Selecting A Child Restraint System (Crs) - Kia XCeed 2020 Owner's Manual

Safety features of your vehicle
Selecting a Child Restraint System
(CRS)
When selecting a Child Restraint
System for your child, always:
• Make sure the Child Restraint
System has a label certifying
that it meets applicable Safety
Standards of your country.
A Child Restraint System may only
be installed if it was approved in
accordance with the requirements
of ECE-R44 or ECE-R129.
• Select a Child Restraint System
based on your child's height and
weight. The required label or
the instructions for use typically
provide this information.
• Select a Child Restraint System
that fits the vehicle seating
position where it will be used.
Refer to "Suitability of each
seating position for belted &
ISOFIX Child Restraint Systems
(CRS) according to UN regulations."
on page 3-42.
• Read and comply with the
warnings and instructions for
installation and use provided with
the Child Restraint System.
Child Restraint System types
There are three main types of Child
Restraint Systems: rearward-facing,
forward-facing and booster Child
Restraint Systems.
Child restraint system (CRS)
They are classified according to the
child's age, height and weight.
Rearward-facing Child Restraint
System
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A rearward-facing Child Restraint
System provides restraint with the
seating surface against the back of
the child. The harness system holds
the child in place, and in an accident,
acts to keep the child positioned
in the Child Restraint Systems and
reduce the stress to the fragile neck
and spinal cord.
All children under the age of
one year must always ride in a
rearwardfacing Child Restraint
System. There are different types
of rearward-facing Child Restraint
Systems: infant-only Child Restraint
Systems can only be used rearward-
facing. Convertible and 3-in-1 Child
Restraint Systems typically have
higher height and weight limits
for the rearward-facing position,
allowing you to keep your child
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