Child Restraint - Chrysler Patriot Owner's Manual

Child Restraint

Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled
up at all times, including babies and children.
Every state in the United States and all Cana-
dian provinces require that small children ride
in proper restraint systems. This is the law, and
you can be prosecuted for ignoring it.
Children 12 years and younger should ride
properly buckled up in a rear seat, if available.
According to crash statistics, children are safer
when properly restrained in the rear seats,
rather than in the front.
WARNING!
In a collision, an unrestrained child, even a
tiny baby, can become a projectile inside the
vehicle. The force required to hold even an
infant on your lap could become so great that
you could not hold the child, no matter how
strong you are. The child and others could be
badly injured. Any child riding in your vehicle
should be in a proper restraint for the child's
size.
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Infants and Child Restraints
There are different sizes and types of restraints
for children from newborn size to the child
almost large enough for an adult safety belt.
Always check the child seat owner's manual to
ensure you have the correct seat for your child.
Use the restraint that is correct for your child.
• Safety experts recommend that children ride
rearward-facing in the vehicle until they are
at least one year old and weigh at least
20 lbs (9 kg). Two types of child restraints
can be used rearward-facing infant carriers
and convertible child seats.
• The infant carrier is only used rearward-
facing in the vehicle. It is recommended for
children who weigh up to about 20 lbs (9 kg).
Convertible child seats can be used either
rearward-facing or forward-facing in the ve-
hicle. Convertible child seats often have a
higher weight limit in the rearward-facing
direction than infant carriers do, so they can
be used rearward-facing by children who
weigh more than 20 lbs (9kg) but are
younger than one year old.
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Both types of child restraints are held in the
vehicle by the lap/shoulder belt or the
LATCH child restraint anchorage system.
Refer to "LATCH — Child Seat Anchorage
System (Lower Anchors and Tether for CHil-
dren)".
• Rearward-facing child seats must NEVER
be used in the front seat of a vehicle with a
front passenger airbag. An airbag deploy-
ment could cause severe injury or death to
infants in this position.
• Children who weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg)
and who are older than one year can ride
forward-facing in the vehicle. Forward-facing
child seats and convertible child seats used
in the forward-facing direction are for chil-
dren who weigh 20 to 40 lbs (9 to 18 kg) and
who are older than one year. These child
seats are also held in the vehicle by the
lap/shoulder belt or the LATCH child restraint
anchorage system. Refer to "LATCH — Child
Seat Anchorage System (Lower Anchors
and Tether for CHildren)".
• The belt-positioning booster seat is for chil-
dren weighing more than 40 lbs (18 kg), but
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