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first and second stages deploy almost at the
same time.
On the passenger s ide, regard less of safety
be lt use, the airbag will be turned off if the
weight on the passenger seat is less than the
amo unt programmed in the electronic control
un it. The front airbag on the passenger side
will also be turned off if one of the child safe-
ty seats that has been certified under Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 has been
recog nized on the seat . The PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light comes on and stays on to tell
you when the front Advanced Airbag on the
passenger side has been t urned off
Q
page 184, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know.
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag
inf lates, a lways 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 higher.
- You will also receive serio us injuries and
cou ld 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
Qpage 182.
More important things to know about
front airbags
Fig. 210
Inflated front airbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated pos ition
so that airbags can unfo ld properly and pro -
vide supplemental
protection in a fronta l col-
lision.
A irba g sy stem
191
The front airbags are designed to provide ad -
ditional protection for the chest and face of
the driver and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly
- t he seats have bee n positioned so that the
occ upant is properly seated as far as poss i-
b le from t he airbag
- and the head restraints have been properly
adj usted
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye
with great force, t hings you have on your lap
or have placed on the seat could become dan-
gerous projecti les, and be pushed int o you if
the a irbag inflates.
When an airbag deploys, fine dust is re leased.
This is no rma l and is not caused by a fire in
the vehi cle. This dust is made up mos t ly of a
powder used to lub ricate the airbags as they
deploy. It could irritate skin.
It is important to remembe r that wh ile the
s upplementa l airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of serious injuries, other
injuries, for example swelling, bruising and
minor abrasions, can a lso happen when air-
bags inflate . Airbags do not protect the arms
or the lower parts of the body. Front airbags
supplement the th ree-point safety belts only
in some frontal collisions in which the vehicle
deceleration is high enough to deploy the air-
bags.
Front airbags will not deploy :
- if the ignition is sw itched off when a crash
occurs
- in side collisions
- in rear-end collisions
- in rollovers
- when the crash dece leration meas ured by
the air bag system is less t han the minimum
threshold needed for airbag deployment as
reg istered by the electronic cont rol unit
The front passenger airbag also will not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occu-
pied
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