Hyundai Elantra (2017 year). Instruction - part 4
Securing a Child Restraint
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System with a lap/shoulder belt
When using the rear center seat belt,
When not using the ISOFIX system,
you should also refer to the “3-point
all Child Restraint Systems must be
Rear Center Seat Belt” in this chapter.
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secured to a rear seat with the lap
part of a lap/shoulder belt.
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with a lap/shoulder belt
To install a Child Restraint System
on the rear seats, do the following:
1. Place the Child Restraint System
on a rear seat and route the lap/
shoulder belt around or through
the restraint, following the restraint
manufacturer’s instructions.
Make sure the seat belt webbing is
not twisted.
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To remove the Child Restraint System,
press the release button on the buckle
and then pull the lap/shoulder belt out
of the restraint and allow the seat belt
to retract fully
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2. Fasten the lap/shoulder belt latch
3. Remove as much slack from the
into the buckle. Listen for the dis-
belt as possible by pushing down
tinct “click” sound.
on the Child Restraint System
while feeding the shoulder belt
back into the retractor.
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4. Push and pull on the Child
Position the release button so that it is
Restraint System to confirm that
easy to access in case of an emergency.
the seat belt is holding it firmly in
place.
If your CRS manufacturer instructs or
recommends you use a ISOFIX top-
tether anchorage with the lap/shoul-
der belt, see page 2-41.
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Child Seat Restraint Suitability for Seat Position using the Seat Belt
Suitability of each seating position for "universal" category belted Child Restraint Systems according to ECE regulations
Use Child Restraint Systems that have been officially approved and are appropriate for your children.
When using the Child Restraint Systems, refer to the following table.
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Seating Position
Mass Group
FRONT
REAR
REAR
Passenger
Outboard
Center
0
: Up to 10 kg
X
U
U
(0 - 9 months)
0+ : Up to 13 kg
X
U
U
(0 - 2 years)
I
: 9 kg to 18 kg
X
U
U
(9 months - 4 years)
II & III : 15 kg to 36 kg
X
U
U
(4 - 12 years)
U :Suitable for "universal" category restraints approved for use in this mass group
UF : Suitable for forward-facing "universal" category restraints approved for use in this mass group
X
: Seat position not suitable for children in this mass group
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Safety system of your vehicle
AIR BAG - SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM
■ Left-hand drive
1. Driver’s front air bag*
2. Passenger’s front air bag*
3. Side air bag*
4. Curtain air bag*
5. Driver’s knee air bag *
* : if equipped
The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.
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■ Right-hand drive
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1. Driver’s front air bag*
2. Passenger’s front air bag*
3. Side air bag*
4. Curtain air bag*
5. Driver’s knee air bag *
* : if equipped
The actual air bags in the vehicle may differ from the illustration.
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Safety system of your vehicle
Vehicles are equipped with a
WARNING
Supplemental Air Bag System for the
driver’s seat and front passenger’s
AIR BAG SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
seats.
The front air bags are designed to
ALWAYS use seat belts and child restraints - every trip, every time,
supplement the three-point seat
everyone! Even with air bags, you can be seriously injured or killed in
belts. For these air bags to provide
a collision if you are improperly belted or not wearing your seat belt
protection, the seat belts must be
when the air bag inflates.
worn at all times when driving.
NEVER place a child in any child restraint or booster seat in the front
You can be severely injured or killed
passenger seat. An inflating air bag could forcefully strike the infant
in an accident if you are not wearing
or child causing serious or fatal injuries.
a seat belt. Air bags are designed to
ABC - Always Buckle Children under age 13 in the back seat. It is the
supplement seat belts, but do not
safest place for children of any age to ride. If a child age 13 or older
replace them. Also, air bags are not
must be seated in the front seat, he or she must be properly belted
designed to deploy in every collision.
and the seat should be moved as far back as possible.
In some accidents, the seat belts are
All occupants should sit upright with the seatback in an upright posi-
the only restraint protecting you.
tion, centered on the seat cushion with their seat belt on, legs com-
fortably extended and their feet on the floor until the vehicle is parked
and the engine is turned off. If an occupant is out of position during
an accident, the rapidly deploying air bag may forcefully contact the
occupant causing serious or fatal injuries.
