2013 Dodge Charger Owner Manual SRT - Page 48

46 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE • Front seat belts incorporate pretensioners that may NOTE: The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage enhance occupant protection by managing occupant inflator design. This allows the air bag to have different rates of inflation based on several factors, including the energy during an impact event severity and type of collision. • All seat belt systems (except the driver's) include Automatic Locking Retractors (ALRs), which lock the Here are some simple steps you can take to minimize the seat belt webbing into position by extending the belt risk of harm from a deploying air bag: all the way out and then adjusting the belt to the 1. Children 12 years old and under should always ride desired length to restrain a child seat or secure a large buckled up in a rear seat. item in a seat - if equipped If you will be carrying children too small for adult-sized seat belts, the seat belts or the Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) feature also can be used to hold infant and child restraint systems. For more information on LATCH, refer to Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH). WARNING! Infants in rear facing child restraints should never ride in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger Advanced Front Air Bag. An air bag deployment can cause severe injury or death to infants in that position. Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat belt properly (see section on Child Restraints) should be