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Child booster seats
The belt-positioning booster (booster seat) is used to improve the fit of
the vehicle safety belt. Children outgrow a typical child seat (e.g.,
convertible or toddler seat) when they weigh about 40 lb (18 kg) and are
around four (4) years of age. Consult your child safety seat owner guide
for the weight, height, and age limits specific to your child safety seat.
Keep your child in the child safety seat if it properly fits the child,
remains appropriate for their weight, height and age AND if properly
secured to the vehicle.
Although the lap/shoulder belt will provide some protection, children
who have outgrown a typical child seat are still too small for lap/shoulder
belts to fit properly, and wearing an improperly fitted vehicle safety belt
could increase the risk of serious injury in a crash. To improve the fit of
both the lap and shoulder belt on children who have outgrown child
safety seats, Ford Motor Company recommends use of a belt-positioning
booster.
Booster seats position a child so that vehicle lap/shoulder safety belts fit
better. They lift the child up so that the lap belt rests low across the hips
and the knees bend comfortably at the edge of the cushion, while
minimizing slouching. Booster seats may also make the shoulder belt fit
better and more comfortably. Try to keep the belt near the middle of the
shoulder and across the center of the chest. Moving the child closer (a
few centimeters or inches) to the center of the vehicle, but remaining in
the same seating position, may help provide a good shoulder belt fit.
When children should use booster seats
Children need to use booster seats from the time they outgrow the
toddler seat until they are big enough for the vehicle seat and
lap/shoulder belt to fit properly. Generally this is when they reach a
height of at least 4 feet 9 inches (1.45 meters) tall (around age eight to
age twelve and between 40 lb (18 kg) and 80 lb (36 kg) or upward to
100 lb (45 kg) if recommended by your child restraint manufacturer).
Many state and provincial laws require that children use approved
booster seats until they reach age eight, a height of 4 feet 9 inches
(1.45 meters) tall, or 80 lb (36 kg).
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Booster seats should be used until you can answer YES to ALL of these
questions when seated without a booster seat:
•Can the child sit all the way back
against the vehicle seat back with
knees bent comfortably at the
edge of the seat cushion?
•Can the child sit without
slouching?
•Does the lap belt rest low across the hips?
•Is the shoulder belt centered on the shoulder and chest?
•Can the child stay seated like this for the whole trip?
Types of booster seats
There are generally two types of belt-positioning booster seats: backless
and high back. Always use booster seats in conjunction with the vehicle
lap/shoulder belt.
•Backless booster seats
If your backless booster seat has a
removable shield, remove the
shield. If a vehicle seating position
has a low seat back or no head
restraint, a backless booster seat
may place your child’s head (as
measured at the tops of the ears)
above the top of the seat. In this
case, move the backless booster
to another seating position with a
higher seat back or head restraint and lap/shoulder belts, or consider
using a high back booster seat.
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•High back booster seats
If, with a backless booster seat,
you cannot find a seating position
that adequately supports your
child’s head, a high back booster
seat would be a better choice.
Children and booster seats vary in size and shape. Choose a booster that
keeps the lap belt low and snug across the hips, never up across the
stomach, and lets you adjust the shoulder belt to cross the chest and
rest snugly near the center of the shoulder. The drawings below compare
the ideal fit (center) to a shoulder belt uncomfortably close to the neck
and a shoulder belt that could slip off the shoulder. The drawings below
also show how the lap belt should be low and snug across the child’s
hips.
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If the booster seat slides on the vehicle seat, placing a rubberized mesh
sold as shelf or carpet liner under the booster seat may improve this
condition. Do not introduce any item thicker than this under the booster
seat. Check with the booster seat manufacturer’s instructions.
The importance of shoulder belts
Using a booster without a shoulder belt increases the risk of a child’s
head hitting a hard surface in a collision. For this reason, you should
never use a booster seat with a lap belt only. It is generally best to use a
booster seat with lap/shoulder belts in the back seat.
Move a child to a different seating location if the shoulder belt does not
stay positioned on the shoulder during use.
Follow all instructions provided by the manufacturer of the booster seat.
WARNING:Never place, or allow a child to place, the shoulder
belt under a child’s arm or behind the back because it reduces
the protection for the upper part of the body and may increase the risk
of injury or death in a collision.
