2020 JEEP PATRIOT child seat

Bags fully inflate in less time than it takes to
blink your eyes. The air bags then quickly
deflate while helping to restrain the driver and
front passenger.
Knee Impact Bolsters
The Knee Impact Bolsters help protect the
knees of the driver and front passenger, and
position the front occupants for improved inter-
action with the Advanced Front Air Bags.
WARNING!
•Do not drill, cut, or tamper with the knee
impact bolsters in any way
•Do not mount any accessories to the knee
impact bolsters such as alarm lights, ste-
reos, citizen band radios, etc.
Supplemental Side Air Bags
Your vehicle is equipped with two types of side
air bags:
1.Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air
Bags (SABs): Located in the outboard
side of the front seats. The SABs aremarked with a “SRS AIRBAG” or “AIR-
BAG” label sewn into the outboard side
of the seats.
The SABs may help to reduce the risk of
occupant injury during certain side impacts
and/or vehicle rollover events, in addition to the
injury reduction potential provided by the seat
belts and body structure.When the SAB deploys, it opens the seam on
the outboard side of the seatback’s trim cover.
The inflating SAB deploys through the seat
seam into the space between the occupant and
the door. The SAB moves at a very high speed
and with such a high force that it could injure
occupants if they are not seated properly, or if
items are positioned in the area where the SAB
inflates. Children are at an even greater risk of
injury from a deploying air bag.WARNING!
Do not use accessory seat covers or place
objects between you and the Side Air Bags;
the performance could be adversely affected
and/or objects could be pushed into you,
causing serious injury.
2.Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Cur-
tains (SABICs): Located above the side
windows. The trim covering the SABICs
is labeled “SRS AIRBAG” or “AIRBAG.”
Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag
Label
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SABICs may help reduce the risk of head or
other injuries to front and rear seat outboard
occupants in certain side impacts and/or vehicle
rollover events, in addition to the injury reduc-
tion potential provided by the seat belts and
body structure.
The SABICs deploy downward, covering the
side windows. An inflating SABIC pushes the
outside edge of the trim out of the way and
covers the window. The SABICs inflate with
enough force to injure occupants if they are notbelted and seated properly, or if items are
positioned in the area where the SABICs inflate.
Children are at an even greater risk of injury
from a deploying air bag.
The SABICs may help reduce the risk of partial
or complete ejection of vehicle occupants
through side windows in certain rollover or side
impact events.
WARNING!
•Your vehicle is equipped with left and right
Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Cur-
tains (SABICs). Do not stack luggage or
other cargo up high enough to block the
deployment of the SABICs. The trim cov-
ering above the side windows where the
SABIC and its deployment path are lo-
cated should remain free from any ob-
structions.
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WARNING!(Continued)
•Your vehicle is equipped with SABICs. In
order for the SABICs to work as intended,
do not install any accessory items in your
vehicle which could alter the roof. Do not
add an aftermarket sunroof to your vehicle.
Do not add roof racks that require perma-
nent attachments (bolts or screws) for in-
stallation on the vehicle roof. Do not drill
into the roof of the vehicle for any reason.
The SABICs and SABs (“Side Air Bags”) are
designed to activate in certain side impacts and
certain rollover events. The Occupant Restraint
Controller (“ORC”) determines whether the de-
ployment of the Side Air Bags in a particular
side impact or rollover event is appropriate,
based on the severity and type of collision.
Vehicle damage by itself is not a good indicator
of whether or not Side Air Bags should have
deployed.
Side Air Bags are a supplement to the seat belt
restraint system. Side Air Bags deploy in less
time than it takes to blink your eyes. Occupants,
Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtain
(SABIC) Label Location
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including children, who are up against or very
close to Side Air Bags can be seriously injured
or killed. Occupants, including children, should
never lean on or sleep against the door, side
windows, or area where the Side Air Bags
inflate, even if they are in an infant or child
restraint.
Seat belts (and child restraints where appropri-
ate) are necessary for your protection in all
collisions. They also help keep you in position,
away from inflating Side Air Bags. To get the
best protection from the Side Air Bags, occu-
pants must wear their seat belts properly and sit
upright with their backs against the seats. Chil-
dren must be properly restrained in a child
restraint or booster seat that is appropriate for
the size of the child.
WARNING!
•Side Air Bags need room to inflate. Do not
lean against the door or window. Sit up-
right in the center of the seat.
