Hyundai Equus (2016 year). Instruction

Safety system of your vehicle

Pre-safe seat belt (PSB)

(if equipped)

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The pre-safe seat belt warning light

will illuminate, when a malfunction of

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a pre-safe seat belt is detected.

The purpose of the pre-safe seat belt

Have the system checked, when;

is to tighten the seat belt in an emer-

• The warning light illuminates while

gency braking or upon sensing a loss

driving.

of control.

NOTICE

In order to maximize occupants'

safety, the pre-safe seat belt system

The pre-safe seat belt activates,

operates, as below:

only when a seat belt is fastened.

• The seat belt is tightened when;

- An emergency braking situation

occurs,

- The control of the vehicle is lost,

and

- A passenger leans toward one

side.

• The seat belt vibrates when;

- The Lane Departure Warning

System (if equipped) detects the

vehicle swerves out of its lane.

NOTICE

Do not be surprised when the seat

belt vibrates. It is a warning for

your safety, not a malfunction.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Automatic Seat Belt Retracting

Infant or small child

In order to prevent a seat belt from

All 50 states have child restraint laws

being slack due to weak fabric dura-

which require children to travel in

bility, your seat belt assembly is

approved child restraint devices,

equipped with the automatic retract-

including booster seats. The ages, at

ing function. A motor automatically

which seat belts may be used

retracts the seat belt after approxi-

instead of child restraints, differ

mately

3 seconds. However, this

among states, so you should check

does not operate, when the seat belt

the specific requirements in your

is unfastened with little slack.

state before driving. Infant and child

restraints must be properly placed

and installed in a rear seat.

Seat belt precautions

For further information, refer to the

Child Restraint Systems chapter.

WARNING

All occupants of the vehicle

WARNING

must and always fasten their

seat belts. Seat belts and child

Every person in your vehicle

restraints reduce the risk of

needs to be properly and

serious or fatal injury in the

always restrained, including

event of a collision or a sudden

infants and children. Never hold

stop. Without fastening a seat

a child in your arms or on your

belt, occupants may fall too

laps when riding in a vehicle.

close to a deploying air bag,

The violent impact in a crash

strike the interior structure or

may force you miss the child

be thrown out of the vehicle.

from your arms and the child

Proper

fastening

greatly

may strike against the vehicle

reduces these hazards.

interior.

Even with advanced air bag

Always use a child restraint

technologies, unbelted occu-

appropriate for your child's

pants may be severely injured

height and weight.

due to air bag inflation. Always

follow the precautions about

seat belts, air bags and occu-

pant safety contained in this

manual.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Big child

Information

Children, who are under age 13 but

Small children are best protected

too big for a booster seat, must

from injury in an accident when

always ride in the rear seat and use

being properly restrained in the rear

the available lap/shoulder belts. A

seat by a child restraint system,

seat belt should be fastened over the

which meets the requirements of the

upper thighs and be snug across the

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

shoulder and chest to safely restrain

Standards.

the child. Often check belt fastening.

Before purchasing any child

A child's squirming may move the

restraint, make sure that it has a

belt out of position. Children are best

label certifying that it meets Federal

protected in the event of an accident

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213.

when they are restrained by a proper

The restraint must be appropriate

restraint system and in the rear seat.

for your child's height and weight.

When a big child over age 13 is seat-

Check the label on the child

ed in the front seat, the child must be

restraint for this information. Refer

securely restrained by the available

to Child Restraint Systems in this

lap/shoulder belt and the seat should

chapter.

be placed in the rearmost position. If

the shoulder portion of the seat belt

slightly crosses over the child's neck

or face, have the child slightly moves

leftwards. When the shoulder portion

still touches the child's face or neck,

he or she needs to be returned to an

appropriate booster seat.

WARNING

- Shoulder belts on small chil-

dren

• Never allow a shoulder por-

tions to be fastened over a

child’s neck or face while the

vehicle is in motion.

• When a seat belt is improper-

ly fastened and adjusted over

a child, there is a risk of death

or serious injury.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Restraint of pregnant women

Injured person

Pregnant women should fasten a

A seat belt should be used to trans-

lap/shoulder belt whenever possible

port an injured person. Before doing

as specifically recommended by their

this, you should consult a physician

doctors. The lap portion of the belt

for recommendation.

should be worn AS SNUGLY AND

LOW AS POSSIBLE on the hips, not

One person per belt

across the abdomen.

A single seat belt should never be

fastened over two people (including

WARNING

children). This may increase the

severity of injury in case of an acci-

- Pregnant women

dent.

