ride on the front passenger's seat . Children less
than 4 ft 9 in (57 in/1.45 m) tall must sit on a
cert ified booster seat and properly wear the veh i-
cle's three-point lap and shoulder safety belt.
Always securely latch the passenger seat at the
very rear of its fore and aft adjustment range.
The backrest must be adjusted to an upright po-
sition .
A WARNING
If you must install a booster seat child re-
straint on the front passenger seat:
- Make sure the booster seat has been de-
signed and certified by its manufacturer for
use on a front seat with a passenger front
and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer's instruc-
t ions prov ided with the booster seat.
- Always move the passenger seat to the very
rear of its fore and aft adjustment range, as
far away from the airbag as possible .
- Always make sure that the passenger seat is
securely latched in place before installing
the booster seat. The backrest must be ad-
justed to an uprig ht posit ion.
- If the passenger seat cannot be securely
latched in the very rear of its fore and aft
adjustment range, then the passenger front
airbag must be turned off with the ON/ OFF
switch.
Securing child 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 retractors for
the rear seats safety belts and for the front pas-
senger's seat safety belt have a convertible lock-
ing retracto r for child restraints . The safety belt
must be locked so that belt webbing can not un-
reel. The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety be lt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up during normal driving. A child
safety seat can only be properly installed when
Ch ild safety
the safety be lt is locked so that the chi ld and
child safety seat will stay in place .
Always remembe r: Even though your veh icle is
equipped wit h an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especia lly those
12 years and younger,
shou ld a lways ride in the back seat proper ly re-
strained for their age and size .
A WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
-
- Always make sure that the safety be lt re-
tractor is locked whe n installing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac-
tor cannot hold the ch ild safety seat in place
du ring normal driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the ch ild safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitt ing in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly a round dur ing
a sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always make sure that the rear seat back-
rest is secu rely latched whenever the rear
safety belt is being used to secure a child re-
stra int .
- If the backrest is not se curely latched, the
child and t he child rest raint will be thrown
forward together wit h the backrest and will
strike parts of the vehicle interior. The child
can be seriously injured or killed.
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger a irbag in-
f lates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
or infant car riers on the rear seat .
- Forward-facing child safety seats or infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere with the deployment of
the airbag and cause serio us injur y to the
child.
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