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WARNING
!continued)
•
Improper installation of child restraints can reduce their effec-
tiveness or even prevent them from providing any protection
.
•
An improperly installed child restraint can interfere with the
airbag as it deploys and seriously injure or even kill the child -
even with an Advanced Airbag System.
•
Always carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions
provided with the child safety seat or
carrier.
•
Never place additional items on the seat that can increase the
total weight registered 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.
Safety
first
Fig.
112 Location of
driver airbag: in
steering
wheel
Airbag
system
Fig
.
113 Location of
front passenger's
airbag: in the instru-
ment panel
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced Airbag System" in
compliance
with
United
States Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety
Stan
-
dard (FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time
your
vehicle was manu-
factured. The safety
belts for
the
front 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 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.
112
and
the airbag for
the
front
passenger is in
the instrument
panel
~
fig
.
113.
The general location of the airbags is marked "AIRBAG".
There
is
a lot you
need to know
about
the
airbags
in
your vehicle. We
urg
e
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 passen
-
gers, especially infants and small children.
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WARNING
Never rely on airbags alone for protection
.
•
Even when they deploy, airbags provide only supplemental
protection.
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