Essential Safety Equipment; Always remove the head restraint and ; set the tether strap:- Page 54

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

WARNING

Always remove the head restraint and 

set the tether strap:

Routing the tether strap on top of 

the head restraint is dangerous. In a 

collision the tether strap could slide off 

the head restraint and loosen the child-

restraint system. The child-restraint 

system could move which may result in 

death or injury to the child.

Anchor bracket

Tether strap

(4-Door)

Tether strap

Forward

(5-Door)

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 

2-12.

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