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168 Ch ild Saf e ty
same kind of child rest raint offered by child
restraint manufact urers.
The weight ranges fo r the ind ividual types,
makes and mode ls of child restra ints t hat the
NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard
together with the weight ranges of typical in-
fants and typical 1 year-o ld child have been
stored in the control unit of the Advanced Air-
bag System. When a child restraint is being
used on the front passenger seat with a typi-
cal 1 year-old ch ild, the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem compa res the we ight measured by the
weight sensing mat with the informat io n st or-
ed in t he ele ct ron ic cont ro l uni t .
The electron ic control unit also registers the
tension on the front passenge r safety belt .
The t ens ion on t he safety be lt fo r the front
passenger seat will be d iffe rent for a n ad ult
who is prope rly using the safety belt as com-
pared to the tension on the be lt whe n it is
used to attach a chi ld restraint to the seat.
The sensor below the latch for the safety be lt
for the front seat passenger meas ures the
tension on the be lt. The input from this sen-
sor is then used with the we ight to "decide",
whether there is a ch ild restraint w ith a typ ical
1 year-o ld child on the front passenger seat
and whe t her or not the ai rbag must be tu rned
off.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the child restraint t hat you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards and has been certified by its manu-
facturer for use with a n airbag. Always be sure
that the child restraint is properly instal led at
one of the rear seat ing pos itions .
If
in excep-
tional circumstances you must use it on the
fro nt passenger sea t , caref ully read all of t he
informat ion on child safety a nd Advanced Air-
bags and heed a ll of the app licab le WARN-
INGS. Make certain that the child restraint is
correctly recognized by the weig ht-sensing
mat inside the front passenger seat, that the
fro nt passenger airbag is turned off and that
the a irbag sta tu s is always cor rect ly signa led
by the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light .
Many types and models of child res tr aints
have been available over the yea rs, new mod-
els are introduced regu larly incorporating new
and improved designs and olde r mode ls are
ta ken out of product ion . Child restra ints are
not standard ized . Child restraints of the same
type typically have different weights and sizes
and different 'footpr ints,' the size and shape
of the bottom of the ch ild restra int t hat sits
on the seat, when they are insta lled on a vehi-
cle seat. These d iffe rences make it virtually
impossible to certify compl ian ce wit h t he re-
quiremen t s for advanced airbags with eac h
and every chi ld restraint that has eve r been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course
of the useful life of your veh icle.
For t his reason, t he United St ates National
Highway Traffic Safety Adm inist ration has
published a list of specific type, ma kes and
models of child restraints that must be used
to certify comp liance of the Advanced Airbag
System in your veh icle with the suppression
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standa rd 208. These ch ild restraints a re:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model
Angel Guard Angel
Ride AA2403FOF
Manufactured on or
after
September 25, 2007
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Century 5martFit December 1, 19 99
4 543
Cosco Arriva September 25, 2007
I
22-013PAW and base
22-999WHO
I
Evenflo Discove ry Ad- December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Evenflo First Choice December 1, 1999
20 4
Graco Infant 8457 December 1, 1999