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BAG OFF light comes on and stays on to tell
you when the front Advanced Airbag on the
passenger side has been turned off
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page 143, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know.
A
WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury whe n an airbag
inflates, always wear safety belts properly .
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward,
sitting sideways or out of position in any
way, yo ur risk of injury is much highe r.
- You will also receive serious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against
the a irbag or too close to it when it in·
flates · even with an Advanced Airbag
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More important things to know about
front airbags
Fig. 14 2
Inflated front airbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper sea ted pos ition
so that airbags ca n u nfo ld properly and pro-
vide supp lemental protection in a fronta l col-
lision.
The front a irbags are designed to provide ad-
d itiona l protection for the chest and face of
the dr iver and the front seat passenge r when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
- the seats have been posit io ned so that the
occupant is properly seated as far as possi-
ble from the a irbag,
- and the head restraints have been properly
adjusted.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye
with great force, things you have on your lap
A irba g sy stem
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o r have placed on the seat could become dan -
gerous projectiles, and be pushed into you if
the a irbag inf lates.
When an airbag deploys, fine dust is re leased.
This is norma l and is not caused by a fire in
the vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a
powder used to lubricate the airbags as they
deploy. It could irr itate skin .
It is important to remembe r that wh ile the
supplementa l airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of serious injur ies, other
injuries, for example swelling, bruis ing and
minor abrasions, can also happen when air-
bags inflate . Airbags do not protect the arms
o r the lower parts of the body. Front a irbags
on ly supp lement the three point safety belts
in some fronta l collisions in which t he vehicle
decelera t ion is high e no ugh to deploy the air-
bags .
Front airbags will not deploy :
- if the ignition is sw itched off when a crash
occu rs,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash deceleration measured by
the airbag system is less than the minimum
threshold needed for a irbag deployment as
reg istered by the electronic control unit .
The f ront passenger ai rbag will also not
deplo y:
- when the front passenger seat is not occu-
pied,
- when the weight on the front passenger
seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag Sys·
tern ind icates that the front airbag on the
passe nger side has to be turned off by the
electronic control unit (the PAS SENGER AI R
BAG OFF light comes on and stays on) .
A
WARNING
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase
the ris k of se rious injury in crashes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the air-
bags inflate, t he drive r and passenge rs
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