2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA child restraint

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Front airbag system -the basics
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental protection to properly restrained
front seat
Fig. 21 L ocotion of d rive r airbag: in steer ing whee l
Your is fru 11L
"A dva nced Airbag in co mplian ce United Stales Fede ral Moto r Veh icle Safery dard (FMVSS ) 208 as applicab le a l time your
ve hicle was manufac tu re d . Yo ur vehicle is also
e quipped
side airbags fo r driver and seal passe nge r. Your vehicl e ma y also be wit h op tional sid e ai rb ags for re ar board T he belt s for front and
r ea r ou tboa rd seats equipped with opti onal side
a irbags have "pretensioner s" that help to take
s lack
of th e belt sys tem. The pret en sio ners
ar e also activa te d by the ele ctroni c control
for airbag syste m.
The front a nd outb oard r ea r seats
belts
al so hav e loa d limit ers to help reduce force s
appli ed to body in a crash.
Th e airbag for
driver is in steering whee l
h ub 2 1 an d airb ag for th e fr o nt pas­
se nger is in in strum ent panel 22. Th e location of airba gs is marked
There is a yo u n eed to know airb ags
in your vehicle. \V e urge you rea d detail ed
in forma tion airbags, safety and child
safety in this and th e oth er bookl ets th at mak e
Fig. 22 Location of front passenger's airbag: in the
instrume nt pa nel
up 1he ow ner 's literawre. Please be s ure to h eed WARNI NGS -th ey arc ext remely for your safet y and the sa fety of yo ur pass enger s,
especially infants and sm all childr en.
WARNING
Ne ver re ly o n air bags alone for protection.
• Even w hen th ey deplo y, airbags provide
on ly s uppl em en tal prot ection.
• Airbag work mo st effectivel y when used
w ith prop erly wo rn safety belts.
• Th erefore, always wear your safety belts
and make sur e
everybody in your vehicle
is properly re strained.
WARNING
A person on front pa ssenger seat , espe­
ci ally infants and sma ll childr en, w ill rec eive
se riou s injuri es and can even be killed by
being too close to lhe airbag when
it inflat es.
• Although
Advanced Airbag Syste m in
yo ur vehicl e is designed to turn off the
passenger airbag an infant or a small child in
o ne of the child restraints used to cer tify
Adva nced A irbag Sys te m i s on pas-
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WARNING (continued)
• Impr ope r r epair or di sa ss embl y of th e
front passen ge r and dri ver sca t will pr event
th e A dva nce d Ai rbag Sys te m fro m fun ctionin g
• Repair s to the front passe nge r sc at mu st b e
pe rfo rmed by qualifi ed and pro perl y tra in ed
w or kshop pe rs onn el.
• Neve r rem ov e th e front pa sseng er o r dri ver
s eat fr om the ve hicle.
• Neve r rem ov e th e up hols tery from the
front passe nger sea t.
• Never di sa sse mbl e or remove part s from
th e se at or di sco nnect wi re s from it.
• Neve r carry sh arp obje cts i n yo ur poc kets
o r pl ace them on th e sca t. If the weig ht ­
s e n sin g m at in th e passe nge r se at is pun c­
tur ed it cann ot wor k proper ly.
• Neve r ca rry thi ngs on yo ur la p or carry o b­
je cts on th e pa ss e n ger scat. S uch item s can in­
c re ase the w eig ht regi ste re d b y th e wei ght ­
s e nsin g mat an d sen d th e wro ng inform ati on
to th e airbag c ontrol un it .
• Nev er sto re it em s und er th e f ront pa s­
s e nger sca t. Par ts of the Ad va n ce d Air ba g
Sy ste m un der th e passenge r sea t cou ld be
d am age d, pr eve ntin g th em and the a irbag
s y stem from workin g prop erly .
Booklet 2 .1 Safety first
WARNING (c o ntinu ed)
• Neve r place sc at co ve rs or r epl acem ent up ­
hol stery o n the fro nt sca ts th at have not been
s pecifi call y a pproved by Vol kswagen.
• Scat cove rs ca n pr event the Ad vanc ed
Airbag Syste m from r ecogni zin g c hild r e­
s tr aint s or occ upants on th e fron t passe nger
s ca t and p reve nt the sid e a irba g in th e sca t
b ac kre st fr om depl oy ing pro perly.
