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.TheSRSairbagsdeploywith & Childsafety withconsiderablespeedand


considerablespeedandforce. forceandcaninjureorevenkill
Occupantswhoareoutofproper WARNING children,especiallyiftheyare
positionwhentheSRSairbag notrestrainedorimproperlyre-
deployscouldsufferveryserious .Neverholdachildonyourlapor strained.Becausechildrenare
injuries.BecausetheSRSairbag inyourarmswhilethevehicleis lighterandweakerthanadults,
needsenoughspacefordeploy- moving.Thepassengercannot theirriskofbeinginjuredfrom
ment,thedrivershouldalways protectthechildfrominjuryina deploymentisgreater.
situprightandwellbackinthe collision,becausethechildwill .NEVERINSTALLAREARWARD
seatasfarfromthesteering becaughtbetweenthepassen- FACINGCHILDSAFETYSEATIN
wheelaspracticalwhilestill gerandobjectsinsidethevehi- THEFRONTSEAT.DOINGSO
maintainingfullvehiclecontrol cle. RISKSSERIOUSINJURYOR
andthefrontpassengershould .Whileridinginthevehicle,in- DEATHTOTHECHILDBYPLA-
movetheseatasfarbackas fantsandsmallchildrenshould CINGTHECHILD’SHEADTOO
possibleandsituprightandwell alwaysbeplacedintheREAR CLOSETOTHESRSAIRBAG.
backintheseat. seatinaninfantorchildrestraint .Alwaysturnthechildsafetylocks
systemwhichisappropriatefor tothe“LOCK”positionwhenever
Forinstructionsandprecautions,carefully the child’s age, height and
readthefollowingsections. achildridesintherearseat.
weight.Ifachildistoobigfora Seriousinjurycouldresultifa
.Fortheseatbeltsystem,referto“Seat- childrestraintsystem,thechild childaccidentallyopenedthe
belts”F1-12. shouldsitintheREARseatand doorandfellout.Referto“Child
.FortheSRSairbagsystem,referto berestrainedusingtheseatbelts. safetylocks”F2-20.
“*SRSairbag(SupplementalRestraint Accordingtoaccidentstatistics,
Systemairbag)”F1-38. childrenaresaferwhenproperly .Alwayslockthepassengers’win-
restrainedintherearseating dowsusingthelockswitchwhen
positionsthaninthefrontseat- childrenareridinginthevehicle.
ingpositions.Neverallowachild Failuretofollowthisprocedure
tostanduporkneelontheseat. couldresultininjurytoachild
operatingthepowerwindow.Re-
.PutchildrenintheREARseat ferto“Windows”F2-21.
properlyrestrainedatalltimesin
achildrestraintdeviceorina .Neverleaveunattendedchildren,
seatbelt.TheSRSairbagdeploys adultsoranimalsinthevehicle.

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