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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

  Always remove the head restraint and 
install child-restraint system:

  Installing a child-restraint system 
without removing the head restraint is 
dangerous. The child-restraint system 
cannot be installed correctly which 
may result in death or injury to the 
child in a collision.

Tether strap

Forward

Tether strap

Forward

  Always attach the tether strap to the 
correct tether anchor position:

  Attaching the tether strap to the 
incorrect tether anchor position is 
dangerous. In a collision, the tether 
strap could come off  and loosen the 
child-restraint system. If the child-
restraint system moves it could result 
in death or injury to the child.  

  Always install the head restraint and 
adjust it to the appropriate position 
after removing the child-restraint 
system:

  Driving with the head restraint 
removed is dangerous as impact to the 
occupant's head cannot be prevented 
during emergency braking or in a 
collision, which could result in a serious 
accident, injury or death.
  Refer to Head Restraints on page  2-8 .

 If You Must Use the Front Seat for 

Children

    If you cannot put all children in the rear 
seat, at least put the smallest children 
in the rear and be sure the largest child 
up front uses the shoulder belt over the 
shoulder.
  NEVER put a rear-facing child-restraint 
system on the front passenger seat whether 
your vehicle is equipped with a occupant 
classifi cation sensor or not.
  This seat is also not set up for tethered 
child-restraint systems, put them in one of 
the rear seat positions set up with tether 
anchors.
  Likewise the LATCH child-restraint 
system cannot be secured in the front 
passenger's seat and should be used in the 
rear seat.
  Do not allow anyone to sleep against the 
side window since your vehicle has side 
and curtain air bags, it could cause serious 
injuries to an out of position occupant. 
As children more often sleep in cars, 
it is better to put them in the rear seat. 
If installing the child-restraint system 
on the front seat is unavoidable, follow 
these instructions when using a front-
facing child-restraint system in the front 
passenger's seat.