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Airb a g syste m
(CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your veh i-
cle was manufactured.
The front Advanced Airbag System supp lements
the safety belts to prov ide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenger 's heads and
upper bodies in frontal crashes. The airbags in-
flate only in frontal impacts when the veh icle de-
celerat ion is high enough.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front
seat occupants is not a substitute for your safety
be lts. Rather, it is part of the overa ll occupant re-
stra int system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the airbag system can only help to protect
you, if you are sitting upright, wearing your safe-
ty belt and wearing it properly. This is why you
and your passengers must always be properly re-
stra ined, not just because the law requ ires you to
be.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been cert ified to meet the "low risk" require-
ments for 3 and 6 yea r-old children on the pas-
senge r side and very sma ll adults on the driver
side . The low risk dep loyment criteria are intend -
ed to he lp reduce the risk of injury through inter-
action with the front airbag that can occur, for
examp le, by being too close to the steering wheel
and instrument panel when the airbag inflates.
In addition, the system has been certified to
comp ly with the "suppression" requirements of
the Safety Standard, to turn off the front a irbag
for infants 12 months old and younger who are
restrained on the front passenger seat in child re-
stra ints that are listed in the Standard
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page 17 4, Child restraints and Advanced front
airbag system.
"Suppression" requ ires the front a irbag on the
passenger side to be turned off if:
- a chi ld up to about one year of age is restrained
on the front passenger seat in one of the rear-
facing or forward-facing infant restraints listed
in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208
with wh ich the Advanced Airbag System in your
vehicle was certified. For a listing of the ch ild
restra ints tha t were used to certify your veh i-
cle's compl iance with the US Safety Standard
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page 174,
154
- When a pe rson is detected on the front passen -
ger seat that has an electrical capacitance that
is more than the total e lectr ica l capacitance of
a child that is about 1 year old restrained in one
of the rear-fac ing or forward-facing infant re-
straints (listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your vehicle was certified), the front
airbag on the passe nger side may or may not
dep loy.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes o n
whe n the elect ronic control unit detects a tota l
electrica l capacitance on the front passenge r seat
t hat req uires t he front airbag to be turned off. If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on, t he front airbag on the passenger side
has not been turned off by the contro l unit and
can deploy if the contro l unit senses an impact
that meets the cond itions stored in its memory.
If the total e lectrica l capacitance registered o n
the front passenger seat is more than that of a
typ ical 1 year-o ld, but less than the weight of a
small adult, the front a irbag on the passenger
s ide may deploy (the PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on).
For example , the airb ag ma y deploy if :
- a small ch ild tha t is heav ier than a typica l 1
yea r-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whether the child is in one of the
child seats listed
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page 174),
- a child who has outgrown ch ild restraints is on
the front passenger seat.
If t he front passenger a irbag is tu rned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the center of
the instr ument pane l will come on and stay on .
If t he front passenger a irbag deploys, the Feder -
al Sta ndard requ ires the airbag t o meet t he "low
risk" dep loyment criteria to he lp reduce the risk
of injury through interaction with the airbag .
"Low risk" deployment occurs in those crashes
that take place at lower decelerations as defined
in the electronic contro l unit <=> page 160.
Alwa ys rem ember :
Even tho ugh your vehicle is
equipped with Advanced Airbags, the safest place
for children is properly restrained on the back
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