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Protecting Children
Your
Car
is
Not
Recommended
for
Child
Passengers
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.
In addition, your car
has
a passenger's
air bag which poses serious risks to
children-
particularly infants and
small children.
20 Driver
and
Passenger
Safety
The
Passenger's
Airbag
Poses
Serious
Risks
to
Children
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.
As a result, we urge you to follow
these guidelines.
Infants
Never
put
a rear-facing
child
seat
in
the
front
seat
of
a
car
equipped
with
a
passenger's
airbag.
If
the air bag
inflates, it can hit the back of the
child seat with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure an infant.
Small
Children
Placing a
f01ward-facing child
seat
in
the
front
seat
of
a
car
equipped
with
a
passenger's
airbag can
be
hazardous.
If
the vehicle seat is too
far forward, or the child's head is
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
23
.
Larger Children
Children who
have
outgrown
child
seats
are also
at
risk
of
being
injured
or
killed
by
an
inflating
passenger's
airbag.
If
a larger child must ride
in
this car, see page
29
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.
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