2012 Lexus HS 250h Owners Manual - Page 117

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1-8. Safety information

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CAUTION

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SRS airbag precautions

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The SRS front passenger airbag also deploys with considerable force, and can

cause death or serious injury especially if the front passenger is very close to the

airbag. The front passenger seat should be as far from the airbag as possible with

the seatback adjusted, so the front passenger sits upright.

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Improperly seated and/or restrained infants and children can be killed or seri-

ously injured by a deploying airbag. An infant or child who is too small to use a

seat belt should be properly secured using a child restraint system. Lexus strongly

recommends that all infants and children be placed in the rear seats of the vehicle

and properly restrained. The rear seats are safer for infants and children than the

front passenger seat. (

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P. 126)

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If the seat belt extender has been con-

nected to the driver’s seat belt buckle but

the seat belt extender has not also been

fastened to the latch plate of the driver’s

seat belt, the SRS driver airbag system will

judge that the driver is wearing the seat belt

even though the seat belt has not been

connected. In this case, the SRS driver air-

bag may not activate correctly in a colli-

sion, resulting in death or serious injury in

the event of a collision. Be sure to wear the

seat belt with the seat belt extender.