety f eatures.
Help protect you in almost every
type of crash, including:
frontal impacts
side impacts
rear impacts
rollovers
Help keep you in a good position
should the airbags ever deploy. A
good position reduces the risk of
injury f rom an inf lating airbag and
allows you to get the best
advantage f rom the airbag. Keep you f rom being thrown out
of the vehicle. Help keep you f rom being thrown
against the inside of the vehicle
and against other occupants.
Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Seat Belts
Why Wear Seat Belt s
10
Not wearing a seat belt
properly increases the
chance of serious injury or
death in a crash, even though
your vehicle has airbags.
Be sure you and your
passengers always wear seat
belts and wear them properly.
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							Of course, seat belts cannot
completely protect you in every
crash.Butinmostcases,seatbelts
can reduce your risk of serious
injury.
Always wear your seat belt, and
make sure you wear it properly.
Seat belts are designed to bear upon
the bony structure of the body, and
should be worn low across the f ront
of the pelvis or the pelvis, chest and
shoulders, as applicable; wearing the
lap section of the belt across the
abdominal area must be avoided.
Seat belts should be adjusted as
f irmly as possible, consistent with
comfort, to provide the protection for
which they have been designed. A
slack belt will greatly reduce the
protection af f orded to the wearer.Belts should not be worn with straps
twisted.
Each belt assembly must only be used
by one occupant; it is dangerous to
put a belt around a child being carried
on the occupant’s lap.
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
What You Should Do:
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WARNING:
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							Your vehicle has a supplemental
restraint system (SRS) with f ront
airbags to help protect the heads and
chests of the driver and a front seat
passenger during a moderate to
severe f rontal collision (see page
f or more inf ormation on how
your f ront airbags work).In addition, your vehicle has side
curtain airbags to help protect the
heads of the driver, f ront passenger,
and passengers in the outer rear
seating positions during a moderate
to severe side impact (see page
f or more inf ormation on how
your side curtain airbags work). Your vehicle also has side airbags to
help protect the upper torso of the
driver or a f ront seat passenger
during a moderate to severe side
impact (see page f or more
information on how your side airbags
work). 2829
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Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Airbags
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							The most important things you need
to know about your airbags are:
They are designed to supplement
the seat belts.
To do
their job, airbags must inf late with
tremendous f orce. So while
airbags help save lives, they can
cause minor injuries or more
serious or even fatal injuries if
occupants are not properly
restrained or sitting properly.Always wear
your seat belt properly, and sit
upright and as f ar back f rom the
steering wheel as possible while
allowing f ull control of the vehicle. A
f ront passenger should move their
seat as far back from the dashboard
as possible.The rest of this section gives more
detailed inf ormation about how you
can maximize your saf ety.
Remember, however, that no saf ety
system can prevent all injuries or
deaths that can occur in a severe
crash, even when seat belts are
properly worn and the airbags deploy.
Your Vehicle’s Saf ety Features
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Airbags do not replace seat belts.
A irbags of f er no prot ect ion in rear
impact s, or minor f ront al or side
collisions.
A irbags can pose hazards.What you should do:
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							µ 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.
See pages f or important
guidelines on how to properly
protect inf ants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.Af ter everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors and the
tailgate are closed.
Your vehicle has a door and tailgate
monitor on the multi-inf ormation
display to indicate when a specif ic
door or the tailgate is not tightly
closed.
The above illustration shows that all
doors and the tailgate are open.See page f or how the monitor
display works.
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Protecting A dults and Teens
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Close the Doors Introduction 1.
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							Adjust the driver’s seat as far to the
rear as possible while allowing you to
maintain f ull control of the vehicle.
Have a f ront passenger adjust their
seat as far 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.In addition to adjusting the seat, you
can adjust the steering wheel up and
down, and in and out (see page ).
If you cannot get f ar enough away
f rom the steering wheel and still
reach the controls, we recommend
that you investigate whether some
type of adaptive equipment may help.
Once your seat is adjusted correctly,
rock it back and f orth to make sure it
is locked into position. See page
for how to adjust the front seats.151
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Protecting A dults and Teens
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
Adjust the Front Seats 2.
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Sitting too close to a front
airbag can result in serious
injury or death if the front
airbags inflate.
Always sit as far back from
the front airbags as possible.
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