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Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor - September 20, 2025 - Hour 2 - From Buying Cars To Broken Cars to Putting Kids In Cars - (855)560-9900 24/7 Hotline
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About this episode
Ron Ananian discusses the complexities of modern car buying and child safety in vehicles with listeners. Deb shares her overwhelming experience transitioning from an older vehicle to a new model, highlighting the challenges of new technology. The episode features Dr. Jessica Germakian from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, who emphasizes the importance of proper child restraint systems and the need for children to remain in the back seat. Listeners gain insights into safe practices for transporting kids and the significance of understanding vehicle safety features.
Topics:
car buying challenges
child safety seats
back seat safety
modern vehicle technology
parenting advice
vehicle safety ratings
child restraint systems
overwhelming technology
On this episode of Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor, the first half tackles real-world issues—from new-car tech overwhelm to a GMC Denali folding-mirror diagnosis, plus maintenance advice for a 2016 F-250 and a Chevy Trax fuel-fill vent problem.
In the second half, IIHS’s Dr. Jessica Jermakian breaks down Child Passenger Safety Week: rear-facing timelines, why kids belong in the back seat to age 12, proper restraint selection/installation, modeling safe driving, and what to do if your airbag light is on—along with trusted resources at www.IIHS.org
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Let's go to Deb in Wisconsin who's gonna tell us
about her car buying so far.
What's going on Deb?
How are you?
Well, hi Ron.
I ended up getting a car, but it was quite a process for me.
It was like going from the Flintstones to the Jetsons
from my 2005 Eddie that I called you about.
And I tried out a lot of different cars like you told me
and I was so overwhelmed with the technology
and how different the cars were.
And none of them drove like my explorer,
my old explorer did.
And it got to the point where I go into the garage
and they knew me by my first name, the salesman did.
But they were all nice to me.
I ended up going in one time and they had a 2023 Explorer
and I drove it and I thought, well, this is logical.
Go from one explorer to the other, right?
Yep, yeah, sure.
And I got it and it just, it was not the right car for me.
It was too big, luxury up the Gazoo Land,
way overboard with tech for me.
I mean, three different ways to open the power lift gate.
I never, I just, I was going in every week for a lesson
you know, on this, all this tech stuff.
And finally the last time I went in a couple of weeks ago
I looked at the guy, he brought up this computer thing
that you push a button on the steering wheel
and it brought up on your dash all this.
Oh man, I can't even describe it to you.
And I looked at him and I said, I can't do this anymore.
Did you have a, did the dealership have a,
what's their title?
I think they're technology experts
where after you purchase the car,
they sit there for an hour, hour and a half
and they explain all the features
and what the car does and how this works
and how that works and you know,
if you have any questions, call this number.
I've seen this in some of the dealerships.
The cars are so overwhelming with technology today.
And if you come back on Tuesday nights,
we're serving cookie and coffee
and we're gonna have all you line up
and explain to us how to,
we're gonna explain how to do this and how to do that.
And that's why I said to you Deb,
that's why I said you're going from a 2005,
you know, Explorer to anything in the last five years,
nevermind the last 10 years, just the last five years,
it's overwhelming.
It's right brothers to space shuttle.
And it's, it's, it's a ton of technology.
And did you drive the car day and night?
Did you actually pick a car?
Do you finally have a car yet?
Yeah, I mean, Ron, it was so bad.
The first time I got in a new car,
they handed me a fob and I'm sitting there looking
for the key and there's no key on it.
And I didn't want to be stupid.
Finally, the guy said, let's go.
And I go, I don't know how to start it.
I mean, I got joking.
So, well, anyway, I went back and I thought,
oh my God, I'm really gonna get excuse.
My French screwed over here,
returning this car and getting another one.
I mean, I'm at the mercy, right?
Right.
And I had no problems doing it.
They were just so kind and nice to me.
I ended up getting, and I just love the car.
That Explorer was too big for me too.
I didn't even know where I was on the road
between the lines.
And did you find driving the car at night
and then during the day was just a totally different experience,
a totally different animal?
I didn't like any of the, after I,
the long ride drove it the worst I hated the car.
And nothing personal against the Explorer or the car
that just wasn't right for me.
Just wasn't for you.
And you know, I think that's the point of this, Deb,
that buying that new car,
if it's more than five years
since you last purchased a car,
it now becomes, it's a lot of work.
And it's not, and I think to be fair to yourself,
and we'll leave it here because we've got calls,
but, and I always appreciate hearing from you, you know that.