You and your passengers should never sit or lean unnecessarily
close to the air bags or lean against the door or center console.
Move your seat as far back as possible from front air bags, while still
maintaining control of the vehicle.
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Where are the air bags?
■ Driver’s knee air bag
WARNING
Driver’s and passenger’s air
bags (if equipped)
To reduce the risk of serious
injury or death from an inflating
■ Driver’s front air bag
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front air bags, take the following
precautions:
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Seat belts must be worn at all
times to help keep occupants
positioned properly.
• Move your seat as far back as
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possible from front air bags,
while still maintaining control
Your vehicle is equipped with a
of the vehicle.
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) and lap/shoulder belts at both
• Never lean against the door or
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center console.
the driver and passenger seating
■ Passenger’s front air bag
positions.
• Do not allow the front passen-
The SRS consists of air bags which
ger to place their feet or legs on
are located in the center of the steer-
the dashboard.
ing wheel and the passenger's side
•
No objects should be placed
front panel pad above the glove box.
over or near the air bag mod-
The air bags are labeled with the let-
ules on the steering wheel,
ters “AIR BAG” embossed on the pad
instrument panel, and the front
covers.
passenger's panel above the
glove box. Such objects could
The purpose of the SRS is to provide
cause harm if the vehicle is in a
the vehicle's driver and front passen-
crash severe enough to cause
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gers with additional protection than
the air bags to deploy.
that offered by the seat belt system
alone in case of a frontal impact of suf-
ficient severity.
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Safety system of your vehicle
Side air bags (if equipped)
The side air bags are designed to
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deploy only during certain side impact
collisions, depending on the crash
•
Do not use any accessory
severity, angle, speed and point of
seat covers. This could reduce
impact.
or prevent the effectiveness
of the system.
The side air bags are not designed to
deploy in all side impact situations.
•
Do not place any objects over
the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself.
WARNING
•
Do not place any objects
between the door and the
To reduce the risk of serious
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seat. They may become dan-
injury or death from an inflating
gerous projectiles if the side
side air bag, take the following
air bag inflates.
precautions:
•
Do not install any accessories
• Seat belts must be worn at all
on the side or near the side air
times to help keep occupants
bags.
positioned properly.
•
Do not cause impact to the
• Do not allow passengers to
doors when the ignition
lean their heads or bodies onto
switch is in the ON position or
doors, put their arms on the
this may cause the side air
doors, stretch their arms out of
bags to inflate.
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the window, or place objects
between the doors and seats.
•
If the seat or seat cover is
Your vehicle is equipped with a side air
damaged, we recommend that
bag in each front seat. The purpose of
• Hold the steering wheel at the 9
the system be serviced by an
the air bag is to provide the vehicle’s
o’clock and 3 o’clock positions,
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
driver and the front passenger with
to minimize the risk of injuries
additional protection than that offered
to your hands and arms.
by the seat belt alone.
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Curtain air bags (if equipped)
They are designed to help protect the
WARNING
heads of the front seat occupants
and the rear outboard seat occupants
To reduce the risk of serious
in certain side impact collisions.
injury or death from an inflating
The curtain air bags are designed to
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curtain air bags, take the follow-
deploy only during certain side
ing precautions:
impact collisions, depending on the
•
All seat occupants must wear
crash severity, angle, speed and
seat belts at all times to help
impact.
keep occupants positioned
The curtain air bags are not designed
properly.
to deploy in all side impact situations.
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Properly secure child restraints
as far away from the door as
possible.
•
Do not allow passengers to
lean their heads or bodies
onto doors, put their arms on
the doors, stretch their arms
out of the window, or place
objects between the doors
and seats.
•
Do not open or repair the side
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curtain air bags.
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
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Safety system of your vehicle
How does the air bags system
(8) Front impact sensors
SRS warning light
operate?
