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Airb a g syste m
Advanced front airbag system
Your ve hicle is equippe d with a fr ont Advanced
Airbag System in compl iance with United States
Federa l Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, as
well as Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(CMVSS) 208 as applicable at th e tim e your vehi-
cle was manufactured .
The front Advanced Airbag System supp lements
the safety belts to provide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenger's heads and
upper bodies in frontal crashes . The airbags in-
flate only in front a l 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 overall occupant re-
stra int system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the airbag system can on ly help to protect
you, if you are sitt ing upr ight, wear ing your safe-
ty belt and wear ing it prope rly. This is why you
and your passengers must always be prope rly re-
st rained, not just because the law req uires you t o
be .
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been ce rtified to meet the "low risk" requ ire-
men t s for 3 and 6 yea r-o ld children on the pas-
senger 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 a irbag that can occur, for
examp le, by being too close to the steering wheel
and inst rument pane l when t he airbag inflates.
In addition, the system has been certified to
comply 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 Standa rd
¢
page 173, Child restraints and Advanced Air-
bags.
"Suppression" requ ires the front a irbag on the
passenger side to be t ur ned off if:
- a chi ld up to about one year of age is restra ined
on the fro nt passenger seat in one of the rear-
facing or forward -facing infant restraints listed
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in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208
with which the Advanced Airbag System in your
veh icle was certified . For a list ing of the child
restraints that were used to cert ify your vehi-
cle's compliance with the US Safety Standard
¢ page 173,
- weight less than a threshold leve l stored in the
control un it is detected on the front passenger
seat .
When a person is detected on the front passen-
ger seat , weighing more than the total weight of
a chi ld that is about 1 year old restrained in one
of the rear -facing or forward -fac ing infant re-
straints (listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 w ith which the Advanced Airbag
System in your veh icle was certified), the front
a irbag on t he passenge r side may or may not de-
ploy .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes o n
whe n the elect roni c control unit detects a tota l
weight on the front passe nger seat th at req uires
the front airbag to be t urned off . If the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on, the
front airbag on the passenger side has not been
turned off by the control unit and can dep loy if
the control unit senses an impact that meets the
cond it ions stored in its memory .
If the total weight on the front passenger seat is
more than that of a typ ica l 1 year-old, but less
than the weight of a small adult, the front airbag
o n the passenger s ide may deploy (the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on) .
For example , the airbag may deploy if:
- a small ch ild that is heav ier than a typica l 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whether the child is in one of the
child safety seats listed ¢ page 173),
- a child who has outgrown child rest raints is on
the front passenger seat.
If t he front passenger a irbag is t urned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the center of
the instr ument panel will come on and stay on .
The fro nt airbag on the passenge r side may not
deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not illuminate and stay lit) if:
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