Passenger Airbag Manual On-Off Switch; Child Restraint - Toyota Tacoma 2002 Operating Manual

Passenger airbag manual
on–off switch
(on some models)
Indicator light
This on–off switch is designed to dis-
able the front passenger airbag in order
to allow usage, if necessary, of a mem-
ber of a passenger risk group identified
in TABLE 1 is occupying the right front
passenger seating position. (For details,
see "SRS driver and front passenger
airbags" in this section.)
Operate on–off switch as follows:
Insert key into the keyhole and turn it.
To turn front passenger airbag on: Turn
the key clockwise to the "ON" position.
To turn front passenger airbag off: Turn
the key counterclockwise to the "OFF"
position.
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'02 Tacoma U (L/O 0109)
The indicator comes on when the front
passenger airbag system is off.
CAUTION
D
Make sure that the indicator light is
off.
D
Do not turn off the passenger air-
bag manual on–off switch except
when a member of a passenger risk
group identified in TABLE 1 is oc-
cupying the right front passenger
seating position.
D
When the passenger airbag manual
on–off switch is turned off, the
front passenger airbag will not in-
flate in a collision and turning off
the front passenger airbag can re-
duce the occupant protection which
your vehicle safety systems can
provide to you in certain accidents
and increase the likelihood of seri-
ous personal injuries.
For details, see "SRS driver and front
passenger airbags" in this section.
2002 MY TACOMA_U (OM35786U)

Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly urges the use of child
restraint systems for children
enough to use them.
The laws of all fifty states in the U.S.A.
and Canada now require the use of a
child restraint system.
Your vehicle conforms to SAEJ1819.
If a child is too large for a child restraint
system, the child should sit in the seat
and must be restrained using the vehicle's
seat belt. See "Seat belts" for details.
CAUTION
D
For effective protection in automo-
bile accidents and sudden stops, a
child must be properly restrained,
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 be crushed
against the windshield, or between
you and the vehicle's interior.
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