HONDA 2004 Pilot - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 14)

After everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors and
tailgate are closed and locked.
Your vehicle has a door and tailgate
monitor indicator on the instrument
panel to indicate when a specific
door or the tailgate is not tightly
closed.
Adjust the driver’s seat as far to the
rear as possible while allowing you to
maintain full control of the vehicle.
Have a front 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 inflating front
airbag, or by striking the steering
wheel or dashboard.
See page for how to lock the
doors, and page for how the
monitor light works.
Locking the doors also helps prevent
an outsider from unexpectedly
opening a door when you come to a
stop.
Locking the doors reduces the
chance of someone being thrown out
of the vehicle during a crash, and it
helps prevent passengers from
accidentally opening a door and
falling out.
The rest of this section gives more
detailed information about how you
can maximize your safety.
Remember however, that no safety
system can prevent all injures or
deaths that can occur in severe
crashes, even where seat belts are
properly worn and the airbags deploy.
The following pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver, adult passengers
and teenage children who are large
enough and mature enough to ride in
the front seat.
See page for important guidelines
on how to properly protect infants,
small children, and larger children
who ride in your vehicle.
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Close and Lock the Doors Adjust the Front Seats 1. 2.
Protecting Adults and Teens
Driver and Passenger Saf ety 10
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