Jeep Cherokee 1977, Owner'S Manual

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• When cleaning belts, use a mild soap or detergent with
warm water. Rinse them thoroughly and dry them in the
shade. Never dye or bleach belts (this may weaken
fabric).
When Children Are Passengers
For children five years of age or under, use of a child restraint
1s recommended. These include child seats, child harnesses,
or infant earners complying with Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213.
The American Safety Belt Council (which also concerns itself
with child seats), gives the following tips on buying and using
child restraints:
• Look for a label saying that the infant carrier or child seat
meets FMVSS 213 standards.
• Look for a statement in the seat's accompanying liter­
ature saying that the manufacturer has run his own "dy­
namic" test on the seat (There are about half a dozen
such products on the market.)
• If possible, put the earner in the center of the back seat
rather than up front with you. The back seat is more safe
for a child.
• Read all instructions carefully and follow to the letter.
Many infant carriers and child seats have a webbed strap
coming from the top of the back of the carrier. This strap
should be fastened down when you are traveling by at­
taching it to a back seat safety belt.
• Many children aged four and five are too big for child
seats and too small for regular seat belts (especially in
the front seat, where the shoulder harness 1s likely to
come right across their faces or necks). Put such children
in the back seat, where seat belts don't have shoulder
harnesses, and strap them in. While seat belts are not as
protective for them (because their body weight and
flex1b1hty differ from adults), seat belt use is
recommended.
Children should never be left alone in a vehicle. If the occa­
sion so requires, be sure to set the parking brake and remove
the ignition key which also locks the steering wheel (and
transmission on vehicles with automatic transmission) .
Windshield Positioning-CJ Models
You can dnve with the windshield up or down.
To lower the windshield:
• Lower soft top or remove hard top, if equipped.
• Turn holddown knobs counterclockwise to remove them.
Stow them in the glove box or, after lowering the wind­
shield, replace them in the instrument panel by turning
them clockwise.