Child Restraint - Toyota 2004 Matrix Owner's Manual

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Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly urges the use of ap-
NOTICE
propriate child restraint systems for
children.
The laws of all 50 states in the U.S.A.
and Canada now require the use of a
child restraint system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAEJ1819.
If a child is too large for a child restraint
system, the child should sit in the rear
seat and must be restrained using the
vehicle's seat belt. See "Seat belts" on
page 34 in this Section for details.
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For effective protection in automo-
bile accidents and sudden stops, a
child must be properly restrained,
using a seat belt or child restraint
system depending 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 acci-
dent,
against the windshield, or between
you and the vehicle's interior.
'04 MATRIX_U (L/O 0307)
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CAUTION
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the child can be crushed
2004 MATRIX from Oct. '03 Prod. (OM12861U)
Toyota strongly urges use of a
proper child restraint system which
conforms to the size of the child,
installed on the rear seat. Accord-
ing to accident statistics, the child
is safer when properly restrained in
the rear seat than in the front seat.
Never install a rear−facing child re-
straint system on the front passen-
ger seat. In the event of an acci-
dent, the impact of the rapid infla-
tion of the front passenger airbag
could cause death or serious injury
to the child if the rear−facing child
restraint system is installed on the
front passenger seat.
A forward−facing child restraint sys-
tem should be allowed to be
installed on the front passenger
seat only when it is unavoidable.
Always move the seat as far back
as possible, because the front pas-
senger airbag could inflate with
considerable speed and force.
Otherwise, the child may be killed
or seriously injured.