Child Restraint - Toyota 2002 4runner Owner's Manual

Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly urges the use of child
restraint systems for children
enough to use them.
The laws of all fifty states in the U.S.A.
and Canada now require the use of a
child restraint system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAE J1819.
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" for
details.
'02 4Runner_U (L/O 0108)
CAUTION
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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, the child can
against the windshield, or between
you and the vehicle's interior.
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Toyota strongly urges use of
proper child restraint system which
conforms to the size of the child,
and is put 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.
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Never install a rear–facing child re-
straint system on the front seat. In
the event of an accident, the force
of the rapid inflation of the airbag
can cause death or serious injury if
a rear–facing child restraint system
is installed on the front seat.
2002 MY 4RUNNER_U (OM35787U)
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Unless it is unavoidable, do not
install a forward–facing child re-
straint system on the front seat.
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A forward–facing child restraint sys-
tem should
installed on the front seat only
when it is
move the seat as far back as pos-
sible, because the force of the de-
ploying airbag could cause death or
be crushed
serious injury to the child.
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Make sure that you have complied
with all installation instructions pro-
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vided by
manufacturer and that the system is
properly secured.
be allowed to be
unavoidable. Always
the child restraint
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