2010 Dodge Dakota Extended Cab Owner Manual - Page 63

62 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE by children who weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) but are less than one year old. Both types of child restraints are held in the vehicle by the seat belt or the LATCH child restraint anchorage system. (Refer to "LATCH - Child • Seat Anchorage System".) • Rearward-facing child seats must NEVER be used in the front seat of a vehicle with a front passenger airbag that does not have a switch to turn the airbag Off. An airbag deployment could cause severe injury or death to infants in this position. Older Children and Child Restraints in the vehicle by the seat belt or the LATCH child restraint anchorage system. (Refer to "LATCH - Child Seat Anchorage System".) The belt-positioning booster seat is for children weighing more than 40 lbs (18 kg), but who are still too small to fit the vehicle's seat belts properly. If the child cannot sit with knees bent over the seat cushion while the child's back is against the seatback, they need a belt-positioning booster seat. The child and booster seat are held in the vehicle by the lap/shoulder belt. Children Too Large for Booster Seats • Children who weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg), and who • Children who are large enough to wear the shoulder are older than one year, can ride forward-facing in the belt comfortably, and whose legs are long enough to vehicle. Forward-facing child seats and convertible bend over the front of the seat when their back is child seats used in the forward-facing direction are for against the seat back should use the lap/shoulder belt children who weigh 20 to 40 lbs (9 to 18 kg), and are in a rear seat. older than one year old. These child seats are also held