A label on the sun visor says, “Never put a rear-facingchild seat in the front.” This is because the risk tothe rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys.{ CAUTION:A child in a rear-facing child restraint can beseriously injured or killed if the right frontpassenger airbag inflates. This is because theback of the rear-facing child restraint would bevery close to the inflating airbag. A child in aforward-facing child restraint can be seriouslyinjured or killed if the right front passenger airbaginflates and the passenger seat is in a forwardposition.Even if the passenger sensing system has turnedoff the right front passenger frontal airbag, nosystem is fail-safe. No one can guarantee thatan airbag will not deploy under some unusualcircumstance, even though it is turned off.CAUTION: (Continued)CAUTION: (Continued)Secure rear-facing child restraints in a rearseat, even if the airbag is off. If you secure aforward-facing child restraint in the right front seat,always move the front passenger seat as far backas it will go. It is better to secure the child restraintin a rear seat.See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-59 foradditional information.If the child restraint has the LATCH system, see LowerAnchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-39for how and where to install the child restraint usingLATCH. If a child restraint is secured using a safety beltand it uses a top tether, see Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children (LATCH) on page 1-39 for top tether anchorlocations.Do not secure a child seat in a position without a toptether anchor if a national or local law requires thatthe top tether be anchored, or if the instructionsthat come with the child restraint say that the topstrap must be anchored.1-48
