Section 7: Choosing A Seating Location In Your Vehicle - RECARO ProRIDE Instruction Manual

Section 7: Choosing a Seating
Location in your Vehicle
Forward-Facing vehicle seats must ALWAyS be used
with this child restraint. If your vehicle does not have
rear seats, consult your vehicle owner's manual to help
identify safety features in your vehicle or contact the
vehicle manufacturer.
Do NOT install this child restraint into any of the following
types of seating positions:
• NEVER install on a rear-facing
vehicle seat.
• NEVER install in the rear seat of
small extended cab pickup.
• NEVER install on a side-facing
vehicle seat.
If the vehicle backrest angle is adjustable, adjust vehicle's
backrest into the upright position. Be sure this area is flat
and clear of objects that might get in the way of installing
the child restraint.
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WARNING!
• Do NOT place rear-facing
If your vehicle is equipped with front passenger
airbags, consult your vehicle owner's manual for
installation instructions for child restraints.
If your vehicle does not have rear seats, consult your
vehicle's owner's manual to help identify safety features
in your vehicle or contact the vehicle manufacturer.
RECARO and the U.S. Department of Transportation warn
that children age 12 and under MUST ride in the rear seat
away from front airbags.
Restraint systems should be securely belted to the
vehicle, even when they are not occupied, since in a
crash an unsecured child restraint system may injure
other occupants or store it somewhere outside the
passenger cabin so that it cannot injure anyone while
the vehicle is in motion. RECARO recommends storing
the child restraint in a cool and dry location.
DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY
can occur
child seat on front seat with
air bag.
The high pressure
deployment of the airbag
can cause serious injury or
death to a child.
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