Unless the passenger’s airbag or airbags have been
turned off, never put a rear-facing child restraint in this
vehicle. Here is why:
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A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the passenger’s
airbag inflates. This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would be very close
to the inflating airbag. Do not use a rear-facing
child restraint in this vehicle unless the
passenger’s frontal airbag and side impact
airbag (if equipped) have been turned off.
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Even though the airbag off switch is designed
to turn off the passenger’s frontal airbag and
side impact airbag (if equipped), no system is
fail-safe, and no one can guarantee that an
airbag will not deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is turned off. We
recommend that rear-facing child restraints be
transported in vehicles with a rear seat that
will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint,
whenever possible.
If you need to secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the passenger seat, always move
the passenger seat as far back as it will go.
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