2011 Dodge Nitro Owner Manual - Page 83

80 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE WARNING! When your child restraint is not in use, secure it in the vehicle with the seat belt 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. than one year. These child seats are also held in the vehicle by the lap/shoulder belt or the LATCH child restraint anchorage system (refer to Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH). The belt-positioning booster seat is for children weighing more than 40 lbs (18 kg), but who are still too small to fit the vehicle's seat belts properly. If the child cannot sit with knees bent over the vehicle's seat cushion while the NOTE: For additional information, refer to child's back is against the seatback, they should use a www.seatcheck.org or call 1-866-SEATCHECK. Canabelt-positioning booster seat. The child and beltdian residents should refer to Transport Canada's webpositioning booster seat are held in the vehicle by the site for additional information: http://www.tc.gc.ca/ lap/shoulder belt. roadsafety/safedrivers/childsafety/index.htm Children Too Large For Booster Seats Older Children And Child Restraints Children who are large enough to wear the shoulder belt Children who weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) and who are comfortably and whose legs are long enough to bend older than one year can ride forward-facing in the over the front of the seat when their back is against the vehicle. Forward-facing child seats and convertible child seatback, should use the lap/shoulder belt in a rear seat. seats used in the forward-facing direction are for children who weigh 20 to 40 lbs (9 to 18 kg), and who are older • Make sure that the child is upright in the seat.