1996 Toyota Corolla Owners Manual - Page 44

Child restraint- -Child restraint precautions 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. -Built-in child restraint This child restraint is designed for use only by children who weigh between 9 kg (20 lb.) and 30 kg (66 lb.), whose height is 127 cm (50 in.) or less, who are capable of sitting upright alone, and whose shoulder height is less than the shoulder belt slots in use. The child should be one year old or more and at least 71 cm (28 in.) in height. It is important to use a rearfacing child restraint until the child is about a year old. A rear-facing restraint gives the child's head, neck and body the support they would need in a crash. See "-Child restraint system" in this chapter for more information. If your child's shoulders are above the upper shoulder belt position, do not use the built-in child restraint. Your child should use the vehicle's seat belts. This child restraint system conforms to U.S. Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213 and Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213.4. According to accident statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seat than in the front seat. ! CAUTION For effective protection in automobile accidents and sudden stops, children must be properly restrained. 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 if you are unrestrained. In the following cases, contact your Toyota dealer as soon as possible: S The SRS airbag has been inflated. S The front part of the vehicle (shaded in the illustration) was involved in an accident not of the extent to cause the SRS airbag to inflate S The pad section of the steering wheel (shaded in the illustration) is scratched, cracked, or otherwise damaged. 38