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Child Safety
to the backrest on the vehicle seat. Ad-
just or remove the rear seat head
restraint if it is difficult to install the
child seat with the head restraint in place
<=> page 61 .
Install the head restraint
again immediately once the child seat is
removed. Driving without head restraints
or with head restraints that are not prop-
erly adjusted increases the risk of serious
or fatal neck injury dramatically.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
<=> page 137, Safety
belts,<=> page 145, Airbag system
and
t::>
page 166, Important things to know.
A
WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the
use of a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat, the child's safe-
ty and well -being require that the follow-
ing special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu-
facturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
-Always follow the manufacturer's
in-
structions provided with the child safety
seat or infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat in-
to the rearmost position of the passen-
ger seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possi-
ble before installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its
fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an
upright position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on.
- If the light does not stay on, perform the
checks
<=> page 156, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
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- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not stay on
whenever the ignition is switched on.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help pro tect
children weighing between about 40 lbs. and
80 lbs. (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4
ft. 9 in . (57 inches/1 .45 meters) tall.
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Fig. 165 Rear seat: child properly rest rained in a boos-
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The vehicle 's safety belts alone will not fit
most children until they are at least 4 ft . 9 in.
(57 inches/1.45 meters) tall and weigh about
80 lbs. (36 kg). Booster seats raise these chil-
dren up so that the safety belt will pass prop-
erly over the stronger parts of their bodies
and the safety belt can help protect them in a
crash.
.,. Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to re-
strain a child on a booster seat.
.. 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 .
.,. If you must transport an older child in a
booster seat on the front passenger seat,
you can use the safety belt height adjust-
ment to help adjust the shoulder portion
properly.
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