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Ch ild safety
control unit of the Advanced Airbag System
.
When a chi ld restraint is being used on the front
passenger seat with a typical 1 year-o ld chi ld, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the weight
measured by the weight sensing mat with the in-
formation stored in the electron ic control unit
.
The electronic control unit a lso registers the ten
-
sion on the front passenger safety be lt. The ten
-
sion on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat will be d ifferent for an adult w ho is properly
using the safety belt as compared to the tens ion
on the belt when it is used to attach a child re-
st
raint to the seat. The senso
r
below the latch fo
r
t
he safety belt for
t
he fron
t
se at passenge
r
meas ures the tension on the be lt
.
The inp ut from
this sensor is then used with the weight to "de-
cide", whether there is a child restraint with a
typical 1 year -old chi ld on the front passenger
seat and whether or not the airbag must be
t
urned off
.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the child restraint that you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet Unit-
ed States Fede ral Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and
has been ce rtified by its manufac
t
urer for
use w ith an airbag
.
Always be sure
t
ha
t
the child
restraint is properly ins
t
alled at one of the rear
seating positions
.
If
in
exceptiona
l
circumstances
you must use it on the front passenger seat, care-
fully read all of the informat ion on child safety
and Advanced Airbags and heed all of the appli-
cable
WARNINGS.
Make certain that the ch ild
re-
straint is correctly recognized by the weight-sens-
ing mat inside the front passenger seat, that the
front passenge
r
airbag is t urned off and t hat
t
he
air
bag
st
atus is a lways cor rectly signaled by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
.
Many types and models of child restra ints have
been ava ilable ove
r
the yea rs, new models a re in-
t
roduced regu larly incorporat ing new and im
-
prove
d
des igns and o lder models are taken out
of
prod uction. Child restraints are not standardized
.
Child restrai nts of the same type typically have
d ifferent weights and s izes and different 'foot
-
prints,' the size and shape of the bottom of the
chi ld restraint that sits on the seat, w hen they
154
are insta lled on a vehicle seat. These differences
make it virtua lly impossib le to certify compliance
with the requirements for advanced airbags with
each and every chi ld restraint that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course of
the usefu
l
life of your vehicle.
For
th is reason, the United States National
High-
way Traffic Safety Adm inistrat ion has published a
list of specific type, makes and models of child
restraints that must be used to cert ify compli
-
ance of the Advanced Airbag System
in
your veh i-
cle w ith the suppression requirem
e
nts of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety
St
anda rd 208. These child
rest rain
t
s
a
re:
Subpart A
-
Car bed child restra ints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Angel Guar
d
Angel
Septe
m
ber
2
S,
200
7
Ride
AA240 3FOF
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Century Smart Fit
4 S4
3 December 1, 1999
Cosco Arriva
September 2S, 2007
22-013PAW and bas
e
22-999WHO
Evenflo Discove ry
Ad-
December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Even flo
First
Choi ce
Decembe
r
1, 1999
204
Graco Infant 84S7
December 1, 1999
Graco Sn ug ride
Se ptember 2S,
20
07
Peg Perego Primo Viag- September 2S, 2007
gio SIP IMUNOOUS
Subpart C
-
Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Britax Round
a
bout
September 2S, 200
7
E9 L02xx
Cosco Touriva 02Sl9
December 1, 1999
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