2012 Jeep Compass Owner Manual - Page 43

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 41 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. You should read the instructions provided with your child restraint to make sure that you are using it properly. 2. All occupants should always wear their lap and shoulder belts properly. 2 3. The driver and front passenger seats should be moved back as far as practical to allow the Advanced Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat Front Air Bags room to inflate. belt properly (see section on Child Restraints) should be 4. Do not lean against the door or window. If your secured in the rear seat in child restraints or beltvehicle has side air bags, and deployment occurs, the positioning booster seats. Older children who do not use side air bags will inflate forcefully into the space child restraints or belt-positioning booster seats should between you and the door. ride properly buckled up in the rear seat. Never allow children to slide the shoulder belt behind them or under 5. If the air bag system in this vehicle needs to be modified to accommodate a disabled person, contact their arm. the Customer Center. Phone numbers are provided If a child from 1 to 12 years old (not in a rear facing child under ؆If You Need Assistance؆. seat) must ride in the front passenger seat, move the seat as far back as possible and use the proper child restraint. (Refer to "Child Restraints")