Tesla Model 3: Child Safety Seat Warnings
Warning: Extreme hazard! Do not seat a child on the front passenger seat even if you are using a child safety seat. This seat has an airbag in front of it. Although this airbag is disabled when Model 3 detects a lightweight passenger, do not rely on technology to protect your child.
Warning: Child restraint systems are designed to be secured in vehicle seats by lap belts or the lap belt portion of a lap-shoulder belt. Children could be endangered in a crash if their child restraints are not properly secured in the vehicle.
Warning: According to collision statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seating positions than in the front seating positions.
Warning: Do not use a forward facing child safety seat until your child weighs over 20 lbs (9 kg) and can sit independently. Up to the age of two, a child's spine and neck are not sufficiently developed to avoid injury in a frontal impact.
Warning: Do not allow a baby or infant to be held on a lap. All children should be restrained in an appropriate child safety seat at all times.
Warning: To ensure children are safely seated, follow all instructions provided in this document and by the manufacturer of the child safety seat.
Warning: Children should ride in a rear facing child safety seat using the seat's integrated 5-point harness for as long as possible.
Warning: Do not use seat belt extenders on a seat belt that is being used to install a child safety seat or booster seat.
Warning: When seating larger children, make sure the child's head is supported and the child's seat belt is properly adjusted and fastened. The shoulder portion of the belt must be away from the face and neck, and the lap portion must not be over the stomach.
Warning: Never attach two child safety seats to one anchor point. In a collision, one anchor point may be incapable of securing both seats.
Warning: Child restraint anchors are designed to withstand only those loads imposed by correctly fitted child restraints. Under no circumstances are they to be used for adult seat belts, harnesses, or for attaching other items or equipment to the vehicle.
Warning: Always check harnesses and tether straps for damage and wear.
Warning: Never leave a child unattended, even if the child is secured in a child safety seat.
Warning: Never use a child safety seat that has been involved in a collision. Have the seat inspected or replaced as described in the child safety seat manufacturer's instructions.
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How Airbags Work
Airbags inflate when sensors detect an impact
that exceeds deployment thresholds. These
thresholds are designed to predict the severity
of a crash in time for the airbags to help
protect the vehic
Controlling the Passenger Front Airbag
Model 3 has an occupancy sensor in the front passenger seat that controls the
status of the front
airbag.
Note: The occupancy classification system (OCS) meets the
regulatory requirement of FMVS
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Mount - Rear Drive Unit - LH (Remove and Replace)
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Warning:
This procedure was derived from pre-production computer
models, and might not reflect the real-world situation. Warnings
and cautions might be missing. Follow safety requirements and
use extreme caution when w
Trim - A-Pillar - Lower - LH (Remove and Replace)
Remove
Open the LH front door.
Remove the LH instrument panel end cap. See
End Cap - Instrument Panel - LH (Remove and Replace).
Remove the LH middle A-Pillar trim panel. See
Trim - A-Pillar - Middle - LH (Remove and Replace).
Release the topmost clip on the LH lower A-pillar