• Never u se c ushion s, pill ow s, blanket s or
s imil ar
o n the front p ass enge r sea t. Th e
ad dit ional pa ddin g w ill pr event th e weigh t­
s e nsing m at in the sc at from accurat ely re gis­
t e rin g th e c hild r estra int or p ers o n on the sca t
a nd pr ev ent th eAdva ncc dAi rb agSy ste m fr om
fun ctio nin g pr operl y.
• If you mu st use a c hild re str aint on th e
front passenge r sca t a nd th e child res traint
manufa ctur er's instru ction s re quir e the use of
a to we l, foa m cu shi on or som ethin g else to
prop erl y pos ition th e child restraint, make
certa in that th e PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF
li ght come s on and stays on wheneve r the
c hild r estraint is in sta lled on th e front pas­
se ng er sea t.
• If th e PASSENGER A IR BA G OFF ligh t doc s
no t co me o n and stay on, imm ediately i nsta ll
c hild re s traint in a rear s eatin g pos ition and
hav e th e a ir ba g sys te m inspe cte d b y your
V olk swage n deal er.
How the Advanced Airbag System components work together
The front Advan ced Airb ag Sys te m and th e s ide
a ir b ags su pp le m en t t he pr otec tio n offered b y
t h e fr ont thr ecpo int safety belts wi th prc tc n­
s io n ers and lo ad lim it e rs and t he ad ju sta ble
h ead
to help re du ce th e risk of injur y
i n w ide ran ge of a ccid ent and cra sh sit uat io ns. sur e to re ad th e im portan t info rmatio n abo ut
safe ty and h eed th e WARN INGS in t his book le t.
De ploy men t o f
Ad va nce d A irbag System a nd
t h e ac tiva tio n of th e s afe ty be lt prete n sio ners
de pend s on the dece lera tion meas ured by the
senso rs and reg is te red by th e electro nic
co ntrol unit. Cra sh seve rity depen ds o n sp ee d
an d dece le rati on as we ll as th e m ass and stiff­
n ess of th e v ehicl e or ob je ct in vo lve d i n th e
c ra sh .
On th e driv er sid e
On t he dri ver sid e, w hen th e elec tro nic co nt rol
u n it reg is te rs a low severity a nd th e
d rive r's safety belt b eing used, th e a irbag w ill
n o t d ep loy. If th e d rive r's sa fe ty hell is no t b ein g
u se d, th e firs t stage depl oys, fo llowed
b y th e
seco nd stage after late r tim e in th e cras h se­
q uen ce.
I f th e
con tro l un it rcg is 1e rs cra sh o f
h ig h er sever ity, bo th sta ge s of th e driver air bag
w ill dep loy a lm ost
the sa me tim e, regar dless
o f th e safe ty belt s a re be ing use d or n ot.
On th e passe ng er sid e
On th e passe nge r in sever ity im pac ts r egis te re d by the e lec tro nic co ntrol unit , th e
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• mo ve th e c hild to a re ar sca t po siti on and
m ake sur e that th e ch ild is p ro perl y res train ed in
a child res traint that is appropriat e for it s size
and age.
T he PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF li ght sh ould NOT
co me on when th e ignition i s on and an adult is
s ittin g in a prop er se ating p osition on th e front
pa sse nger sea t. If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
l ight com es on and stays on und er th ese circum­
s tan ces, make sur e that :
• the adult on th e fron t pa sse nger seat i s prop­
e rl y se ate d on th e ce nter of the se at cu shion with
his or her ba ck up again st th e ba ckr es t and the
ba ckr es t is not r eclin ed
4 , " Prop er occu ­
p ant sea ting posit ion s."
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
• the a dult i s not takin g we ig ht off the se at b y
hold ing on to the pa sse nger a ssist h andl e above
th e fro nt passe nger door or supportin g their
wei ght on th e armre st or ho ld in g on to th e ass is t
handl e on the instrum ent p anel,
• th e safety belt is bei ng prop erl y
an d
tha t th ere is no t lot of sla ck in th e safet y belt
we bbin g,
• access ory seat cove rs o r cu shi ons or oth er
thin gs th at may cause an inco rre ct reading o r
impr ession on th e we ight -sensing m at under
th e up ho ls tery of the seat have be en rem ove d
fr om the front p asse nger sea t,
• the optio nal
b elt ex te nd er h as not
b een le ft in th e b elt lat ch for th e fron t pa s­
se ng er sea t.
