2010 Chrysler PT Cruiser Owner Manual - Page 66

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 65 • Safety experts recommend that children ride rearward-facing in the vehicle until they are at least one year old and weigh at least 20 lbs (9 kg). Two types of child restraints can be used rearward-facing: infant carriers and convertible child seats. Both types of child restraints are held in the vehicle by the lap/shoulder belt or the LATCH child restraint anchorage system. infant carriers do, so they can be used rearward-facing by children who weigh more than 9 kg (20 lbs) but are less than one year old. WARNING! Rearward-facing child seats must NEVER be used in the front seat of a vehicle with a front passenger airbag. An airbag deployment could cause severe injury or death to infants in this position. 2 • This vehicle is not capable of accommodating the installation of a car bed used for carrying newborn babies at the right front passenger seat position. If a car bed must be used to transport a newborn baby, the car • Children who weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) and who bed must be installed in the second seating row only. are older than one year can ride forward-facing in the vehicle. Forward-facing child seats and convertible • The infant carrier is only used rearward-facing in the child seats used in the forward-facing direction are for vehicle. It is recommended for children who weigh up children who weigh 20 to 40 lbs (9 to 18 kg) and who to about 20 lbs (9 kg). Convertible child seats can be are older than one year. These child seats are also held used either rearward-facing or forward-facing in the in the vehicle by the lap/shoulder belt or the LATCH vehicle. Convertible child seats often have a higher child restraint anchorage system. weight limit in the rearward-facing direction than