Your vehicle has a passenger airbag. There is an airbag off switch in the glove box you can use to turn off the passenger's airbag. See Airbag Off Switch for more on this, including important safety information.
Unless the passenger's airbag has been turned off, never put a rear-facing child restraint in this vehicle. Here is why:
Caution: 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 airbag has been turned off.
Even though the airbag off switch is designed to turn off the right front passenger's frontal airbag, 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 secure a forward-facing child restraint in the passenger seat, always move the passenger seat as far back as it will go.Caution: If the airbag readiness light ever comes on when you have turned off the passenger's frontal airbag, it means that something may be wrong with the airbag system. The passenger's frontal airbag could inflate even though the switch is off. If this ever happens, do not let anyone whom the national government has identified as a member of a passenger airbag risk group sit in the passenger's position (for example, do not secure a rear-facing child restraint in your vehicle) until you have your vehicle serviced. See Airbag Off Switch .
- Your vehicle has a passenger's airbag. See Airbag Off Switch . If your child restraint is forward-facing, always move the seat as far back as it will go before securing it in this seat. See Power Seats . Never use a rear-facing child restraint in this seat unless the airbag is off.
- Find the LATCH anchorages in the passenger seat. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) .
- Put the child restraint on the seat.
- Attach and tighten the LATCH attachments on the child restraint to the LATCH anchorages in the vehicle. The child restraint instructions will show you how.
- If the child restraint is forward-facing, attach and tighten the top tether to the top tether anchorage. The child restraint instructions will show you how. Also see Top Strap .
- Push and pull the child restraint in different directions to be sure it is secure.
To remove the child restraint, simply unhook the top strap from the top tether anchor and then disconnect the anchor points.
If you were using a rear-facing child restraint, turn on the passenger's airbag when you remove the rear-facing child restraint from the vehicle unless the person who will be sitting there is a member of a passenger airbag risk group. See Airbag Off Switch .
Caution: If the passenger's frontal airbag is turned off for a person who is not in a risk group identified by the national government, that person will not have the extra protection of a frontal airbag. In a crash, the airbag would not be able to inflate and help protect the person sitting there. Do not turn off the passenger's frontal airbag unless the person sitting there is in a risk group. See Airbag Off Switch for more on this, including important safety information.
