2010 Dodge Nitro Owner Manual - Page 81
2010 Dodge Nitro Manual
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80 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE with knees bent over the vehicle's seat cushion while the • If the shoulder belt contacts the face or neck, move the child's back is against the seatback, they should use a child closer to the center of the vehicle. Never allow a belt-positioning booster seat. The child and beltchild to put the shoulder belt under an arm or behind positioning booster seat are held in the vehicle by the their back. lap/shoulder belt. LATCH - Child Seat Anchorage System (Lower Children Too Large for Booster Seats Anchors and Tether for CHildren) Children who are large enough to wear the shoulder belt Your vehicle's rear seat is equipped with the child comfortably and whose legs are long enough to bend restraint anchorage system called LATCH. The LATCH over the front of the seat when their back is against the system provides for the installation of the child restraint seatback, should use the lap/shoulder belt in a rear seat. without using the vehicle's seat belts, instead securing the child restraint using lower anchorages and upper • Make sure that the child is upright in the seat. tether straps from the child restraint to the vehicle • The lap portion should be low on the hips and as snug structure. as possible. LATCH-compatible child restraint systems are now avail• Check belt fit periodically. A child's squirming or able. However, because the lower anchorages are to be slouching can move the belt out of position. introduced over a period of years, child restraint systems having attachments for those anchorages will continue to also have features for installation using the vehicle's seat