2012 Chrysler 300 Owner Manual - Page 46

44 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE • Front seat belts incorporate pretensioners that may Here are some simple steps you can take to minimize the enhance occupant protection by managing occupant risk of harm from a deploying air bag: energy during an impact event 1. Children 12 years old and under should always ride Please pay close attention to the information in this buckled up in a rear seat. section. It tells you how to use your restraint system WARNING! properly, to keep you and your passengers as safe as possible. Infants in rear facing child restraints should never ride If you will be carrying children too small for adult-sized in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger Adseat belts, the seat belts or the Lower Anchors and Tether vanced Front Air Bag. An air bag deployment can cause for CHildren (LATCH) feature also can be used to hold severe injury or death to infants in that position. infant and child restraint systems. For more information on LATCH, refer to Lower Anchors and Tether for Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat CHildren (LATCH). belt properly (see section on Child Restraints) should be secured in the rear seat in child restraints or belt-positioning NOTE: The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage booster seats. Older children who do not use child restraints inflator design. This allows the air bag to have different or belt-positioning booster seats should ride properly buckrates of inflation based on several factors, including the led up in the rear seat. Never allow children to slide the severity and type of collision. shoulder belt behind them or under their arm.