2011 Jeep Patriot Owner Manual - Page 40
2011 Jeep Patriot Manual
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38 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE seat belt webbing into position by extending the belt Here are some simple steps you can take to minimize the all the way out and then adjusting the belt to the risk of harm from a deploying air bag: desired length to restrain a child seat or secure a large 1. Children 12 years old and under should always ride item in a seat - if equipped buckled up in a rear seat. Please pay close attention to the information in this WARNING! section. It tells you how to use your restraint system properly, to keep you and your passengers as safe as Infants in rear facing child restraints should never possible. ride in the front seat of a vehicle with a passenger If you will be carrying children too small for adult-sized Advanced Front Air Bag. An air bag deployment can seat belts, the seat belts or the Lower Anchors and Tether cause severe injury or death to infants in that posifor CHildren (LATCH) feature also can be used to hold tion. infant and child restraint systems. For more information on LATCH, see Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat (LATCH). belt properly (see section on Child Restraints) should be secured in the rear seat in child restraints or beltNOTE: The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage positioning booster seats. Older children who do not use inflator design. This allows the air bag to have different child restraints or belt-positioning booster seats should rates of inflation based on the severity and type of collision.