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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

WARNING

  Use the correct size child-restraint system:

  For  eff ective protection in vehicle accidents and sudden stops, a child must be properly 
restrained using a seat belt or child-restraint system depending on age and size. If not, the 
child could be seriously injured or even killed in an accident.
  

  Follow the manufacturer's instructions and always keep the child-restraint system 
buckled down:

  An unsecured child-restraint system is dangerous. In a sudden stop or a collision it could 
move causing serious injury or death to the child or other occupants. Make sure any 
child-restraint system is properly secured in place according to the child-restraint system 
manufacturer's instructions. When not in use, remove it from the vehicle or fasten it 
with a seat belt, or latch it down to BOTH LATCH lower anchors for LATCH child-restraint 
systems and the corresponding tether anchor.
  

  Always secure a child in a proper child-restraint system:

  Holding a child in your arms while the vehicle is moving is extremely dangerous. No 
matter how strong the person may be, he or she cannot hold onto a child in a sudden 
stop or collision and it could result in serious injury or death to the child or other 
occupants. Even in a moderate accident, the child may be exposed to air bag forces that 
could result in serious injury or death to the child, or the child may be slammed into an 
adult, causing injury to both child and adult.
  

  Never use a rear-facing child-restraint system in the front seat with an air bag that 
could deploy:

  Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the front seat are particularly dangerous even 
though you may feel assured that a front passenger air bag will not deploy based on 
the fact that the front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light illuminates. The 
child-restraint system can be hit by a deploying air bag and moved violently backward 
resulting in serious injury or death to the child.