Toyota Tacoma 2002 Operating Manual page 57

Vehicles with passenger airbag manu-
al on–off switch—
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REGULAR CAB MODELS—
Toyota strongly urges use of
proper child restraint system which
conforms to the size of the child.
XTRA–CAB MODELS—
Toyota strongly urges use of
proper child restraint system which
conforms to the size of the child,
installed on the rear seat. Accord-
ing to accident statistics, the child
is safer when properly restrained in
the rear seat than in the front seat.
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Never put infant or child age 1 to
12 in a passenger risk group on the
right front seat with the passenger
airbag manual on–off switch in the
"ON" position. In the event of an
accident, the force of the rapid
inflation of the passenger airbag
can cause death or serious injury
to the child.
'02 Tacoma U (L/O 0109)
If you must put infant or child age
1 to 12 in a passenger risk group
on the right front seat, make sure
the passenger airbag manual on–off
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switch is in the "OFF" position and
that the indicator light is on. (For
details, see "SRS driver and front
passenger airbags" in this section.)
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Make sure that you have complied
with all installation instructions pro-
vided by the child
manufacturer and that the system is
properly secured.
2002 MY TACOMA_U (OM35786U)
Vehicles without
manual on–off switch—
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Toyota strongly urges use of
proper child restraint system which
conforms to the size of the child,
installed on the rear seat. Accord-
ing to accident statistics, the child
is safer when properly restrained in
the rear seat than in the front seat.
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Never install a rear–facing child re-
restraint
straint system on the front seat. In
the event of an accident, the force
of the rapid inflation of the airbag
can cause death or serious injury if
a rear–facing child restraint system
is installed on the front seat.
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Unless it is unavoidable, do not
install a forward–facing child re-
straint system on the front seat.
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A forward–facing child restraint sys-
tem should be
installed on the
seat only when it is unavoidable.
Always move the seat as far back
as possible, because the force of
the deploying front passenger air-
bag could cause death or serious
injury to the child.
passenger airbag
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allowed to be
front passenger
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