Child-restraint Systems

Accident statistics reveal that a child is safer in the rear seat. The front passenger's seat is clearly the worst choice for any child under 12, and with rear-facing child-restraint systems it is clearly unsafe due to air bags.

 

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Even if your vehicle is equipped with front passenger occupant classification sensor (Search), which automatically deactivates the front passenger air bag, a rear seat is the safest place for a child of any age or size.

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Some child-restraint systems now come with tethers and therefore must be installed on the seats that take tethers to be effective.

Some child-restraint systems also employ specially designed ISOFIX/LATCH^*1 attachments; refer to " How to Use the ISOFIX Lower Anchor (Mexico)/LATCH Lower Anchor (Except Mexico)"(Search).

1. ISOFIX (Mexico)/LATCH (Except Mexico)