(9) Side impact sensors
(10) Side Pressure sensors
The SRSCM continually monitors
SRS components while the ignition
The SRS air bag warning light on the
switch is in the ON position to deter-
instrument panel will illuminate for
mine if a crash impact is severe
about 6 seconds after the ignition
enough to require air bag deploy-
switch is turned to the ON position,
ment or pre-tensioner seat belt
after which the air bag warning light
deployment.
should go out.
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WARNING
The SRS consists of the following
If your SRS malfunctions, the
components:
air bag may not inflate properly
(1) Driver's front air bag module
during an accident increasing
(2) Passenger's front air bag module
the risk of serious injury or
death.
(3) Side air bag modules
If any of the following condi-
(4) Curtain air bag modules
tions occur, your SRS is mal-
(5) Retractor pre-tensioner assem-
functioning:
blies
• The light does not turn on for
(6) Air bag warning light
approximately six seconds
(7) SRS control module (SRSCM)/
when the ignition switch is in
Rollover sensor
the ON position.
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During a frontal collision, sensors will
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Air bag deployment depends on a
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detect the vehicle’s deceleration. If the
number of factors including vehicle
• The light stays on after illumi-
rate of deceleration is high enough,
speed, angles of impact and the
nating for approximately six
the control unit will inflate the front air
density and stiffness of the vehicles
seconds.
bags, at the time and with the force
or objects which your vehicle
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• The light comes on while the
needed.
impacts during a collision. The
vehicle is in motion.
determining factors are not limited
The front air bags help protect the
to those mentioned above.
• The light blinks when the
driver and front passenger by
engine is running.
responding to frontal impacts in
•
The front air bags will completely
which seat belts alone cannot provide
inflate and deflate in an instant. It is
We recommend that an author-
adequate restraint. When needed,
virtually impossible for you to see
ized HYUNDAI dealer inspect the
the side air bags help provide protec-
the air bags inflate during an acci-
SRS as soon as possible if any
tion in the event of a side impact.
dent. It is much more likely that you
of these conditions occur.
will simply see the deflated air bags
• Air bags are activated
(able to
hanging out of their storage com-
inflate if necessary) only when the
partments after the collision.
ignition switch is in the ON position.
• Air bags inflate in the event of cer-
tain frontal or side collisions to help
protect the occupants from serious
physical injury.
• Generally, air bags are designed to
inflate based upon the severity of a
collision it’s direction etc. These two
factors determine whether the sen-
sors produce an electronic deploy-
ment/inflation signal.
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Safety system of your vehicle
•
To help provide protection, the air
You can take steps to reduce the risk
■ Driver’s front air bag (1)
bags must inflate rapidly. The
of being injured by an inflating air
speed of air bag inflation is a con-
bag. The greatest risk is sitting too
sequence of extremely short time
close to the air bag. An air bag needs
in which to inflate the air bag
space to inflate. It is recommended
between the occupant and the
that drivers sit as far as possible
vehicle structures before the occu-
between the center of the steering
pant impacts those structures. This
wheel and the chest while still main-
speed of inflation reduces the risk
taining control of the vehicle.
of serious or life-threatening
injuries and is thus a necessary
part of air bag design.
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However, the rapid air bag inflation
When the SRSCM detects a suffi-
can also cause injuries which can
ciently severe impact to the front of
include facial abrasions, bruises
the vehicle, it will automatically
and broken bones because the
deploy the front air bags.
inflation speed also causes the air
bags to expand with a great deal of
force.
•
There are even circumstances
under which contact with the air
bag can cause fatal injuries, espe-
cially if the occupant is positioned
excessively close to the air bag.
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■ Driver’s front air bag (2)
■ Driver’s front air bag (3)
WARNING
To prevent objects from becom-
ing dangerous projectiles when
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the passenger's air bag inflates:
•
Do not install or place any
objects
(drink holder, CD
holder, stickers, etc.) on the
front passenger's panel above
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the glove box where the pas-
■ Passenger’s front air bag
senger's air bag is located.
