Child Restraint - Toyota Scion 2005 Owner's Manual

In the following cases, contact your Scion
dealer as soon as possible:
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Any of the SRS side airbags and cur-
tain shield airbags have been inflated.
D
The portion of the doors (shaded in the
illustration) was involved in an accident
that was not severe enough to cause
the SRS side airbags and
shield airbags to inflate.
D
The surface of the seats with the side
airbag (shaded in the illustration) is
scratched, cracked, or otherwise dam-
aged.
D
The portion of the front pillars, rear
pillars or roof side rail garnishes (pad-
ding) containing the curtain shield air-
bags inside (shaded in the illustration)
is scratched, cracked, or
damaged.
NOTICE
Do not disconnect the battery cables
before contacting your Scion dealer.

Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions
Scion strongly urges the use of ap-
propriate child restraint systems for
children.
The laws of all 50 states in the U.S.A.
now require the use of a child restraint
system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAE J1819.
curtain
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" on
page 36 for details.
CAUTION
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For effective protection in automo-
bile accidents and sudden stops, a
child must be properly restrained,
otherwise
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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Scion strongly urges use of a prop-
er child restraint system which con-
forms to the size of
installed 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 passen-
ger seat. In the event of an acci-
dent, the force of the rapid inflation
of the front passenger airbag can
cause death or serious injury to the
child if the rear–facing child re-
straint system is put on the front
passenger seat.
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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 front pas-
senger airbag
be crushed
considerable
Otherwise, the child may be killed
or seriously injured.
the child,
be allowed to be
the front passenger
could inflate with
speed and force.
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