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Safety and Security
Occupant safety
Side impact air bags, window curtain
air bags
1 Side impact air bags
2 Window curtain air bag
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The side impact air bags and window cur-
tain air bags are deployed:
on the impacted side of the vehicle
in impacts exceeding a preset deploy-
ment threshold
independently of the front air bags
In addition, the window curtain air bags 2
are deployed:
in certain vehicle rollovers
The front passenger side air bag will only
deploy if the system senses that the front
passenger seat is occupied.
The side impact air bags and window cur-
tain air bags are not deployed in impacts
which do not exceed the system's deploy-
ment threshold.
Seat belts
When the engine is started the seat belt
telltale < illuminates for a maximum of
six seconds and a warning chime sounds
to remind you and your passengers to fas-
ten your seat belts.
If after these six seconds, the driver's or
the front passenger's seat belt (with the
front passenger seat occupied) are not fas-
tened with all doors closed,
and the vehicle speed does not exceed
15 mph (25 km/h), the seat belt
telltale < remains illuminated for as
long as either the driver's or front pas-
senger's seat belt is not fastened.
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