Important safety instructions on monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System
WARNING
A n airbag syste m that is not functioning prop­
er ly cannot provide supplementa l protection
in a frontal crash.
• If the
indi cator light comes on, it
mean s that there may be s omething wron g
with the Adva nced Airbag Sy stem. It is pos­
sib le th at the airbag will inflate when it is not
suppo sed to, or will not inflate when it sh ou ld.
• Hav e the airb ag system inspected immedi­
at ely by you r Vo lkswage n dealer.
WARNING
If th e front airbag inflates, a child without a
child restraint, in a rearwa rd-facing child scat
or in a forward-faci ng child restraint that has
not been properly insta lled
b e s eriousl y
injured and can be killed.
• Eve n though your vehicle is equipped with
a n Advanced Airbag System, make certain
that all childr en , e specially 12 year s and
yo ung er, always rid e on the back scat properly
restrained for their age and size.
• Alwa ys install forward or rear-facing child
seat s on the
sea t-eve n with an Advanced
Airbag System.
• If yo u must in stall a rcanvard- faci ng c hild
sea t on the front passenger scat because or ex-
WARNING (co ntinued )
ceptional circumstance s and the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light doe s not come on and stay
immedi ately install the rea r-facing chi ld
seat In a rear seating pos ition and have the
airba g syste m inspected by your Volkswagen
d ea ler.
• A tight tether or other strap on a
facing child r estraint attached to the front pas­
se nger sea t can pu t too mu ch pr essure on th e
weight-sens ing mat in the seat and register
more
weight than is actua lly on the sea t. The
h ea vier w eight registered can the
sys te m work as though an adult were on the
sea t and deploy th e A dvanced A irbag w hen
it mu st be suppre ssed caus ing seriou s or even
fat al injury to the c hild .
WARNING
An in sta ll ed c hild restraint can in­
t e rfe re with the airb ag as it deploy s and ser i­
ously injure or eve n kill the ch ild -even with
an Adva nced Airbag Sys tem. If, in excep tional
cir cumstan ces, you must install a fonvard­
facing chil d re straint on the front passenger 's
seat:
• child seats inst alled on the
front p assenger's seat m ay int erfere with the
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Advanced Airbags and the weight -sensing mat in the front seat
The A dva nced Airba g Sys te m in yo ur vehicl e de­
t e cts the presence of an infant or ch ild in a child
r estrai nt on th e fron t passe nger sea t usin g th e
weig ht-sensin g mat in the sea t cushi on and the
se nso r below the safe ty belt lat ch on the front
p assenger seat th at m eas ures the te nsion on th e
belt.
The weigh t-se nsi ng m at m eas ures
we ig ht
o f th e c hild and the child seat and a child bla nk et
on the front pa sse nge r sea t. The weight on th e
front passe nger seat is re la ted to th e de sig n of
the child restrai nt and its "foo tprint ", the s ize
an d sh ap e of the b ou om of the c hild res traint a s
it sits on the se at. The we ig ht of
ch ild res traint
an d it s "foot print " vary for differe nt kind s of
child re straint s and for th e diffe re nt m odels of
t h e sam e kin d o f child r estraint offere d b y child
re straint manufa ctu rers.
Th e weig ht ranges for the indi vidual ty p es,
makes and m odels of c hild res trai nts th at th e
N HT SA has sp ecified in th e Safe ty Standa rd to· ge
ther w ith th e weight ra nges of typi ca l in fants
and ty pic al I ye ar-old child have bee n sto re d in
t h e co ntrol un it o f the Advanced Airb ag Sys te m.
Whe n a c hild res traint is bei ng use d on th e fro nt
passe nge r sea t w ith a ty p ica l
1 ye ar- old child , th e
A dvanc ed Ai rbag System compares the weight
mea sur ed b y th e we ig h t-se nsi ng ma t w ith the
informa tion stored in the elec tro nic con trol unit.
