Occupant safety
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Children 12 years old and under must be
seated and properly secured in an
appropriate infant restraint, toddler
restraint, or booster seat recommended for
the size and weight of the child.
The infant or child restraint must be
properly secured with the vehicle’s seat
belt fully in accordance with the child seat
manufacturer’s instructions.
Occupants, especially children, should
always sit as upright as possible, wear the
seat belt properly and use an appropriately
sized infant restraint, toddler restraint, or
booster seat recommended for the size and
weight of the child.
Children can be killed or seriously injured
by an inflating air bag. Note the following
important information:
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Your vehicle is equipped with air bag
technology designed to deactivate the
passenger front air bag in your vehicle
when the system senses the weight of a
typical 12-month-old child or less along
with the weight of a standard appropriate
child restraint on the passenger seat.
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint on
the passenger seat will be seriously
injured or even killed if the passenger
front air bag inflates in a collision which
could occur under some circumstances,
even with the air bag technology installed
in your vehicle.
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If you install a rear-facing child restraint
on the passenger seat, make sure the
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indicator lamp is illuminated,
indicating that the passenger front air
bag is deactivated. Should the
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indicator lamp not illuminate
or go out while the restraint is installed,
please check installation. Periodically
check the
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indicator lamp
while driving to make sure the
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indicator lamp is illuminated.
If the
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indicator lamp goes out
or remains out, do not transport a child
on the passenger seat until the system
has been repaired.
A child in a rear-facing child restraint on
the passenger seat will be seriously
injured or even killed if the passenger
front air bag inflates.
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If you place a child in a forward-facing
child restraint on the passenger seat,
move the seat as far back as possible,
use the proper child restraint
recommended for the age, size and
weight of the child, and secure child
restraint with the vehicle’s seat belt
according to the child seat
manufacturer’s instructions. For children
larger than the typical 12-month-old
child, the passenger front air bag may or
may not be activated.
Deployment of the driver front air bag does
not mean that the passenger front air bag also
should have deployed.
The OCS may have determined:
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that the seat was empty or occupied by the
weight up to or less than that of a typical
12-month-old child seated in a standard
child restraint – both instances where the
system suppresses deployment of the
passenger front air bag even though the
impact met the criteria and was of
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