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The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and Transport
Canada recommend that all children
age12and under be properly
restrained in a back seat.
Since this vehicle does not have a
back seat, we strongly recommend
that you do not carry any child who
is not large enough or mature
enough to ride in f ront (see page ). Airbags have been designed to help
protect adults in a moderate to
severe f rontal collision. To do this,
the passenger’s airbag is quite large
and it can inflate with enough force
to cause very serious injuries.
If the vehicle seat is too
f ar f orward, or the child’s head is
thrown f orward during a collision, an
inf lating passenger’s airbag can
strike the child with enough force to
kill or very seriously injure a small
child.
If the passenger’s airbag
inflates, it can hit the back of the
child seat with enough f orce to kill or
very seriously injure an inf ant. If a larger child must ride in
this vehicle, see page for
important guidelines on how to
decide when a child is ready to ride
in the passenger’s seat and how to
properly protect the child.
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Protecting Children General Guidelines
Your Vehicle is Not
Recommended f or Child
PassengersThe Passenger’s Airbag Can Pose
Serious Risks
Small Children
L arger Children
Inf ants
Placing a f orward-f acing child seat in
t he passenger’s seat can behazardous.
Never put a rear-f acing child seat in t his vehicle. Children who have outgrown childseat s are also at risk of being injuredor killed by an inf lat ing passenger’sairbag.
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