2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA child restraint

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Improperly seated and/or restrained
infants and children can be killed
or seriously injured by the
deploying airbags. An infant or
child who is too small to use a seat
belt should be properly secured
using a child restraint system.
Toyota strongly recommends that all
infants and children be placed in
the rear seat of the vehicle and
properly restrained. The rear seat is
the safest for infants and children.
For instructions concerning the
installation of a child restraint
system, see “Child restraint” on
page 115 in this Section.The SRS front airbags are designed to
deploy in severe (usually frontal) colli-
sions where the magnitude and duration
of the forward deceleration of the ve-
hicle exceeds the designed threshold
level.
The SRS front airbags will deploy if the
severity of the impact is above the de-
signed threshold level, comparable to an
approximate 25 km/h (15 mph) collision
when the vehicle has the impact straight
into a fixed barrier that does not move or
deform.
However, this threshold velocity will be
considerably higher if the vehicle strikes
an object, such as a parked vehicle or
sign pole, which can move or deform on
impact, or if the vehicle is involved in an
underride collision (e.g. a collision in
which the front of the vehicle “underrides”,
or goes under, the bed of a truck, etc.).
It is possible that in some collisions
where the forward deceleration of the ve-
hicle is very close to the designed thresh-
old level, the SRS front airbags and the
seat belt pretensioners may not activate
together.
Always wear your seat belts properly.
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Collision from the
rear
Vehicle rollover
Collision from
the side
The SRS front airbags are not generally
designed to inflate if the vehicle is in-
volved in a side or rear collision, if it
rolls over, or if it is involved in a low
speed frontal collision. But, when ever a
collision of any type causes sufficient
forward deceleration of the vehicle, de-
ployment of the SRS front airbags may
occur.

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Do not sit on the edge of the seat
or lean against the dashboard when
the vehicle is in use, since the
front passenger airbag could inflate
with considerable speed and force.
Anyone who is up against, or very
close to, an airbag when it inflates,
can be killed or seriously injured.
Sit up straight and well back in the
seat, and always use your seat belt
properly.
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Toyota strongly recommends that all
infants and children be placed in
the rear seat of the vehicle and be
properly restrained.
Do not hold a child on your lap or
in your arms. Use a child restraint
system in the rear seat. For instruc-
tions concerning the installation of
a child restraint system, see “Child
restraint” on page 115 in this Sec-
tion.
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Do not put anything or any part of
your body on or in front of the
dashboard or steering wheel pad
that houses the front airbag sys-
tem. They might restrict inflation or
cause death or serious injury as
they are projected rearward by the
force of the deploying airbags. Like-
wise, the driver and front passenger
should not hold objects in their
arms or on their knees.

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Roll sensing function:
In response to a vehicle rollover, the cur-
tain shield airbags on both sides work
with the seat belts to help reduce injury
by inflating. The curtain shield airbags
help reduce injuries mainly to the driver ’s,
all window−side passenger ’s head and
help prevent them from being thrown out
of the vehicle. (This function can be
turned off if inflation is not desired. See
“—Roll sensing of curtain shield airbags
off switch” on page 114 in this Section.)
The SRS curtain shield airbags may acti-
vate even when the side airbags are not
activated.
Always wear your seat belt properly.CAUTION
The SRS side airbag and curtain
shield airbag system is designed
only as a supplement to the prima-
ry protection of the driver, right
front passenger and rear outside
passenger seat belt systems. To en-
sure maximum protection in an ac-
cident, the driver and all passen-
gers in the vehicle must wear their
seat belts properly. Wearing a seat
belt properly during an accident re-
duces the chances of death or seri-
ous injury or being thrown out of
the vehicle. For instructions and
precautions concerning the seat
belt system, see “Seat belts” on
page 66 in this Section.
Do not allow anyone to lean his/her
head or any part of his/her body
against the door or the area of the
seat, front p illar, rear pillar or roof
side rail from which the SRS side
airbag and curtain shield airbag
deploy even if he/she is a child
seated in the child restraint system.
It is dangerous if the SRS side air-
bag and curtain shield airbag in-
flate, and the impact of the deploy-
ing airbag could cause death or se-
rious injury to the occupant.
Improperly seated and/or restrained
infants and children can be killed
or seriously injured by the deploy-
ing airbags. An infant or child who
is too small to use a seat belt
should be properly secured using a
child restraint system. Toyota
strongly recommends that all in-
fants and children be placed in the
rear seats of the vehicle and prop-
erly restrained. The rear seats are
the safest for infants and children.
For instructions concerning the
installation of a child restraint sys-
tem, see “Child restraint” on page
115 in this Section.

