2001 Toyota Tacoma Owners Manual - Page 55

'01 Tacoma U (L/O 0009) Child restraint- -Child restraint precautions The indicator comes on when the front passenger airbag system is off. Toyota strongly urges the use of child restraint systems for children small enough to use them. The laws of all fifty states in the U.S.A. and Canada now require the use of a child restraint system. Your vehicle conforms to SAEJ1819. If a child is too large for a child restraint system, the child should sit in the seat and must be restrained using the vehicle's seat belt. See "Seat belts" for details. CAUTION Vehicles with passenger airbag manual on-off switch- D REGULAR CAB MODELS- Toyota strongly urges use of a proper child restraint system which conforms to the size of the child. XTRA-CAB MODELS- Toyota strongly urges use of a proper child restraint system which conforms to the size of the child, and is put on the rear seat. According to accident statistics, the child is safer when properly restrained in the rear seat than in the front seat. D Make sure that the indicator light is off. D Do not turn off the passenger airbag manual on-off switch except when a member of a passenger risk group identified in TABLE 1 is occupying the right front passenger seating position. D When the passenger airbag manual on-off switch is turned off, the front passenger airbag will not inflate in a collision and turning off the front passenger airbag can reduce the occupant protection which your vehicle safety systems can provide to you in certain accidents and increase the likelihood of serious personal injuries. For details, see "SRS driver and front passenger airbags" in this section. CAUTION D For effective protection in automobile accidents and sudden stops, child must be properly restrained using a seat belt or child restraint system depending on the age and size of the child. Holding a child in your arms is not a substitute for a child restraint system. In an accident, the child can be crushed against the windshield, or between you and the vehicle's interior. D Never put infant or child age 1 to 12 in a passenger risk group on the right front seat with the passenger airbag manual on-off switch in the "ON" position. In the event of an accident, the force of the rapid inflation of the passenger airbag can cause death or serious injury to the child. 2001 TACOMA (OM35766U) 55