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Child Safety
Secure unused safety belts on the rear
seat
Fig. 132
Schematic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ - outer rear
safety belt,
® -
center rear safety belr
If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LATCH universal lower ancho-
rages, the unused safety belts
must
be se-
cured so that the child in the child restraint
cannot reach them¢ ,&. .
- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and
® *
behind the head restraint of the seat where
the child restraint is installed
¢ fig. 132.
When doing so, do not engage the switcha-
ble locking retractor! You should not hear a
"clicking" sound when winding up the safety
belt.
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing.
A
WARNING
A child in a child safety seat installed with
the LATCH lower anchorages or with the
standard safety belt or a child in a booster
seat on the rear seat could play with un-
used rear seat safety belts and become en-
tangled. This could cause the child serious
personal injury and even death.
-Always secure unused rear seat safety
belts out of reach of children in child
seats such as by properly routing them
around the head restraint of the seat
where the child restraint is installed.
- Never activate the switchable locking re-
tractor when routing the safety belts
around the head restraints.
- Never let anyone sit at the center rear
seating position if the center rear safety
belt has been routed around a rear head
restraint.
Child
safety
seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old
and 20 lbs. or
9
kg need special rearward-fac-
ing child restraints that support the back,
neck and head in a crash.
Fig. 133
Schemat ic overview: rearward -facing infant
seat, properly installed on the rear seat
.,. When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retractor on the
safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving
¢page 177
or install the seat
using the LATCH attachments.
.,. Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
.,. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢page 172 .
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protected in special infant carriers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group. Many experts believe that infants and
small children should ride only in special re-
straints in which the child faces the back of
the vehicle. These infant seats support the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash ¢
fig. 133.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a
child to ride . The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward-facing child seat . ..,.
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