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Child restraints, Getting started, Warning – Dodge 2011 Caliber - User Guide User Manual

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WARNING!

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• Do not drive your vehicle after the airbags have deployed. If you are involved

in another collision, the airbags will not be in place to protect you.

• After any collision, the vehicle should be taken to an authorized dealer

immediately.

CHILD RESTRAINTS

• Children 12 years and under should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, if

available. According to crash statistics, children are safer when properly restrained
in the rear seats rather than in the front.

• Every state in the United States and all Canadian provinces require that small

children ride in proper restraint systems. This is the law, and you can be
prosecuted for ignoring it.

Installing The LATCH - Compatible Child Restraint System

• Your vehicle's second row passenger seats are equipped with the child restraint

anchorage system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren. LATCH child restraint anchorage systems are installed at all three rear
seating positions.

• Child seats with fixed lower attachments must be installed in the outboard

positions only. Child seats with flexible lower attachments can be used in all three
seating positions.

NEVER install LATCH-compatible child seats so that two seats share a common

lower anchorage.

• Loosen the child seat adjusters on the

lower straps and tether straps so that
you can attach the hook or connector
to the lower and tether anchorages
more easily.

• Attach the lower hooks or connectors

over the top of the seatcover material.

• The tether strap should be routed over

the center top of the head restraint and
attached to the tether anchor on the
rear of the seatback.

Installing The Child Restraint Using The Vehicle Seat Belts

• To install a child restraint, first pull enough of the seat belt webbing from the

retractor to route it through the belt path of the child restraint and slide the latch
plate into the buckle.

• Next, extract all the seat belt webbing from the retractor and then allow the belt to

retract into the retractor. Finally, pull on any excess webbing to tighten the lap
portion around the child restraint. Any seat belt system will loosen with time, so
check the belt occasionally, and pull it tight if necessary.

GETTING STARTED

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