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• The SRS is designed to deploy the
front air bags when an impact is
sufficiently severe. Additionally,
the air bags will only deploy once.
Seat belts must be worn at all
times.
• Front air bags are not intended to
deploy in side-impact, rear-impact
or rollover crashes. However, when
frontal deployment threshold is
satisfied at side-impact, front air
bags may deploy.
In addition, front air bags will not
deploy in frontal crashes below
the deployment threshold.
• A child restraint system must nev‐
er be placed in the front seat. The
infant or child could be severely in‐
jured or killed by an air bag deploy‐
ment in case of an accident.
• Children age 12 and under must al‐
ways be properly restrained in the
rear seat. If a child over 12 must
be seated in the front seat, he or
she must be properly belted and
the seat should be moved as far
back as possible.
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• For maximum safety protection in
all types of crashes, all occupants
including the driver should always
wear their seat belts whether or
not an air bag is also provided at
their seating position to minimize
the risk of severe injury or death in
the event of a crash.
Do not sit or lean unnecessarily
close to the air bag while the vehi‐
cle is in motion.
• Sitting improperly or out of posi‐
tion can result in serious or fatal
injury in a crash. All occupants
should sit upright with the seat
back in an upright position, cen‐
tered on the seat cushion with
their seat belt on, legs comforta‐
bly extended and their feet on the
floor until the vehicle is parked and
the ignition key is removed.
• The SRS air bag system must de‐
ploy very rapidly to provide pro‐
tection in a crash. If an occupant is
out of position because of not
wearing a seat belt, the air bag
may forcefully contact the occu‐
pant causing serious or fatal inju‐
ries.
Passenger's front air bag ON/OFF
switch (if equipped)
The passenþer s ýront air baþ can be
deactivated by the passenþer s ýront
air baþ ON/OFF switch iý a child re‐
straint is installed on the ýront pas‐
senþer's seat or iý the ýront passenþ‐
er's seat is unoccupied by a person.
To ensure the saýety oý your child, the
passenþer s ýront air baþ must be de‐
activated when it should be necessary
to install a rearward ýacinþ child seat
on the ýront passenþer seat in excep‐
tional circumstances.
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