Acura 2012 RL Owner's Manual

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Front airbags have been designed tohelp protect adults in a moderate tosevere frontal collision. To do this,the passenger’s front airbag is quitelarge, and it can inflate with enoughforce to cause very serious injuries.If the vehicle seat istoo far forward, or the child’s head isthrown forward during a collision, aninflating front airbag can strike thechild with enough force to kill orvery seriously injure a small child.According to crash statistics,children of all ages and sizes aresafer when they are restrained in aback seat.Children who ride in back are lesslikely to be injured by strikinginterior vehicle parts during acollision or hard braking. Also,children cannot be injured by aninflating front airbag when they ridein the back.The National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration and TransportCanada recommend that all childrenaged 12 and under be properlyrestrained in a back seat. Somestates have laws restricting wherechildren may ride.Even though your vehicle has anadvanced front airbag system thatautomatically turns the passenger’sfront airbag off under certaincircumstances (see page ), pleasefollow these guidelines:Whenever possible,larger children should sit in the backseat, on a booster seat if needed, andbe properly restrained with a seatbelt (see page for importantinformation about protecting largerchildren).Ifthe airbag inflates, it can hit the backof the child seat with enough forceto kill or very seriously injure aninfant.5235 CONTINUEDProtecting Children General GuidelinesThe Passenger’s Front AirbagCan Pose Serious RisksAll Children Should Sit in a BackSeatSmall ChildrenPlacing a forward-facing child seat inthe front seat of a vehicle equippedwith a passenger’s front airbag canbe hazardous.Larger ChildrenChildren who have outgrown childseats are also at risk of being injuredor killed by an inflating passenger’sfront airbag.Never put a rear-facing child seat inthe front seat of a vehicle equippedwith a passenger’s front airbag.InfantsDriver and Passenger Safety3911/07/20 18:04:31 31SJA670_044