2014 Dodge Journey User Guide - Page 22

2014 Dodge Journey Manual

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GETTING STARTED 4. Place the child upright in the seat with their back firmly against the seatback. 5. Grasp the latch plate and pull out the seat belt. 6. Slide the latch plate up the webbing as far as necessary to allow the seat belt to go around the child's lap. NOTE: The lap portion of the seat belt should be low on the hips and as snug as possible. 7. Once the seat belt is long enough to fit properly, insert the latch plate into the buckle until you hear a "click." 8. To remove the slack from the lap belt, pull upward on the shoulder portion of the seat belt. WARNING! Securely lock the seat cushion into position before using the seat. Otherwise, the seat will not provide the proper stability for child seats and/or passengers. An improperly latched seat cushion could cause serious injury. WARNING! • In a collision, an unrestrained child, even a tiny baby, can become a projectile inside the vehicle. The force required to hold even an infant on your lap could become so great that you could not hold the child, no matter how strong you are. The child and others could be severely injured or killed. Any child riding in your vehicle should be in a proper restraint for the child's size. Rearward-facing child seats must never be used in the front seat of a vehicle with a front passenger air bag. An air bag deployment could cause severe injury or death to infants in this position. Only use a rearward-facing child restraint in a vehicle with a rear seat. Improper installation of a child restraint to the LATCH anchorages can lead to failure of an infant or child restraint. The child could be severely injured or killed. Follow the manufacturer's directions exactly when installing an infant or child restraint. An incorrectly anchored tether strap could lead to increased head motion and possible injury to the child. Use only the anchor positions directly behind the child seat to secure a child restraint top tether strap. If your vehicle is equipped with a split rear seat, make sure the tether strap does not slip into the opening between the seatbacks as you remove slack in the strap. • • • • • 20

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4. Placethechilduprightintheseatwith
theirbackfirmlyagainsttheseatback.
5. Graspthelatchplateandpullouttheseat
belt.
6. Slidethelatchplateupthewebbingasfar
asnecessarytoallowtheseatbelttogo
aroundthechild’slap.
NOTE:
Thelapportionoftheseatbeltshouldbelow
onthehipsandassnugaspossible.
7. Oncetheseatbeltislongenoughtofitproperly,insertthelatchplateintothebuckleuntil
youheara“click.”
8. Toremovetheslackfromthelapbelt,pullupwardontheshoulderportionoftheseat
belt.
WARNING!
Securelylocktheseatcushionintopositionbeforeusingtheseat.Otherwise,theseat
willnotprovidetheproperstabilityforchildseatsand/orpassengers.Animproperly
latchedseatcushioncouldcauseseriousinjury.
WARNING!
• Inacollision,anunrestrainedchild,evenatinybaby,canbecomeaprojectileinside
thevehicle.Theforcerequiredtoholdevenaninfantonyourlapcouldbecomeso
greatthatyoucouldnotholdthechild,nomatterhowstrongyouare.Thechildand
otherscouldbeseverelyinjuredorkilled.Anychildridinginyourvehicleshouldbein
aproperrestraintforthechild'ssize.
• Rearward-facingchildseatsmustneverbeusedinthefrontseatofavehiclewitha
frontpassengerairbag.Anairbagdeploymentcouldcausesevereinjuryordeathto
infantsinthisposition.
• Onlyusearearward-facingchildrestraintinavehiclewitharearseat.
• ImproperinstallationofachildrestrainttotheLATCHanchoragescanleadtofailure
ofaninfantorchildrestraint.Thechildcouldbeseverelyinjuredorkilled.Followthe
manufacturer’sdirectionsexactlywheninstallinganinfantorchildrestraint.
• An incorrectly anchored tether strap could lead to increased head motion and
possibleinjurytothechild.Useonlytheanchorpositionsdirectlybehindthechild
seattosecureachildrestrainttoptetherstrap.
• Ifyourvehicleisequippedwithasplitrearseat,makesurethetetherstrapdoesnot
slipintotheopeningbetweentheseatbacksasyouremoveslackinthestrap.
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