Acura 2004 TSX - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 32)

After selecting a proper child seat,
and a good position to install the seat,
there are three main steps in
installing the seat:
When you are not using a child seat,
either remove it and store it in a safe
place, or make sure it is properly
secured. An unsecured child seat can
be thrown around the car during a
crash or sudden stop and injure
someone.
Make sure the child is properly
strapped in the child seat
according to the child seat maker’s
instructions. A child who is not
properly secured in a child seat
can be thrown out of the seat in a
crash and be seriously injured.
If the child seat is not secure, try
installing it in a different seating
position, or use a different style of
child seat that can be firmly secured
in the desired seating position.
To provide security during normal
driving maneuvers as well as during
a collision, we recommend that
parents secure a child seat as firmly
as possible.
After installing a child
seat, push and pull the seat
forward and from side to side to
verify that it is secure.
All child seats are
designed to be secured to the car
with the lap part of a lap/shoulder
belt. Some child seats can be
secured to the car’s LATCH
anchorage system instead. A child
whose seat is not properly secured
to the car can be endangered in a
crash. See pages
, and for
instructions on how to properly
secure child seats in this car.
However, a child seat does not need
to be ‘‘rock solid.’’ In some cars or
seating positions, it may be difficult
to install a child seat so that it does
not move at all. Some side-to-side or
back-and-forth movement can be
expected and should not reduce the
child seat’s effectiveness.
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Installing a Child Seat
Storing a Child Seat
Secure the child in the child seat.
Make sure the child seat is f irmly
secured.
Properly secure the child seat to
the car. 1.
2.
3.
Protecting Children
Driver and Passenger Saf ety 29
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