Volkswagen Jetta Wagon 2004 Owner's Manual page 147

SAFETY FIRST
Securing a child seat
with the center rear seat
Securing a child seat with the rear
center safety belt
• First make sure the seat backrest of the
rear seat bench is in upright position and se-
curely latched in place, Booklet 3.1,
chapter "Rear seat".
• Then secure the child seat as described
in this chapter "Child safety" .
Be sure to follow the instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the child restraint
you are using.
~WARNING
When transporting children on the
rear seat bench, or if you are going
to install a child restraint system
on the rear seat bench, please re-
member:
• The rear center three point safe-
ty belt cannot help to protect an in-
fant or a child in a child restraint if
the seat backrest to which it is at-
tached is not securely latched.
The child restraint would not be 1 ~
securely held in place and would I •
move forward during sudden brak-
ing, in a sudden maneuver and es-
pecially in a collision. An infant or
a child would be thrown forward
together with the seat and would
strike parts of the car's interior
and could be seriously injured.
See page 30 .
• Always make sure that the rear
seat backrest to which the rear
center safety belt is attached is in
upright position and securely
latched into place so that it cannot
fold forward whenever a child re-
straint is installed and especially
when it is being used, Booklet 3.1,
chapter "Rear seat".
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CHILD SAFETY