The BMW child seats are designed to use the ISOFIX attachments. If the child seat is fitted correctly using the ISOFIX attachments, then there is no need to have the rear side airbags deactivated. However, these can be deactivated if required. Please contact the Service Department at your local dealership for further assistance.

This depends on the state you live in. Generally, we like to recommend a rear-facing infant seat until 12-15 months of age, and then a rear-facing seat until 3 or 4 years of age, depending on your child's height and weight. After that, you can move to a front-facing seat or a booster until at least 7 years of age. Check your state's seatbelt laws here for more detailed information.

Yes. Seat belts and airbags save lives by reducing injury severity. All safety devices (i.e. helmets, seat belts, airbags, etc.) are critical to increasing safety and preventing injury in motor vehicle, bicycle and sporting accidents. Due to the use of safety devices, more people survive accidents which otherwise would be fatal. This increased survivorship has resulted in an increase of people with severe brain injuries.

Some Touaregs come with cup holders for the rear seats, and some do not. At first, it seemed that only V8 Touaregs included these cup holders, but recent reports indicate that some V6 models do included them as well. Touareg owners who did not get the cup holders have reported that they have been able to obtain them and have a dealer install them. We suspect that there was a cost associated with this upgrade.

Your child should be rear facing until they are at least 1 year old AND 20 pounds. This is the recommendation put out by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Keep in mind that this is the minimum requirement. The longer you can keep your child rear facing, the better. Most convertible seats will go rear facing up to 30 pounds, some even up to 35 pounds.

Infants have large heavy heads, weak neck and shoulder muscles and soft, immature bones. Car seats are designed to safeguard these fragile parts and provide maximum protection during a crash. When a child is positioned rear-facing, the back of the car seat shell absorbs the energy from the crash, allowing the child’s head and neck to be protected against the seat back. This helps prevent brain and spinal cord injury.

Generally, yes. Though there appears to be no evidence that this is unsafe, at least one company, Evenflo, used to recommend that you do NOT install many of their carseat models in front of a fold-down armrest. Ford has a similar recommendation for some of its vehicles. Please consult the owner's manual of your vehicle and carseat before making this decision.

Please consult the owner's manual of your carseat. For most carseats, this is not a problem and may actually improve safety. At least one carseat, the Century Smart Move, does require the seat to be able to rotate freely toward the back of the vehicle in a crash. Best practice from the NHTSA training manual states, "A rear-facing seat can be installed so it rests against the back of the vehicle seat ahead if not counter to manufacturers instructions...

Yes. Vehicles that have Side Impact Airbags can only be fitted with the Custom designed Wet Okole Seat Covers. If your vehicle has a Side Impact Airbag there will be a hole cut out for the airbag so it functions properly.

Of course. Blue Ribbon Sheepskin recognizes that many of the newer seats have airbags built into the car seat itself. Our sheepskin seat covers will not interfere with the deployment of the air bag and are designed not to cover that portion of the car seat. If your car seat does have an airbag, the only style available is the 5 STAR Sheepskin Seat Covers. A custom made set of sheepskin seat covers is just that, custom made for your specific, year, make, and model.

Rear-facing IS safest. It is best to remain rear-facing to the weight and height limits of the carseat. Some convertible carseats have 30 or 35 pound rear-facing limits. In all cases, infants should be rear-facing until they are BOTH one year AND twenty pounds at the very minimum. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be kept in rear-facing seats for as long as possible. See these links for more details:

Yes. In fact, in a car with two air bags, riding in the front seat could be deadly for your baby, even in a very low-speed crash. NEVER, EVER put a rear-facing baby in front of an air bag. The rear-facing baby's skull could be fractured as the air bag (not yet inflated) explodes from the dashboard at 200 miles per hour. In a car with no air bag in front, the back seat is still safer, since it is farther from the action in a frontal crash -which is the most common and most severe kind.

Child safety seat checks are conducted monthly at various locations throughout the Spokane community. To find when the next check is scheduled, you can call 1-509-232-2985.

The potential may exist for interaction of a deploying side Airbag with occupants located close to that bag. Children should be restrained with appropriate types of child seats and restraint systems. Children under 13 years old should be in the rear seat.

