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Ch ild safet y
the 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-old child, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the we ight
measured by the weight sensing mat with the in-
formation stored in the electronic control unit.
The electronic cont rol un it 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-
stra int to t he seat. The senso r below the latc h fo r
the safety belt for t he fro nt sea t passe nger
meas ures t he tens io n on the belt. 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 child on the front passenger
seat and whethe r or not the a irbag must be
turned off.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regard less of the child restra int tha t you use,
make sure that it has been cert ified to meet Safe-
ty Standa rds and has been certified by its manu-
facturer for use wit h an a irbag. Always be sure
t ha t t he chi ld res t ra int is properly insta lled at
one of t he rear seating posit ions . If in excep t ion -
a l circumstances you must use it on the front
passenger seat, carefully read all of the informa-
tion on child safety and Advanced Airbags and
heed a ll of the app licab le WARNINGS. Make cer-
tain that the child restra int is correctly recog-
nized by the we ight-sens ing mat inside the front
passenger seat, that t he fron t passenger a irbag
is t urned off and t ha t the airbag status is a lways
cor rect ly signa led by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light.
Many types and models of child rest rai nts have
been available ove r t he yea rs, new models are in-
t roduced regularly incorporat ing new and im -
proved designs and older mode ls are taken out of
production . Child restraints a re not standardized .
Child rest raints of the same type typica lly have
d ifferent weights and s izes and d ifferent 'foot-
prints, ' the size and shape of the bottom of the
chi ld restraint that s its on the seat, when they
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are ins t alled on a vehicle seat . These d ifferences
make it virtua lly impossib le to certify compliance
with the requirements for advanced a irbags w ith
each and every child restra int that has eve r been
sold in the past or will be so ld over the course of
the usefu l life of your vehicle.
For t his reason, the United States Nationa l High-
way Traffic Safety Administration has published a
list of specific type, makes and mode ls of ch ild
restra ints that must be used to certify compli-
ance of t he Advanced Airbag System in your ve hi-
cle w ith the suppress ion requirements of Federa l
Motor Vehicle Safety Standa rd 208. These child
res t rai nts are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Angel Guard Angel
Septe m ber 25, 2007
Ride AA240 3FOF
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Cent ury SmartFi t 4 54 3 Decembe r 1, 1999
Cosco Arriva
September 25, 2007
22-013PAW and base
22- 9 99WHO
Evenflo Discove ry Ad-
December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Evenflo First Choi ce
Decembe r 1, 1999
204
Graco Infant 8457
December 1, 1999
Graco Snugr ide
September 25, 20 0 7
Peg Perego Primo Viag- September 25, 2007
g io SIP IMUNOOUS
Subpart C - Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Brit ax Roun d abo ut
Septe m ber 25, 200 7
E9 L02xx
Cosco Touriva 02519
December 1, 1999
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