Toyota 2003 Rav4 Owner's Manual page 132

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Improperly seated and/or restrained
infants and children can be killed
or seriously injured by the deploy-
ing airbags. An infant or child who
is too small to use a seat belt
should be properly secured using a
child restraint system.
strongly recommends that all in-
fants and children be placed in the
rear seat of the vehicle and proper-
ly restrained. The rear seat is the
safest for infants and children. For
instructions concerning the installa-
tion of a child restraint system, see
"Child restraint" on page 59 in this
section.
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Never install a rear–facing child re-
straint system on the front passen-
ger seat because the force of the
rapid inflation of the front passen-
ger airbag can cause death or seri-
ous injury to the child.
'03 Rav4_U (L/O 0208)
Move seat
fully back
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A forward–facing child restraint sys-
tem should
installed on
seat only when it is unavoidable.
Always move the seat as far back
as possible, because the force of
the deploying front passenger air-
bag could cause death or serious
injury to the child.
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For instructions
installation of a child restraint sys-
tem, see "Child restraint" on page
59 in this section.
2003 RAV4 from Aug. '02 Prod. (OM42517U)
be allowed to be
the front passenger
concerning the