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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

Do not install a front-facing child-restraint system on the front passenger seat unless it 

is unavoidable:

In a collision, the force of a deploying air bag could cause serious injury or death to the 

child. If installing a front-facing child-restraint system on the front passenger seat is 

unavoidable, move the front passenger seat as far back as possible.

Seating a child in a child-restraint system on the front passenger seat is dangerous 

under certain conditions (With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System):

Your vehicle is equipped with front passenger occupant classification sensor. Even with 

the front passenger occupant classification sensor, if you must use the front passenger 

seat to seat a child, using 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 front passenger air bag deactivation indicator light does not illuminate when 

seating a child in the child-restraint system.

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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 pushing or pulling down on the front passenger 

seatback.

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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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  An electric device is put on the front passenger's seat.

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  An additional electrical device, such as a seat warmer is installed to the surface of 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.

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