But I think the takeaway for everybody is,
if you're buying a new car
and it's, you're driving something older
than five to seven years,
you've really gotta allow time
to go and have this experience, right?
Yep, I did.
I went on and on and on.
I ended up getting a brand new 2026 Chevy Equinox RS,
and I just love it.
Cool beans.
Debby, always, always a pleasure.
You enjoy your car.
You call us along the way.
Let us know how things are going.
I will.
Thank you for your help.
You're very welcome.
Anytime.
Let's go over and talk to Matthew in Florida
and see what's going on here.
Matthew, what's going on?
Hey, how are you doing, Ron?
Thanks for your welcome and thanks for checking my call.
I've got a 2020 GMC Denali 2500,
and the passenger side mirror won't fold in.
It moves about an inch, and it stops.
You know, when you hit the button.
Okay.
And it's intermittent because like today,
as a matter of fact, that's why I decided to call you.
Today it works, and it hasn't worked
for probably three weeks.
Okay.
Now, they both extend.
Right.
The way they're supposed to.
And when that comes in and stops for about an inch,
when you hit it, the button again to bring them out,
it comes out fine.
It just, for some reason, it just won't go.
So the next time it doesn't work,
and it's gonna sound silly at first, all right?
I'd wanna know, can I talk to that mirror with a scan tool?
I wanna know, actually, I wanna look at a wiring diagram.
Are these mirrors on the network?
Okay.
Because, you know, is this,
if they're on the network,
meaning that they are controlled through the network,
I'll put it into a different kind of language.
Is this a bad computer on the network?
Where I've got a communication fault,
I can't tell it to fold,
or do I just, do I have power on ground,
do I have a bad mirror?
Do I have a mirror that's jamming internally?
It's not impossible for it to be a mirror,
but it's a little early in its life, right?
Yeah.
Because when you think about it,
how many times do you actually fold that mirror once a day?
Are they auto-folding mirrors?
Every time you lock the car, you have to manually do it.
Well, I have the button on the driver's side.
Armrest, armrest, but I can hold,
if I press and hold the remote, they will fold.
Right, right.
But, you know, how often do you fold the mirrors?
I'm just trying to make, I'm just,
I'm trying to see something here.
I don't, I don't, I don't very often.
It's just that I've only owned the truck
a little bit less than a year, and I'm like, well, you know,
you know how little things, and they start to pile up?
Yeah, no, no, I, 100%, listen, if it was mine,
I would want it fixed 100%, because it's annoying.
I understand that.
Listen, I've got a customer with an 08 Jeep SRT8,
and Stevie is fanatical, and I love him for it,
and I hate him for it at the same time.
He makes me a little crazy, and I can say that to him,
because we've got a great relationship.
Right now, we're trying to find an AC heater control head,
because one bulb is burned out,
and when he's driving around,
there's this dark spot in the middle of the control head,
and, you know, and he keeps looking,
and I go, I understand, Steve, I really do.
So, you know what, Maddie, I get where you're coming from,
but I'd be curious, do we have any fault codes?
Are we on the network?
Is this strictly?
Y'all, I don't know if this is anything good
that you brought that up, so,
I do have a fault code that I clear with my OBD-2.
Well, OBD-2 won't be getting into this.
OBD-2 is only gonna bring up an emissions-related fault.
Oh, good, I'm glad you said that,
because that's what it is, yeah.
The engine light will come on,
and, of course, it won't let you start it
through the app or anything like that,
and they'll clear it and go on my way.
I have to do that, it won't be once a month.
I haven't really delved into that yet.
Yeah, you're gonna have to,
in order to look at a presentation of fault codes here,
you've gotta go through year-make model, all right?
Unless, and unless, now, there are some GM packages
where, believe it or not,
the ambient air temp sensor for the diesel
is located in the right side mirror.
So, I just wanna mention that, too,
and here we are, right?
It seems so simple, and we'll leave it here.
It seems so simple.
We've gotta understand how the circuit works.
We've gotta look at a wiring diagram.
We've gotta pull codes.
Is it on the network or not?
Is this a network communication fault,
or is this a failure of the motor of the mirror assembly?
Well, fortunately, for me,
and because I've listened to your show quite a bit,
and I consider myself fortunate
because the last two trucks I've owned,
the dealership that I bought them from,
I decided to myself, I'm not doing anything
but replacing wiper blades.
