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Secure unused safety belts on the rear
seat
Fig. 171
Schematic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ - outer rear
safety belt,
@ -
center rear safety belt*
If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
espec ially with LATCH universal lower ancho-
rages, the unused safety belts
must
be se-
cured so that the ch ild in t he child restra int
cannot reach them
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- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and
@*
behind the head restraint of the seat whe re
the ch ild restrai nt is installed
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fig. 171.
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 be lt
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 u n-
used rear seat safety belts and become en-
tangled. This could cause the child serious
personal inj ury and even death.
- Always secure un used rear seat safety
belts out of reach of child ren in ch ild
sea t s su ch as by p rope rly routing them
around the head res tr aint of t he seat
whe re the child restraint is installed.
- Never act ivate the sw itchab le locking re-
t ractor when rout ing the safety belts
around the head res t raints .
- Never let anyone sit at t he center rear
sea t ing pos it ion if the cente r rear safety
Child S a f ety
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be lt has been ro uted 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. 1 72
Schemat ic overview: rearward -facing infant
seat, properly installed on the rear seat
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When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retractor on the
safety belt t o preven t the child safe ty seat
from moving
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or install the seat
using the LATCH attachments .
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Push the child safety seat down with you r
full weight to get the safety be lt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
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Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protected in special infant car riers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group. Many experts be lieve that infants and
small child ren shou ld ride o nly in special re-
str aint s in wh ich t he child faces the back of
the ve hicle. These infant sea t s suppo rt the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash ¢
fig. 172 .
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
fron t seat a pote ntia lly dange rous place for a
child to ride. The front se at is not t he safest
place for a child in a fo rward -facing child seat . ..,_
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