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- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
ins t ructions prov ided with the ch ild seat or
carrier.
- Always make sure that t he re is no t hing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive 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 signal that it is occ upied by some-
one who is heav ier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The presence of addi-
tional objects could cause the passenger
front airbag to be turned on when it should
be off, or could cause the airbag to work in a
way that is different from the way it wou ld
have worked without the object on the seat.
Front
airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occu-
pants.
Fig. 157 Locat ion of d river a irbag: in stee ring wheel
Fig. 158 Locat ion of fr ont passenger's airbag: in the instru -
ment pa ne l
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced Air-
bag System" in compl iance with United States
Ai r b ag sy stem
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your vehi-
cle was manufactured. The safety be lts for the
seats have "pretensioners"
that help to take slack
out of the belt system. The pretensioners are also
activated by the electron ic 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 driver is in the steering wheel
hub
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fig . 157 and the airbag for the front pas-
senger is in the instrument pane l c:> fig. 158. The
general location of the airbags is marked ''AIR-
BAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the a irbags
in your vehicle. We urge you to read the detailed
information about airbags, safety belts and child
safety in this and the other chapte rs that make
up the owner's literature . Please be sure to heed
the WARNINGS - they are extremely importa nt
fo r your safety and the safety of you r passengers,
especially infants and small children .
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WARNING
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Never rely on airbags a lone for protection.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide only
supp lemental protection.
- Airbag work most effective ly when used
with properly worn safety belts.
- Therefore, always wea r you r safety belts and
make sure t hat everybo dy in your vehicle is
properly rest rained.
- Always hold the steering wheel with both
hands on the outside of the steering wheel
rim at the 9:00 o'clock and 3:00 o'clock po-
sitions to help reduce the risk of persona l in-
jury if the driver's airbag inflates.
- Never ho ld the steering wheel at the 12
o'clock position or with your hands any-
where inside the steering wheel or on the
steer ing wheel hub. Holding the steering
wheel the wrong way increases the risk of
severe injury to the arms, ha nds, and head if
the dr iver airbag deploys .
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