Child Restraint; Child Restraint Precautions - Toyota RAV4 EE Owner's Manual

Child restraint—

—Child restraint precautions

Toyota strongly urges the use of ap-
propriate child restraint systems for
children.
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 99 in this Section for details.
CAUTION
For effective protection in automo-
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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.
Toyota strongly urges use of a
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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.
Never install a rear−facing child re-
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straint system on the front seat
with the airbag manual
switch in the "ON" position. 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 the front passenger
seat.
RAV4_EE
OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS
A forward−facing child restraint sys-
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tem should
installed on the front passenger
seat only when it is unavoidable.
Always move the seat as far back
as possible, because the front pas-
senger airbag could inflate with
considerable
Otherwise, the child may be killed
or seriously injured.
On vehicles with side airbags and
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curtain shield airbags, do not allow
the child to lean his/her head or
any part of his/her body against the
door or the area of the seat, front
or center and roof side garnish
from which the side airbags or cur-
tain shield airbags deploy even if
the child is seated in the child re-
straint system. It is dangerous if
the side airbag and/or curtain shield
airbag inflate, and the impact could
cause death or serious injury to the
child.
Make sure you have complied with
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all installation instructions provided
by the child restraint manufacturer
and that the system is properly se-
cured. If it is not secured properly,
it may cause death or serious injury
to the child in the event of a sud-
on−off
den stop, sudden swerve or acci-
dent.
Do not allow children to play with
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the seat belt. If the belt becomes
twisted around a child's neck, it
may lead to choking or other seri-
ous injuries that could result in
death. If this occurs and the buckle
cannot be
should be used to cut the belt.
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be allowed to be
speed and force.
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