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Your Vehicle is Not
Recommended for Child
Passengers
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Transport
Canada recommend that all children
age 12 and under be properly
restrained in a back seat.
Since this vehicle does not have a
back seat, we strongly recommend
that you do not carry any child who
is not large enough or mature
enough to ride in front (see page
The Passenger's Airbag Can Pose
Serious Risks
Airbags have been designed to help
protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger's airbag is quite large
and it can inflate with enough force
to cause very serious injuries.
Infants
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
If the passenger's airbag
this vehicle.
inflates, it can hit the back of the
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child seat with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
Protecting Children
Small Children
Placing a forward-facing child seat in
the passenger's seat can be
hazardous.
far forward, or the child's head is
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating passenger's airbag can
strike the child with enough force to
kill or very seriously injure them.
Larger Children
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inflating passenger's
airbag.
this vehicle, see page
important guidelines on how to
decide when a child is ready to ride
in front and how to properly protect
the child.
Driver and Passenger Safety
General Guidelines
If the vehicle seat is too
If a larger child must ride in
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