Toyota RAV4 EE Owner's Manual page 136

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OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
Improperly seated and/or restrained
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infants and children can be killed
or seriously injured by the deploy-
ing airbags. An infant or child who
is too small to use a seat belt
should be properly secured using a
child restraint system.
strongly recommends that all in-
fants and children be placed in the
rear seats of the vehicle and prop-
erly restrained. The rear seats are
the safest for infants and children.
For instructions concerning
installation of a child restraint sys-
tem, see "Child restraint" on page
137 in this Section.
Do not turn off the SRS side airbag
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on passenger seat manual on−off
switch except when the rear−facing
child restraint system is installed
on the front passenger seat.
When the passenger airbag manual
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on−off switch is turned off, the SRS
side airbag on front passenger seat
will not inflate in a collision and
turning off the SRS side airbag on
front passenger seat can reduce the
occupant protection which your ve-
hicle safety systems can provide to
you in certain accidents and in-
crease the likelihood of death or
serious injuries.
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The SRS side airbag and curtain shield
airbag system may not activate if the
vehicle is subjected to a collision from
the side at certain angles, or a collision
to the side of the vehicle body other
than the passenger compartment as
shown in the illustration.
The SRS side airbags and SRS curtain
shield airbags will deploy in the event of
an impact that exceeds the set threshold
level (the level of force corresponding to
the impact force produced by a 1500 kg
[3300 lb.] vehicle colliding with the vehicle
cabin from a direction perpendicular to the
vehicle orientation
speed of 20 − 30 km/h [12 − 18 mph]).
Always wear your seat belts properly.
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