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Before Driving

Doors and Locks

 Rear Door Child Safety Locks

These locks are intended to help prevent 

children from accidentally opening the 

rear doors. Use them on both rear doors 

whenever a child rides in the rear seat of 

the vehicle.

If you slide the child safety lock to the 

lock position before closing that door, the 

door cannot be opened from the inside. 

The door can only be opened by pulling 

the outside handle.

Lock

Unlock

Liftgate/Trunk Lid

WARNING

Never allow a person to ride in the 

luggage compartment/trunk:

Allowing a person to ride in the 

luggage compartment/trunk is 

dangerous. The person in the luggage 

compartment/trunk could be seriously 

injured or killed during sudden braking 

or a collision.

Do not drive with the liftgate/trunk lid 

open:

Exhaust gas in the cabin of a vehicle is 

dangerous. An open liftgate/trunk lid 

in a moving vehicle will cause exhaust 

gas to be drawn into the cabin. This 

gas contains CO (carbon monoxide), 

which is colorless, odorless, and highly 

poisonous, and it can cause loss of 

consciousness and death. Moreover, 

an open liftgate/trunk lid could cause 

occupants to fall out in an accident. 

Do not stack or leave loaded luggage 

unsecured in the luggage compartment:

Otherwise, the luggage may move 

or collapse, resulting in injury or an 

accident. In addition, do not load 

luggage higher than the seatbacks. It 

may affect the side or rear field of view.

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