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•
Do not install a container of
Upon deployment, tear seams mold-
liquid air freshener near the
ed directly into the pad covers will
instrument cluster or on the
separate under pressure from the
instrument panel surface.
expansion of the air bags. Further
opening of the covers allows full
inflation of the air bags.
A fully inflated air bag, in combina-
tion with a properly worn seat belt,
slows the driver's or the front pas-
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senger's forward motion, reducing
After complete inflation, the air bag
the risk of head and chest injury.
immediately starts deflating, enabling
the driver to maintain forward visibili-
ty and the ability to steer or operate
other controls.
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What to expect after an air bag
WARNING
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inflates
•
Always wash exposed skin
After a frontal or side air bag inflates,
After an air bag inflates, take
areas thoroughly with luke-
it will deflate very quickly. Air bag
the following precautions:
warm water and mild soap.
inflation will not prevent the driver
•
Open your windows and
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We recommend that an author-
from seeing out of the windshield or
doors as soon as possible
ized HYUNDAI dealer replace
being able to steer. Curtain air bags
after impact to reduce pro-
the air bag immediately after
may remain partially inflated for
longed exposure to the smoke
deployment. Air bags are
some time after they deploy.
and powder released by the
designed to be used only once.
inflating air bag.
•
Do not touch the air bag stor-
age area’s internal compo-
nents immediately after an air
bag has inflated. The parts
that come into contact with an
inflating air bag may be very
hot.
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Noise and smoke from inflating
Do not install a child restraint
WARNING
air bag
on the front passenger seat
When the air bags inflate, they make
■ Type A
•
Extreme hazard! Do not use a
a loud noise and may produce
rearward facing child restraint
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smoke and powder in the air inside of
on a seat protected by an air
the vehicle. This is normal and is a
bag in front of it!
result of the ignition of the air bag
•
NEVER use a rearward facing
inflator. After the air bag inflates, you
child restraint on a seat pro-
may feel substantial discomfort in
tected by an ACTIVE AIRBAG
breathing because of the contact of
in front of it, DEATH or SERI-
your chest with both the seat belt and
OUS INJURY to the CHILD can
the air bag, as well as from breathing
occur.
the smoke and powder. The powder
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may aggravate asthma for some
■ Type B
•
Never put a child restraint in
people. If you experience breathing
the front passenger’s seat. If
problems after an air bag deploy-
the front passenger air bag
ment, seek medical attention imme-
inflates, it would cause seri-
diately.
ous or fatal injuries.
Though the smoke and powder are
nontoxic, they may cause irritation to
the skin, eyes, nose, throat, etc. If
this is the case, wash and rinse with
cold water immediately and seek
medical attention if the symptoms
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persist.
Never install a child restraint in the
front passenger’s seat. An inflating
air bag can forcefully strike a child or
restraint resulting in serious or fatal
injury.
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Why didn't my air bag go off in
Air bag collision sensors
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a collision?
(if equipped)
•
Place the ignition switch to
Air bags are not designed to inflate in
the LOCK/OFF or ACC posi-
every collision.
WARNING
tion, when the vehicle is being
There are certain types of accidents
towed to prevent inadvertent
To reduce the risk of an air bag
in which the air bag would not be
air bag deployment.
deploying unexpectedly and
expected to provide additional protec-
•
We recommend that all air bag
causing serious injury or death:
tion. These include rear impacts, sec-
repairs are conducted by an
ond or third collisions in multiple
•
Do not hit or allow any objects
authorized HYUNDAI dealer.
impact accidents, as well as low
to impact the locations where
speed impacts. Damage to the vehicle
air bags or sensors are
indicates a collision energy absorp-
installed.
tion, and is not an indicator of whether
•
Do not perform maintenance
or not an air bag should have inflated.
on or around the air bag sen-
sors. If the location or angle of
the sensors is altered, the air
bags may deploy when they
should not or may not deploy
when they should.
•
Do not install bumper guards
or replace the bumper with a
non-genuine part. This may
adversely affect the collision
and air bag deployment per-
formance.
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1. SRS control module
2. Front impact sensor
3. Side pressure sensor (Front Door)
4. Side impact sensor (B-pillar)
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