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Airb
a
g
syste
m
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Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occupied by a person when it is
not, or to signa
l
that it is occupied by some-
one who is heav ier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The p resence of addi-
tional objects could cause
t
he passenger
front airbag to be turned on when it shou ld
be off, or could cause the airbag to work in a
way that is different from the way it would
have worked without the
obj
ect on the seat.
Front
airbags
Description of front airbags
The
airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occu-
pants.
Fig. 163 Location of
driver
airbag: in
steering
w heel
Fig.
16
4
Locatio
n
of
front passenger's airbag:
in
the
in·
strument panel
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced
Air-
bag System" in comp liance with United States
Federa
l
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208,
as
well as Canada Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 as applicable
at
188
the time your vehicle was manufactured
.
The
safety belts for the seats have "pretensioners"
that he lp to take s lack out of the belt system
.
The
pretensioners
are also activated by
the
e lec-
tronic
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 stee
ring
wheel
hub
~
fig. 163
and
the
airbag for
the
front pas-
senger is in the instrument pane
l
~
fig. 164
.
The
general locat ion of
the
a irbags
is
marked "AIR-
BAG".
There is a lot you need to know abo ut the airbags
in your vehicle
.
We urge you to read the detai led
information about airbags
,
safety belts and child
safety in
this and
the other chapters
that
make
up the ow ner's literature
.
Please be sure to heed
the WARNINGS - they are extremely important
fo
r
your safety and the safety of your passengers,
especially infants and small children
.
.&,
WARNING
-
Never
rely on a irbags alone for prote ct io n.
-
Even when they deploy, airbags provide only
supp lemental protection.
-
Airbag work most effec
t
ively when used
wit
h
p roperly worn safety be lts
.
-
Therefo re, always wear your safety be lts and
make sure that everybody in your veh icle is
properly restrained.
-
Always hold the steering wheel with both
hands on the outside
of
the steer ing whee
l
rim at the 9:00 o'clock and 3:00 o'clock po-
sit
ions to help reduce the risk of personal in-
jury if the driver's a irbag inflates.
-
Never hold the stee ring wheel at
t
he 12
o'clock posi
t
ion or with your hands any
-
where inside the steering wheel o
r
on the
steer ing whee
l
hub. Holding the steeri ng
wheel the wrong way increases the risk of
severe injury to the arms, hands, and head if
the driver airbag deploys.
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