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WARNING: This vehicle has special energy management safety
belts for the driver and/or right front passenger. These
particular belts are specifically designed to work with airbags
to help reduce the risk of injury in a collision. The energy
management safety belt is designed to give or release additional
belt webbing in some accidents to reduce concentration of force
on an occupant’s chest and reduce the risk of certain bone
fractures and injuries to underlying organs. In a crash, if the
airbag is turned OFF, this energy management safety belt might
permit the person wearing the belt to move forward enough to
incur a serious or fatal injury. The more severe the crash, and
the heavier the occupant, the greater the risk is. Be sure the
airbag is turned ON for any person who does not qualify under
the Transport Canada deactivation criteria.
SAFETY RESTRAINTS FOR CHILDREN
See the following sections for directions on how to properly use safety
restraints for children. Also see
Airbag supplemental restraint system
(SRS)
in this chapter for special instructions about using airbags.
Important child restraint precautions
NOTE:
You are required by law to use a child-restraint system in the
U.S. and Canada. Many states require that children use approved booster
seats until they are eight years old. Check your local and state or
provincial laws for specific requirements regarding the safety of children
in your vehicle.
WARNING: Never let a passenger hold a child on his or her lap
while the vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot protect the
child from injury in a collision.
NOTE:
Always follow the instructions and warnings that come with any
infant or child restraint you might use.
WARNING: Airbags can kill or injure a child in a child seat.
Never place a rear facing child seat in front of an active airbag.
If you must use a forward facing child seat in the front seat,
position the vehicle seat fully rearward and turn the passenger
airbag off.
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