Pregnant women must not

place a lap portion of a seat belt

over their abdomen where they

have an unborn child. A safety

belt above the abdomen may

seriously injure or even cause

death of an unborn child in an

impact.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Do not lie down

Care of seat belts

To reduce the chance of injury in the

Seat belt systems should never be

event of an accident and to achieve

disassembled or modified. In addi-

maximum effects of the restraint sys-

tion, care should be taken not to

tem, all passengers should seat in an

damage seat belts or belt assem-

upright position in front and rear

blies by seat hinges, doors or other

seats when the vehicle is in motion.

abuse.

Proper protection cannot be provid-

ed, when an occupant lies on rear

seats, or when a seat is reclined.

Periodic inspection

All seat belts should be checked on a

regular basis for any wear-out or

DANGER

damage. Any damaged parts should

be replaced as soon as possible.

Riding with a reclined seatback

increases your chance of seri-

Keep belts clean and dry

ous or fatal injuries in the event

of a collision or sudden stop.

Seat belts should be kept clean and

The protection of your restraint

dry. When belts become dirty, clean

system (seat belts and air bags)

them with mild soap and warm water.

increasingly reduces, when

Bleach, dye, strong detergents or

your seat is reclined. A seat belt

abrasives should not be used,

must be snug against your hips

because they may damage and

and chest to properly operate.

weaken the fabric.

The more a seatback is

reclined, the greater the chance

When to replace seat belts

that an occupant's hips will

slide under the lap portion of a

An entire seat belt assembly should

seat belt, causing serious inter-

be replaced after an accident. This

nal injury or hard pressure on

should be done, even when no dam-

the occupant's neck from the

age is visible. Consult an authorized

shoulder portion of a seat belt.

EQUUS dealer for additional ques-

Drivers and passengers should

tions about the seat belt operation.

always sit well back in their

seats, be properly belted, and

put their seatbacks upright.

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Safety system of your vehicle

CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM

Children under age 13 must always

ride in rear seats and be properly

WARNING

restrained to minimize the risk of

• A child restraint must be

injury in an accident, a sudden stop

placed in a rear seat. Never

or a sudden maneuver. According to

install a child or infant seat in

the accident statistics, children are

the front passenger's seat.

safer when being properly restrained

When an accident occurs and

in rear seats than in the front pas-

the passenger-side air bag

senger's seat. Even with advanced

inflates, it may severely injure

air bag systems, children may be

or kill an infant or a child.

seriously injured or killed. A child,

Thus, always install a child

who is too big for a child restraint,

restraint in a rear seat.

must fasten a seat belt provided.

• When a child restraint is not

All

50 states have child restraint

in use, fasten it with a seat

laws, which require children to travel

belt or store it in the trunk, so

in approved child restraint devices.

it does not fall forward in a

The laws to govern and restrict chil-

sudden stop or an accident.

dren's age, height, and weight, at

which a seat belt is allowed to use

• Children may be seriously

instead of a child restraint, differ

injured or killed by an inflating

among states. So, you should check

air bag. All children, even who

any specific requirements in your

are too big for child restraints,

state, before travelling. A child

must ride in a rear seat.

restraint must be properly placed

and installed in a rear seat. You must

use a commercially available child

CAUTION

restraint, which meets the require-

ments of the Federal Motor Vehicle

A seat belt or a child restraint

Safety Standards (FMVSS).

easily gets hot, when it is

A child restraint is generally

exposed to the sunlight in a

designed to be secured in a seat by

closed vehicle even in the mild

a lap belt, lap/shoulder belts, or a

weather. Check the temperature

LATCH system.

of a seat cover and buckles

before seating a child.

A child may be injured or killed in a

crash, when a child restraint is not

properly secured.

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Safety system of your vehicle

WARNING

(Continued)

•

Never allow two children, or

To reduce the chance of serious

any two persons, to fasten the

or fatal injuries:

same seat belt.

•

Children of all ages are safer

•

Children often squirm and

when being restrained in a

shift their position. Never let a

rear seat. A child, seating in

child ride with the shoulder

front, may be forcefully struck

belt under their arm or behind

with an inflating air bag. This

their back. Always properly

may result in serious or fatal

seat and secure a child in a

injury.

rear seat.

•

Always follow the instructions

•

Never allow a child to stand

of the child restraint manufac-

up, or kneel on a seat or a

turer's for installation and

floor mat, while the vehicle is

usage.

in motion. During a collision

•

Always make sure that the

or a sudden stop, the child

child seat is properly secured,

may be violently strike against

and that your child is securely

the vehicle interior, resulting

restrained in the child seat.

in serious injury.

