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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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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.
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