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provide supplementa l protection in certain fron-
tal collisions .
A WARNING
-
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly insta lling 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 situat ion . To help reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury and/o r death:
- The shoulder belt must lie as close to the
center of the child 's collar bone as poss ible
and must lie flat and snug on the uppe r
body . It must neve r lie across t he t hroat or
neck . The lap be lt must lie across the pe lvis
and never across the stomac h or abdomen.
Make sure that the belt lies flat and sn ug .
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Failure to proper ly route safety belts over a
child's body will ca use severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢ page 260.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos it ioned as close as poss ible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat.
- For adjustable head restraints: adj ust or re-
move the rear seat head restraint if it is d if-
ficult to install the child seat with the head
restra int in place
¢ page 61 . Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restra ints or with he ad rest raints t hat are
not p roper ly adjusted increases t he risk of
serious or fata l neck injury d ramatically.
- Never let a child put t he sho ulder be lt under
the arm or be hind t he back, because it could
cause severe injuries in a crash .
- Children o n the front sea t of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be serio usly in-
jure d or even killed when a n ai rbag inflates.
- Never let a child stan d or knee l on any seat,
for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in t he ca rgo area of
your vehicle.
- Always remem ber t hat a child leaning for -
wa rd, sitting sideways or out of position in
any way during an accident can be struck by
Ch ild s af e t y
a dep loying airbag. This will resu lt in serious
pe rsonal injury or death.
- If you m ust insta ll a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptiona l
circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light must come on a nd stay on, when-
ever the ignit ion is switched on.
- If t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described
Q page 281, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System .
-Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ge r seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat pos itions if t he
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
ligh t does not stay on wheneve r
t he ignit ion is sw itched on.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS whe n-
eve r using a ch ild restrained in a vehicle is
be ing use d
Q page 2 60, Safe ty belts,
Q page 269, Airbag system and
Q page 294, Important information .
Securing child safety
seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas -
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belts emergency locking retr actors for
the rear seats safety be lts and for the front pas -
senger's seat safety be lt have a convertible lock-
ing retractor for child restraints . The safety be lt
must be locked so that be lt webb ing cannot un -
reel. The retractor can be act ivated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up dur ing norma l driving . A ch ild
safety seat can only be prope rly installed when
the safety be lt is locked so t hat the ch ild and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember : Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especia lly those 12 yea rs and younger,
sho uld a lways ride in t he bac k seat properly re-
st rained for thei r age a nd s ize. ..,..
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