2007 Suzuki XL7 Owner's Manual - Page 35

SEATS AND RESTRAINT SYSTEMS endangered in a crash if the child is not properly secured in the child restraint. WARNING (Continued) If you need to secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is better to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. There is limited space in the third row rear seating area. If you want to secure a child restraint in a rear seating position in the third row, be sure to study the instructions that came with your child restraint to see if there is enough room to secure your seat properly. If the length of the seat cushion is too short for your child restraint and you cannot install it in accordance with the child restraint manufacturers instructions, secure it in the second row. If you need to secure more than one child restraint in the rear seat, review the following illustrations. NOTE: Depending on where you place the child restraint or the size of the child restraint, you may not be able to access certain safety belt assemblies for additional passengers or LATCH anchors for child restraints. For more information about where to place the child restraint, refer to "Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations" in this section. Configurations for Use of Two Child Restraints Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. We recommend that child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a rearfacing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat. Never put a rearfacing child restraint in the front passenger seat. Here is why: WARNING A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger's airbag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating airbag. Even though the passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag if the system detects a rear-facing child restraint, no system is fail-safe, and no one can guarantee that an airbag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off. We recommend that rear-facing child restraints be secured in the rear seat, even if the airbag is off. (Continued) 1507695 A. Child restraint using LATCH B. Occupant prohibited 1-24