T he elec troni c control u nit al so reg is te rs th e ten ­
s ion on th e front passeng er sa fe ty be lt. T he te n ­
s ion on th e sa fety belt for the front pa ssenger
sea t
be different for ad ult is prop erl y
u sin g th e s afety belt as compar ed to the te n sio n
o n th e be lt
it is use d to att ach a child r e­
s traint to th e seat. Th e senso r be low the la tc h fo r
th e safe ty belt for t he front seat passe nger mea­
s ur es the tensio n on th e be lt. The input from thi s
se nso r is th en use d wit h the weig ht t o "d ec ide ",
w hethe r th ere is a chil d res tra int with a typica l
1 year-old ch ild on the front passe nger seat and
w he th er or not th e airb ag mu st b e turn ed
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Hegar dlcss of the ch il d re stra in t that you use,
mak e sur e th at it has been ce rtifi ed me et
United States Fe dera l Motor Vehicl e Saf ety S tan ­
dard s and has been ce rtified by its m anufa ctu re r
for use w ith a n airb ag. /\!ways be sur e that the
c hild r estrai nt i s pro perly
at o ne of t he
r ear sea ting pos itio ns. I f in exce ptional circu m­
s ta nces you m ust u se it o n the fro nt pa ssenge r
sea t, car efull y read all of th e in for matio n on
c hild safety and Adva nced Airbags and hee d all
of th e a pplicabl e
IN GS . Mak e ce rtain that
t h e c hild res traint is cor rec tly reco gnized by th e
we ig ht- sensin g mat in side the front passe nge r
sea t, th at th e front p assenge r air b ag is turn ed off
and th at the a irb ag stat us is always correc tly s ig­
n aled by th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Many ty p es an d m odels of ch ild res 1rai111 s have
b ee n avai lab le ov er th e years ,
models are
introdu ced r egularl y in cor poratin g new and im ­
proved des ign s and old er m odels are take n out
of produ cti on. Chil d res train ts are no t sta ndard­
i zed. C hild restra ints o f the sam e ty p e typi ca ll y h
ave diff ere nt weight s and sizes and differ en t
'foot prin ts ,' t he s ize and sh ape of th e bott om of
th e c hild res train t th at s its on the seat, whe n
th ey are installed on a vehi cle seat. Th ese differ­
e nces mak e it virt uall y impos sib le to cert ify
co mplian ce with th e re quireme nts fo r adva nce d
a ir bag s wit h ea ch and every child res traint that
h as eve r bee n so ld in the pa st or will be sold ove r
th e co urse of the use ful life of yo ur vehicle.
For thi s reaso n, th e Uni te d Sta tes N ati ona l
Hi gh way Tra ffic Sa fe ty A dmini strat io n has pub­
li sh ed
li st of sp ecifi c type, makes and mode ls
of child restr ai nt s that must b e use d t o ce rti fy
co mpliance of the Advan ced Air bag Syste m in
y our vehicl e w it h th e s uppre ssio n r equir em en ts
of Fe d era l Moto r Ve hicle Safety S tandard 208.
Th ese c hild restra ints are:
A. Car beds, manufactur ed an or after De·
cember 1, 1999:
• Cos co Dre am Rid e 02-7 19
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
8. Rear facing child restraint systems, manufac­
tured on or alter December l, 1999.
( W hen the res tra in t sys te m comes e quipp ed
w ith a re mo vable ba se, co mpli ance ha s to be
ce rtified with or wit hout the ba se).
• Britax Hand le wit h Care
191
• Centur y Ass ura 4553
• Centu ry Sm art Fit 4 543
• Cosco Arriva 02727
• Eve nflo Disc overy A dju st 212
• Evenflo Fir st Ch oice
204
• Gra co Infant 8 11 57
C. For war d-facing convertible child res trai nt
systems, manufactured on or after Dece mber l ,
1999:
• Brit ax Rou ndabou t
161
• Brit ax Expressway J SOFIX
• Centur y Enco re
• Century 1000
• Cosco Ol ymp ia n 0280 3
• Cosco Touriv a 02519
• Even flo Horizon V 425
• Evenfl o Meda llion 25 4
• Saf ety 1s t Co mfort Ride 22-400
D. Forward-fac ing toddler /be lt po sitioning
booster systems, manufactur ed on or after D e­
cember l, 1999 :
• Brita x Roadster
9004
• Century Next Step 4920
• Cosco High Back Booste r
• Eve nfl o Hig ht Fit 2 45
L'.0, WARNING
To redu ce the ri sk of serio us inju ry, mak e sur e
that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF li ght comes
on and sta ys on when eve r a child restraint is
in stall ed on the front pa ssenger sea t and the
ignition is switched on.
