Storage Bin Safety Warning

Carefully follow these warnings to help prevent personal injury or damage to your vehicle:

WARNING!
• Always close the storage bin covers when your vehicle is unattended.
• Do not allow children to have access to the second row seat storage bins. Once in the storage bin, young children may not be able to escape. If trapped in the storage bin, children can die from suffocation or heat stroke.
• In a collision, serious injury could result if the seat storage bin covers are not properly latched.
• Do not drive the vehicle with the storage bin covers open. Keep the storage bin covers closed and latched while the vehicle is in motion.
• Do not operate the storage bin covers while the vehicle is in motion.
• Do not use a storage bin latch as a tie down.

CAUTION!
The storage bin cover must be flat and locked to avoid damage from contact with the front seat tracks, which have minimal clearance to the cover.

Seat Storage Bin Cover Emergency Release Lever

As a security measure, your vehicle may be built with a Storage Bin Cover Emergency Release is built into the storage bin cover latching mechanism.

Storage Bin Cover Emergency Release Lever
Storage Bin Cover Emergency Release Lever

NOTE:
In the event of an individual being locked inside the storage bin, the storage bin cover can be opened from inside of the bin by pushing on the glow-in-the-dark lever attached to the storage bin cover latching mechanism.

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