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THINGSTOKNOWBEFORESTARTINGYOURVEHICLE
Children12yearsandundershouldrideproperlybuck-
led up in a rear seat. According to crash statistics,
children are safer when properly restrained in the rear
seats,ratherthaninthefront.
enough for an adult safety belt.Always check the child
seatowner’smanualtoensureyouhavetherightseatfor
yourchild.Usetherestraintthatiscorrectforyourchild.
•
Safety
experts
recommend
that
children
ride
rearward-facing in the vehicle until they are at least
oneyearoldandweighatleast20lbs(9kg).Twotypes
ofchildrestraintscanbeusedrearward-facing:infant
carriers and ЉconvertibleЉ child seats. Both types of
child restraints are held in the vehicle by the lap/
shoulderbeltortheLATCHchildrestraintanchorage
system.Referto“LowerAnchorsandTetherforCHil-
dren(LATCH)”laterinthissection.
WARNING!
In a collision, an unrestrained child, even a tiny
baby, can become a missile inside the vehicle. The
force required to hold even an infant on your lap
could become so great that you could not hold the
child,nomatterhowstrongyouare.Thechildand
others could be badly injured. Any child riding in
yourvehicleshouldbeinaproperrestraintforthe
child’ssize.
• vehicle.TheinfantItiscarrierrecommendedisonlyusedforchildrenrearward-facingwhoweighintheup
toabout20lbs(9kg).ЉConvertibleЉchildseatscanbe
used either rearward-facing or forward-facing in the
vehicle. Convertible child seats often have a higher
weight limit in the rearward-facing direction than
InfantsandChildRestraints
There are different sizes and types of restraints for
children from newborn size to the child almost large
| Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler Town and Country Manuals |
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| Model Year | 2007 |
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