Do not fit unauthorised seat covers to a vehicle fitted with Side Impact Airbags as they may impair the deployment of side impact airbags. However, genuine Holden seat inserts are available from your Holden Dealer for selected models. For the availability of seat inserts, please refer to your nearest Holden Dealer. Unfortunately, the Club Holden website is temporarily unavailable as we are reviewing our services and relevance of the site.

Because Hawaiian Seat Covers are not custom made they are not available for seats with airbags. Keep in mind, vehicles that have Side Impact Airbags in the doors are will not be affected.

No, even with advanced airbags, children under 13 should always ride in the rear seat properly restrained. Numerous studies continue to show that the rear seat is the safest place for shildren. The answers provided in this document are general in nature. For more information regarding specific car models, please consult your owner's manual.

Many parents think their children are too big for car seats or have outgrown their booster seats. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that children should be restrained in a booster seat until they are 4'9" and about 80 pounds. Regular seat belts are made for men who are 5'10" and 160 pounds. They are not designed to secure a child under 80 pounds. Yes, this quite possibly means that your 10 year old should still be in a booster seat!

Yes. Make sure your child is within the age/weight limits listed in your vehicle's owner's manual. If the seat fits your child and is used properly, it should be very safe and, of course, you never have to worry about installing it in the vehicle. There may be some disadvantages to integrated carseats (See #15, below).

Not until she has completely outgrown her regular safety seat when she weighs more than 40 pounds or is too tall for it. She is too tall if her shoulders are higher than the top set of harness slots or if the tips of her ears are above the back of the safety seat (the hard plastic, not the puffy fabric). If she is too tall for her convertible seat but still weighs less than 40 pounds, switch to a child-seat/booster.

A newborn will need to ride facing the rear of the vehicle in a safety seat reclined halfway back. This gives the best protection for the head and neck while keeping the airway open. (See also Angle of recline, rear-facing.) The first preference for location of the safety seat in the vehicle is the center rear seat, farthest from all points of potential impact.

No. The Rear Window system is designed so that the captions are visible (via reflectors) from any seat in the theater. The reflectors are completely portable and designed to attach to any theater seat. However, depending on the size or layout of the theater and the location of the caption display, some seats may offer better viewing angles than others. Seats in the middle of the theater will generally offer the best view of Rear Window captions.

BTW, here are some Canadian prices. I don't believe we are receiving a stripped down version of the 850 (yet). They all seem to be fully equipped. My first thought was that it looks small. Not to say this is bad, but it is a compact looking package. They have changed the front end appearance in some subtle ways, which surprised me as this is only the second year of the model and Volvo's usually don't change like this for YEARS.

Many pickup trucks have back seats that are too small for child safety seats. Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have found that the risk of injury to children riding in the back seat of a compact extended-cab pickup truck is five times higher than when riding in any other vehicle. Injuries appear to be caused by hitting the inside of the pickup.

Most airlines accept car seats in addition to normal carry on or checked luggage provided approved space is available. When checking your car seat on a US Domestic or International flight you can bring your car seat to the gate to be loaded there. If checking a car seat as luggage the original box/packaging should be used. A liability release form must be signed.

Maybe. Integrated carseats, especially those with a harness, may have some disadvantages when used as the primary restraint for a child: Emergency personnel often prefer to remove a child in a separate carseat. This keeps the child immobilized in case of head/spinal injury, and may allow for safer transport in the ambulance. Integrated seats do not function rear-facing. Rear-facing is safest for children, and many separate carseat models allow for rear-facing use to 30 or 35 lbs.

MCHD has a certified child passenger safety technician on staff. If you live in or near Marquette County, Michigan and would like to have your child's car seat checked, contact Diane Curry at 906-315-2612 or dcurry@mqtcty.org. If you live outside the county, contact Diane to obtain contact information for all currently certified Upper Peninsula child passenger safety technicians.

Airbags save lives. Airbags are the law. It is as simple as that. The main question we encounter is "Can we disconnect the passenger side airbag?" The answer to that is "NO". The Department of Transportation will, under special circumstances, give authorization for an owner to have the passenger airbag disabled. Galeana has decided that we will not disconnect them under any circumstances. Small children should be buckled up in a child seat in the rear seat.

The "best" safety seat is the one that fits your child, fits your car, and fits your family's needs in terms of comfort and convenience, so that you'll use it on every single ride. For more information about selecting a safety seat to fit your child, see "Best Child Safety Seat."