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A
WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer
-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds and/or by
being pushed
into
you as the airbag
inflates.
-Always make sure nothing is in the front air
-
bag deployment zone that could be struck
by the airbag when
it
inflates
.
-
Objects
in
the zone of a deploying airbag
can become projectiles when the airbag de-
ploys and cause serious personal injury.
-
Never hold things
in
your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle
is
in
use.
-
-
Never place accessories or other objects
(such as cup
holders,
telephone brackets,
note pads, navigation systems, or things
that are
large,
heavy, or bulky) on the
doors;
never
attach
then to the doors or the wind-
shield; never place them over or near or at-
tach them to the area marked ,,AIRBAG" on
the steering wheel, instrument panel or the
seat backrests; never place them between
these areas and you or any other person in
the vehicle
.
-
Never attach objects to the windshield
above the passenger front airbag, such as
accessory GPS navigation units or music
players. Such objects could cause serious in-
jury in a collision, especially when the air-
bags inflate
.
-
Never recline the front passenger seat to
transport
objects.
Items
can also move
into
the
deployment
area of the side
airbags
or
the front airbag during breaking or in a sud-
den maneuver. Objects near the airbags can
fly
dangerously
through the passenger com-
partment and cause injury
,
particularly
when the seat
is
reclined and the airbags in-
flate.
A
WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, espe-
cially infants and small children, will receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be-
ing too close to the airbag when it
inflates.
-
Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle
is
designed to turn off the front
Airbag
system
passenger airbag if an
infant
or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment un-
der these special conditions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the
useful
life of your vehicle
.
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy in
accordance with the .,low risk" option for 3-
and 6-year-old children under
the
U.S.
Fed-
eral Standard if a child with electrical
capac-
itance greater than the combined capaci-
tance of
a typical
one-year old infant re-
strained in one of the forward facing or rear-
ward-facing child seats with which your ve-
hicle was certified is on the front passenger
seat and the other conditions for airbag de-
ployment are met
.
-
Accident statistics have shown that children
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, should always ride in
the back
properly
restrained for their age
and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle
is
equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in
compliance
with United States
Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208
,
as
well as Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your vehi-
cle was manufactured.
The
front Advanced Airbag System supplements
the safety belts to provide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenger's heads and
upper
bodies in frontal crashes.
The
airbags in-
flate only in frontal
impacts
when the vehicle de-
celeration
is
high enough.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front
seat occupants is not a substitute for your safety
belts. Rather, it
is
part of the overall occupant
re-
straint system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the airbag system can only
help
to protect
you, if you are sitting upright, wearing your safe-
ty belt and wearing it properly
.
This is why you
and your passengers must always be properly
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