Important safety instructions for
using child restraints
Please read the introductory information and
heed the Warnings and Notice and on page
Fig. 1 Never let babies or older children ride in a ve-
hicle while sitting on the lap of another passenger.
Proper use of child restraints greatly reduces the
risk of injury in a collision or other kind of acci-
dent!
All children, especially those 12 years and young-
er, must always ride in the back seat properly re-
strained for their age and size.
Always use the right child restraint for each child
and always use it properly.
LATCH/UCRA lower universal anchorages secure
the child restraint system in the seat without us-
ing the vehicle's safety belts. Anchorages provide
a secure and easy-to-use attachment and mini-
mize the possibility of improper child restraint in-
stallation. If you decide to install a child restraint
system using the standard safety belt instead of
the LATCH/UCRA anchorages for the respective
seating position, be sure to always carefully fol-
low the child restraint manufacturer's instruc-
tions on how to route the safety belt properly
through the child restraint and how to restrain
the child in the child restraint.
When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child restraint, you must activate the switchable
locking feature on the safety belt to help prevent
the child restraint from moving
stalling child restraints with a safety belt
.
Push the child restraint down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways more
than about 1 inch (2.5 cm).
Important additional information about
installing a child restraint system on the front
passenger seat:
If you must install a child restraint on the front
passenger seat in exceptional circumstances, be
sure to read and heed the important information
and warnings in the section of this Manual that
begins on
.
There are also additional adjustments that
must be made in order to be able to properly
install a child restraint on the front passenger
seat:
Set the safety belt upper anchorage for the front
passenger seat so that the available safety belt is
long enough to properly install the child re-
straint. Always follow the child restraint manu-
facturer's installation instructions
.
Move the front passenger seat to the highest po-
sition in the seat's up and down adjustment
range and to the rearmost position in the seat's
fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing the for-
ward-facing child restraint and make sure the
backrest is in the upright position
.
Always make sure that the safety belt upper an-
chorage is behind the child restraint and not next
to or in front of the child restraint so that the
safety belt will be properly positioned.
When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child restraint, you must activate the switchable
locking feature on the safety belt to help prevent
the child restraint from moving
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ing a child restraint on the rear seat
. Always fol-
low the child restraint manufacturer’s instruc-
tions when installing a child restraint.
Do not use the switchable locking feature when
using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain a child
on a booster seat.
Always remember: Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag System, all
children, especially those 12 years and younger,
must always ride in the back seat properly re-
strained for their age and size.
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