2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner Manual SRT8 - Page 51

50 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE Along with seat belts and pretensioners, Advanced Front Airbags work with the knee bolsters to provide improved protection for the driver and front passenger. Side airbags also work with seat belts to improve occupant protection. secured in the rear seat in child restraints or beltpositioning booster seats. Older children who do not use child restraints or belt-positioning booster seats should ride properly buckled up in the rear seat. Never allow children to slide the shoulder belt behind them or under Here are some simple steps you can take to minimize the their arm. risk of harm from a deploying airbag: If a child from 1 to 12 years old (not in a rear facing child Children 12 years old and younger should always ride seat) must ride in the front passenger seat, move the seat buckled up in a rear seat. as far back as possible and use the proper child restraint. (Refer to "Child Restraints") WARNING! Infants in rear-facing child restraints should NEVER ride in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger front airbag. An airbag deployment can cause severe injury or death to infants in that position. You should read the instructions provided with your child restraint to make sure that you are using it properly. All occupants should ALWAYS wear their lap and shoulder belts properly. The driver and front passenger seats should be moved Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat back as far as practical to allow the Advanced Front belt properly (see Section on Child Restraints) should be Airbags room to inflate.