Secure unused safety belts on the rear
seat
Fig. 167 Schematic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ - outer rear
safety belt,
@ - center rear safety belt*
If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
espec ially with LATCH universal lower ancho-
rages, the unused safety belts
must be se-
cured so that the ch ild in the child restra int
cannot reach them
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- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and @*
behind the head restraint of the seat whe re
the ch ild restrai nt is installed
Q fig. 167.
When doing so, do not engage the switcha -
ble locking retractor! You should not hear a
"clicking" sound when winding up the safety
belt.
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety be lt
webbing.
A WARNING
A child in a child safety seat installed with
the LATCH lower anchorages or with the
standard safety belt or a child in a booster
seat on the rear seat could play with un-
used rear seat safety belts and become en-
tangled. This could cause the child serious
personal inj ury and even death.
- Always secure un used rear seat safety
belts out of reach of children in child
sea t s such as by prope rly routing them
around the head restr aint of t he seat
whe re the child restraint is installed.
- Never act ivate the switchab le locking re-
t ractor when rout ing the safety belts
around the head rest raints .
- Never let anyone sit at t he center rear
sea t ing pos it ion if the cente r rear safety
Child S a f ety 1 7 9
be lt has been routed around a rear head
restraint.
Child safety seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old
and 20 lbs. or
9 kg need special rearward-fac-
ing child restraints that support the back,
neck and head in a crash.
Fig. 168 Schemat ic overview: rearward -facing infant
seat, properly installed on the rear seat
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When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retractor on the
safety belt to preven t the child safe ty seat
from moving
Qpage 18 4 or install the seat
using the LATCH attachments .
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Push the child safety seat down with you r
full weight to get the safety be lt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
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Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
Qpage 179 .
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protected in special infant car riers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group. Many experts be lieve that infants and
small children shou ld ride only in special re-
str aint s in wh ich t he child faces the back of
the ve hicle. These infant sea t s suppo rt the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash ¢ fig. 168 .
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
fron t seat a pote ntia lly dange rous place for a
child to ride. The front se at is not t he safest
place for a child in a fo rward -facing child seat . ..,_
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