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Airb a g sys t e m
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208 as applicable at the time your vehicle was
manufactured .
The front Advanced Airbag Syst em supp le-
ments the safety belts to provide additional
protection for the driver's and front passeng-
er 's heads and upper bodies in fronta l crashes.
The airbags inflate only in fronta l impacts
when the vehicle dece lerat ion is high enough.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the
front seat occupants is not a substitute for
your safety belts. Rather, it is part of the over-
all occupant restraint system in your veh icle.
Always remember that the airbag system ca n
only help to protect you, if you are s itting up-
right, wearing your safety belt and wea ring it
properly. This is why you and you r passenge rs
must always be properly restr a ined , not just
beca use the law requires you to be.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle
has been cer tified t o meet the "low risk" re-
qu iremen t s for 3 an d 6 year-o ld childre n on
the passenger side and very small adu lts on
the driver side. The low risk deploymen t crite -
ria are intended to he lp red uce the risk of in-
jury through interaction with the front airbag
that can occur, for example, by be ing too
close to the steer ing whee l and instrument
panel when the airbag inflates .
In addition, the system has been certif ied to
comp ly w ith the "suppression" requ irements
of the Safety Standard, to tur n off the front
a irbag for infants
12
months old and younger
who a re restra ined on the front passenger
seat in child restra ints that a re listed in the
St anda rd ¢
page 134, Child restraints and
Advanced Airbags.
"Suppression" requires the front airbag on the
passenger side to be turned off if:
- a ch ild up to about one year of age is re-
stra ined on the front passenger seat in one
of the rear-facing or forwa rd-fac ing infa nt
rest raints listed in Federa l Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 wit h which the Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified . For a list ing of the child rest rain t s
t ha t were used to certify your vehicle 's com -
pliance with the US Safety Standa rd
¢
page 134,
- weight less than a thres ho ld level stored in
the control unit is detected on the front pas-
senger seat.
When a person is dete cted on the front pas -
senger seat, weighing more than the tota l
weight of a chi ld that is about 1 year old re-
stra ined in one of the rear-facing or forward-
facing infant restraints (listed in Federal Mo-
tor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 wit h which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
was certified), the front airbag on the passen-
ger side may or may not deploy.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
whe n the electro nic contr ol unit detects a to-
ta l we ight on the front passenger seat that re-
quires t he front airbag to be tu rned off. If t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t does not
come o n, t he fron t air bag on t he passenger
side has not been tu rne d off by the cont ro l
unit and can dep loy if the control unit senses
an impact that meets the conditions stored in
its memory.
If the total weight on the front passenge r
seat is more than that of a typica l 1 year -old,
but less than the we ight of a small ad ult, the
front a irbag on the passenger side may dep loy
(the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on).
For example , the airbag may deploy if:
- a small ch ild t hat is heav ier t han a typica l 1
yea r-old ch ild is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whethe r the child is in one of
the child safety seats listed
¢ page 134),
- a child who has outgrown ch ild restraints is
on the front passenge r seat .
If t he fron t passenger a irbag is t urned off, t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t in the cen t er
of the ins t rument panel will come on and stay
on.
The front airbag on t he passenge r side may
not
dep loy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not illuminate a nd stay lit) if :
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