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Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags/Child restraint systems
& Choosing a child restraint
& Installing child restraint sys-
child suffering personal injury in the
system
tems with A/ELR seatbelt
event of an accident may be in-
creased.
WARNING
! Installing a rearward facing child
. Child restraint systems and seat-
restraint
belts can become hot in a vehicle
that has been closed up in sunny
weather; they could burn a small
child. Check the child restraint
system before you place a child
in it.
. Do not leave an unsecured child
restraint system in your vehicle.
Unsecured child restraint sys-
tems can be thrown around in-
Choose a child restraint system that is
side of the vehicle in a sudden
appropriate for the child’s age and size
stop, turn or accident; they can
(weight and height) in order to provide the
strike and injure vehicle occu-
child with proper protection. The child
pants as well as result in serious
restraint system should meet all applic-
1. Place the child restraint system in the
injuries or death to the child.
able requirements of Federal Motor Vehi-
rear seating position.
cle Safety Standards for the United States
2. Run the lap and shoulder belt through
or of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Stan-
or around the child restraint system
CAUTION
dards for Canada. It can be identified by
following the instructions provided by its
looking for the label on the child restraint
When you install a child restraint
manufacturer.
system or the manufacturer’s statement of
system, follow the manufacturer’s
3. Insert the tongue plate into the buckle
compliance in the document attached to
instructions supplied with it. After
until you hear a click.
the system.
installing the child restraint system,
Also it is important for you to make sure
check to ensure that it is held
that the child restraint system is compa-
securely in position. If it is not held
tible with the vehicle in which it will be
tight and secure, the danger of your
used.
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