• Take the child res traint
the front pa s­
s enger seat a nd install it properl y at one of the
rear seat position s if th e PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light does not sta y o n.
• Have the airbag system insp ec ted by yo ur
aut hori zed Volkswag en dealer immediately.
Important safety instructions for using child seats
Correct use of chil d seat s substant ially reduce s the risk of injury in an ac cident!
Fi g. 3 0 Neve r le t babi es or older c hildren rid e in a
v ehicl e wh ile s itting on th e lop o f a no th er passenge r.
As the driver, yo u ar e res pon sible for th e
s a fety of eve ry bod y in th e ve hicle , espe­
ci all y chil dren:
54 Child safety
-Alway s use the right child seat for each
c hi ld and alwa ys use it prop erly
51.
- Alw ays caref ully foll ow the child seat
m anu fac turer 's in stru ction s on how to
rou te the sa fe ty bel t pr oper ly throu gh
child seat.
- When usin g th e ve h icle safety belt
10 in ­
s ta ll a child seat, you must fir st a ctivat e
sw itchab le lock ing fea tur e on th e safe ty
b elt
p reven t th e child seal from mov ing
60.
- Push th e c hild sea t d ow n with yo ur full
weig ht to get the sa fe ty belt re all y light so
th at the seat cannot mov e for ward or side -
w ays more th an one inch (2.5 cm ).
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-If a strap or te ther is being use d to tie
th e ch ild sea t to th e front passenge r seat,
ma ke s ure that it is
no t so tight that it
ca uses the we ight -sensin g mat to meas ure
more weig ht th an is actuall y on the se at.
Always remember: Even though yo ur vehicle is
e quip ped w ith an Advanced Airbag sys te m. all
c hildr en, especia lly those 12 years a nd youn ger,
s h ould always ride in the ba ck sea t p roper ly re­
s train ed for th eir age and size.
WARNING
Not using a child sc a t, u si ng th e wrong child
s eat or improp erly insta llin g a c hild r estraint
in creases the risk of se riou s personal injury
and dea th.
• All ve hicle occupants and especia lly chil ­
dr en must alway s be res train ed properl y
whenever riding in a ve hicl e.
-
unr estrain ed or improperl y re­
s trained child can be injur ed or kill ed by
b ein g thrown against the insid e of th e ve­
hicle or by being ejected from it during a
s udd en man euver or imp act.
-
unrest rained or improperly re­
stra ined ch ild is at much greater risk of in­
jur y or death by being stru ck b y an in­
fl atin g ai rbag.
• Comm ercia lly ava ilabl e child seats are re­
quir ed t o co mply with U.S. Federal Motor Ve­
hicle Safe ty Sta ndard (FMVSS) 2 13 (in Canada
CMVSS2 13).
- Wh en buying a child re straint , selec t one
that
y our child and the vehicle.
- Onl y use child restraint syste m s that
full y contact the flat portion of
seat
cushion. The child restraint must not tip or
lean t o either side. Volkswag en do cs not
r eco mmend using child scats that r es t on
l egs o r tube -lik e fram es. They do not pro­
vide adequate co ntact with the scat.
- Always hee d all legal r equirem ent s per ­
t a inin g to the in stallati on an d u se of ch ild
sc ats and care fully follo w the in structions
pro vided by the manufacturer of the seat
yo u arc usin g.
• Neve r allow childr en und er 4 ft 9 in (57
in che s, 1.5 met ers) to wear a normal safety
belt. They must always be restr ained b y a
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
WARN ING (continu ed)
proper child re straint system. Oth erw ise, they
c ould susta in injurie s to the abdomen and
ne ck ar eas during sudden braking maneuvers
or accidents.
