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Front
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Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occu-
pants
.
Fig. 147 Location of
driver
airbag
:
in
steering
wheel
Fig. 148
Location
of
fr
ont
passenger's airbag:
in the instru-
ment panel
Your vehicle is equ ipped with an
"Advanced
Air-
bag System" in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as applicab le at the time your veh i-
cle was manufactured. The safety belts for the
seats have
"pretensioners"
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 a lso have load limiters to
help
reduce the
forces applied to
the
body in a
crash.
The airbag for the driver is in the steer ing wheel
hub
¢
fig. 147
and the airbag for the front pas
-
senger
is
in the
instrument
panel
¢
fig. 148.
The
general location of the
airbags
is marked "AIR-
BAG".
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There is a lot you need to know about the airbags
in your vehicle
.
We urge you to read
the
detailed
information about
airbags,
safety belts and child
safety
in
this and the
other
chapters 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 infants and small children
.
,&_
WARNING
-
Never rely on airbags a lone for protection.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide only
supp lemental protection.
- Airbag work most effectively when used
with properly worn safety belts
.
- Therefore, always wear your safety be lts and
make sure that everybody in your vehicle is
properly restrained.
,&_
WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, espe-
cially infants and small ch ild ren, will rece ive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be-
ing too close to the airbag when it inf lates
.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
passenger airbag if an infant or a sma
ll
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 dep loy in
accordance
with the "low risk" option under
the U.S. Federal Standard if a chi ld that is
heav ier than the typical one-year old child is
on the front passenger seat and the other
conditions for airbag deployment are met.
- Accident statistics have shown that ch ildren
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, sho uld a lways ride in
the back properly restrained for their age
and size
.
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