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the control unit of the Advanced Airbag System.
When a child restraint is being used on the front
passenger seat with a typical 1 year-old child, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the weight
measured by the weight sensing mat with the in-
formation stored in the electronic control unit .
The electronic control un it also registers the ten -
sion on the front passenger safety belt. The ten-
sion on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat will be different for an adult who is properly
using the safety belt as compared to the tension
on the belt when it is used to attach a ch ild re-
stra int to the seat. The senso r below the latch fo r
the safety belt for the front seat passenger
measures the tens ion on the belt. The input from
this sensor is then used with the weight to "de -
cide", whether there is a child restraint wit h a
typical 1 year-old child on the front passenger
seat and whether or not the airbag must be
turned off.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the child restra int that you use,
make sure that it has been cert ified to meet Safe-
ty Standards and has been certified by its manu-
facturer for use wit h an airbag. Always be sure
that the chi ld restraint is properly installed at
one of the rear seating positions . If in exception-
a l circumstances you must use it on the front
passenger seat, carefully read all of the informa-
tion on child safety and Advanced Airbags and
heed all of the appl icable WARNINGS. Make cer-
tain that the child restra int is correctly recog-
nized by the weight-sensing
mat inside the front
passenger seat, that the front passenger airbag
is turned off and that the ai rba g status is always
correct ly signa led by t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light.
Many types and models of child restraints have
been available ove r the yea rs, new models are in-
troduced regular ly incorporat ing new and im-
proved designs and older mode ls are taken out of
production . Child restraints a re not standardized .
Child restraints of the same type typica lly have
different weights and sizes and different 'foot-
prints, ' the s ize and shape of the bottom of the
child restraint that sits on the seat, when they
Child safety
are installed on a vehicle seat . These differences
make it virtua lly impossib le to certify compliance
with the requirements for advanced a irbags w ith
each and every child restraint that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course of
the useful life of your vehicle.
For t his reason, the United States National High-
way Traffic Safety Admin istration has published a
list of spec ific type, makes and models of ch ild
restra ints that must be used to certify compli-
ance of the Advanced Airbag System in your vehi-
cle w ith the suppress ion requirements
of Federa l
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. These child
restraints are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Angel Guard Angel
September 2S, 2007
Ride AA2403FOF
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Century SmartFit 4543
December 1, 19 99
Cosco Arriva
September 25, 2007
22-013PAW and base
22-999WHO
Evenflo Discovery Ad-
December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Evenflo First Choice
December 1, 19 99
204
Graco Infant 8457
December 1, 1999
Graco Snugride
September 25, 2007
Peg Perego Primo Viag- September 25, 2007
g io SIP IMUNOOUS
Subpart C - Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Britax Roundabout
September 25, 2007
E9L02xx
Cosco Touriva 02519
December 1, 1999
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