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Airbag
syst em
fi rst a nd second stages deploy a lmost at the
same time.
On the passenger side, regard less of safety
be lt use, the airbag will be turned off if the
weight on the passenger seat is less than the
amount programmed in the electronic control
un it. The front a irbag on the passenger side
will also be turned off if one of the child safe-
ty seats that has been certified under Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 has been
recogn ized on the seat. The PAS SENGER AIR
BAG OFF light comes on and stays on to te ll
you when the front Advanced Airbag on the
passenger side has been t urned off
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page 185, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know.
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag
inf lates, always wear safety belts properly.
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward,
sitting sideways or out of position in any
way, your risk of injury is much higher.
- You will also receive serious inju ries and
cou ld even be killed if you are up against
the airbag or too close to it when it in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
o page 183.
More important things to know about
front airbags
Fig. 209
Inflated front a irbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated pos ition
so that airbags can unfo ld properly and pro-
vide supplemental
protection in a frontal col-
lision.
The front airbags are designed to provide ad -
ditional protection for the chest and face of
the driver and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly
- t he seats have bee n positioned so that the
occ upan t is prope rly seated as far as poss i-
b le from the airbag
- and the head restraints have been properly
adju sted
Because airbags inflate in the bli nk of an eye
with great force, th ings you have on your lap
or have placed on the seat could become dan -
gerous projecti les, and be pushed int o you if
the a irbag inflates.
When an airbag deploys, fine dust is released.
Th is is no rma l and is not caused by a fire in
the vehicle. This dust is made up mos t ly of a
powde r used to lubricate the airbags as they
deploy.
It
could irritate skin.
It is impo rtant to remember that wh ile the
supplementa l airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of serious injur ies, other
injuries , for examp le swelling, bruising and
minor ab rasions, can also happen when air-
bags inflate . Airbags do not protect the arms
or the lower parts of the body. Front a irbags
supplement the three-point safety belts only
in some fronta l col lisions in wh ich the vehicle
deceleration is h igh eno ugh to deploy the air-
bags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignition is sw itched off when a crash
occurs
- in side collisions
- in rear-end collisions
- in rollove rs
- when the crash dece lerat ion meas ured by
the air bag system is less than the min imum
threshold needed for airbag deployment as
reg istered by the elect ronic contro l unit
The front passenger airbag also will not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occu-
pied
.,.
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