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- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restraint in ave-
hicle
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page 138, Safety belts,
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page 147, Airbag system
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page 173, Important things to
know.
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Tips
Always replace child restraints that were
installed in a vehicle during a crash. Dam-
age to a child rest raint that is not visible
could cause it to fail in another collis ion
situation.
Advanced front airbag system and
children
Your vehicle is eq uipped with a front "Ad-
vanced Airbag System" in compliance with
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the
time your veh icle was manufactured .
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle
has been certified to meet the "low-risk" re-
qu irements for 3- and 6-year old children on
the passenger s ide and small adults on the
driver side. The low risk deployment criter ia
are intended to reduce the risk of injury
through interaction with the airbag t hat can
occur, fo r example , by being too close to the
steering whee l and instrument panel when
the airbag inflates . In addition, the system
has been certified to comply with the "sup-
press ion" requirements of the Safety Stand-
ard, to turn off the front airbag for infants up
to 12 months who are restra ined on the front
passenger seat in child restraints that are list-
ed in the Standard .
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Airbag system, all children, espe-
cially those 12 years and younger, shou ld al-
ways ride in t he back seat properly rest rained
fo r the ir age and size. The airbag on t he pas-
senger side makes the fro nt seat a poten tially
dangerous pla ce for a child to ride. The front
seat is not the safest place fo r a child in a fo r-
ward-facing child safety seat . It can be a very
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dange rous place for an infant or a larger child
in a rearward-facing seat.
The veh icle's Advanced Airbag Syst em has a
capacit ive passenger detec t ion system in t he
front passenger seat cush ion that can detect
the presence of a baby or a child in a child re-
stra int system on this seat .
The capaci t ive passenge r detection system
registers the changes that result in an electri -
cal fie ld when a child, a child restraint, and a
baby blanket are on the front passenger seat .
The change in the measured capac itance due
to the presence of a child, a child restraint,
and a baby blanket on the front passenger
seat is related to the child restraint system
rest ing on the seat . The meas ured capacitance
of a child restr aint system varies depend ing
on the type of syst em and specific make and
model.
The elect rical capac itance of the various
types, ma kes, and models of child restra ints
spe cified by t he U.S.Nationa l Highway Traffic
Safety Administra t ion (NHTSA) in the relevant
sa fety standard are stored in the Advanced
Airbag System contro l unit together with the
capacitances typical of infants and a 1-year
old child. When a child restraint is used on t he
front passenger seat with a typica l 1 year-old
infant, t he Advanced Airbag System compares
the capacitance measu red by the capacitive
passenger detection system with the data
st ored in t he ele ctronic cont rol unit.
Child restraints and Advanced front
airbag system
Regardless of the child restraint that you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards and has been certified by its manu-
facturer for use with an airbag. Always be sure
that t he child restra int is properly installed at
one of the rear seating positions. If in excep-
t iona l circumsta nces you must use it on the
fron t passenger sea t , carefully read all of the
information on child safety and Advanced Air-
bags and heed all of the applicable
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