These guys can handle everything.
So, I take it up there for oil change.
They rotate the tires.
They relearn the tires, and they're really trustworthy.
They're, the company's been around forever.
I really like them.
So, whatever they tell me, I...
What dealership is it?
Let's give them a shout out.
It's a Starling, yeah, Starling Buick in Newark, Florida.
Cool.
All right, hey, listen, I gotta run, Maddie.
You let me know what happened.
You let me know what the boys over at Starling Buick say
we'll go from there, all right?
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
You're very welcome, sir, anytime.
You're very welcome.
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Hey, Tom, what are you doing tomorrow?
You know, it's the weekend.
Do you have any plans?
Cutting the grass.
Yeah, I'm going to be doing,
I'm actually going to be waxing the hot rod
because next weekend,
well, since we don't have football teams
in New York here anymore,
it seems like they've been banned.
Well, the Giants, who are sort of supposed football team,
are actually playing tomorrow night.
Well, we get to be killed by Kansas City.
Well, I'll tell you what, I'll come up,
I'll take you out for pizza so we don't have to watch the game.
But I'm actually going to be washing wax the hot rod tomorrow
because next Saturday, the 27th, I think that is.
Let me look at the calendar on the wall.
Yep, that's 27th.
We're going on remote.
I forgot to tell you, we're going to be live out of the studio.
So you have to pack up all the stuff.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,
we have to take you out of the studio in public?
I worse, we're taking you out of the studio in public,
but you got to bring all the equipment,
load it into your car.
And we're going to the Pisaic County,
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We've been invited to come up there and do a live broadcast.
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that's next weekend, the 27th, if you're in New Jersey,
if you're in the area, we'd love to see you guys.
We'll get up there about 10 o'clock.
The live broadcast will begin at two,
like it does here in the studio, two to four next week.
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She'll be sitting next to the booth.
And Tom will be with me.
And I think Research Cathy is coming.
And I think Dynamic Dan, or Daniel Son,
as we've come to call him, will be there with his Z28
and the whole host of characters.
No chance, but I'm going to try and bend Carpenter Bob's ear
to, I don't know, he shouldn't be out in public,
but that's a whole nother conversation for another.
Well, you know, and I'll be lining up my stuff
to take tomorrow out.
What nice paper bag do you wear?
Well, extra large, only if I'm getting the questions right.
So, but that's next weekend, just to make everybody aware.
And we look forward to seeing our fans up there.
And it's always a good time anytime we get out of studio.
And it's just going to be kind of neat.
You'll hear me coming about 20 miles away.
So I want to do this email before we get to
at the bottom of the hour, Dr. Jermakians
in the waiting room there in the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety.
Aloha, Ron.
So you know who this comes from?
This comes to us from our buddy Walter in Hawaii.
I just got this truck, 2016 F-256.2 liter Super Duty.
I'm going to change the transfer case
and the differential fluid.
Should I change the trans fluid?
Oh, also I've read both to change and not to change
Walter and Maui.
I agree the diffs in the transfer case, Walter.
And, you know, if you can get to the transmission fluid,
yes, here's going to be the catch, which trans is this.
Does it have a dipstick?
How hard is this fluid to change?
I don't recall seeing too many Ford pickup trucks
in the last 10 years with dipsticks.
I don't even think about it anymore and keep track
because most of them have a, you know,
short little dipstick tube out the right side of the case
where you have to be up in the air and put your hand up
real close to the nice hot catalytic converter
and, you know, burn yourself.
That's how you know you're in the right proximity location
and you have to undo the cap.
So make sure before you change this pan or lower this pan
that you can actually, you know, put fluid back in.
It's not easy, especially on the ground.
So make sure you've got the clearance and the days
of the do-it-yourself stuff like this are just on life support.
I don't see this going on forever.
So the question to Walter is, yes, I think you should
change the trans fluid.
The question is, can you, not based on your mechanical ability,
but how difficult does Ford make it?
And from what I've seen, it's probably pretty difficult.
It's never easy.
Michael writes in, hey, Ron, I've got a 2022 Chevy Trax
and my girlfriend is having problems with,
oh, my sister, I'm sorry, I apologize.
My sister is having problems with the 22 Chevy Trax,
having fuel system issues when she tries fueling it
with the fuel tank around here full
or mechanic is having difficulty diagnosing the problem.
You know, this is a pretty simple thing to diagnose, Michael.
