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Airbags have been designed to help
protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger’s airbag is quite large,
and it inflates with tremendous
speed.
If a larger child must ride in
this car, see page for important
guidelines on how to decide whether
a child is large enough and mature
enough to ride as a passenger, and
how to properly protect the child.
In addition, your car has a passenger’s
airbag which poses serious risks to
children particularly infants and
small children.
If the vehicle seat is too
farforward,orthechild’sheadis
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating airbag can strike the child
with enough force to kill or very
seriously injure a small child. If a
small child must ride in this car,
follow the instructions on page .
We strongly recommend that you do
not carry any child in this car.
One reason is that your car does not
have a back seat, and accident
statistics show that a child of any
size or age is safer when they are
properly restrained in the back seat
of a vehicle. As a result, we urge you to follow
these guidelines.
If the airbag
inflates, it can hit the back of the
child seat with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
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Driver and Passenger Safety
Protecting Children
The Passenger’s Airbag Poses
Serious Risks to Children
Your Car is Not Recommended
for Child Passengers
Small Children
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inf lating passenger’s
airbag.
Larger Children
Placing a f orward-f acing child seat in
the front seat of a car equipped with
a passenger’s airbag can be
hazardous.
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
the front seat of a car equipped with
a passenger’s airbag.
Infants
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