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WARNING!(Continued)
•Being too close to the Side Air Bags during
deployment could cause you to be se-
verely injured or killed.
•Relying on the Side Air Bags alone could
lead to more severe injuries in a collision.
The Side Air Bags work with your seat belt
to restrain you properly. In some collisions,
Side Air Bags won’t deploy at all. Always
wear your seat belt even though you have
Side Air Bags.
NOTE:
Air bag covers may not be obvious in the
interior trim, but they will open during air
bag deployment.
Side Impacts
In side impacts, the side impact sensors aid the
ORC in determining the appropriate response
to impact events. The system is calibrated to
deploy the Side Air Bags on the impact side of
the vehicle during impacts that require Side Air
Bag occupant protection. In side impacts, theSide Air Bags deploy independently; a left side
impact deploys the left Side Air Bags only and a
right side impact deploys the right Side Air Bags
only.
The Side Air Bags will not deploy in all side
collisions, including some collisions at certain
angles, or some side collisions that do not
impact the area of the passenger compartment.
The Side Air Bags may deploy during angled or
offset frontal collisions where the Advanced
Front Air Bags deploy.
Rollover Events
Side Air Bags are designed to activate in certain
rollover events. The ORC determines whether
the deployment of the Side Air Bags in a par-
ticular rollover event is appropriate, based on
the severity and type of collision. Vehicle dam-
age by itself is not a good indicator of whether or
not Side Air Bags should have deployed.
The Side Air Bags will not deploy in all rollover
events. The rollover sensing-system deter-
mines if a rollover event may be in progress and
whether deployment is appropriate. A slower-
developing event may deploy the seat belt
pretensioners on both sides of the vehicle. A
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NOTE:
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only
if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no
data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data
(e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location)
are recorded. However, other parties, such
as law enforcement, could combine the EDR
data with the type of personally identifying
data routinely acquired during a crash in-
vestigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the ve-
hicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the
vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law
enforcement, that have the special equipment,
can read the information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.Child Restraints — Carrying
Children Safely
Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled
up at all times, including babies and children.
EC directive 2003/20/EC requires proper use of
restraints in all EC countries.
Children less than 1.5 meters tall and 12 years
or younger should ride properly buckled up in a
rear seat, if available. According to crash statis-
tics, children are safer when properly restrained
in the rear seats rather than in the front.
WARNING!
In a collision, an unrestrained child can be-
come a projectile inside the vehicle. The
force required to hold even an infant on your
lap could become so great that you could not
hold the child, no matter how strong you are.
The child and others could be badly injured.
Any child riding in your vehicle should be in a
proper restraint for the child’s size.
There are different sizes and types of restraints
for children from newborn size to the child
almost large enough for an adult safety belt.
Children should ride rearward facing as long as
possible; this is the most protected position for a
child in the event of a crash. Always check the
child seat Owner’s Manual to make sure you
have the correct seat for your child. Carefully
read and follow all the instructions and warnings
in the child restraint Owner’s Manual and on all
the labels attached to the child restraint.
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In Europe, children restraint systems are de-
fined by regulation ECE-R44, which divides
them into five weight groups:
Restraint Group Weight Group
Group 0 up to 10 kg
Group 0+ up to 13 kg
Group 1 9-18 kg
Group 2 15-25 kg
Group 3 22-36 kg
Check the label of your child restraint. All ap-
proved child restraints must include type-
approval data and the control mark on its label.
The label must be permanently secured to the
child restraint system. You should not remove
this label from the child restraint.
WARNING!
Extreme Hazard! Do not place a rear-facing
child restraint in front of an active air bag.
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WARNING!(Continued)
Refer to visor mounted labels for information.
Deployment of the air bag in an accident
could cause fatal injuries to the baby regard-
less of the severity of the collision. It is
advisable to always carry children in a child
restraint system on the rear seat, which is
the most protected position in the event of a
collision.
“Universal” Child Restraint Systems
The figures in the following sections are ex-
amples of each type of universal child restraint
system. Typical installations are shown. Always
install your child restraint system according to
the child restraint manufacturer’s instructions,
which must be included with this type of re-
straint system.
See the section “Installing Child Restraints Us-
ing the Vehicle Seat Belt” for the steps to
properly lock the seat belt over the child re-
straint.Child restraint systems with ISOFIX anchor-
ages are available for installing the child re-
straint system to the vehicle without using the
vehicle’s seat belts.