It's what you have to think about is, I want you to, you know,
if you take a can of liquid and put a hole in one side,
try pouring the liquid out.
You can't do it, right?
You always have to put a relief hole on the other side.
Well, if you were to fill that can,
once you emptied it with only one hole,
it would be the same thing.
It without a vent to allow pressure to escape
as you filled it with liquid, it would bubble and flare.
And if it was a fuel pump with a safety shut off,
it would kick it off.
So, you know, part of the diagnosis here is,
is the vent or the charcoal canister restricted or blocked.
And it becomes a case of tracing it out, finding the vent line,
disconnecting it so that it doesn't run through
the electrically controlled or computer controlled vent.
It just vents, it's open all the time.
If you can fill the tank that way,
then you know, you're down to either the vent
is having an issue or the canister.
And you can kind of pin down your diagnosis from there.
Not the most difficult thing in the world
to really diagnose as long as, you know,
we've got some time and we can, you know,
kind of play with things a little bit.
Now, I don't know if I'm going to get this next one
and this comes to us from Mark.
I'll do this, you know what, I'll do this a different day.
This one comes to us from Mark about his,
he wants to talk about maintenance on a Subaru.
I do want to say that Mark's title,
he's in oil and gas chemical services,
Octane Engine Technician for SGS North America.
I got to talk to this guy.
We could have fun with him.
So, but that isn't what we're going to do.
We'll do that next time.
Coming up next, Dr. Jessica Germakian.
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I will continue getting stuff from Target.
And I will continue to not pay for it.
And the MAGA influencers whose trip to the White House
ended in embarrassment.
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after the last few years
who's both intelligent and articulate.
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Hey, you know what next week is?
Welcome back, by the way.
Next week is September 21st through the 27th
is child passenger safety week.
And this is a subject near and dear to my heart.
And you know, a grandpa now, right?
Two grandchildren.
And I always look at the how car seats are set up
in vehicles that come into the shop.
And I wonder if they're set up right.
I see some goofy things that parents do.
And I thought to get child passenger safety week
off to a great start.
We've reached out to the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety.
They're based out of Virginia.
And here to talk about it is Dr. Jessica Germanckian.
Armenian, sort of.
We've established that, right, doctor?
Yes, sort of.
I married into the name.
Right.
So, and in all fairness, right,
I've given you the briefing on,
I'll give you my pillow of rest of fear
after the interview.
It sounds perfect.
You'll be all set.
So, tell us about the Insurance Institute
for Highway Safety and where is it
and what is it exactly that you folks do?
Yeah, sure.
So, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
we're located in Virginia.
We have our Vehicle Research Center,
which is where we crash vehicles
and do tests on vehicles out on our track.
They were funded solely by auto insurers
and our mission is to reduce property damage,
injury, and fatalities in crashes.
So, keeping our roads safer.
And we do that through research and communications.
Many people know us through our vehicle ratings program
where we rate vehicles on how safe they are.
So, you'll look at vehicles,
you'll look at how it crashes and then rate it
and say, well, this vehicle is a seven
and this vehicle is a six and so on and so forth.
Something like that, a little bit more like
this is good, this is marginal, this is poor performance.
And we bundle all of our awards, all of our ratings
into an award that we call Top Safety Pick.
So, if you hear that on advertising,
that comes from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
But it's important to remember that we do a lot of work
across the whole spectrum of traffic safety,
not just focused on vehicles.
But we also look at infrastructure,
driver behavior, pedestrian cyclists, all of it.
So, if I put my kid in a top rated safe vehicle,
why do I need to use a child restraint?
Well, putting them in a top rated safe vehicle
is a good first start.
But the thing is vehicle seats and restraint systems
are designed for adults and kids are smaller.
The adult restraint systems don't fit them.
And not only are they smaller,
but they also don't have the same proportions
and they aren't fully developed.
And so, they have special needs
throughout different parts of their life.
So, we know how to protect kids in crashes,
but they do need special equipment
in certain parts of their development
to make sure they're getting the best protection in a crash.
So, Dr. Jimanquian, when we look at this,
if I'm a parent, if I'm a new parent,
and I'm trying to set my child up,
I want to start driving with them.
What are the top things parents need to keep in mind
when they're using either a child restraint or a booster seat?
How do I keep my kids safe in a car
when I'm picking out these things?
Well, so the most important thing
is to make sure your child is buckled up on every trip,
no matter how short.
Then, we really want kids to be in the right seat
for their age and size.
