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and typical
1
year-o ld child have been stored in
the control unit of the Advanced Airbag System
.
When a child restraint
is
being used on the front
passenger seat with a typical 1 year-old child, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the weight
measured by the weight sensing mat with the in-
formation stored in the electronic control unit
.
The electronic control unit also registers the ten-
sion on the front passenger safety belt. The ten-
sion on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat will be d ifferent fo
r
an adult who is
properly
using
the
safety
belt
as compared to the
tension
on
the
belt when
it
is
used
to
attach
a ch
ild
re-
straint to the
seat.
The
senso
r
below the
latch fo
r
the
safety belt
for
the
front seat
passenger
measures
the
tension on
the belt.
The input from
this sensor is then used with the weight to "de
-
cide", whether there is a child
restraint
w ith a
typical 1 year-old child on the front passenger
seat and whether or not the airbag must be
turned off
.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the child restra int that you use,
make
sure that it
has
been cert ified to meet Safe-
ty Standards
and
has
been certified by
its manu-
facturer
for
use
wit
h an airbag. Always
be
sure
that the child restraint is properly insta lled at
one of the rear seating positions
.
If
in
exception-
al circumstances you must use
it
on the front
passenger seat, carefully
read
all of the informa-
tion on chi ld safety and Advanced Airbags and
heed
all of the applicable WARNINGS. Make cer-
tain
that
the child restra int is correctly recog-
nized by the weight-sensing
mat
inside the
front
passenger
seat
,
that the
front
passenger
a irbag
is t
ur
ned
off and that
the airbag status is
always
corre ct ly
signaled
by
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light.
Many types
and models of
child
rest raints have
been
available
ove
r
the yea rs,
new
mode
ls
are in-
troduced regularly incorporating new
and
im
-
proved designs and older mode ls are taken out of
production
. Child
restraints are not standardized
.
Child restraints of the same type typically have
d ifferent weights and s izes and different 'foot-
prints,' the s ize and shape of the bottom of the
Child
safety
child restraint that sits on
the
seat, when they
are installed on a vehicle seat
.
These
differences
make it virtua lly impossib le to certify comp liance
with the requirements for advanced a irbags w ith
each and every child
restraint
that
has
ever been
sold in the past or
will
be sold over the course of
the useful life of your vehicle.
For this reason, the United States Nationa
l
High-
way Traffic Safety Admin istrat ion has published a
list
of spec ific type, makes and mode ls of ch ild
restraints that
must be used to certify compli-
ance of
the
Advanced Airbag System in your veh i-
cle w
ith
the
suppress ion requirements
of
Federal
Motor
Vehicle
Safety Standard
208. These chi ld
restra ints
are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Angel
Guard
Angel
September 2S
,
2007
Ride
AA2403FOF
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Century SmartFit 4S43
December 1,
1999
Cosco
Arriva
September 2S,
2007
22-013PAW and base
22-999WHO
Evenflo Discovery Ad-
December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Evenflo
First Choice
December 1, 1999
204
Graco Infant 84S7
December 1, 1999
Graco
Snugride
September 25, 2007
Peg Perego
Primo Viag- September 25,
2007
g io SIP
IMUNOOUS
Subpart C - Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Britax Roundabout
September
25, 2007
E9L02xx
Cosco Touriva
02519
December 1, 1999
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