HONDA 2002 Odyssey - Owner's Manual - Manual (Page 27)

Front airbags have been designed to
help protect adults in a moderate to
severe frontal collision. To do this,
the passenger’s front airbag is quite
large, and it inflates with tremendous
speed.
If
the airbag inflates, it can hit the back
of the child seat with enough force
to kill or very seriously injure an
infant.
If the vehicle seat is
too far forward, or the child’s head is
thrown forward during a collision, an
inflating front airbag can strike the
child with enough force to kill or
very seriously injure a small child.
Whenever possible,
larger children should sit in the back
seat, properly restrained with a seat
belt. (See page
for important
information about protecting larger
children.)
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Inf ants
Small Children
Larger Children
Never put a rear-f acing child seat in
the f ront seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger’s f ront airbag.
Placing a f orward-f acing child seat in
the f ront seat of a vehicle equipped
with a passenger’s f ront airbag can
be hazardous.
Children who have outgrown child
seats are also at risk of being injured
or killed by an inf lating passenger’s
f ront airbag.
Protecting Children
Driver and Passenger Saf ety
The Passenger’s Front Airbag
Poses Serious Risks to Children
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