Ch ild s a fety
body and the front of the passenger compart-
ment, the air bag can inflate comp lete ly and pro-
vide supp lemental protect ion in certain fronta l
coll is ions.
A WARNING
Not using a booster seat, us ing the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly installing a boos-
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im-
properly increases the risk of ser ious personal
injury and death in a collision or other eme r-
gency sit uat ion. To help red uce the risk of se-
rious persona l injury and/or death:
- The shoulder be lt mus t lie as close to the
center of the child's collar bone as possib le
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body. It must never lie across the throat or
neck . The lap be lt must lie across the pelvis
and never across the stomach or abdomen.
Make sure the belt lies flat and snug. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Failure to proper ly route safety belts over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢ page 261.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos itioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat. Adjust or re-
move the rear seat head restraint if it is d if-
ficult t o install the child seat with the he ad
restra int in place¢
page 58. Ins t all the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed . Driving without head
restra ints or with head rest raints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically.
- Never let a child put the sho ulder belt under
the arm or beh ind the back, because it cou ld
cause severe injur ies in a crash.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in-
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates .
- Never let a child stand or knee l on any seat,
for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
you r vehicle.
- Always remember that a child leaning for-
ward, s itting sideways or out of position in
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any way du ring an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death.
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptiona l
circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
'1; light must come on and stay on,
wheneve r the ign it ion is swit ched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF '1; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks desc ribed ¢
page 281, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child res t ra int off the front passen-
ge r seat and install it prope rly at one of the
rear sea t positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
'1; light does not st ay on whenever
the ignition is switched on .
- Always read and heed a ll WARNINGS when-
eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used ¢
page 2 61, Safety belts,
¢ page 269, Airbag system and
¢ page 291 , 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 for t he rea r seats and for the
front passenge r's seat have a conve rtible locking
retractor for child safety seats. The safety belt
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 dr iving . A ch ild
safety seat can o nly be prope rly installed when
t he safety be lt is locked so that the child and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember : Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
childre n, especially those 12 yea rs and you nger,
sho uld always ride in t he back seat properly re-
strained for t heir age an d s ize.
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