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WARNING
To reduce t he risk of injury when an airbag
inflates, 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 injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against
the a irbag or too close to it when it in-
fla t es - even with an Advanced Airbag
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146.
More important things to know about
front airbags
Fig. 155 Inf lated front airbags
Safety belts are impo rtant to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated pos ition
so that airbags can unfo ld properly and pro-
vide supp lemental protection in a fronta l col-
lision.
The front a irbags are designed to provide ad-
d itiona l protection for the chest and face of
the dr iver and t he front seat passenge r when:
- safety belts are worn prope rly,
- the seats have been posit ioned so that the
occupant is properly seated as far as possi-
ble from the a irbag,
- and the head restraints have been properly
adjusted .
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 dan -
ge ro us projectiles, and be pushed into you if
the airbag inflates.
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in
A irba g sy stem
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the vehicle . This dust is made up mostly of a
powder used to lubricate the airbags as they
deploy. It could irritate skin.
It is important to remembe r that wh ile the
supplementa l airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of serious injuries, other
injur ies, for example swelling, br uising and
minor abrasions, can also happen when air-
bags inflate. Airbags do not protect the arms
or the lower parts of the body . Front a irbags
o nly supplement the three point safe ty belts
in some fronta l collisions in which the vehicle
decelera t ion is h igh enough to deploy the air-
bags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignition is sw itched off when a crash
occu rs,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
-when the crash deceleration measured by
the airbag system is less than the minimum
threshold needed for airbag dep loyment as
reg istered by the electronic contro l unit .
The front passenger airbag will also not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occu -
pied,
- when the weight on the front passenger
seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem ind icates that the front airbag on the
passe nger side has to be turned off by the
electronic control unit (the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light comes on and stays o n) .
A
WARNING
-
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase
the ris k of se rious injury in crashes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the air-
bags inflate, t he drive r and passenge rs
must always sit in an upr igh t positi on,
must not lean against or pla ce any part
of their body too close to t he area whe re
the airbags a re located.
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