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U.S. Federal Standard if a chi ld with elec-
trical capac itance greater than the com-
bined capacitance of a typical one-year
old infant restrained in one of the for-
ward fac ing or rearward-fac ing ch ild
seats w ith which your vehicle was certi-
fied is on the front passenger seat and
the other conditions for airbag deploy-
ment are met.
- Accident statist ics have shown that chil-
dren are generally safer in the rea r seat
area than in the front seating posit ion .
- For their own safety, all children, espe-
cially 12 years and younger, sho uld al-
ways ride in the back properly rest rained
for their age and size .
Advanced front airbag system
Your veh icle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in comp liance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208 as applicable at the time your vehicle was
manufactured.
The front Advanced Airbag System supple-
ments the safety belts to provide add it iona l
protection for the driver's and front passeng-
e r's heads and upper bodies in frontal crashes.
The airbags inflate only in frontal impacts
when the vehicle dece le rat io n 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 over-
all occupant rest raint system in your ve hicle.
Always remember that the airbag system can
only help to pro t ect you, if you are sitting up-
righ t , wearing your safety belt and wearing it
properly. This is why you and your passengers
must always be properly restrained, not just
because the law requires you to be.
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
has been certified to meet the "low risk" re-
q uirements for 3 and 6 year-o ld children on
the passenger side and very small adu lts on
the dr iver side. The low risk deployment crite-
ria are intended to he lp reduce the risk of in-
j ury through interaction with the front airbag
A irbag sys tem
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that can occur, for examp le, by being too
close to the steering wheel and instr ument
panel when the airbag inflates .
In add ition, the system has been certified t o
comply with the "s uppression" requirements
of the Safety Standard, to turn off the front
airbag for infants 12 months o ld and younger
who are restrained on the front passenger
seat in child restraints that are listed in the
Standard
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page 173, Child restraints and
Advanced front airbag system .
"Suppress ion" requires the front a irbag on the
passenger side to be turned off if:
- a child up to abo ut one year of age is re-
strained on the front passenger seat in one
of the rear-fac ing or forward -facing infant
restraints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 with which the Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
cert ified . For a listing of the chi ld restraints
that were used to certify you r vehicle's com-
p lia nce w it h t he US Safety Standa rd
c>page 173,
- When a pe rson is detec ted o n the front pas -
senge r seat that has an e lect rica l capa ci-
tance t hat is more than the tota l electrical
capacitance of a child that is about 1 year
old restrained in one of the rear-facing or
forward-facing infant restraints (listed in
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208
w ith which the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle was certified), the front airbag
on the passenger side may or may not de-
ploy.
The
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when the electron ic cont rol unit detects a to -
ta l elect rical capac itance on the front passen-
ger seat that requi res the front a irbag to be
turned off. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on, the front airbag on
the passenger side has not been turned off by
the contro l unit and can deploy if the control
unit senses an impact that meets the condi-
tions stored in its memory.
If the total e lectr ical capacitance registered
on the front passenger seat is more than that
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