Child restraint and safety belt maintenance
Inspect the vehicle safety belts and child safety seat systems periodically
to make sure they work properly and are not damaged. Inspect the
vehicle and child seat safety belts to make sure there are no nicks, tears
or cuts. Replace if necessary. All vehicle safety belt assemblies, including
retractors, buckles, front safety belt buckle assemblies, buckle support
assemblies (slide bar-if equipped), shoulder belt height adjusters (if
equipped), shoulder belt guide on seatback (if equipped), child safety
seat LATCH and tether anchors, and attaching hardware, should be
inspected after a collision. Refer to the child restraint manufacturer’s
instructions for additional inspection and maintenance information
specific to the child restraint. Ford Motor Company recommends that all
safety belt assemblies in use in vehicles involved in a collision be
replaced. However, if the collision was minor and an authorized dealer
finds that the belts do not show damage and continue to operate
properly, they do not need to be replaced. Safety belt assemblies not in
use during a collision should also be inspected and replaced if either
damage or improper operation is noted.
For proper care of soiled safety belts, refer toInteriorin theCleaning
chapter.
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WARNING:Failure to inspect and if necessary replace the
safety belt assembly or child restraint system under the above
conditions could result in severe personal injuries in the event of a
collision.
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A
Accessory delay ..........................77
AdvanceTrac ..............................209
AdvanceTrac Sport Mode .........214
Air cleaner filter ...............304, 307
Air conditioning ....................48, 51
manual heating and air
conditioning system .................48
Airbag supplemental restraint
system ................................139, 147
and child safety seats ............141
description ......................139, 147
disposal ....................................150
driver airbag ....................141, 148
indicator light .........................150
operation .........................141, 148
passenger airbag .............141, 148
side airbag ...............................147
AM/FM .........................................28
Antifreeze
(see Engine coolant) ................284
Anti-lock brake system
(see Brakes) ..............................208
Anti-theft system ..............109, 113
arming the system ..................114
disarming a triggered
system .....................................114
Audio system (see Radio) .........28
Automatic transmission ............216
driving an automatic
overdrive .................................216
fluid, adding ............................302
fluid, checking ........................302
fluid, refill capacities ..............308
fluid, specification ..................308
Auxiliary input jack (Line in) ....37
Auxiliary power point .................74Axle
lubricant specifications ..........308
refill capacities ........................308
traction lok ..............................214
B
Battery .......................................281
acid, treating emergencies .....281
battery saver .............................56
jumping a disabled battery ....251
maintenance-free ....................281
replacement, specifications ...307
servicing ..................................281
Belt-Minder
.............................134
Blind Spot Spotter Mirror ........223
Booster seats .............................166
Brakes ........................................207
anti-lock ...................................208
anti-lock brake system (ABS)
warning light ...........................208
fluid, checking and adding ....302
fluid, refill capacities ..............308
fluid, specifications .................308
lubricant specifications ..........308
parking ....................................208
shift interlock ..........................214
Bulbs ............................................61
C
Capacities for refilling fluids ....308
Car2U
Home Automation
System .........................................81
Cargo cover .................................93
CD ................................................28
Cell phone use ..............................8
Changing a tire .........................235
Child safety seats ......................155
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P
Parental MyKey programming ...95
Parking brake ............................208
Parts
(see Motorcraft
parts) ...........307
Passenger Occupant
Classification Sensor .................126
Power distribution box
(see Fuses) ...............................232
Power mirrors .............................78
Power point .................................74
Power steering ..........................214
fluid, refill capacity ................308
fluid, specifications .................308
Power Windows ...........................74
R
Radio ............................................28
6-CD in dash .............................28
Rear-view camera system .........221
Recommendations for
attaching safety restraints for
children ......................................153
Relays ........................................228
Remote entry system .......105–106
illuminated entry ............108–109
locking/unlocking doors .........106
opening the trunk ...................107
panic alarm .............................107
replacement/additional
transmitters .............................108
replacing the batteries ...........108
Roadside assistance ..................226S
Safety belts (see Safety
restraints) ..125, 128–129, 131, 133
Safety Canopy ...........................147
Safety defects, reporting ..262–263
Safety
restraints ...125, 128–129, 131, 133
Belt-Minder
...........................134
extension assembly ................133
for adults .................129, 131, 133
for children .............................151
Occupant Classification
Sensor ......................................126
warning light and chime ........134
Safety restraints - LATCH
anchors ......................................159
Safety seats for children ..........155
Safety Compliance
Certification Label ....................312
Satellite Radio Information ........43
Scheduled Maintenance Guide
Normal Scheduled
Maintenance and Log .............327
What Maintenance Schedule
Should You Follow? ................323
Seats ..........................................116
child safety seats ....................155
cleaning ...................................270
climate control ..........................51
front seats ...............................119
heated ................................48, 122
SecuriLock passive anti-theft
system ........................................109
Servicing your vehicle ..............273
Setting the clock .........................29
SOS Post Crash Alert ...............150
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