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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

  Do not allow a child or anyone to lean 
over or against the side window of a 
vehicle with side and curtain air bags:

  It is dangerous to allow anyone to lean 
over or against the side window, the 
area of the front passenger seat, the 
front and rear window pillars and the 
roof edge along both sides from which 
the side and curtain air bags deploy, 
even if a child-restraint system is used. 
The impact of infl ation from a side or 
curtain air bag could cause serious 
injury or death to an out of position 
child. Furthermore, leaning over or 
against the front door could block the 
side and curtain air bags and eliminate 
the advantages of supplemental 
protection. With the front air bag and 
the additional side air bag that comes 
out of the front seat, the rear seat is 
always a better location for children. 
Take special care not to allow a child to 
lean over or against the side window, 
even if the child is seated in a child-
restraint system.

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

     1.   Switch  the  ignition  ON.
   2.   Slide the seat as far back as possible.

   3.   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.

   4.   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.

   5.   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.

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