Child Restraint - Toyota 2004 HIGHLANDER User Manual

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Do not put objects under the front
passenger seat.
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Child restraint systems installed on
the second seat should not contact
the front seatbacks.
The "AIRBAG ON" indicator light may be
illuminated (the front passenger airbag and
side airbag on the front passenger seat
may deploy) even if observing the above
cautions, when a child sits in, or a for-
ward- facing child restraint system
installed on the front passenger seat. Re-
fer to all the cautions in "SRS airbags" on
page 66 and "Child restraint" on page 85
in this Section.
'04 HIGHLANDER_U (L/O 0308)

Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly urges the use of ap-
propriate child restraint systems for
children.
The laws of all 50 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 rear
seat and must be restrained using the
vehicle's seat belt. See "Seat belts" on
page 54 in this Section for details.
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CAUTION
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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
against the windshield, or between
you and the vehicle's interior.
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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-
straint system on the front passen-
ger seat even if the "AIRBAG OFF"
indicator light is illuminated. In the
event of an accident, the force of
the rapid inflation of the front pas-
senger airbag can cause death or
serious injury to the child if the
rear- facing child restraint system is
installed on
seat.
be crushed
2004 HIGHLANDER from Aug. '03 Prod. (OM48478U)
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the front passenger
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