Child seat SUBARU LEGACY 2004 4.G Owner's Manual

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effective in preventing or reducing injury. y
Place the lap belt as low as possible on the
child’s hips. A high-positioned lap belt will in-
crease the risk of sliding under the lap belt and
of the lap belt sliding up over the abdomen, and
both can result in serious internal injury or
death. y Make sure the shoulder belt is positioned
across the center of child’s shoulder. Placing
the shoulder belt over the neck may result in
neck injury during sudden braking or in a colli-
sion.
„ Installation of child restraint systems
by use of lower and tether anchorages (LATCH)
yChild restraint systems and seatbelts can be-
come hot in a vehicle that has been closed up
in sunny weather; they could burn a small child.
Check the child restraint system before you
place a child in it.y Do not leave an unsecured child restraint
system in your vehicle. Unsecured child re- straint systems can be thrown around inside of
the vehicle in a sudden stop, turn or accident; it
can strike and injure vehicle occupants as well
as result in serious injuries or death to the
child.
When you install a child restraint system, fol-
low the manufacturer’s instructions supplied
with it. After installing the child restraint sys-
tem, check to ensure that it is held securely in
position. If it is not held tight and secure, the
danger of your child suffering personal injury in
the event of an accident may be increased.
Some types of child restraint systems can be installed
on the rear seat of your vehicle without use of the seat-
belts. Such child restraint systems are secured to the
dedicated anchorages provided on the vehicle body.
The lower and tether anchorages are sometimes re-
ferred to as the LATCH system ( Lower Anchors and
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Your vehicle is equipped with four lower anchorages
(bars) and three upper anchorages (tether anchorag-
es) for accommodating such child restraint systems. The lower anchorages (bars) are used for installing a
child restraint system only on the rear seat window-
side seating positions. For each window-side seating
position, two lower anchorages are provided.
Each lower anchorage is located where the seat cush-
ion meets the seatback.
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Each lower anchorage is located where the seat cush-
ion meets the seatback.
When you install a child restraint system, fol-
low the manufacturer’s instructions supplied
with it. After installing the child restraint sys-
tem, check to ensure that it is held securely in
position. If it is not held tight and secure, the
danger of your child suffering personal injury in
the event of an accident may be increased. 1. Use the “Child” marks to locate the two lower an-
chorages (bars) for the position where you want to in-
stall the child restraint system.
2. While following the instructions supplied by the
child restraint system manufacturer, connect the low-
er hooks onto the lower anchorages located at “ ”
marks on the bottom of the rear seatback. When the
hooks are connected, make sure the adjacent seat-
belts are not caught.
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3. [If your child restraint system is of a flexible attach-
ment type (which uses tether belts to connect the child
restraint system properly to the lower anchorages)]
While pushing the child restraint into the seat cushion,
pull both left and right lower tether belts up to secure
the child restraint system firmly by taking up the slack
in the belt.
4. Connect the top tether hook to the tether anchor-
age and firmly tighten the tether.
For information on how to set the top tether, read the
following “Top tether anchorages”.
5. Before seating a child in the child restraint system,
try to move seat back and forth and left and right to
verify that it is held securely in position.
6. To remove the child restraint system, follow the re-
verse procedures of installation.
If you have any question concerning this type of child
restraint system, ask your SUBARU dealer. „
Top tether anchorages
Your vehicle is equipped with three top tether anchor-
ages so that a child restraint system having a top teth-
er can be installed in the rear seat. When installing a
child restraint system using top tether, proceed as fol-
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lows, while observing the instructions by the child re-
straint system manufacturer.
Since a top tether can provide additional stability by of-
fering another connection between a child restraint
system and the vehicle, we recommend that you use
a top tether whenever one is required or available. T
Anchorage location
Sedan
A) Center anchorage
B) Left (right) anchorage
TOP TETHER
A B
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Station wagon
A) Center anchorage
B) Left (right) anchorage
Three anchorages, i.e., ones for the right, center and
left positions, are already installed on the rear shelf (on Sedan) or on the rear edge of the roof (on Station
wagon). T
To hook the top tether
V Sedan
1. Remove the headrest at the seating position where
the child seat has been installed with the seatbelt or
lower anchorages; lift up the headrest while pressing
the release button.
Store the headrest in the cargo area. Avoid placing the
headrest in the passenger compartment to prevent it
from being thrown around in the passenger compart-
ment in a sudden stop or a sharp turn.
TOP TETHER
A B
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2. Fasten the top tether hook of the child restraint sys-
tem to the appropriate upper anchorage. 3. Tighten the top tether securely.
Do not route the top tether over the headrest. It
may happen that the top tether cannot be fas-
tened tightly.
When the child restraint system is to be se-
cured using the top tether, pass the top tether
under the headrest between the headrest stay
posts. If the top tether still cannot be fastened
tightly, remove the headrest.
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Station wagon0
Window-side seating position Center seating position
1. Remove the headrest (if so equipped) at the seat- ing position where the child restraint system has been
installed with the seatbelt or lower anchorages; lift up
the headrest while pressing the release button. Store
the headrest in the cargo area. Avoid placing the
headrest in the passenger compartment to prevent it
from being thrown around in the passenger compart-
ment in a sudden stop or a sharp turn.
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2. Fasten the top tether hook of the child restraint sys-
tem to the appropriate upper anchorage.
3. Tighten the top tether securely.
Always remove the headrest when mounting a
child restraint system with a top tether. Other-
wise, it may happen that the top tether cannot
be fastened tightly. *SRS airbag (Supplemental Restraint
System airbag) *SRS: This stands for supplemental restraint system.
This name is used because the airbag system supple- ments the vehicle’s seatbelts. „
Vehicle with driver’s and front passen-
ger’s SRS airbags and lap/shoulder re-
straints
Your vehicle is equipped with a supplemental restraint
system in addition to a lap/shoulder belt at each front
seating position.
The supplemental restraint system (SRS) consists of
two airbags (driver’s and front passenger’s frontal air-
bags) or four airbags (driver’s and front passenger’sfrontal airbags and driver’s and front passenger’s
side airbags).
These SRS airbags are designed only as a supple-
ment to the primary protection provided by the
seatbelt.
The system also controls front seatbelt pretensioners.
For operation, instructions are precautions concerning
the seatbelt pretensioner, see the “Front seatbelt pre-
tensioners” section in this chapter.
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yPut children aged 12 and under in the rear
seat properly restrained at all times. The SRS
airbag deploys with considerable speed and
force and can injure or even kill children, espe-
cially if they are 12 years of age and under and
are not restrained or improperly restrained. Be-
cause children are lighter and weaker than
adults, their risk of being injured from deploy-
ment is greater.
For that reason, we strongly recommend that
ALL children (including those in child seats and
those that have outgrown child restraint devic- es) sit in the REAR seat properly restrained at
all times in a child restraint device or in a seat-
belt, whichever is appropriate for the child’s
age, height and weight.
Secure ALL types of child restraint devices (in-
cluding forward facing child seats) in the REAR
seats at all times.
According to accident statistics, children are
safer when properly restrained in the rear seat-
ing positions than in the front seating posi- tions.
For instructions and precautions concerning
the child restraint system, see the “Child re-
straint systems” section in this chapter.y
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FACING
CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT SEAT. DOING SO
RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE
CHILD BY PLACING THE CHILD’S HEAD TOO
CLOSE TO THE SRS AIRBAG. y Never allow a child to stand up, or to kneel on
the front passenger’s seat, or never hold a child
on your lap or in your arms. The SRS airbag de-
ploys with considerable force and can injure or
even kill the child.
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