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Transporting children safely, The right place for children, Installing child restraint systems – BMW 528I XDRIVE User Manual

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Transporting children safely

The right place for children

Do not leave children unattended in the
vehicle, otherwise they could endanger

themselves and other persons, e.g., by opening
the doors.

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Children always in the rear

Accident research shows that the safest place
for children is on the rear seat.

Children younger than 13 years of age or
with a height under 5 ft/150 cm may only

be transported in the rear in child restraint sys-
tems which correspond to the age, weight and
height of the child. Otherwise there is an
increased danger of injury in an accident.

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Children 13 years of age or older must wear a
safety belt as soon as a suitable child restraint
system can no longer be used due to their age,
size and weight.

Exception for front passenger seat

Should it be necessary to use a child
restraint system on the front passenger

seat, the front and side airbags for the front pas-
senger must be deactivated. Otherwise, a child
traveling on that seat will face a significant risk
of injury if the airbags are deployed, even with a
child restraint system.
Before installing a child restraint system, move
the front passenger seat as far back and up as
possible to obtain the best possible position for
the belt. Do not change the seat position after
this.

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For more information on automatic deactivation
of the front passenger airbags, refer to page

94

.

Installing child restraint

systems

Observe the child restraint system manu-
facturer's instructions for selection,

installation and use of the child restraint sys-

tems. Otherwise the degree of protection may
be reduced.

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On front passenger seat

After mounting a child restraint system on
the front passenger seat, make sure that

the front and side airbags on the front passen-
ger side are deactivated, as otherwise there is
an increased risk of injury if the airbags are trig-
gered.

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Seat position

Before installing a child restraint system, move
the front passenger seat as far back and up as
possible to obtain the best possible position for
the belt. Do not change the seat position after
this.

Backrest width* on front passenger
seat

Open the backrest width setting of the
front passenger seat all the way. After

mounting the child seat, deactivate the active
backrest width adjustment and do not call up
any memory position. Otherwise this limits the
stability of the child seat on the front passenger
seat.

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1.

After unlocking the vehicle, sit on the front
passenger seat and close the door to call up
the memory position.

2.

Completely open the backrest width adjust-
ment, refer to page

44

.

3.

Deactivate active backrest width adjust-
ment, refer to page

45

.

4.

Install child seat.

Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 2 602 678 - © 08/09 BMW AG

Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 2 602 678 - © 08/09 BMW AG