2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner Manual - Page 53

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 51 WARNING! • Never place a rear-facing child restraint in front of an air bag. A deploying Passenger Advanced Front Air Bag can cause death or serious injury to a child 12 years or younger, including a child in a rearfacing child restraint. • Only use rear-facing child restraint in a vehicle with a rear seat. ejection and the risk of injury caused by striking the inside of the vehicle. Everyone in a motor vehicle should be belted at all times. Enhanced Seat Belt Use Reminder System (BeltAlert) 2 BeltAlert is a feature intended to remind the driver and outboard front passenger (if equipped with outboard front passenger BeltAlert) to buckle their seat belts. The feature is active whenever the ignition is in Seat Belt Systems the START or ON/RUN position. If the driver or Buckle up even though you are an excellent driver, even outboard front seat passenger is unbelted, the Seat Belt on short trips. Someone on the road may be a poor driver Reminder Light will turn on and remain on until both and could cause a collision that includes you. This can outboard front seat belts are buckled. happen far away from home or on your own street. The BeltAlert warning sequence begins after the vehicle Research has shown that seat belts save lives, and they speed is over 5 MPH (8 km/h) by blinking the Seat Belt can reduce the seriousness of injuries in a collision. Some Reminder Light and sounding an intermittent chime. of the worst injuries happen when people are thrown Once the sequence starts, it will continue for the entire from the vehicle. Seat belts reduce the possibility of duration or until the respective seat belts are buckled.