•

Never hold a child in your

•

Never use an infant carrier or

arms or on your laps when

a child safety seat, which

riding in a vehicle. The violent

"hooks" over a seatback. It

impact in a crash may force

may not provide adequate

you miss the child from your

security in an accident.

arms and the child may strike

•

Do not operate a rear power

against the vehicle interior.

seat, when a child seat is

•

Never fasten a single seat belt

installed. The power seat may

over you and a child. In a

be broken.

crash, the belt may apply

•

After an accident, have an

sharp pressure on the child,

authorized EQUUS dealer

causing serious internal

check the child restraint, seat

injury.

belt,

and

tether/lower

•

Never leave a child unattend-

anchors.

ed in a vehicle - not even for a

•

When the space to place a

short time. The vehicle is eas-

child restraint is insufficient

ily heated up, resulting in seri-

due to the driver's seat, install

ous injury of a child inside.

it in the right rear seat.

Even very young children may

inadvertently move the vehi-

cle, entangle themselves in a

window frame, or lock them-

selves or others inside the

vehicle.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Rear-Facing child restraint

Keep a child restrained in a rear-fac-

ing restraint as long as a child is

under the height/weight limits of a

child restraint. It is the best way to

keep them safe. Once your child out-

grows the rear-facing child restraint

limit, your child is ready for a forward-

facing child restraint with a harness.

Forward-Facing child restraints

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WARNING

NEVER install a child or infant

restraint in the front passen-

ger's seat. Placing a rear-facing

child restraint in front may

result in SERIOUS INJURY or

DEATH, when an inflating air

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bag strikes the child restraint.

A forward-facing child restraint uti-

lizes the friction between a child's

body and a harness. Keep a child

A rear-facing child restraint utilizes

harnessed in a forward-facing child

the friction between the seating sur-

restraint as long as the child is under

face and a child's back. The harness

the height/weight limit of a child

system holds the child in place, and

restraint.

keeps the child in position in an acci-

Once your child outgrows the for-

dent, and reduces the stress to the

ward-facing child restraint limit, your

fragile neck and spinal cord.

child is ready for a booster seat.

All children under age one must

always ride in a rear-facing child

restraint. There are several types of

rear-facing child restraints: infant-

only seats can be used only for rear-

facing. Convertible and 3-in-1 child

restraints typically have higher height

and weight limits for the rear-facing

position, allowing you to keep your

child rear-facing for a longer period

of time.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Setting the automatic locking

WARNING

mode of a passenger seat belt

- Child seat installation

•

A child may be seriously

injured or killed in a collision,

when the child restraint is not

properly anchored to the vehi-

cle, or when the child is not

properly secured in the child

restraint. Before installing a

child restraint, read the

instructions supplied by the

child restraint manufacturer.

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•

When a seat belt does not

operate as described in this

The automatic locking mode restricts

chapter, immediately have the

a child's movement, which compro-

belt system checked by your

mises the effects of a seat belt and a

authorized EQUUS dealer.

child restraint. To secure a child

•

Failure to follow the instruc-

restraint, follow the below proce-

dures.

tions regarding child restraint,

which are provided in this

Owner's Manual and from a

child restraint manufacturer,

may increase the chance and

severity of injury in an acci-

dent.

•

If the vehicle head restraint

prevents proper installation of

a child seat (as described in

the child seat system manu-

al), the head restraint of the

respective seating position

shall be readjusted or entirely

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removed.

To install a child restraint system in

rear seats, follow the below instruc-

tions:

1. Place the child restraint in a seat

and route the lap/shoulder belt

around or through the restraint,

following the restraint manufactur-

er’s instructions. Make sure the

seat belt webbing is untwisted.

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Safety system of your vehicle

2. Fasten the lap/shoulder belt latch

into the buckle, until you hear a

"clicking" sound.

Make sure that the release button is

easily accessible in case of an emer-

gency.

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5. Tighten the belt as secure as pos-

sible by slightly tugging it on the

child restraint, while retracting the

shoulder portion of the belt back

into the retractor.

6. Slightly push and pull the child

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restraint to confirm its firm installa-

3. Pull the entire shoulder portion of

tion. If not, release the seat belt,

the seat belt from the retractor.

and repeat the steps 2 to 6.

When the shoulder portion of the

7. Double check that the retractor is

seat belt is fully extended, the belt

in the "Automatic Locking" mode

system will shift into the

by slightly pulling the seat belt out

"Automatic

Locking"

(child

of the retractor. If unstretched, the

restraint) mode.

seat belt is set in the "Automatic

Locking" mode.

