BMW 2004 645Ci Convertible Manual Do Proprietário

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Accident research shows that the safest 
place for children in a vehicle is in the rear 
seat.

Older children should be tightly secured 
with a safety belt, after they have outgrown 
a booster seat that is appropriate for their 
age, height and weight. 

Children under 13 years of age and 
children less than 5 ft/150 cm tall 

should always ride in the rear and the 
restraint systems should be secured with 
the vehicle's safety belts.

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Younger children should be secured in an 
appropriate forward-facing child-restraint 
system that has first been properly 
secured. We strongly urge you to carefully 
read and comply with the instructions for 
installation and use provided by the child-
restraint's manufacturer whenever you use 
such a device.

All rear sitting positions in your vehicle 
meet the recommendations of SAE J1819, 
an industry-recommended practice for 
securing child-restraint systems in motor 
vehicles.

Should it become necessary to use 
a child-restraint system on the front 

passenger seat, the airbags on the passen-
ger's side must be deactivated. Deactivat-
ing the passenger airbags is only possible 
on the Coupe. Your BMW center will be 
glad to advise you.

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Never install a rearward-facing child-
restraint system in the front passen-

ger seat of this vehicle if the passenger air-
bag is not deactivated. If you do so, the 
child could be severely injured when the 
airbag is triggered.
Your vehicle is equipped with an airbag 
supplemental restraint system for the front 
passenger. Because the backrest on any 
rearward-facing child-restraint system – of 
the kind designed for infants under 1 year 
and 20 Ibs./9 kg – would be within the air-
bag's deployment range, you should never 
mount such a system in the front passenger 
seat, since the impact of the airbag against 
the child restraint's backrest could lead to 
serious or fatal injuries.

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Before installing any child-restraint system 
or child seat, read the following:

Observe the child-restraint system 
manufacturer's instructions for instal-

lation and use. Otherwise the degree of 
protection can be reduced.
After an accident, have all parts of the 
child-restraint system and of the relevant 
vehicle safety belt system checked by a 
BMW center and replaced if necessary.

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Commercially-available child-restraint sys-
tems are designed to be secured with a lap 
belt or with the lap belt portion of a combi-
nation lap/shoulder belt. Improperly or 
inadequately installed restraint systems 
can increase the risk of injury to children. 
Always read and follow the instructions that 
come with the system.

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