2012 Jeep Patriot Owner Manual - Page 42

40 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 position. for CHildren (LATCH) feature also can be used to hold Children that are not big enough to wear the vehicle seat infant and child restraint systems. For more information belt properly (see section on Child Restraints) should be on LATCH, see Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren secured in the rear seat in child restraints or belt(LATCH). positioning booster seats. Older children who do not use NOTE: The Advanced Front Air Bags have a multistage child restraints or belt-positioning booster seats should inflator design. This allows the air bag to have different ride properly buckled up in the rear seat. Never allow rates of inflation based on several factors, including the children to slide the shoulder belt behind them or under severity and type of collision. their arm.