So, as I mentioned before,
children are in different child restraint types
throughout their, you know, from infancy up until
they are able to use the adult belts alone,
and those needs change during that time.
So, we want to make sure that the child
is in the right seat for their age and size,
and then we, of course, want to make sure
that they're snugly restrained in that,
in that child safety seat.
So, with the harness snug or the vehicle belt snug?
So, you know, is some of this a conversation
about how much does the child weigh,
how big is the child, tall, not just necessarily weight,
and then there's got to be a conversation in here.
At some point, we turn the child
from facing rear to facing forward,
which is, you know, that's kind of like we made potty training.
That's like a big deal, right?
You know, and how do we go through all that?
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, how do we go through all that?
Exactly. Well, so the youngest kids,
we need them to be rear facing,
and ideally until they reach the height
or weight limit of the seat,
but we need them to be rear facing at least until age two.
The car seat shell spreads those forces,
those crash forces across their body and head,
and protects their undeveloped necks
in the event of a crash.
So it's really important.
The fact is we'd all be safer rear facing,
but we need those youngest kids
because they have those less developed necks,
and their heads are proportionally very large,
and that could put a lot of forces on the neck
in the event of a crash.
So parents shouldn't be in a rush
to turn their kids forward facing.
They should keep them rear facing for as long as possible.
And they should keep them in the back seat, right?
You know, I see some parents,
well, I want to keep my eye on the baby,
so I put the baby in the car in the seat next to me,
you know, not thinking about in the event,
God forbid, of an accident, the airbag goes off.
Yes, it's very important that kids remain in the back seat,
especially absolutely for rear facing kids.
When airbags first came out in the mid-90s,
we had lots of tragedies of where children were in the front
seats and were injured or killed by deploying airbags.
And so we had a very successful education campaign
and getting parents to understand
that they need to keep their kids in the back.
So that recommendation still holds.
We want kids 12 and under to still be in the back seat.
The good news is that airbags have changed a lot
since the mid-90s, so we do have some protections in place
in the front seat to make them more friendly
when maybe occupants are not in a great initial position.
But the evidence still shows that kids are still safest in the back seat.
So listen, I'm going to, you know, I'm a parent and I want to sit
and I want to talk to my kid, he's 10 years old,
we're going to go fishing this morning,
I'm going to put him in the front of the pickup truck next to me,
and I can turn my airbag off.
How big of a disaster is that?
What, how many things am I doing wrong there,
even though he's in a seat belt?
Now he's got no airbag, how big of a problem is that doctor?
Yeah, so one of the reasons we recommend kids 12 and under
sit in the back seat is it's not just about age and size,
but it's also about maturity.
And we want to make sure that kids can sit in that seat
in front of the airbag, sit with, you know,
all the way back in the seat and not get themselves
in a position where they could interact with a deploying airbag.
So it's really important that kids
younger, 12 and younger stay in the back seat.
And, you know, I know you want to talk to,
I know you want to talk to your kid going on the fishing trip,
but you can do that right in the, you know,
right from front seat to back seat.
Right, right through the rear view mirror.
And it's just, because I see it, that's,
that to me is one of the biggest sources of tragedy.
I can't tell you how many cars come through the shop.
And I, you know, they don't come through at a second time
because I scold them enough the first time.
Take the seat and put it behind you.
You don't need to do that.
Because I don't think people understand
the exploding force of an airbag
and how that's like a shotgun blast going off in your face
to a large degree.
So to a child that can be fatal, you know.
Yeah, and it's really important that all of us stay away from,
like if we're sitting in an appropriate position in,
you know, in either the driver's seat
or the front passenger seat,
we are in a good position in the event of a crash.
You know, the airbag will deploy
and we will move into it.
The problem comes when people get too close to it
when it deploys.
Right, right.
Doctor, Dr. Jamaican, Ron and Amy in the car doctor,
and I will both be back right after this.
Doctor, you can stick around.
I'm sorry I should have asked that before I assumed.
Right, you can stick around a couple of minutes.
Yes, I'm happy to stick around.
Thank you so much.
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Absolutely.
But it is nice to have a week that reminds us
that we should be thinking about restraining our kids
on every trip and buckling up ourselves.
Right.
And being safe in the car.
Because it is a two-ton projectile
going down the road at 65, 70 miles an hour.
Now, I remember as a kid,
my dad had a rug store.
He had a 63 Ford Galaxy station wagon.
You know, one of those things with the...
