Essential Safety Equipment; Never use a rear-facing child-restraint; system in the front seat with an air bag- Page 71

Never use a rear-facing child-restraint
system in the front seat with an air bag
that could deploy:

Rear-facing child-restraint systems on the
front seat are particularly dangerous even
though you may feel assured that a front
passenger air bag will not deploy based on
the fact that the front passenger air bag
deactivation indicator light illuminates.
The child-restraint system can be hit by a
deploying air bag and moved violently
backward resulting in serious injury or
death to the child.

Do not sit too close to the driver and front
passenger air bags:

Sitting too close to the driver and front
passenger air bag modules or placing
hands or feet on them is extremely
dangerous. The driver and front passenger
air bags inflate with great force and speed.
Serious injuries could occur if someone is
too close. The driver should always hold
onto only the rim of the steering wheel. The
front seat passenger should keep both feet
on the floor. Front seat occupants should
adjust their seats as far back as possible
and always sit upright against the
seatbacks with seat belts worn properly.

Sit in the center of the seat and wear seat
belts properly:

Sitting too close to the side air bag modules
or placing hands on them, or sleeping up
against the door or hanging out the
windows is extremely dangerous. The side
and curtain air bags inflate with great force
and speed directly expanding along the
door on the side the car is hit. Serious injury
could occur if someone is sitting too close
to the door or leaning against a window, or
if rear seat occupants grab the sides of the
front seatbacks. Give the side and curtain
air bags room to work by sitting in the
center of the seat while the vehicle is
moving with seat belts worn properly.

Do not attach objects on or around the
area where driver and front passenger air
bags deploy:

Attaching an object to the driver and front
passenger air bag modules or placing
something in front of them is dangerous. In
an accident, an object could interfere with
air bag inflation and injure the occupants.

Do not attach objects on or around the
area where a side air bag deploys:

Attaching objects to the front seat in such a
way as to cover the outboard side of the
seat in any way is dangerous. In an
accident the object could interfere with the
side air bag, which inflates from the
outboard side of the front seats, impeding
the added protection of the side air bag
system or redirecting the air bag in a way
that is dangerous. Furthermore, the bag
could be cut open releasing the gas.

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