Advertisement
Child safety
body and the front of the passenger compart-
ment, the airbag can inflate completely and pro-
vide supplemental
protection in certain frontal
collisions.
.,&.
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 situation. To help reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury and/or death:
-
The shoulder belt must lie
as close
to the
center of the child's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat 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 121
.
-
The rear side of the child safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on
the
vehicle seat
.
Adjust or
re-
move the
rear
seat head restraint if it
is
dif-
ficult
to
install the child seat with the head
restraint in place
~page 58.
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 kneel 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 serious
personal injury or death.
160
-
If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light must come on and stay on, when-
ever the ignition is switched on .
-
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks
described~
page 139, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System
.
- Take the child
restraint
off the front
passen-
ger seat and install it properly 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-
ever
using
a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
~
page 121,
Safety
belts,
~page 129, Airbag system
and
~
page 151, Important information.
Securing
child
seats
'
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
I
_l:>elt
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 belts and for the front pas-
senger 's seat safety belt have a
convertible lock-
ing
retractor for child restraints.
The
safety belt
must be locked so that belt webbing cannot un-
reel.
The retractor can be activated to
lock
the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up during normal driving
.
A child
safety seat can only be properly
installed
when
the safety belt
is
locked so that the child and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember
:
Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 12 years and younger,
should always ride
in
the back seat properly re-
strained for
their
age and weight
.
..,.
Advertisement
