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Airb a g syste m
A
WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag w ill in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with t he way the airba g unfo lds and/or by
being pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Always make sure nothing is in the front air-
bag depl oyment zone that could be struck
by the airbag when it inflates.
- Objects in the zone of a deploying airbag
can become project iles when the airbag de-
ploys and cause serious personal injury.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use.
- Never place accessories or other objects
(such as cup holders, telephone brackets,
note pads, navigation systems, or things
that are large, heavy, or bulky) on the doors;
never attach then to the doors or the wind-
shield; never place them over or near or at-
tach them to the area marked ,.AIRBAG" on
the steering wheel, instrument panel or the
seat backrests; never place them between
these areas and you or any other person in
the vehicle .
- Never attach objects to the windshield
above the passenger front airbag, such as
accessory GPS navigation units or music
players. Such objects could cause serious in-
jury in a collision, especially when the air-
bags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenger seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the deployment area of the side airbags or
the front airbag dur ing breaking or in a sud-
den maneuver . Objects near the airbags can
fly dangerously th rough the passenger com-
partment and cause inj ury, partic ularly
when the seat is reclined and the airbags in-
flate .
A
WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, espe-
cially infants and small children, wi ll receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be-
ing too close to the airbag when it inflates.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
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passenger airbag if an infant or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment un-
der these special condit ions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy in
accordance with the ,,low risk" option for 3-
and 6-year-o ld children under the U.S. Fed-
eral Standard if a child with electr ical capac-
itance greater than t he combined capaci-
tance of a typical one-year old infant re-
strained in one of the forward facing or rear-
ward-facing child seats with which your ve-
hicle was certif ied is on the front passenger
seat and the other conditions for airbag de-
ployment are met.
- Accident statistics have shown that children
are generally safer in the rear seat area than
in the front seating position .
- For their own safety, all children, especially
12 years and younger, should always ride in
the back properly restrained for their age
and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in compliance w ith United States
Federal Mot or Vehicle Safety Standard 208 asap-
plicable at the time your vehicle was manufac-
tured.
The front Advanced Airbag System supp lements
the safety belt s to provide additional protec t ion
f or the driver 's and front passenger's heads and
upper bodies in frontal crashes. The airbags in-
flate only in fronta l impacts when the vehicle de-
celerat ion is high enough.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front
seat occupants is not a substitute for your safety
belts. Rather, it is part of the overall occupant re-
stra int system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the airbag system can only help to protect
you, if you are sitting upr ight, wear ing your safe-
ty belt and wear ing it properly . This is why you
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