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- Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacit ive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occupied by a person when it is
not, or to signa l that it is occupied by some-
one who is heavier than the person actua lly
sitting on the seat. The p resence of addi-
tional objects could cause the passenger
front airbag to be turned on when it shou ld
be off, or could cause the airbag to work in a
way that is different from the way it would
have worked without the object on the seat.
Front
airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system con provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occu-
pants.
Fig. 154 Location of driver airbag: in steering whee l
Fig. 155 Location of front passenger's airbag: in t he in-
strume nt panel
Your veh icle is equipped with an "Advanced Air-
bag System" in comp liance with United States
Federa l Moto r Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208, as well as Canad a Moto r Vehicle
Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 as app licab le at
Airb a g sys tem
the time your vehicle was manufactured . The
safety belts for the seats have "pretensioners"
that help to take slack out of the belt system .
The pretensioners
are also activated by the elec-
tronic control unit for the airbag system.
The front safety belts also have load limiters to
help reduce the forces applied to the body in a
crash.
The airbag for the drive r is in the steering wheel
hub ~
fig. 154
and the airbag for the front pas-
senger is in the instrument pane l ~
fig. 155 .
The
general locat ion of the airbags is marked "AIR-
BAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the airbags
in your vehicle . We urge you to read the deta iled
information about airbags, safety be lts and ch ild
safety in this and the other chapters that make
up the ow ner's literature . Please be sure to heed
the WARNINGS - they are extremely important
for your safety and the safety of your passengers,
especially infan t s and small children.
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WARNING
-
Never rely on airbags alone fo r prote ct ion.
- Even w hen they deploy, airbags provide only
supp lemental pro t ection.
- Airbag work most effectively when used
with properly worn safety belts.
- Therefo re, always wear your safety belts and
make sure that everybody in your ve hicle is
properly restrained.
- Always hold the steering wheel with both
ha nds on t he outside of the steering wheel
rim at the 9:00 o'clock and 3 :00 o'clock po -
sitions to help reduce t he risk of personal in-
jury if the driver's a irbag inflates.
- Never hold t he stee ring wheel at the 12
o'clock position or wit h your hands any -
where inside the steering wheel or on the
steer ing whee l hub . Holding the steering
wheel the wrong way increases the risk of
severe injury to the arms, hands, and head if
the dr iver airbag deploys.
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