The Passenger's Front Airbag Poses Serious Risks - Honda FIT 2014 Owner's Manual

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Protecting Children
The Passenger's Front Airbag
Poses Serious Risks
Front airbags have been designed to
help protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger's front airbag is quite
large, and it can inflate with enough
force to cause very serious injuries.
Infants
Never put a rearward facing child
restraint system in the front seat of a
vehicle equipped with a passenger's
If the airbag inflates, it
front airbag.
can hit the back of the child restraint
system with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
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Driver and Passenger Safety
General Guidelines
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As required by E.C.E Regulation No. 94;
Do not use a rearward facing
child restraint on a seat
protected by an airbag in
front of it.
If the passenger's front airbag
inflates, it can hit the rearward
facing child restraint system with
great force. The rearward facing
child restraint system can be
dislodged or struck with enough
force to cause very serious injury to
the infant.