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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.
Locking the doors also helps prevent
an outsider from unexpectedly
opening a door when you come to a
stop.
After everyone has entered the
vehicle, be sure the doors and
tailgate are closed and locked.
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.
The following pages provide
instructions on how to properly
protect the driver, adult passengers,
and teenagers who are large enough
and mature enough to ride in the
front seat.
See pages
for important
guidelines on how to properly
protect infants, small children, and
larger children who ride in your
vehicle.
Your vehicle has a door
monitor indicator on the
instrument panel to indicate when a
specific door or the tailgate is not
tightly closed.
See page
for how to lock the
doors, and page
for how the door
monitor indicator works.
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Protecting Adults and Teens
Introduction
Close and Lock the Doors
Adjust the Front Seats
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