To remove the child restraint, press

the release button on the buckle, pull

off the lap/shoulder belt from the

restraint, and then fully retract the

belt.

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4. Slowly allow the shoulder portion

of the seat belt to retract, until you

hear a "clicking" or "ratcheting"

sound. This indicates that the

retractor is set in the "Automatic

Locking" mode. When you do not

hear any "clicking" sound, repeat

the steps 3 and 4.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Securing a child restraint with

WARNING

"Tether Anchor" system

- Automatic locking mode

■ 4 seater

A lap/shoulder belt automatical-

ly resets to be in the

"Emergency Locking" mode

whenever the belt is fully

retracted. Therefore, must fol-

low the 7 steps on the previous

page, when installing a child

restraint.

When the retractor is not set in

the "Automatic Locking" mode,

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the child restraint may move,

■ 5 seater

when your vehicle sharply turns

or stops. A child may be seri-

ously injured or killed, when a

child restraint is not properly

anchored, such as failure to set

the retractor in the "Automatic

Locking" mode.

Once the seat belt is released after

being fully retracted, the retractor

will automatically switch from the

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"Automatic Locking" mode to the

"Emergency Locking" mode for

Hooks for a child restraint are locat-

normal usage.

ed on the package tray.

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Safety system of your vehicle

WARNING

- Tether strap

Never install more than one

child restraint to a single tether

anchor or to a single lower

anchor. The increased load,

caused by multiple child

restraints, may break the tether

or lower anchors, causing seri-

ous injury or death.

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1. Tie the child restraint seat tether

strap over the seatback.

For a vehicle with an adjustable

WARNING

head restraint, tie the tether straps

- Child restraint check

between the head restraint posts

and under the head restraint.

Make sure that the child

Otherwise, tie the tether strap over

restraint is well secured by

the top of a seatback.

slightly pushing and pulling it in

different directions. Improperly

2. Connect the appropriate child

restraint hooks to the tether strap

installed child restraints may

slip, tip over, toss about, or

hooks, and securely tighten the

child restraint seat.

break apart, causing death or

serious injury.

WARNING

A child may be seriously injured

or killed in a collision, when the

- Child restraint anchors

child restraint is not properly

anchored, and when the child is

• Child restraint anchors are

designed to withstand the

not properly restrained in the

child restraint. Always follow

load capacity, only when a

child restraint is correctly

the instruction of child seat

manufacturer for installation

installed. Under no circum-

stances, should child restraint

and usage.

anchors not be used for adult

seat belts, and harnessing/

storing other items and equip-

ment.

• The tether strap may not prop-

erly work, when it is attached

to the wrong tether anchor.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Securing a child restraint to the

WARNING

lower anchor

• When using the vehicle's

"LATCH" system to install a

child restraint in a rear seat,

all seat belts taps of unoccu-

pied seats should be securely

buckled in metal latch plates,

and the seat belt webbing

must be fully retracted behind

the child restraint to prevent

the child from reaching or

holding any un-retracted seat

belts. Child's reaching to any

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un-buckled metal latch plates

Some manufacturers produce child

or tabs may result in strangu-

restraints, which are labeled as

lation, serious injury or death

LATCH or LATCH-compatible.

to the child.

LATCH stands for "Lower Anchors

• Do not place anything around

and Tethers for Children". These

the lower anchors. Also make

child restraints are equipped with two

sure that the seat belt is not

rigid or webbing-mounted attach-

caught inside the lower

ments, which are to be connected to

anchors.

the two LATCH anchors in a specific

seat of your vehicle. This type of child

restraint does not use a seat belt to

LATCH anchors are equipped in your

be attached in a rear seat.

vehicle. The LATCH anchors are

located in the left rear and right rear

seats. Their locations are shown in

the illustration. There is no LATCH

Lower Anchor

anchor in the rear center seat.

Position Indicator

The LATCH anchors are located

between the seatback and the seat

cushion. Follow instructions of the

child restraint manufacturer to prop-

erly install a LATCH or LATCH-com-

patible child restraint.

Upon installing the LATCH child

Lower Anchor

restraint, make sure that the seat is

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properly attached to the LATCH and

tether anchors.

A sign is marked on the left rear and

right rear seatbacks to indicate the

location of the lower anchors for child

restraints.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Also, test the child restraint before

NOTICE

seating your child. Slightly shake the

The recommended weight for the

restraint from side to side. Also try to

tug the restraint forward. Check

LATCH system is under 65 lbs (30

kg).

whether the anchors securely hold

the restraint in place.

