Dodge 2007 Sprinter Owner's Manual page 35

Occupant safety
The driver's front airbag and co-driver's
front airbag are triggered:
in the initial stages of an accident with
a high rate of vehicle acceleration or
deceleration in a longitudinal direction
2
if the system determines that airbag
deployment can offer additional pro-
tection to that provided by the seat belt
independently of other airbags in the
vehicle
Thorax sidebags*
Warning
For safety reasons, the manufacturer rec-
ommends that you use seat covers that
have been tested for Sprinter vehicles and
that have a seam for thorax/sidebags. A
thorax/sidebag may otherwise not inflate
correctly and could fail to provide the in-
tended degree of protection in the event of
a collision. You can obtain these covers from
an authorized Sprinter Dealer, for example.
Warning
To reduce the risk of injury to occupants if a
thorax/sidebag is triggered, make sure
that:
no persons, animals or objects are
present between the vehicle occupants
and the thorax/sidebag deployment
range
no accessories, for example cup hold-
ers, are secured to the doors
only light items of clothing are hung
from the coat hooks in the vehicle
G
there are no heavy or sharp objects in
the pockets of items of clothing
G
Warning
Observe the following to reduce the risk of
serious or fatal injury if the thorax/sidebag
is triggered:
Vehicle occupants – in particular, chil-
dren – must never lean their head
against the area of the window in which
the thorax/sidebag inflates.
Vehicle occupants must wear their seat
belt correctly at all times and lean back
against the backrest, which should be
positioned as upright as possible.
Always secure children who are less
than 5 ft (1.50 m) tall or under 12 years
of age in a suitable child restraint sys-
tem.
The purpose of the thorax/sidebags is to
increase the level of protection for the tho-
rax (but not the head, neck and arms) of
the occupants on the side of the vehicle on
which the impact occurs.
The thorax/sidebags are installed in the
outer sides of the backrests on the driver's
seat and the co-driver's individual seat
G