2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner Manual - Page 88

86 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE The belt-positioning booster seat is for children weighing • Check belt fit periodically. A child's squirming or more than 40 lbs (18 kg), but who are still too small to fit slouching can move the belt out of position. the vehicle's seat belts properly. If the child cannot sit • If the shoulder belt contacts the face or neck, move the with knees bent over the vehicle's seat cushion while the child closer to the center of the vehicle. Never allow a child's back is against the seatback, they should use a child to put the shoulder belt under an arm or behind belt-positioning booster seat. The child and beltthe back. positioning booster seat are held in the vehicle by the Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) lap/shoulder belt. Your vehicle's rear seat is equipped with the child Children Too Large For Booster Seats restraint anchorage system called LATCH. The LATCH Children who are large enough to wear the shoulder belt system provides for the installation of the child restraint comfortably, and whose legs are long enough to bend without using the vehicle's seat belts, instead securing over the front of the seat when their back is against the the child restraint using lower anchorages and upper seatback, should use the lap/shoulder belt in a rear seat. tether straps from the child restraint to the vehicle • Make sure that the child is upright in the seat. structure. • The lap portion should be low on the hips and as snug as possible.