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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.
  

  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 .

  Front Passenger's Seat Child-Restraint 
System Installation (With Front 
Passenger Occupant Classifi cation 
System)

     1.   Make  sure  the  ignition  is  switched  off.
   2.   Slide the seat as far back as possible.

   3.   Remove  the  head  restraint.
   4.   Place the child-restraint system on the 

seat without putting your weight on 
the seat and fasten the seat belt. See 
the manufacturer's instructions on the 
child-restraint system for belt routing 
instructions.

   5.   To get the retractor into the automatic 

locking mode, pull the shoulder belt 
portion of the seat belt until the entire 
length of the belt is out of the retractor.

   6.   Push  the  child-restraint  system  fi rmly 

into the vehicle seat. Be sure the 
belt retracts as snugly as possible. A 
clicking noise from the retractor will 
be heard during retraction if the system 
is in automatic locking mode. If the 
belt does not lock the seat down tight, 
repeat the previous step and also this 
one.

   NOTE

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  Inspect this function before each use of 

the child-restraint system. You should 
not be able to pull the shoulder belt 
out of the retractor while the system is 
in the automatic locking mode. When 
you remove the child-restraint system, 
be sure the belt fully retracts to return 
the system to emergency locking mode 
before occupants use the seat belts.

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  Follow the child-restraint system 

manufacturer's instructions carefully.

  Depending on the type of child-restraint 

system, it may not employ seat belts 
which are in automatic locking mode.

   7.   Seat your child safely in the child-

restraint system and secure the child 
according to the instructions from the 
child-restraint system manufacturer.