CAUTION:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the passenger's
airbag inflates. This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would be very close
to the inflating airbag. Do not use a rear-facing
child restraint in this vehicle unless the
passenger's airbag has been turned off.
Even though the airbag off switch is designed
to turn off the passenger's frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe, and no one can guarantee
that an airbag will not deploy under some
unusual circumstance, even though it is turned
off. We recommend that rear-facing child
restraints be transported in vehicles with a
rear seat that will accommodate a rear-facing
child restraint, whenever possible.
If you need to secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the passenger seat, always move
the passenger seat as far back as it will go.
CAUTION:
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If the airbag readiness light ever comes on
when you have turned off the passenger's
frontal airbag, it means that something may be
wrong with the airbag system. The passenger's
frontal airbag could inflate even though the
switch is off. If this ever happens, do not let
anyone whom the national government has
identified as a member of a passenger airbag
risk group sit in the passenger's position
(for example, do not secure a rear-facing
child restraint in your vehicle) until you have
your vehicle serviced. See Airbag Off Switch
on page 1-47.
If your child restraint is equipped with the LATCH
system, see Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on page 1-30. See Top Strap
on page 1-28 if the child restraint has one.
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