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- If liquid soaks into the front passenger seat,
this can keep the a irbag system from work-
ing properly and may, for instance,
deactivate the passenger frontal airbag . If
this happens, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on and stay on together with
the a irbag indicator light
fl
in the inst ru-
ment cluster.
- If liquid is poo led on the seat, but has not
soaked in, this may also keep the airbag sys-
tem from working properly and cause the
passenger frontal airbag to be enabled
(tu rned on), even though there is a properly
installed child restraint system on the seat.
Wet towe ls or other wet things on the seat
cushion can have the same effect . If the
front passenger frontal airbag is turned on,
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light light
will go out.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by the
front three-point safety belts with pretensioners
and load limiters to he lp reduce the risk of injury
in a wide range of accident and crash situations .
Be sure to read the important information about
safety and heed the WARNINGS in th is chapter .
Deployment of the Advanced Airbag System and
the act ivation of the safety belt pretensioners de-
pend on the deceleration measured by the crash
se nsors and registered by the electronic control
un it. Crash severity depends on speed and decel-
eration as we ll as the mass and stiffness of the
ve hicle or objec t involved in the crash.
On the passenger s ide, regardless of safety belt
use, the front passenger frontal a irbag will be
turned off if the elect rical capac itance measu red
by t he capacit ive passenger detection system on
the front passenger seat is less t han the amount
programmed in the electronic control unit . The
front passenger frontal airbag will also be turned
off if the capacitance measured by the system for
the front passenger seat equals that of an infant
of about one year of age in one of the child seats
that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag Sys-
Airb a g sys tem
tern under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208. The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on and stays on to tell you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag System on the passenger side has
been turned off¢
page
202 .
A
WARNING
-
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
flates, always wear safety belts properly.
- If you are unrestra ined, leaning forward, sit-
ting sideways or out of position in any way,
your risk of injury is much hig he r.
- You will also receive ser ious injuries and
could even be killed if you a re up against the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag ¢
page 190.
More important things to know about front
airbags
Fig. 1 61
Inflated fro nt airbags
Safety be lts are important to help keep fron t
seat occupants in the prope r seated position so
that airbags can unfo ld properly and provide sup-
plementa l protection in a fronta l collision.
The front airbags are designed to provide addi-
tiona l protection fo r the chest and face of the
driver and the fron t seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
- the seats have been positioned so that the oc-
cupant is properly seated as far as possib le
from the a irbag .
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye with
great force, things you have on your lap or have
placed on the seat could become dangero us pro-
ject iles, and be pushed into you if the a irbag in-
flates.
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