Where to Put the Restraint
According to accident statistics, children and infants are safer when properly restrained in a child restraint system or infant restraint system secured in a rear seating position.
We recommend that children and child restraints be secured in a rear seat, including: an infant or a child riding in a rear-facing child restraint; a child riding in a forward-facing child seat; an older child riding in a booster seat; and children, who are large enough, using safety belts.
A label on your sun visor says, “Never put a rear-facing child seat in the front.” This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys.
WARNING
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if
the right front passenger airbag inflates.
This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close
to the inflating airbag. A child in a forward-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates and
the passenger seat is in a forward position.
Even if the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger
frontal airbag, no system is fail-safe. No one can guarantee that an airbag
will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints in a rear seat, even if the airbag is off.
If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always
move the front passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is better to secure
the child restraint in a rear seat.
See Passenger Sensing System for additional information.
When securing a child restraint in a rear seating position, study the instructions that came with your child restraint to make sure it is compatible with this vehicle.
If the vehicle does not have a rear seat that will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, we recommend that rear-facing child restraints not be transported in the vehicle, even if the airbag is off.
Child restraints and booster seats vary considerably in size, and some may fit in certain seating positions better than others. Always make sure the child restraint is properly secured.
Depending on where you place the child restraint and the size of the child restraint, you may not be able to access adjacent safety belt assemblies or LATCH anchors for additional passengers or child restraints. Adjacent seating positions should not be used if the child restraint prevents access to or interferes with the routing of the safety belt.
Wherever you install a child restraint, be sure to secure the child restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in your vehicle — even when no child is in it.
See also:
License Plate Lamp
(Wagon)
To replace one of these bulbs:
1. Open the liftgate. See Liftgate for more
information.
Passenger Side Shown, Driver Side Similar
2. Push the left end of the lamp
assembly toward the right.
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Guidelines
The RVC system has a guideline overlay that can help the driver align the vehicle
when backing into a parking spot.
To turn the guidelines on or off:
1. Make sure that URPA has not been disabled.
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Security Light
The security light should come on
briefly as the engine is started. If the
system is working normally, the
indicator light turns off. If it does not
come on, have the vehicle serviced
by y ...