• Never let more than one child oc cupy a
child scat.
• Neve r let babi es or older chil dre n ride in a
ve hicle while sittin g on the lap of anoth er pas­
se nge r.
- Holding a child in your arms is neve r a
sub stitute for a child restraint system.
- The strongest person could not hold the
c hild with the forces that exis t in an acci­
dent. The child will strik e th e int eri orof the
ve hicl e and can al so be s tru ck by the pa s­
senger.
- The child and th e passenge r ca n also in­
jur e each another in an accident.
• Ne ver install rear-faci ng child seat s or in­
fant carriers on the front passe nge r sea t.
w ill b e se riou sly injur ed and can be
killed when the passenger airbag inflates
even with Advanced Airbag System.
• The i nflating airb ag w ill hit th e child scat
o r infant carrier w ith great force and will
s mash th e child scat a nd child against the
backr est, ce nter arm res t, d oo r or roof.
• Alwa ys insta ll rear-facing child scats or in­
fant carri ers on the r ear seat.
• Forward-facing child seats insta lled on th e
front pa ssenger 's sca t can interfer e with th e
a irb ag w hen it inflate s an d cau se se riou s in­
ju ry to th e child . Always install forward-facing
c hild scats on the rear seat.
• I f exce ptional circumstance s requir e th e
u se of a forward-facing child res traint on the
front pa ssenger's scat, th e c hild 's safet y and
we ll-be ing require that the following sp ecia l
pr ecaut ions be taken:
- Make sur e the fonvard-facing seat ha s
been des ig n ed and
by its manu­
factur er for use on a front scat with a pas ­
se nger front and side airba g.
- Always carefully follow the manufac­
tur er's instru ction s pro vid ed w ith th e child
sea t or carrier.
- Always move the front pa ssenger seal
into th e rearmo st position
pass enger
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WARNING (continu ed)
with an Advanced Airbag System . A chi ld will be seriously injur ed and can be killed when
the infl atinga irb aghil s the child seal or infant
ca rri er w ith grea t force and smashes the c hild
sca t and child against the backres t, cen te r
arm res t, door or roo f.
• Alwa ys install rea r-facing child seats o r
fant carriers on the rear scat.
• Never install a rear-facing child r estraint in
the forward-facing direction . These restra ints
a rc des ig n ed for th e speci al needs of infants
and very small children and cannot prote ct
th em prope rly if the seat is fo rwa rd-faci ng.
Convertible child seats
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
WARNING (continued)
• If you must in sta ll a rear ward facing child
sca t on the front passenger sca t because
cept ional circ umstances a nd th e PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay
on, immediately install the r ear -fa cin g child
sea t in a rear seating position and have the
a irba g sys tem inspected by your Volkswage n
d ea ler.
• Alwa ys re ad and heed all WARN INGS
w hen ever usin g a child r estrain ed in a vehicle
i s bein g used
13, "Safety belts", 27, "A irbag sys tem" and 51,
"C hild
Prop erl y convertible child seats can help protect toddlers and ch ildre n over
age one who weigh. between 20 and 40 lbs. (9 and 18 kg)
a crash..
Fig . 32 Smal ler child in a properly i nstalled for ·
wa rd -fac ing LATCH child restra int system on the rear
seot
- When using the vehicle safety belt to
s ta ll a c hild sea t, y o u must fir st ac tiva te the
s w itch able locki ng fea tur e on the sa fety
belt to prevent the child sea t from movin g
60 .
Pu sh the ch ild seat clown with your full
weig ht to get the sa fe ty belt rea lly tight so
tha t th e sea t cannot move forwa rd or sid e­
ways more t han one inch (2.5 cm ) ..
Fa ste n th e safe ty belt that is part of the
c hild r estraint system securely and pu ll it
t ight so that yo u ca n onl y s lip one finger
unde rnea th th e sh o ulder belt portion at
the c hild's ch es t.
If a strap or teth er i s bein g used to tie
the c hild seat to the
passe nger scat,
make sur e th at i t is not so tight tha t it
ca uses the weig ht-sens ing mat to meas ure
more w eig ht tha n is ac tually on the seat.
