188 Child Safety
is locked so that the child and child safety
seat will stay in place .
Always remember: Even t houg h your vehicle is
eq uipped w ith an Advanced Airbag sys t em, all
children, especia lly those 12 years and young-
e r, should always ride in the back seat proper-
ly restrained fo r their age and s ize.
.&_ WARNING
Improperly insta lled child safety seats in-
crease the risk of ser ious personal injury
and death in a collision.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat . An unlocked safety belt re-
t ractor cannot hold the child safety seat
in place du ring normal driv ing or in a
crash .
- Always buck le the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a child is not s itting in it.
A loose child safety sea t can fly around
dur ing a sudden stop or in a col lision .
- Always make su re that the rear seat
backrest to which the center rear safety
belt is attached is sec urely latched when-
ever the rear center safety be lt is being
used to sec ure a child restraint.
- If the backres t is not securely latched,
the chi ld and the child restraint will be
thrown forward together with the back-
rest and will strike parts of the veh icle
inter ior. The child can be serio us ly in-
jured or killed.
- Never install rear-facing chi ld safety
seats or infant carriers on the front pas-
senger seat . A ch ild will be ser iously in-
jured and can be killed when the passen-
ger ai rbag inflates.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carri er with great
force and w ill smash the ch ild safety sea t
and child against the backrest, center
armrest, door or roo f.
- Always install rear-facing child safety
sea ts or infant carriers on the rear sea t .
- Forward-fa cing ch ild safety seats or in-
fant carriers installed on the front pas-
senger's seat may interfere with the de-
ployment of the a irbag and cause serious
injury to the child.
- It is safer to install a forward-facing
child safety seat on the rear seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever us ing a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
<=> page 178. Special
precautions apply when insta lling a child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
<=> page 157, Child restraints on the front
seat- some important things to know .
.&_ WARNING
Always take specia l precautions if you
must install a forw a rd or rearward-fa cing
chi ld restraint on the front passenge r's
seat in exceptional situations:
- W henever a forw ard or rearward-facing
child restraint is installed on the front
passenger seat , the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light must come on and stay on
whenever the ignit ion is switched on.
- If
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, perform
the checks described <=>
page 167, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the chi ld restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on
wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on .
- Improper installation of ch ild restra ints
can reduce their effectiveness or even
prevent them from providing any protec-
tion .
- An improper ly installed ch ild restra int
can interfere with the airbag as it de-
p loys and seriously injure o r even kill the
child.
- Always carefu lly follow the manufact ur-
er's instr uctions provided with t he chi ld
safety sea t or carrier.
- Never place add itiona l it ems on the seat
that can increase the t otal weight reg is-
tered by t he weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash.
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