Child Restraint; Child Restraint Precautions - Toyota AURION Owner's Manual

OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables be-
fore contacting your Toyota dealer.
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Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions

Toyota strongly urges the use of appropri-
ate child restraint systems for children.
If a child is too large for a child restraint sys-
tem, the child should sit in the rear seat and
must be restrained using the vehicle's seat-
belt. See "Seatbelts" on page 56 in this Sec-
tion for details.
CAUTION
For effective protection in automobile
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accidents and sudden stops, a child
must be properly restrained, using a
seatbelt or child restraint system de-
pending on the age and size of the
child. Holding a child in your arms is
not a substitute for a child restraint
system. In an accident, the child can
be crushed against the windshield, or
between you and the vehicle's inte-
rior.
Toyota strongly urges use of a proper
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child restraint system which con-
forms to the size of the child, installed
on the rear seat. According to acci-
dent statistics, the child is safer when
properly restrained in the rear seat
than in the front seat.
Never install a rear-facing child re-
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straint system on the front passenger
seat. In the event of an accident, the
force of the rapid inflation of the front
passenger airbag can cause death or
serious injury to the child if the rear-
facing child restraint system is in-
stalled on the front passenger seat.
Australian law requires the use of an
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upper anchor strap on child restraint
systems. The use of extension straps
is also illegal.