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Airbag
system
- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing
mat and can
cause injury in a crash .
Front
airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 140 Location of driver airbag: in steerin g wh eel
Fig. 141 Locati on of fr ont passenger's airb ag: in the i n-
strument panel
Your veh icle is equipped with an "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your
vehicle was manufactured . The system senses
the position of the front seats and controls
front airbag inflation with a valve, depend ing
on the distance between the respective seat
and the steering wheel or instrument panel.
The safety belts for the seats have "preten-
sioners" that help to take slack out of the belt
system. The pretensioners are also activated
by the electronic 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 ¢
fig. 140
and the airbag for the
front passenger is in the instrument panel
~
fig. 141 .
The general location of the airbags
is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the air-
bags in your vehicle . We urge you to read the
detailed information about airbags, safety
belts and child safety in this and the other
cha pters that make up the owner 's literature.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they
are extremely important for your safety and
the safety of your passengers, especially in-
fants and small children.
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WARNING
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide
only supplemental
protection.
-Airbag work most effectively when used
with properly worn safety belts.
- Therefore, always wear your safety belts
and make sure that everybody in your ve-
hicle is properly restrained.
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WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, es-
pecially infants and small children, will re-
ceive serious injuries and can even be kil-
led by being too close to the airbag when
it inflates .
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the
front passenger airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front passenger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarantee
that deployment under these special
conditions is impossible in all conceiva-
b le situations that may happen during
the useful life of your vehicle .
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy
in accordance with the "low risk" option
under the U.S. Federal Standard if a child
that is heavier than the typical one-year
-
.
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