RAM 3500 User Manual

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• This vehicle may be equipped with Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Airbagsto provide enhanced protection to help protect an occupant during a sideimpact.• If the Airbag Warning Light is not on during starting, stays on, or turns onwhile driving, have the vehicle serviced by an authorized service centerimmediately.• Refer to the Owner's Manual on the DVD for further details regarding theSupplemental Restraint System (SRS).WARNING!• Relying on the airbags alone could lead to more severe injuries in acollision. The airbags work with your seat belt to restrain you properly. Insome collisions, the airbags won't deploy at all. Always wear your seatbelts even though you have airbags.• Being too close to the steering wheel or instrument panel duringAdvanced Front Airbag deployment could cause serious injury, includingdeath. Airbags need room to inflate. Sit back, comfortably extending yourarms to reach the steering wheel or instrument panel.• Supplemental Side Airbag Inflatable Curtains and SupplementalSeat-Mounted Side Airbags need room to inflate. Do not lean against thedoor or window. Sit upright in the center of the seat.• Being too close to the Supplemental Side Airbag Inflatable Curtainand/or Seat-Mounted Side Airbag during deployment could cause you tobe severely injured or killed.• Do not drive your vehicle after the airbags have deployed. If you areinvolved in another collision, the airbags will not be in place to protectyou.• After any collision, the vehicle should be taken to an authorized dealerimmediately.CHILD RESTRAINTS• Children 12 years and under should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, ifavailable. According to crash statistics, children are safer when properlyrestrained in the rear seats rather than in the front.• Every state in the United States and all Canadian provinces require that smallchildren ride in proper restraint systems. This is the law, and you can beprosecuted for ignoring it.Installing The LATCH - Compatible Child Restraint System• Your vehicle’s second row passenger seats are equipped with the childrestraint anchorage system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchorsand Tether for CHildren. LATCH child restraint anchorage systems are installedin the rear seat outboard positions.GETTING STARTED11