A to ddl er o r child is usu ally 10 0 large for an restraint , if it i s mor e than on e year old and
we igh s mor e th an 22 lbs. (JO kg).
Todd lers and child re n b etween o ne and abo ut
fou r ye ars old and w eigh betwe en 22 lbs. (10 kg)
and 40 lbs. (18 kg) mu st alway s be properl y
str ai ned in a child scat ce rtifi ed fo r th eir size and
we ig ht 32 .
The airbag on the pa sse nge r side
th e
fr ont sea t a p ote nti ally dange rou s plac e for a
c hild to rid e. The fr ont scat is not th e safe st p lace
for a chi ld in a forward-facing child seat. It is a
v ery dangero us pla ce for an
or a large r
c hild in a r earward-faci ng se at.
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cause of exceptional circum stances, be properl y
r es train ed and as far away from th e airb ag as
poss ible.
lly keeping ro om b etwe en the child 's
body and the front of th e pa sseng er co mpart ­
the airbag can inflat e co mple te ly and pro­
v id e s uppl emental protection in certain fr ontal
c olli sions.
WARNING
No t usi ng a booster seat, using the booster
scat improp erly, inco rrec tly in sta llin g
booster seat or u sin g the veh icle safety belt
improp erly increases the ri sk of ser iou s p er­
sonal injury and death in a co llisio n or other
e m ergency s ituation. To help reduce the risk
of serious personal injury and/or death:
• Always make sure to position the should er
portion of the three-point belt over the middle
of chi ld's shoulder.
• Never le t the sh o uld er portion of the belt
r es t again st or across the neck, face, chin, or
th roa t of the ch ild.
• 1\Jway s make sure the lap belt portion of
th e thr ee-po int belt is worn s nug and pas ses as
l ow as possib le across the child 's pelvi s. Neve r
l et the belt pass over the soft abdome n.
• Failure
10 properly rou le safety belt s over chi ld's body will cause severe injuries in an ac­
cident or other em erge ncy s ituation 13.
• Children on the front scat of any car, eve n
w ith Adva nced Ai rbags, can be serious ly in­
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates. A
ch ild in a rea rw ard-fac ing ch ild sca t installed
WARNING (continu ed)
on the front pas senger seat w ill be serious ly
injured and can be killed if the front a irbag in­
flates.
• Never le t a ch ild stand or kneel on any seat,
for examp le the front scat.
• Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your ve hicle.
• Always remember that a child leaning for­
ward, s itting sideways or out of po sition in any
way during a collisio n can be struc k by a de­
ploying
Thi s w ill r esult in seriou s per­
so nal injur y or death.
• If you must in stall a rcanvard facing child
sea t o n th e front passenger scat becau se of ex­
cept ional circum stance s the PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF light must come on and stay on,
whenever the ignition is switch ed on .
• If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform th e checks
described
39.
• Take the child restr aint olT the front pa s­
se nger seat a nd install it properly at one of the
r ear seat pos itions if the PASS ENGER AIR BAG
OFF light docs not stay on whenever the ig ni ­
tion i s switched o n.
• Always read and heed a ll WARN INGS
whenever using a c hild restrained in a vehicl e
i s bei ng used
13, "Sa fety belt s", 27, "A irb ag sys tem" and 51, "Child safe ty" .
Installing child restraint with a safety belt
Impo rtant t hin gs to kno w
Safety belts for the rea r seats and thefro nl passenger be locked with the
switchable lockingfeature to properly secur e child sea ts.
Th e retractors fo r th e rear sear safe ty belt s and
th e front passenger safety belt have sw itchabl e
l oc kin g fea tur e for chil d res traint s in addition to
emerge ncy lo ckin g fe a ture.
I f yo u need to insta ll a ch ild sea t
one of these
sea ting po sition s, y ou mus t first route the safe ty
b elt as dire cte d b y
manufactur er o f th e ch ild
60 Child safety
seat that you arc using th en act ivate the
convertib le lockin g fe ature.
Whe neve r a ch ild restrai nt is installed
a
sa fe ty th e safe ty belt must b e locke d so that
b elt web bing cannot unr eel. Th e sw itchabl e
l oc kin g fea tur e le ts you lock the belt so that a
c hild r estraint
be prop erl y in sta lled and. for tii,