How to calculate the child

restraint weight :

NOTICE

Child restraint weight =

Do not scratch or pinch a rear seat

65 lbs (30 kg) - Child weight

belt webbing with a child restraint

latch or a LATCH anchor during

the installation.

DANGER

When the child restraint is not

properly anchored, the risk of a

child's serious injury or death in

a collision greatly increases.

WARNING

- LATCH lower anchors

LATCH lower anchors are to be

used only in the left rear and

right rear seats. Never attempt

to install a child restraint in the

rear center seat. You may dam-

age the anchors, or the anchors

may fail and break apart in a

collision.

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Safety system of your vehicle

How the air bag system oper-

This instant inflation reduces the

ates

risk of serious or life-threatening

injury in a severe collision. So, this

•

Air bags activate (able to inflate if

fast speed is a necessary part of

necessary) only when the Engine

air bag design.

Start/Stop Button is ON or in the

However, air bag inflation may also

START position.

cause injury, such as facial abra-

•

Air bags inflate in the event of a

sions, bruises and broken bones,

severe frontal or side collision in

because the inflation speed also

order to protect occupants from

causes the air bags to expand with

serious physical injury.

a great deal of force.

•

There is no single speed, at which

• There are even some circum-

air bags inflate.

stances, under which the air bag

Generally, air bags are designed to

may cause fatal injury, especial-

inflate based upon a collision

ly when an occupant is posi-

severity and collision direction.

tioned excessively close to the

These two factors mainly deter-

air bag.

mine whether the sensors produce

an electronic deployment/inflation

signal.

WARNING

•

Air bag deployment depends on a

• To avoid severe personal

number of factors, including a driv-

injury or death caused by

ing speed, impact angles, vehicle

deploying air bags in a colli-

density, vehicle stiffness or an

sion, the driver should sit as

object, which your vehicle collides

far back from the steering

with. Beyond those mentioned

wheel air bag as possible (at

above, there are more determining

least

10 inches

(250 mm)

factors.

away). The front passenger

•

The front air bags completely

should always sit in the rear-

inflates and then deflates in an

most position.

instant. It is virtually impossible for

• Air bags instantly inflate in

you to see the air bags inflating

the event of a collision, and an

during an accident.

occupant may be injured by

It is much more likely that you sim-

the expanding force, when he

ply see the deflated air bags hang-

or she sits in an inappropriate

ing out of their storage compart-

position.

ments after the collision.

• Air bag inflation may cause

•

To help provide protection in a

injury, normally including

severe collision, the air bags must

facial or bodily abrasions,

inflate rapidly. The speed of air bag

injuries from broken glasses

inflation is extremely fast, because

or burns by the air bag infla-

a collision instantly requires to

tion gas.

inflate the air bag between an

occupant and the vehicle struc-

tures, before the occupant strikes

with the vehicle interior.

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Safety system of your vehicle

Noise and smoke

Do not install a child restraint in

When the air bags inflate, they pro-

the front passenger's seat.

duce not only a loud noise, but also

smoke and powder inside the vehi-

cle. This is normal and is a result of

the ignition of the air bag inflator.

After the air bag inflates, you may

feel substantial discomfort, while

breathing due to the contact of your

chest with both the seat belt and the

air bag, as well as from inhaled

smoke and powder. Open your

doors and windows as soon as

possible after air bag deployment

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in order to reduce your discomfort

and prevent prolonged exposure

Never place a rear-facing child

to the smoke and powder.

restraint in the front passenger’s

Though the smoke and powder are

seat. When an air bag deploys, it

would impact the rear-facing child

non-toxic, they may cause skin irrita-

tion (i.e. eyes, nose and throat). In

restraint, causing serious or fatal

injury. In addition, do not place front-

this case, immediately wash your

skin with cold water and consult a

facing child restraints in the front

passenger’s seat, either. When the

doctor if the symptom persists.

front passenger air bag inflates, it

may cause serious or fatal injury to

WARNING

the child.

After the air bag inflation, air-

bag related components, which

WARNING

are on the steering wheel,

• Extremely Hazard! Do not

instrument panel, roof rails

place a rear-facing child

above doors and the front seat-

restraint in a seat protected

backs, are very hot. To prevent

by an air bag!

injury, do not touch those com-

ponents inside the air bag stor-

• Never install a child restraint

age right after air bag inflation.

in the front passenger’s seat.

When the front passenger air

bag inflates, it may cause seri-

ous or fatal injury.

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Hyundai Equus (2016 year). Instruction - part 4