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Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant classification system
Condition detected bythe front passenger
occupant classification system
∗1
Passenger
airbag off switch
position
Indicator/warning lightDevices
Passenger
airbag
on− off
indicator
light
SRS
warning light
Front
passenger ’s seat belt
reminder
light
Front
passenger airbag
Side airbag
on the right front
passenger
seatCurtainshield
airbag in the front
passenger side
Front
passenger ’s
seat belt
pretensioner
1. Adult∗2“AUTO”“ON”OffFlashing∗5ActivatedActivated“OFF”“OFF”Deactivated
2. Child∗3 or child
restraint system∗ 4
“AUTO”“OFF”∗6OffFlashing∗5Deactivated
Activated
Activated“OFF”
3. Unoccupied“AUTO”Not
illuminated
OffOffDeactivatedDeactivated
“OFF”“OFF”
4. There is a malfunction in the
system“AUTO”
“OFF”OnOffDeactivatedActivated“OFF”
∗1: The right front passenger on the bench seat
∗2: The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in the front passenger seat, the system may
recognize him/her as a child depending on his/her physique and posture.
∗3: When a larger child who has outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/her
as an adult depending on his/her physique or posture.

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∗
4: Never install a rear −facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat. A forward− facing child restraint system should only
be installed on the front passenger seat when it is unavoidable. (See “Child restraint” on page 115 in this Section as for inst alling the
child restraint system.)
∗ 5: In the event the front passenger does not wear a seat belt.∗6: In case the indicator is not illuminated, see “Child restraint” on page 115 as for installing the child restraint system prope rly.

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CAUTION
To avoid potential death or serious
injury when the front passenger occu-
pant classification system does not
detect the conditions correctly, ob-
serve the following.
Make sure the passenger airbag on
off indicator light indicates “ON”
when using the seat belt extender
for the front passenger seat. If the
indicator light indicates “OFF”, dis-
connect the extender tongue from
the seat belt buckle, then reconnect
the seat belt. Reconnect the seat
belt extender after making sure the
indicator light indicates “ON”. If
you use the seat belt extender
while the indicator light indicates
“OFF”, the front passenger airbag
and side airbag on the front pas-
senger side may not activate cor-
rectly, which could cause death or
serious injury in the event of colli-
sion.
Do not recline the front passenger
seatback so far that it touches a
backwall. This may cause the “OFF”
indicator to be illuminated, which
indicates that the passenger ’s air-
bags will not deploy in the event of
a severe accident. If the seatback
touches the backwall, return the
seatback to a position where it
does not touch the backwall.
Keep the front passenger seatback
as upright as possible when the ve-
hicle is moving. Reclining the seat-
back excessively may lessen the ef-
fectiveness of the seat belt system.
If an adult sits in the front passen-
ger seat, the passenger airbag on
off indicator light should indicate
“ON”. If the “OFF” indicator is illu-
minated, ask the passenger to sit
up straight, well back in the seat,
feet on the floor and with the seat
belt worn correctly. If the “OFF”
indicator still remains illuminated,
move the front passenger seat fully
rearward.
Wear the seat belt properly.
Make sure the front passenger ’s
seat belt tab has not been left in-
serted in the buckle before some-
one sits in the front passenger
seat.
Do not place a heavy load on the
front passenger seat, etc.
Do not apply pressure to the front
passenger seat by resting hands or
legs on the seatback.
Do not put objects under the front
passenger seat.
Do not attach any heavy items to
the back of the front passenger
seat.
When it is unavoidable to install the
forwardfacing child restraint sys-
tem on the front passenger seat,
install the child restraint system on
the front passenger seat in the
proper order. (As for the installation
order, see “—Installation with seat
belt” on page 118 in this Section.)

