Chil d Safet y Ill
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System compares the weight measured by the weight sensing mat
with the information stored in the electronic control unit.
The electronic contro l unit also registers the tension on the front
passenger safety belt. The tension on the safety belt for the front
passenger seat will be different for an adult who is properly using
the safety belt as compared to the tension on the belt when it is
used to attach a chi ld restraint to the seat. The sensor below the
latch for the safety belt for the front seat passenger measures the
tension on the belt. The input from this sensor is then used w ith the
weight to "decide", whether there is a child restraint with a typical 1
year -old child on the front passenger seat and whether or not the
airbag must be turned off . •
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regard less of the child restraint that you use, make sure that it has
been certified to meet United States Federal Motor Vehic le Safety
Standards and has been certified by its manufacturer for use with
an airbag. If in exceptiona l circumstances you must use it on the
front passenger seat , carefu lly read all of the information on chi ld
safety and Advanced Airbags and heed all of the applicable WARN-
INGS. Make certa in that the child restra int is correctly recognized by
the weight -sensing mat inside the front passenger seat, that the
front passenger airbag is turned off and that the airbag status is
always correct ly signaled by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Many types and mode ls of child restra ints have been availab le over
the years, new models are introduced regularly incorporating new
and improved designs and older models are taken out of produc -
tion. Child restraints are not standardized. Child restraints of the
same type typical ly have different weights and sizes and different
'footprints,' the size and shape of the bottom of the chi ld restraint
that sits on the seat, when they are insta lled on a vehicle seat. These
differences make it virtual ly impossible t o cert ify compliance with
the requirements for advanced airbags with each and every child
restraint t hat has ever been sold in the past or will be sold over the
course of the usefu l life of your vehicle .
Safety first
For this reason, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety
Admin istration has pub lished a list of spec ific type, makes and
models of child restraints that must be used to certify compliance
of t he Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle with t he suppression
requirements of Federal Motor Vehic le Safety Standard 208. These
child restraints are:
A. Ca r b e d s, m a nuf ac tur e d on o r a ft er Se pt e mb e r 1,
2 0 0 4 :
• Cosco Dream Ride 02-719
B. Re ar facing child rest raint sys tem s, m a nu f actured
o n o r a ft er Se pt e mb e r 1, 2004 :
(When the restraint system comes equipped with a removab le base,
compliance has to be certified with or without the base).
• Britax Handle with Care 191
• Century Assura 4553
• Century Smart Fit 4543
• Cosco Arriva 02727
• Evenflo Discovery Adjust Right 212
• Evenflo First Choice 204
• Graco lnfant8457
C. Fo rward -fa ci ng co nve rtibl e c hild re s tr a int s y s tem s,
m a nuf ac tur e d on o r after Se pt e mb er 1 , 20 0 4 :
• Britax Roundabout 161
• Britax Expressway
• Century Encore 4612
• Century STE 1000 4416
• Cosco Olympian 02803
• Cosco Touriva 02519
• Evenflo Horizon V 425
• Evenflo Meda llion 254
• Safety First Comfort Ride 22-400
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