Everything was metal inside the car.
And, you know, I'm going to the airport,
jumping the back of the car,
and dad would drive,
and my brother and I,
we'd roll around in the back of the station wagon, loose.
How dangerous was that?
You know, are kids safer today,
or was it okay because that car was made more out of metal?
No, you were lucky that you didn't have any
serious crashes in that situation.
But kids are safer today than they've ever been.
Kids, child deaths in crashes
have been cut in half in the last 20 years.
And that's for a few reasons.
Cars are safer for everyone.
We already talked about that.
And more kids are in child restraints than ever before.
That is a big success story.
We've had good education campaigns.
We've had stricter laws that have been effective.
But we know that parents want to keep their kids safe.
So we want to give the parents tools to,
and the information they need,
to best protect their kids in a crash.
Right. Is there a way,
and obviously the first way to set a good example
for their kids,
parents shouldn't let them roll around
in the back of a 63 Ford Galaxy station wagon.
But is there things that parents can do today
to show their kids,
hey, this is car safety.
This is what you need to do?
Well, yeah, of course.
Your kids are always watching you.
So it's good to model good, safe behavior in the car.
It starts, of course, with buckling up on every trip.
But it also extends to things like distractions
or staying off your cell phone,
generally being a safe driver.
And it's important to remember
that while your kids are young now,
they will grow into teens who drive,
and they're watching you
and learning how to drive safely.
Another thing that I like to tell parents
is that safety is non-negotiable.
Like you can negotiate some things like meal times
and bed times,
but safety is not negotiable.
And so it's important to hold that line
that it's important that we be safe in the vehicle.
You only get one chance to not have the accident.
I like to think that one moment to be safe.
So besides setting the good example,
besides putting them in restraints and booster seats
and so forth and doing all those right things,
other comments, other ideas,
keeping their kids safe both in and around cars?
Well, of course,
the most important is to buckle up on every trip
in the right restraint for their age and size,
tightly secured in the vehicle
and the child in the child restraint.
But also kids are out and about.
They're pedestrians, they're cyclists.
And so important things to remember,
always wear a helmet when cycling.
You know, practice safe walking,
follow the rules of the road as a pedestrian,
don't dart out into the road.
Also really important to be aware
of where your children are relatives to your car
when you move it.
There are so many tragedies with kids getting into cars,
whether being left in cars or getting in them themselves.
So keep cars locked so kids don't enter
when you're not around.
Right. Jessica, I've got two comments in our last minute.
One, react to this.
The parents driving a car, the airbag lights on,
which means the airbag won't work in an accident.
15 seconds or less, what are your thoughts?
How would you address that?
What's so bad about that?
Well, airbags are important protection
for people in the vehicle.
And so if your airbag light is on,
I would suggest you call your mechanic.
Well, because isn't it so that, you know,
just the crush zone, the protection zone of the vehicle
is designed to work with an airbag and without it.
Now we're losing safety effect in this, no?
Absolutely.
Yep. Okay.
Working the listeners, go get more information.
I think there's a bunch of website
and resources out there for them.
We have lots of information on our website,
how things like how to pick the right seat,
how to install it, how to know when to move
from one restraint to the next.
You can find that information on our website
at IIHS.org slash kids.
We also have great information for teen drivers
and parents of teen drivers.
Cool beans.
Well, we're going to get you back.
I want to talk about, we were talking before
all fair about picking a car for your teenager.
So that's going to be a future conversation
between you and I.
Dr. Jermakian, it was an absolute pleasure.
I appreciate the time and you're always welcome
back to the car doctor.
You be well.
Thanks so much for having me.
You're very welcome.
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The road is a very unforgiving place,
and I think of this all the time,
and you're strapping a child into that vehicle.
Make sure the child is safe.
Make sure the car seat is approved.
There are resources.
There are places that you can go to get more information.
What's the best car seat?
What's the best way to put it in?
And I can't emphasize enough the conversation that we had
with regards to when do you turn the child forward,
and when do you allow them to sit in the front seat?
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coming up next week.
And like she said, more information out at the website,
iihs.org.
And you can see everything that they're doing
in terms of keeping us better informed
and keeping us safe about on the road and how to do things.
And it's very easy to see the danger of the road.
It really is.
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Try and do the speed limit.
Try and stay ahead of the way of everybody that's driving.
Kind of crazy.
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Boy, there's a saying from the past.
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I'm Ronan Annie and the car doctor.
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