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Do not modify or remove the front
seats.
Do not kick the front passenger
seat or subject it to severe impact.
Otherwise, the SRS warning light
may come on to indicate a malfunc-
tion of the detection system. In this
case, contact your Toyota dealer im-
mediately.
The passenger airbag on−off indicator light
may indicate “ON” (the front passenger
airbag and side airbag on the front
passenger seat may deploy) even if
observing the above cautions, when a
child sits in, or a forward −facing child
restraint system is installed on the front
passenger seat. Refer to all the cautions
in “—SRS driver airbag and front
passenger airbag” on page 77, “—SRS
side airbags and curtain shield airbags” on
page 95 and “Child restraint” on page 115
in this Section. Your vehicle is equipped with a front
passenger occupant classification sys-
tem. The system detects conditions
1—4 (Shown in the table on page 112)
Based on these conditions, the systems
below are activated or deactivated:
Front passenger airbag
Side airbag on the right front passen-
ger seat
Front passenger ’s seat belt pretension-
er
The system monitors the weight and
load on the right front passenger seat,
and the seat belt buckle switch to de-
termine conditions 1—4.
In order to ensure the system detects
the conditions correctly:
Do not place a heavy load on the right
front passenger seat or the seatback
table, etc.
Do not attach a commercial seatback
table or other heavy item to the back
of the right front passenger seat.
Do not apply pressure to the right front
passenger seat by resting hands or
legs on the seatback.
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The passenger airbag onoff indicator
light indicates the actuation of the front
passenger airbag, side airbag on the
front passenger seat and front passen-
ger seat belt pretensioner.
The passenger airbag onoff indicator
light will indicate “ON” and “OFF”
when the engine switch is turned to the
“ON” position. After about four sec-
onds, it will go off. After that, the front
passenger occupant classification sys-
tem operates and judges whether to in-
dicate “ON” or “OFF”.
—Front passenger occupant
classification system
(Double cab and Crew Max models)

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Condition and operation in the front passenger occupant classification system
Condition detected bythe front passenger
occupant classification system
∗1
Indicator/warning lightDevices
Passenger
airbag on −off
indicator lightSRS warning
light
Front
passenger ’s seat belt
reminder lightFront
passenger airbag
Side airbag
on the right front
passenger
seatCurtain shieldairbag in the front
passenger
sideFront
passenger ’s seat belt
pretensioner
1. Adult∗ 2“ON”OffFlashing∗5Activated
2. Child∗3 or child
restraint system∗ 4“OFF”∗6OffFlashing∗5Deactivated
Activated
Activated
3. UnoccupiedNot
illuminatedOffOffDeactivatedDeactivated
4. There is a malfunction in the
system
“OFF”OnOffDeactivatedActivated
∗1: The right front passenger on the bench seat.
∗2: The system judges a person of adult size as an adult. When a smaller adult sits in the front passenger seat, the system may
recognize him/her as a child depending on his/her physique and posture.
∗3: When a larger child who has outgrown a child restraint system sits in the front passenger seat, the system may recognize him/h er
as an adult depending on his/her physique or posture.
∗ 4: Never install a rear −facing child restraint system on the front passenger seat. A forward −facing child restraint system should only be
installed on the front passenger seat when it is unavoidable. (See “Child restraint” on page 115 in this Section as for install ing the
child restraint system.)
∗ 5: In the event the front passenger does not wear a seat belt.
∗6: In case the indicator is not illuminated, see “Child restraint” on page 115 as for installing the child restraint system prope rly.