& WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster seat improperly, incor-
rectly installing a booster seat or using the vehicle safety belt
improperly increases the risk of serious personal injury and death
in a collision or other emergency situation. To help reduce the risk
of serious personal injury and/or death:
• Always make sure to position the shoulder portion of the three-
point belt over the middle of child's shoulder .
• Never let the shoulder portion of the belt rest against or across
the neck, face, chin, or throat of the child .
• Always make sure the lap belt portion of the three-point belt is
worn snug and passes as low as possible across the child's pelvis .
Never let the belt pass over the soft abdomen.
• Failure to properly route safety belts over a child's body will
cause seve re injuries in an accident or other emergency situation
=> page 159.
• Children on the front seat of any car, even with Advanced
Airbags, can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag
inflates. A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on
the front passenger seat will be seriously injured and can be killed
if the front airbag inflates.
• Never let a child stand or kneel on any seat, for example the
front seat.
• Never let a child ride in the cargo area of your vehicle.
• Always remember that a child leaning forward, sitting side-
ways or out of position in any way during an accident can be
struck by a deploying airbag. This will result in serious personal
injury or death .
• If you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must come on and stay on, when -
ever the ignition is switched on .
Safety first
Child Safety
& WARNING (continued)
• If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay
on, perform the checks described=> page
179, "Monitoring the
Advanced Airbag System" .
• Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install
it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on whenever the ignition is switched
on .
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained in a vehicle is being used => page
159, "Safety belts",
=> page 168, "Airbag system" and=> page 190, "Important things
to know" . •
Safety belts and older children
Properly worn three point lop and shoulder belt con help
protect children weighing more than 80 lbs. (36 kg) and
who ore at least 4
ft. 9 in . toll.
Fig. 182 Child taller
than 4
ft . 9 in. properly
restrained on the rear
seat
Children who weigh more than about 80 lbs (36 kg) and are at least
4 ft. 9 in . tall can generally use the vehicle's three point lap and
shoulder belts. Children should use a lap belt only in very excep -
tional situations and only if no child restraint system for the child's
size and weight or safer alternative means of transportation of the •
~ehicle care irechnical data
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