Tesla MODEL 3 2012 Owner's Manual page 44

Child Safety Seats
Child Restraint System Warnings
WARNING: Never seat a child in a child restraint
system or a booster seat on the front passenger
seat when the passenger front airbag is active.
Doing so can cause serious injury or death.
WARNING: Never use a rearward facing child
restraint system on a seat protected by an active
passenger front airbag. Doing so can cause serious
injury or death. Refer to the warning label located
on the sun visor.
WARNING: Some child restraint systems are
designed to be secured in vehicle seats by lap
belts or the lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder belt.
Children could be endangered in a crash if their
child restraint systems are not properly secured in
the vehicle.
WARNING: Do not use a forward-facing child
restraint system until your child weighs over 9 kg
and can sit independently. Up to the age of two, a
child's spine and neck are not sufficiently
developed to avoid injury in a frontal impact.
WARNING: Do not allow a baby or infant to be
held on a lap. All children should be restrained in
an appropriate child restraint system at all times.
WARNING: To ensure children are safely seated,
follow all instructions provided in this document
and by the manufacturer of the child restraint
system.
WARNING: Children should ride in a rear-facing
child restraint system using the seat's integrated 5-
point harness for as long as possible until they
reach the maximum size or weight limit of the
rear-facing child restraint system.
WARNING: When seating larger children, make
sure the child's head is supported and the child's
seat belt is properly adjusted and fastened. The
shoulder portion of the belt must be away from
the face and neck, and the lap portion must not be
over the stomach.
WARNING: Never attach two child restraint
systems to one anchor point. In a collision, one
anchor point may be incapable of securing both
seats.
WARNING: Child restraint anchor bars are
designed to withstand only those loads imposed
by correctly fitted child restraints. Under no
circumstances are they to be used for adult seat
belts, harnesses, or for attaching other items or
equipment to the vehicle.
WARNING: Always check harnesses and tether
straps for damage and wear.
WARNING: Never leave a child unattended, even if
the child is secured in a child restraint system.
WARNING: Never use a child restraint system that
has been involved in a collision. Discard the seat
and have it replaced as described in the child
restraint system manufacturer's instructions.
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