2015 Jeep Patriot Owner Manual - Page 83

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 81 WARNING! • Never place a rear-facing child restraint in front of an air bag. A deploying passenger Advanced Front Air Bag can cause death or serious injury to a child 12 years or younger, including a child in a rearfacing child restraint. • Only use a rear-facing child restraint in a vehicle with a rear seat. for children who are over two years old or who have outgrown the rear-facing weight or height limit of their rear-facing convertible child seat. Children should remain in a forward-facing child seat with a harness for as long as possible, up to the highest weight or height allowed by the child seat. 2 All children whose weight or height is above the forward-facing limit for the child seat should use a belt-positioning booster seat until the vehicle's seat belts fit properly. If the child cannot sit with knees bent over Older Children And Child Restraints the vehicle's seat cushion while the child's back is against Children who are two years old or who have outgrown the seatback, they should use a belt-positioning booster their rear-facing convertible child seat can ride forward- seat. The child and belt-positioning booster seat are held facing in the vehicle. Forward-facing child seats and con- in the vehicle by the seat belt. vertible child seats used in the forward-facing direction are