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Seating Children Safely in Model 3
Passenger Front Airbag Must Be OFF
Warning: Never seat a child on the front passenger seat when the passenger front airbag is
active. Always ensure this airbag is OFF. Refer to the following label fitted to the sun visors:
When an infant or child is seated in the front passenger seat (even when the child is seated in a
suitable child restraint system or booster seat), the passenger front airbag MUST be disabled. If a
collision occurs, the in
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Front Passenger SeatWarning: Never seat a child on the front passenger seat when the passenger front airbag is
active. Doing so can cause serious injury or death. See Disabling the Passenger Front Airbag
on page 42.Warning: To accommodate a belt-based child restraint system in the front seat, you must
raise the seat upward to the mid-height position (approximately 3 cm).
When the passenger front airbag is disabled and the seat bottom is raised half way up, infants and
children can occupy the front passenger seat using the following types of belt-based child
restraint systems:
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Child Restraint System WarningsWarning: Never seat a child in a child
restraint system or a booster seat on the
front passenger seat when the passenger
front airbag is active. Doing so can cause serious injury or death.Warning: Never use a rearward facing
child restraint system on a seat protected by an active passenger front airbag.
Doing so can cause serious injury or
death. Refer to the warning label located on the sun visor.Warning: Some child restraint systems are
designed to be secured in vehicle seats
by lap belts or the lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder belt. Children could be
endangered in a crash if their child restraint systems are not properly secured
in the vehicle.Warning: Do not use a forward-facing
child restraint system until your child weighs over 9 kg (20 lbs.) and can sit
independently. Up to the age of two, a
child
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Airbags
Location of Airbags Airbags are located in the approximate areas shown here. Airbag warning information is printed
on the sun visors.
Model 3 is equipped with an airbag and lap/shoulder belt at both front outboard seating
positions. The airbag is a supplemental restraint at those seating positions. All occupants,
including the driver, should always wear their seat belts whether or not an airbag is also provided at their seating position to minimize the risk of severe injury or death in the event of a crash.
Note: On RHD (Right Hand Drive) vehicles, the locations of the passenger and driver airbags are
reversed.
1. Front airbags
2. Seat-mounted side airbags
3. Curtain airbags
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Disabling the Passenger Front
Airbag
When a child is seated in the front passenger
seat (even when the child is seated in a child safety seat or booster seat), you must disable
the passenger front airbag to prevent it from
injurying the child if a collision occurs.
To turn off the front airbag on the passenger
side of the vehicle, touch Controls > Safety &
Security > Passenger Front Airbag .The Passenger Airbag indicator
displays in the top right corner
of the touchscreen to indicate
whether the front passenger
airbag is on or off.
Note: You can also touch this
status icon to manually turn the
passenger front airbag on or off.
If the airbag is on, even if you have turned it
off (or vice versa), contact Tesla immediately.
Note: Model 3 has a capacitive touchscreen
and may not respond to your touch if you are
wearing standard gloves. If the touchscreen is
not responding, remove gloves or wear gloves
with conductive fingertips for use with
capacitive touchscreens.
Warning: Never seat a child in a child
safety seat or a booster seat on the front
passenger seat when the airbag is
activate. Doing so can cause serious
injury or death.Warning: If the passenger front airbag
control does not appear to be
functioning, do not seat a passenger in
the front seat. Contact Tesla immediately
to have the vehicle inspected and if
necessary, repaired.
In
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Note: Restarting the touchscreen does not
power Model 3 off and on.
Warning: Paying attention to road and
traffic conditions must always be the
driver
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Lights
Controlling Lights Touch Controls > Lights on the touchscreen to
control the lights.
In addition to the lights that you can control
from the touchscreen, Model 3 has
convenience lights that operate automatically
based on what you are doing. For example, in
low ambient lighting conditions, interior lights, marker lights, tail lights, and puddle lights turn
on when you unlock Model 3, when you open
a door, and when you shift into Park. They turn
off after a minute or two or when you shift
into a driving gear or lock Model 3.
Note: The image below is provided for
demonstration purposes only. Depending on vehicle options, software version and market
region, your touchscreen may appear slightly
different.
1. Exterior lights (headlights, tail lights,
position lights and license plate lights) are
set to AUTO each time you start Model 3.
When set to AUTO, exterior lights
automatically turn on when driving in low
lighting conditions. If you change to a different setting, lights always revert to
AUTO on your next drive.
Touch one of these options to temporarily
change the exterior light setting:OFFExterior lights turn off until you
manually turn them back on or
until the next time you drive.
Note: Any exterior lights that
are required to remain on in
your market region will turn on
whenever a driving gear (Drive
or Reverse) is engaged.Only the exterior position lights,
tail lights and license plate
lights turn on.Exterior lights turn on.
Note: If equipped with the premium
package, Model 3 has a series of LED
lights along the rim of the headlights, also referred to as "signature" lights. These
lights automatically turn on whenever
Model 3 is powered on and a driving gear
(Drive or Reverse) is engaged.
Warning: Always ensure that your
headlights are on during low visibility conditions. Failure to do so may result
in a collision.
2. A separate control is available to turn on
fog lights (if equipped). When on, fog
lights operate whenever low beam headlights are on. When headlights are
turned off, fog lights also turn off.
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