Specifications

A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger’s air bag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating air bag. If
your vehicle is a passenger van, always secure
a rear-facing child restraint
in a rear seat. If
your vehicle is
a cargo van with a right front
passenger air bag and an air bag
off switch, be
sure to turn
off the air bag before using a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat
position. If your vehicle
is a cargo van with a
right front passenger air bag but does not
have an air bag
off switch, do not use a
rear-facing child restraint in this vehicle. If a
forward-facing child restraint
is suitable for
your child, always move the passenger seat as
far back as
it will go.
Although a rear seat is a safer place, you can secure a
forward-fac
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If the air bag readiness light ever comes on
when you have turned
off the air bag, it means
that something may be wrong with the air bag
system. The right front passenger’s air bag
could inflate even though the switch
is off. If
this ever happens, don’t let anyone whom the
national government has identified as a
member of a passenger air bag risk group sit
in the right front passenger’s position (for
example, don’t secure a rear-facing child
restraint in your vehicle) until you have your
vehicle serviced. See ”Air Bag
Off Switch” in
the Index.
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