Turck with no back-seat.

clipfish

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Sorry. I know this has probably been addressed here, but I'm not able to find it through the search function.

I have a 5 year old who will be riding in a booster in the front seat of a pick-up truck when we are on vacation next week.
I do know to put the seat all the way back. The truck does have the option to turn off the airbag.
Is it better to leave the airbag on or off for children in the front seat?

THanks!
 
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R&J'sMom

New member
Sorry. I know this has probably been addressed here, but I'm not able to find it through the search function.

I have a 5 year old who will be riding in a booster in the front seat of a pick-up truck when we are on vacation next week.
I do know to put the seat all the way back. The truck does have the option to turn off the airbag.
Is it better to leave the airbag on or off for children in the front seat?

THanks!

It needs to be turned off.
 

clipfish

New member
Thanks. Can you direct me to a source for this? I'm trying to wade my way through all this, but I'm not finding anything 'official.'
 

jdubsm

New member
Here's what I found on this:

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORTS CARS

Many newer pickup trucks and sports cars have switches to shut off the passenger air bag. It is very important to turn off the air bag if there is an infant riding in the front seat in a rear-facing safety seat. If the vehicle seat cannot be moved back for an older child using a child safety seat, booster seat, or safety belt, then the air bag should be turned off. If there is no rear seat and no air bag shut-off switch, a rear-facing infant must NOT ride in the vehicle.

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cps/newtips/pages/Tip6.htm

If I were putting my child in that position though I'd turn off the airbag.
 
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