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Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system
Applies to: vehicles with knee air bags
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. Always
wear safety belts correctly and ride in a proper
seating position.
There is a lot that you and your passengers must
know and do to help the safety be lts and airbags
to provide supplemen t al protection .
A
WARNING
An inflating knee airbag can cause serious in-
jury . Wearing safety belts incorrectly and im-
proper seating positions increase the risk of
ser ious personal injury and death whenever a
vehicle is being used.
- The knee airbag system cannot protect you
properly if you are seated too close to any of
the a irbag locat ions. When adjusting their
seat positions , it is important that both the
driver and the front passenger keep their
upper bod ies a nd knees at the followi ng
min imum safe distances :
- at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the
chest and the steering wheel/instrument
panel.
- at least 4 inches (10 cm) between the
knees and the lower part of the instru-
ment panel.
- The risk of personal injury increases if you
lean forward or to the s ide, or if the seat is
improperly positioned and you are not wear-
ing your safety belt . The risk increases even
more should the a irbag deploy.
- Always make sure that the knee airbag can
inflate without inte rference . Objects be-
tween you and the a irbag can increase the
risk of inj ury in an accident by interfer ing
with t he way t he a irbag deploys o r by being
pushed into you as the airbag deploys .
- Never let anybody, especially chi ldren or
animals ride in the footwell in front of the
passe nger seat. If the airbag deploys, this
can resu lt in se rious or fatal injur ies.
- Never carry objects of any kind in the foot-
well area in front of the driver's or pas-
senger's seat . Bulky objects (shopping
-
Airb a g sys tem
bags, for example) can interfere with or
prevent proper dep loyment of the airbag.
Small objects can be thrown through the
vehicle if the airbag deploys and injure you
or your passengers .
- Make sure there are no cracks , deep scratch-
es or other damage in the area of the instru-
ment panel where the knee airbags are lo-
cated.
- If children are incorrectly seated, their risk
of injury increases in a coll is ion
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page 159, Child safety.
Side airbags
Description of side airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained occupants.
Fig. 16 0 Side airb ag locat ion in t he drive r's seat
The side airbags are located in the s ides of the
front seat backrests ¢
fig . 160
and the rear back-
rest fac ing the doors . They a re identified by the
word "AIRBAG".
The side airbags installed for the fro nt seating
pos it ions have been des igned and certified to
help reduce the risk of inju ry that can be caused
by a irbags when they inflate, pa rtic ula rly when
t he occ upant sitting next to it is not seated prop-
erly. The side airbag for the front passenger seat
can be used wit h properly installed ch ild re-
straints . Please be sure to read the important in-
formation and warnings whenever using a chi ld
restra int in a vehicle : Safety belts ¢
page 12 7,
Airbag system¢
page 135 ,
Child safety
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page 159.
The side airbag system basically consi st s of:
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