Group 0 And 0+
Safety experts recommend that children ride
rearward facing in the vehicle as long as pos-
sible. Infants up to 13 kg must be restrained in
a rear-facing seat like the child seat shown in
fig. A. This type of child restraint supports the
Fig. A
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child’s head and does not induce stress on the
neck in the event of sudden decelerations or a
crash.
The rear-facing child restraint is restrained by
the vehicle’s seat belts, as shown in fig. A. The
child seat restrains the child with its own har-
ness.
WARNING!
•Never place a rear-facing child restraint in
front of an air bag. A deploying passenger
Advanced Front Air Bag can cause death
or serious injury to a child 12 years or
younger, including a child in a rear-facing
child restraint.
•Only use a rear-facing child restraint in a
vehicle with a rear seat.Group 1
Children who weigh between 9 kg and 18 kg
may be carried in a Group 1, forward facing seat
like the one in fig. B. This type of child restraint
is for older children who are too big for a Group
0 or 0+ child restraint.Group 2
Children who weigh between 15 kg and 25 kg
and who are too big for the Group 1 child
restraint may use a Group 2 child restraint
system.
As shown in fig. C, the Group 2 child restraint
system positions the child correctly with respect
to the seat belt so that the shoulder belt crosses
the child’s chest and not the neck, and the lap
belt is snug on the pelvis and not the abdomen.
Fig. BFig. C
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Group 3
Children who weigh between 22 kg and 36 kg
and who are tall enough to use the adult shoul-
der belt may use a Group 3 child restraint.
Group 3 child restraints position the lap belt on
the child’s pelvis. The child must be tall enough
that the shoulder belt crosses the child’s chest
and not their neck.Fig. D shows an example of a Group 3 child
restraint system correctly positioning the child
on the rear seat.
WARNING!
•Improper installation can lead to failure of
an infant or child restraint. It could come
loose in a collision. The child could be
badly injured or killed. Follow the child
restraint manufacturer’s directions exactly
when installing an infant or child restraint.
•After a child restraint is installed in the
vehicle, do not move the vehicle seat
forward or rearward because it can loosen
the child restraint attachments. Remove
the child restraint before adjusting the ve-
hicle seat position. When the vehicle seat
has been adjusted, reinstall the child re-
straint.
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WARNING!(Continued)
•When your child restraint is not in use,
secure it in the vehicle with the seat belt or
ISOFIX anchorages, or remove it from the
vehicle. Do not leave it loose in the vehicle.
In a sudden stop or accident, it could strike
the occupants or seatbacks and cause
serious personal injury.
Suitability Of Passenger Seats For
Universal Child Restraint System Use
According to the European Directive 2000/3/
EC, the suitability of each passenger seat posi-
tion for the installation of Universal Child Re-
straint Systems is shown in the following table:
Fig. D
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Universal Child Seating Position Chart
Group Mass Front Passenger Rear Center Rear Outboard
Group 0, 0+ up to 13 kg X U U
Group 1 9-18 kg X U U
Group 2 15-25 k X U U
Group 3 22-36 kg X U U
Key of letters used in the table above:
•U = Suitable for “universal” category re-
straints approved for use in this mass group.
•X = Seat position not suitable for children in
this mass group.
Seat Belts For Older Children
Children over 1.50 m in height can wear seat
belts instead of using child restraints.
Use this simple 5-step test to decide whether
the seat belt properly fits the child or if they
should still use a Group 2 or Group 3 child
restraint to improve the fit of the seat belt:
1. Can the child sit all the way back against the
back of the vehicle seat?2. Do the child’s knees bend comfortably over
the front of the vehicle seat – while they are
still sitting all the way back?
3. Does the shoulder belt cross the child’s
shoulder between their neck and arm?
4. Is the lap part of the belt as low as possible,
touching the child’s thighs and not their
stomach?
5. Can the child stay seated like this for the
whole trip?If the answer to any of these questions was
“no,” then the child still needs to use a Group 2
or 3 child restraint in this vehicle. If the child is
using the lap/shoulder belt, check belt fit peri-
odically and make sure the seat belt buckle is
latched. A child’s squirming or slouching can
move the belt out of position. If the shoulder belt
contacts the face or neck, move the child closer
to the center of the vehicle, or use a booster
seat to position the seat belt on the child
correctly.
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