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Child Restraint Systems
child with proper protection. The child restraint system should meet all applicable requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for the United States or of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for Canada. It can be identified by looking for the label on the child restraint system or the manufacturer’ s statement of compliance in the document attached to the system. Also it is important for you to make sure that the child restraint system is compatible with the vehicle in which it will be used.
NOTE
Some sizes of child restraint systems may not fit the vehicle seat. Before purchasing a child restraint system, check whether it fits on the vehicle seat.
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WARNING
. NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING CHILD RESTRAINT SYS- TEM ON THE FRONT PASSEN- GER’ S SEAT. DOING SO RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE CHILD BY PLACING THE CHILD’ S HEAD TOO CLOSE TO THE SRS AIRBAG.
. The front passenger’ s seat is not equipped with tether anchorages. Therefore, when installing a child restraint system
that uses tether straps, do not install it on the front passenger’ s seat.
Only forward facing child restraint systems( including booster seats) can be installed on this seat and should only be installed when it is unavoidable. When you install a forward facing child restraint system to the front passenger’ s seat, perform the following procedure.
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Seat position: Rearmost as possible Seatback: Upright
1. Adjust the front passenger’ s seat as illustrated.
2. Install the child restraint system to the front passenger’ s seat. Refer to“ Installing a forward facing child restraint system” FP61.