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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

Seating Children in a Child-Restraint System on the Front Passenger Seat:
If your vehicle is equipped with front passenger seat weight sensors, a front passenger 
air bag deactivation indicator light is also equipped (page 2-29). Even with the front 
passenger seat weight sensors, if you must use the front passenger seat for children, 
seating a child in a child-restraint system on the front passenger seat under the 
following conditions increases the danger of the front passenger air bag deploying 
and could result in serious injury or death to the child.

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The total seated weight of the child with the child-restraint system on the front 
passenger seat is approximately 30 kg (66 lb) or more.

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Luggage or other items are placed on the seat with the child in the child-restraint 
system.

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A rear passenger or luggage push or pull down on the front passenger seatback.

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A rear passenger steps on the front passenger seat rails with the feet.

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Luggage or other items are placed on the seatback or hung on the head restraint.

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The seat is washed.

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Liquids are spilled on the seat.

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The front passenger seat is moved backward, pushing into luggage or other items 
placed behind it.

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The front passenger seatback contacts the rear seat.

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Luggage or other items are placed between the front passenger seat and driver seat.

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Any accessories which might increase the total seated weight on the front 
passenger seat are attached to the front passenger seat.

The designated positions with seat belts on the rear seats are the safest places for 
children. Always use seat belts and child restraints.

Children and Seating Position with Side and Curtain Air Bags:
Allowing anyone to lean over or against the front door, the area of front seat, front 
and rear window pillars and the roof edge along both sides which the side and curtain 
air bags deploy even though using a child-restraint system is dangerous. If the vehicle 
is equipped with side and curtain air bags, the impact of inflation could cause serious 
injury or death to the child. Furthermore, leaning over or against the front door could 
block the side and curtain air bags and eliminate the advantages of supplemental 
protection. With the front air bag and the additional side air bag that comes out of the 
front seat, the rear seat is always a better location for children. Do not allow a child to 
lean over or against the doors, even if the child is seated in a child-restraint system.

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