2010 Jeep Patriot Owner's Manual - Page 38

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 37 • Supplemental Side Airbag Inflatable Curtains (SABIC) If you will be carrying children too small for adult-sized for the driver and passengers seated next to a window seat belts, the seat belts or the Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) feature also can be used to hold • Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Airbags - if infant and child restraint systems. For more information equipped on LATCH, see Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren • An energy-absorbing steering column and steering (LATCH). wheel NOTE: The Advanced Front Airbags have a multistage inflator design. This allows the airbag to have different • Knee bolsters/blockers for front seat occupants rates of inflation based on the severity and type of • Front seat belts incorporate pretensioners to enhance collision. occupant protection by managing occupant energy Please pay close attention to the information in this during an impact event - if equipped section. It tells you how to use your restraint system • All seat belt systems (except the driver's) include properly, to keep you and your passengers as safe as Automatic Locking Retractors (ALRs), which lock the possible. seat belt webbing into position by extending the belt all the way out and then adjusting the belt to the desired length to restrain a child seat or secure a large item in a seat - if equipped 2