BMW M3 E46 owners manual page 57

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Transporting children safely 57 Before installing any child-restraint system that has first been restraint device or child seat, properly secured with a safety belt. please read the following: Never install a rearward-facing child- Never install a rearward-facing child-restraint system in the front passenger restraint system in the front passenger seat. Overview seat of this vehicle. We strongly urge you to carefully read Your vehicle is equipped with an airbag and comply with the instructions for supplemental restraint system for the installation and use provided by the front passenger. Because the backrest child restraint's manufacturer when- on any rearward-facing child-restraint ever you use such a device. system – of the kind designed for Do not attempt to modify child-restraint Controls infants under 1 year and 20 lbs/9 kg – systems. If you do this, the protection would be within the airbag's deploy-provided by these systems could be Child seat security ment range, you should never mount impaired. All of the rear belt retractors and the such a device in the front passenger Be sure that all occupants – of all ages – front passenger's safety belt can be seat, since the impact of the airbag remain properly and securely restrained locked for mounting and securing child-Maintenance against the child restraint's backrest at all times.< restraint systems. could lead to serious or fatal injuries. If it is necessary for a child – not an All rear seating positions in your vehicle A label with the appropriate instructions infant – to ride in the front seat, certain meet the recommendations of for this is located in the immediate precautions should be taken. First, SAE J1819, an industry recommended vicinity of the buckle latch of each move the passenger seat as far away practice for securing child-restraint sys-safety belt.Repairs from the instrument panel as possible. tems in motor vehicles. This important precaution is intended to To lock the safety belt maximize the distance between the air- Extract the entire length of the belt from bag and the child. Older children the inertia reel mechanism. Allow the should be tightly secured with the reel to retract the belt somewhat and Data safety belt after they have outgrown a engage the buckle, then tighten the belt booster seat that is appropriate for their against the child-restraint system. The age, height, and weight. retraction mechanism is now locked. Younger children should be secured in an appropriate forward-facing child- Index

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