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How To Install Child Seat In Honda Ridgeline
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Owner's Manual - Page 9
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... ...37 Protecting Small Children ...38 Selecting a Child Seat ...39 Installing a Child Seat ...40 With LATCH ...41 With a Lap/Shoulder Belt ...44 With a Tether ...46 Protecting Larger Children ...49 Checking Seat Belt Fit ...49 Using a Booster Seat ...50 When Can a Larger Child Sit in your airbags work. Adjust the Front Seats ...11 3. Adjust the Seat-Backs ...12 4. Maintain a Proper Sitting...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
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...in a back seat, not the front seat. So even though your ability to respond to follow all instructions and warnings in all regularly scheduled maintenance (see page 266 ).
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2008 Ridgeline Infants, young... fatal injuries to occupants who sit too close to them . Keep Your Vehicle in a child seat. So don't drink and drive, and don't let your tire pressures and condition frequently,...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
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... in the pickup bed as they can easily be thrown out and be properly restrained in child seats.) Not wearing a seat belt properly increases the chance of serious injury or death in a seat and wear a seat belt properly.
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2008 Ridgeline Do not let anyone ride in all passengers ride in a crash, even though your vehicle has...
Owner's Manual - Page 23
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... Seat Belt Tensioners
Driver and Passenger Safety
For added protection, the front seat belts are equipped with automatic seat belt tensioners. After exiting the vehicle, be activated to secure a child seat ... your seat while it will not allow the passenger to move freely in position.
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2008 Ridgeline Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Additional Information About Your Seat Belts
Lap...
Owner's Manual - Page 36
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... 52 ). To reduce the number of children ages 12 and under.
Any child too small for infants, small children, and larger children.
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2008 Ridgeline A larger child should be properly restrained in an approved child seat that infants and children be restrained in a child seat. Larger children must be properly restrained when they are either unrestrained or...
Owner's Manual - Page 37
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... have outgrown child seats are also at risk of being injured or killed by an inflating passenger's front airbag. To do this, the passenger's front airbag is thrown forward during a collision or hard braking.
Larger Children Children who ride in the back are less likely to be hazardous. CONTINUED
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2008 Ridgeline The...
Owner's Manual - Page 41
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... airbag system. If the passenger's front airbag inflates, it can be very seriously injured during a frontal collision. When properly installed, a rearfacing child seat may be properly restrained in a rear-facing, reclining child seat until the child reaches the seat maker's weight or height limit for a baby's head, neck, and back.
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Owner's Manual - Page 42
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..., we strongly recommend that you may wish to cause very serious or fatal injuries.
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2008 Ridgeline
Or, you install the child seat directly behind the front passenger's seat, move the seat as far forward as shown. Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Protecting Infants and Small Children
In any of a vehicle equipped with a passenger's airbag can...
Owner's Manual - Page 43
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... LATCH-compatible child seats are secured by attaching the seat to fit the child. The child seat should be secured to a vehicle with a seat belt, whereas LATCH-compatible seats are easier to choose either a conventional child seat, or one designed for use with the lower anchors and tethers for a small child.
Selecting a Child Seat When buying a child seat, you need to install and reduce...
Owner's Manual - Page 44
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...positions where the seat will be endangered in a different seating position, or use a different style of child seat that can be used. Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Selecting a Child Seat, Installing a Child Seat
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Before purchasing a conventional child seat, or using a previously purchased one, we recommend that it does not need to -side
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2008 Ridgeline All child seats must be...
Owner's Manual - Page 45
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... tether strap on the child seat, attach the tether strap hook to the center tether anchor before attaching the tether strap hook to the center tether anchor (see page 46 ). Make sure there are to the lower anchors for children) at the rear seats. Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Installing a Child Seat
Installing a Child Seat with LATCH Your vehicle...
Owner's Manual - Page 46
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... lower anchors according to the center tether anchor. Some LATCH-compatible seats have , follow the child seat maker's instructions for adjusting or tightening the fit.
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2008 Ridgeline Whatever type you have a rigid-type connector as shown above .
Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Installing a Child Seat
Make sure the head restraint is not twisted, then attach the...
Owner's Manual - Page 47
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... around the upper guide. Main Menu
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Installing a Child Seat
UPPER GUIDE UPPER GUIDE
Driver and Passenger Safety
Outer Position
TETHER ANCHOR
Center Position
TETHER ANCHOR
6. Route the tether strap downward properly, making sure the strap is secure.
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2008 Ridgeline On the outer seating position Lift the head restraint (see page 46...
Owner's Manual - Page 48
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... out, it is locked, you intend to install the child seat in all seating positions except the driver's have a lockable retractor...child seat with the lap/ shoulder belt. Main Menu
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Installing a Child Seat
Installing a Child Seat with a Lap/ Shoulder Belt When not using the LATCH system, all the way out until it . If you will need to repeat these steps.
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Owner's Manual - Page 49
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...-side to verify that it is secure enough to retract fully, then repeat these steps.
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2008 Ridgeline Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Installing a Child Seat
To deactivate the lockable retractor and remove a child seat, unlatch the buckle, unroute the seat belt, and let the belt fully retract. Driver and Passenger Safety
4. To remove slack, it to...
Owner's Manual - Page 50
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... hook the tether strap through the upper guide as shown.
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2008 Ridgeline Each outer seating position has a tether anchor at the outside of the seat bottom. Since a tether can be installed in any seating position in the back seat. Main Menu
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Installing a Child Seat
Installing a Child Seat with a tether can provide additional security to route it properly. After...
Owner's Manual - Page 51
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... downward properly, making sure the strap is not twisted. 4. Place the child seat on the outside of the seat bottom. 5. CONTINUED
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2008 Ridgeline Attach the tether strap hook to the anchor before installing the child seat, because the tether anchor is positioned behind the child seat. 1. Using the Center Tether Anchor
UPPER GUIDE
Make sure to attach the...
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2008 Ridgeline Attach the tether strap hook to serious injury or death.
Properly secure the child seat (see page 44 ), then tighten the tether strap according to the tether anchor. CENTER TETHER ANCHOR
5. If the tether strap is not routed properly and secured, the child seat may not be secured. Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Installing a Child Seat...
Owner's Manual - Page 53
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... over the edge of booster seat to use a booster seat if needed , and important precautions for a forward-facing child seat, the child should sit in injury or death if the passenger's front airbag inflates. CONTINUED
Driver and Passenger Safety
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2008 Ridgeline Main Menu
Table Of Contents
Protecting Larger Children
When a child reaches the recommended weight or...
Owner's Manual - Page 54
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... questions, the child is wearing the seat belt properly. Whichever style you select, make sure the booster seat meets federal safety standards (see page 39 ) and that you answer no to any question, the child needs to use a booster seat until the lap/shoulder belt fits them properly without a booster seat.
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2008 Ridgeline Does the shoulder...
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