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Airb a g syste m
- and the head restraints have been properly ad -
justed .
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye w ith
g reat for ce, th ings you have on your lap or have
placed on the seat cou ld become dangerous pro -
jectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag in-
flates .
When an a irbag deploys, fine dus t is re leased.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle . This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irr itate sk in.
It is important to remember that whi le the sup -
plemental airbag system is designed to reduce
the likelihood of serious injur ies, other inj uries,
for example swelling, bruising and m inor abra-
sions, can also happen when airbags inflate. Air-
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body . Front airbags only supplement the
three po int safety belts in some fronta l collisions
in which the veh icle decelerat ion is high enough
to deploy t he airbags.
Fr ont airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs ,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash decelerat ion measured by the
airbag system is less than the minimum thresh-
o ld needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic control unit.
The front pass enger airbag will also not
depl oy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the weight on the front passenger seat as
sensed by the Advanced Airbag System indi-
cates that the front airbag on the passenger
s ide has to be turned off by the electronic con-
trol unit (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
comes on and stays on) .
A
WARNING
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase the
ris k of se rious injury in crashes.
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- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the driver and passengers must al-
ways sit in an upright position, must not
lean aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posit ion
or too close to the airbag can be serious ly
inj ured by an airbag as it unfolds wit h g reat
force in the blink of an eye r=;, page 15 2 .
A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-fa cing child safety seat
installed on the front pa ssenger sea t will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the chi ld safety
seat o r infant carrier with great force and
w ill smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center a rmrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing ch ild safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must insta ll a rearwa rd facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rea r-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the ai rbag system
inspected by your aut hori zed Aud i d ealer.
A
WARNING
Objects between you and t he airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be -
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates .
- Never hold t hings in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use .
- Never transport items on or in the ar ea of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur-
ing braking or other sudden maneuver and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious persona l injury if the airbags
inflate.
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