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th e child's body and the front of the passen-
ger compartment,
the airbag can inflate com -
pletely and provide supplemental
protection
in certa in frontal col lisions .
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WARNING
Not using a booster seat, us ing the boos-
ter seat improperly, incorrect ly installing a
booster seat or using the vehicle safety
belt improperly increases the risk of seri-
ous personal injury and death in a collision
or ot her eme rgency s ituation. To help re-
duce the risk of ser ious persona l injury
and/or death:
- Always make sure to position t he should-
er port ion of the three -po int bel t over
the middle of chi ld's sho ulder.
- Never let the shoulder port ion of the be lt
rest against or across the neck , face,
chin, or throat of the child .
- Always make sure the lap belt portion of
the three-po int be lt is worn sn ug and
passes as low as possib le across the
child's pelvis. Never let the belt pass over
the soft abdomen.
- Failure to properly route sa fety belts
over a ch ild's body will cause severe inju-
ries in an acc ident or other emergency
situation ¢
page 148 .
- The rear s ide of the booster seat should
be pos it ioned as close as poss ible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat . Adjust or re-
move the rear seat head rest raint if it is
difficult to install the child seat wit h the
head restraint in pla ce¢
page 68.
Inst all
the head res tr ain t again immedia t ely
once the child seat is removed . Driving
without head rest raints or wit h head re-
straints that a re not properly adju sted
increases the risk of ser ious or fatal nec k
injury dramat ica lly.
- Children on the front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ous ly injured or even killed when an a ir-
bag inf lates.
- Never let a child stand or knee l on any
seat, for examp le the front seat .
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- Never let a chi ld ride in the cargo area of
your veh icle.
- Always remembe r t hat a child leaning
forward, sitting sideways or out of posi-
tion in any way d uring an accident can be
struck by a dep loying a irbag. This will re-
sult in ser ious personal injury or death .
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of excep-
tional circumstances the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light must come o n and
st ay on, whenever the ignition is switch-
ed on .
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, pe rform
the checks descr ibed
¢ page 167, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System .
- Take t he chi ld restraint off t he fron t pas-
senger sea t a nd insta ll it prope rly at one
of the rear sea t positions if the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not stay on
whenever the ignit ion is switched on .
-A lways read an d heed a ll WARNINGS
wheneve r us ing a chi ld restrained in ave -
hicle is being used ¢
page 148, Safety
belts, ¢ page 156, Airbag system
and
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page 178, Important things to know.
Installing
a child safety
seat
Securing a child safety seat using a
safety belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front
passenger con be locked with the convertible
locking retract or to properly secure child
safety seats.
The safety belts emergency locking ret ractors
for the rear seats safety bel t s and for the
front passenger's seat safety belt have a con-
vertib le locking retractor for child rest raints.
The safety belt must be locked so that be lt
webb ing cannot unreel. The retractor can be
activated t o lock t he safety belt and prevent
t he safety be lt webbing from looseni ng up
during norma l dr iving . A ch ild safety seat can
o nly be properly installed when the safety belt ...,
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