Child restraints, Getting started, Warning – Ram Trucks 2012 С/V - User Guide User Manual

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• This vehicle is equipped with a Supplemental Driver Side Knee Air Bag to provide

enhanced protection and work together with the Driver Advanced Front Air Bag
during a frontal impact.

• If the Air Bag Warning Light

is not on during starting, stays on, or turns on

while driving, have the vehicle serviced by an authorized service center
immediately.

• Refer to the Owner's Manual on the DVD for further details regarding the

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS).

WARNING!

• Relying on the air bags alone could lead to more severe injuries in a collision.

The air bags work with your seat belt to restrain you properly. In some
collisions, the air bags won't deploy at all. Always wear your seat belts even
though you have air bags.

• Being too close to the steering wheel or instrument panel during Advanced

Front Air Bag deployment could cause serious injury, including death. Air
bags need room to inflate. Sit back, comfortably extending your arms to
reach the steering wheel or instrument panel.

• Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtains and Supplemental

Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags need room to inflate. Do not lean against the
door or window. Sit upright in the center of the seat.

• Being too close to the Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtain and/or

Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag during deployment could cause you to be severely
injured or killed.

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

in another collision, the air bags 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

• Each vehicle, except commercial cargo vehicles, is equipped with the child

restraint anchorage system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and
Tether for CHildren.

• Two LATCH child restraint anchorage systems are installed on all second-row seats

and in the center position on all third row fold-in-floor seats.

GETTING STARTED

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