Testing a Child Safety Seat
Before seating a child, always make sure the
child safety seat is not loose:
1. Hold the child safety seat by the belt path
and try to slide the safety seat from side
to side and front to back.
2. If the seat moves more than 2.5 cm, it is
too loose. Tighten the belt or reconnect
the ISOFIX/i-Size retained child safety
seat.
3. If you are unable to reduce slack, try a
different seat location or try another child
safety seat.
Child Safety Seat Warnings
WARNING:
Never seat a child in a
child safety seat or a booster seat on
the front passenger seat when the
airbag is activated. Doing so can
cause serious injury or death.
WARNING:
Never use a rearward
facing child restraint on a seat
protected by an active airbag. Doing
so can cause serious injury or death.
Refer to the warning label located on
the sun visor.
WARNING:
Child restraint systems are
designed to be secured in vehicle
seats by lap belts or the lap belt
portion of a lap-shoulder belt. Children
could be endangered in a crash if their
child restraints are not properly
secured in the vehicle.
WARNING:
According to collision
statistics, children are safer when
properly restrained in the rear seating
positions than in the front seating
positions.
WARNING:
Do not use a forward
facing child safety seat until your child
weighs over 9 kg and can sit
independently. Up to the age of two, a
child's spine and neck are not
sufficiently developed to avoid injury
in a frontal impact.
WARNING:
Do not allow a baby or
infant to be held on a lap. All children
should be restrained in an appropriate
child safety seat at all times.
WARNING:
To ensure children are
safely seated, follow all instructions
provided in this document and by the
manufacturer of the child safety seat.
WARNING:
Children should ride in a
rear facing child safety seat using the
seat’s integrated 5-point harness for
as long as possible.
WARNING:
Do not use seat belt
extenders on a seat belt that is being
used to install a child safety seat or
booster seat.
WARNING:
When seating larger
children, make sure the child's head is
supported and the child’s seat belt is
properly adjusted and fastened. The
shoulder portion of the belt must be
away from the face and neck, and the
lap portion must not be over the
stomach.
WARNING:
Never attach two child
safety seats to one anchor point. In a
collision, one anchor point may be
incapable of securing both seats.
WARNING:
Child restraint anchors are
designed to withstand only those
loads imposed by correctly fitted child
restraints. Under no circumstances are
they to be used for adult seat belts,
harnesses, or for attaching other items
or equipment to the vehicle.
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