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Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system
Applies to vehicles: with knee air bags
Airbags are only supplemental restraint s. 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 t he safety belts and airbags
to provide supplementa l protection.
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WARNING
An inflating knee airbag can cause serious in-
jury. Wearing safety belts incorrect ly and im-
proper seating positions increase the risk of
serious 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 airbag locat ions. When adjust ing their
seat positions, it is important that both the
dr iver and the front passenger keep the ir
upper bodies and knees at the followi ng
mi nimum safe distances :
- at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the
chest and the steering wheel/instr ument
panel.
- at least 4 inches (10 cm) between the
knees and the lower part of the instru-
ment panel.
- The risk of persona l injury increases if yo u
lean forward or to the side, or if the seat is
improperly posit ioned and you are not wear-
ing your safety belt . The risk increases even
more should the airbag deploy .
- Always make sure that the knee airbag can
inflate without inte rference . Objects be-
tween you and the airbag can increase the
risk of inju ry in an accident by inte rfe ring
w ith t he way the airbag deploys or by being
pushed into you as the airbag deploys.
- Never let anybody, especially children or
animals ride in the footwell in front of the
passenger seat . If the airbag deploys, th is
can result in serious or fatal injuries .
- 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
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Ai r b ag sy stem
bags, for examp le) can interfere with or
prevent proper deployment of the airbag .
Small objects can be thrown through the
vehicle if the airbag deploys and injure you
or your passengers.
- Make sure the re 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 ision
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page 167, Child safety.
Side airbags
Description of side airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained occupants.
Fig. 1 63 Side airbag locati on in the drive r's seat
The side airbags are located in the sides of the
front seat backrests
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fig. 163
and the rear back-
rest facing the doors . They are ident ified by the
word "AIR BAG".
The side airbags insta ll ed for the front seat ing
posit ions have been designed and certified to
help reduce the risk of injury that can be caused
by airbags when they inflate, particularly when
t he occupant sitting next to it is not seated prop-
erly. The side airbag for the front passenger seat
can be used with properly insta ll ed child re-
straints. Please be sure to read the important in-
formation and warn ings whenever using a child
restraint in a vehicle : Safety belts
c::> page 135,
Airbag system
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page 143,
Child safety
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page 167 .
The side airbag system basically consist s of:
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