Toyota 1997 Tercel Owner's Manual page 40

In the following cases, contact your
Toyota dealer as soon as possible:
DThe SRS airbags have been inflated.
DThe front part of the vehicle (shaded in
the illustration) was involved in an ac-
cident not of the extent to cause the
SRS airbags to inflate
DThe pad section of the steering wheel
(shaded in the illustration) is scratch-
ed, cracked, or otherwise damaged.
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Child restraint—
—Child restraint precautions
Toyota strongly urges the use of child
restraint systems for children small
enough to use it.
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 the 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" for details.
CAUTION
!
D For effective protection in auto-
mobile accidents and sudden
stops, children 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 accident, the child
can be crushed against the wind-
shield, or between you and the ve-
hicle's interior.
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D Toyota strongly urges use of a
proper child restraint system that
conforms to the size of the child
on the rear seat. According to acci-
dent statistics, the child is safer
when properly restrained in the
rear seat than in the front seat.
D Vehicles with a passenger airbag:
Never install a rear-facing child re-
straint system on the front seat. In
the event of an accident, the force
of the rapid inflation of the airbag
can cause severe injury if a rear-
facing child restraint system is
installed on the front seat.
Unless it is unavoidable, do not
install a forward-facing child re-
straint system on the front seat
If you must install a forward-fac-
ing child restraint system on the
front seat, move the seat as far
back as possible.
D Make sure that you have complied
with all installation instructions
provided by the child restraint
manufacturer and that the system
is properly secured.