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Safety features of your vehicle Child restraint system (CRS)
Selecting a Child Restraint System
(CRS)
When selecting a Child Restraint
System for your child, always:
䳜 Make sure the Child Restraint
System has a label certifying that
it meets the applicable Safety
Standards of your country.
A Child Restraint System may
only be installed if it was
approved in accordance with the
requirements of ECE-R44 or rele
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vant regulation.
䳜 Select a Child Restraint System
based on your child's height and
weight. The required label or the
instructions for use typically pro
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vide this information.
䳜 Select a Child Restraint System
that fits the vehicle seating posi
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tion where it will be used.
For the suitability of Child
Restraint Systems on the vehi
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cle's seating positions, please
refer to "Suitability of each seat
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ing position for belted, i-Size &
ISOFIX Child Restraint Systems
(CRS) according to UN regulations
(Information for use by vehicle
users and CRS manufacturers)" on
page 3-45.
䳜 Read and comply with the warn
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ings and instructions for installa
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tion and use provided with the
Child Restraint System.
Child restraint system types
There are three main types of Child
Restraint Systems:
䳜 Rearward-facing CRS
䳜 Forward-facing CRS
䳜 Booster seat
They are classified according to the
child's age, height and weight.
Rearward-facing Child Restraint
System
A rearward-facing Child Restraint
System provides restraint with the
seating surface against the back of
the child. The harness system holds
the child in place, and in an accident,
acts to keep the child positioned in
the Child Restraint Systems and
reduce the stress to the fragile neck
and spinal cord.
All children under the age of one
year must always ride in a rear
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ward-facing Child Restraint System.
There are different types of rear
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ward-facing Child Restraint Sys
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tems: infant-only Child Restraint
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