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body and the front of the pass e nger compart-
ment , the airbag can inflat e comp letely and pro-
vide supp lemental protect ion in certain frontal
collisions.
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WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly installing a boos -
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emer-
gency situat ion. To help red uce the risk of se-
rious personal injury and/or death:
- The shoulder be lt must lie as close to the
center of the child 's collar bone as possible
and must lie f lat and snug on the upper
body. It must never lie across the throat or
neck. The lap belt must lie across the pelvis
and never across the stomach or abdomen.
Make sure the belt lies flat and snug. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary .
- Failure to properly route safety belts over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢ page 120 .
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos itioned as close as poss ible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat. Adjust or re-
move the rear seat head restraint if it is d if-
ficult to install the child sea t with the head
restra int in place
¢page
56. Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically .
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in-
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates.
- Never let a child stand or knee l on any seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle .
- Always remember that a child leaning for-
ward, sitting sideways or out of position in
any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in ser ious
personal injury or death.
Ch ild safety
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptiona l
circumstances the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light must come on and stay on, when-
ever the ignit ion is switched on .
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks desc ribed ¢
page 138, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ger seat and install it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
eve r using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used ¢
page 120, Safety belts,
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page 128, Airbag system
and
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page 150, Important information .
Securing
child
seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas-
senger's seat can be locked with the convertible
locking retractor to properly secure child safety
seats.
The safety belts emergency locking retractors for
the rear seats safety be lts and fo r the front pas-
senger's seat safety be lt have a conve rt ible lock-
ing retractor for child restraints . The safety be lt
must be locked so that be lt webbing cannot un -
ree l. The retractor can be activat ed to lock the
safety be lt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up dur ing norma l d riving. A ch ild
safety sea t can only be p roperly installed when
the safety belt is locked so that the ch ild and
child safety seat will stay in place .
Always remember : Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag syst em , all
children, especially those 12 years and younger,
shou ld always ride in the back seat properly re-
strained for their age and weight .
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