- Accident statistics have shown t hat chil-
dren are generally safer in the rear 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 restrained
for their age and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your veh icle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety St anda rd
208 as applicab le at the t ime your vehicle was
manufac tured .
The front Advanced Airbag System supple-
ments the safety belts to provide add it iona l
protection for the driver's and fron t passeng-
er's heads and upper bodies in fronta l crashes.
The airbags inflate only in frontal impacts
when the vehicle dece leration is high enough .
The fron t Advanced Airbag System for the
front seat occupants is not a substi tute for
your safety bel ts. Rather, it is part of the over-
all occupa nt restraint system in your vehicle.
Always remember that the airbag system can
only help to protect you, if you are sitting up-
right, wearing your safety belt and wearing it
properly . This is why you and your passenge rs
must always be properly restrai ned, not just
because the law requires you to be .
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle
has been certified to meet the "low risk" re-
qu irements for 3 and 6 year-o ld childre n on
the passenger side and very small adu lts on
the driver side. The low risk dep loymen t crite-
ria are intended t o he lp reduce the risk of in-
jury thro ugh interaction with the front airbag
that can occur, for example, by being too
close to the steering whee l and instrument
panel when the airbag inflates.
In addition, the system has been certif ied to
comp ly with the "suppression" requirements
of the Safety Standard, to turn off the front
airbag for infants 12 months old and younger
who are restra ined on the front passenger
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seat in child rest raints that are listed in the
Standard
¢ page 145 .
"Supp ress ion" requi res the fron t airbag on t he
passenge r 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 t he rear-fa cing or forward -facing infan t
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 child restraints
that were used to certify your vehicle's com-
pliance with the US Safety Standard
¢page 145,
- weight less than a thresho ld level stored in
the control unit is detected on the front pas-
senge r seat.
When a person is detected on the front pas-
senger seat, weighing more than the total
weight of a child that is about 1 year old re-
stra ined in one of the rear -facing or forward -
facing infant restraints (listed in Federal Mo-
tor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which
t he Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
was certified), the fron t airbag on t he passen-
ger side may or may not dep loy.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
whe n the elect ronic cont rol unit de tects a to -
ta l we ight on the front passenger sea t that re-
quires the front airbag to be t urned off.
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on, the front airbag on the passenger
side has not been t urned off by the contro l
unit and can dep loy if the control unit senses
an impact that meets the cond itions stored in
its memory .
If the total weight on the front passenger
seat is more than that of a typical 1 year-old,
but less than the weight of a small adu lt, the
front airbag on t he passenger side may dep loy
(the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on) .
For example, the airbag may deploy if:
- a small child that is heav ier than a typical 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat ..,.
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