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& WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must install a forward-facing
child restraint on the front passenger' s seat :
• Always make sure the forward -facing seat has been designed
and certifi ed by it s manufact urer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag .
• Alway s follow th e manufa cturer's instru ctions provided with
the child safety seat or carrier.
• Always move the passenger seat into its rearmost position in
the seat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as possible before installing the child restraint. The back-
rest must be adjusted to an upright position.
• Always make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on. •
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equ ipped wit h an "Advanced Airbag System" in compli-
ance with United States Federa l Moto r Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 20 8 as a ppli cable at t he time your vehicle wa s m a nufa c-
tured.
The Advanced Airbag system in your veh icle has been cert ified to
meet the "low-r isk" requirements for 3- and 6- year-o ld childre n on
the passenger side and small ad ults o n the dr iver side . The low risk
dep loymen t criter ia are intended to red uce the risk of injury t hrough
interaction with t he airbag that can occur, for examp le, by being too
close t o the st eeri ng wheel and instr ume nt pane l whe n the airbag
inf lates. In addition, the system has been certified to comp ly with the
"supp res sion" requirement s of the Safety Stan da rd, t o t ur n off the
front airbag for infants up to 12 mont hs who are restrained on the
fr ont passe nger sea t in chil d res t raints t hat ar e list ed in t he St an -
dard .
Even thoug h your vehicle is equ ipped with an Advanced Airbag
system , a child should always ride in t he sea t properly restrained for
its age a nd size . The airbag on the passenger side makes the fro nt
seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to ride. The front seat is
not the safest place for a chi ld in a forward-facing child safety seat . It
can be a
very dangerous place fo r an infant or a larger child in a rear -
wa rd-facing seat . •
Advanced Airbags and the weight-sensing
mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your ve hicle detects t he presence of
an infa nt or ch ild in a child res t raint on t he front passenger sea t using
the we ight -sens ing mat in the seat cushion a nd the sensor be low t he
safety belt latch on the front passenge r seat that meas ures the
tension on t he safety belt .
The weight-sensing mat measures tota l we ight of the child and the
child safety sea t an d a child bla nke t on the fro nt passe nger se at . The
we ight on the front passenger seat is related to the design of the
child res t rai nt and it s "foot print", the size and shape of t he bot t om
of the child restraint as it sits on the seat. The weight of a child
restrain t a nd its "foo t pr int"
vary for different kinds of child res t ra ints
and for the different models of the same kind of child res t ra int
offere d by child rest raint ma nufacturers.
The we ight ra nges for the individual types, makes and models of ch ild
restraints that the NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard
t oge th er w it h t he weig ht rang es of typical infan t s a nd typical 1 year-
old child have been stored in the control unit of the Advanced Airbag
System . When a child res t raint is being use d on t he fron t passenge r
sea t with a typical 1 year -old child, the Advanced Airbag System
compa res the we igh t meas ur ed by t he weigh t sensin g ma t with the
info rmation stored in the elec t ron ic cont rol un it .
The e lectronic control unit also reg isters the tens ion on the front
passenge r safety belt. The t en sion on t he safety belt for t he fr ont
passenge r seat will be diffe rent for an adult who is prope rly using the .,_
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