Airb a g syste m
- Never hold the steering whee l at the 12
o'clock pos it ion or w ith your han ds any-
where inside the steering wheel or on the
steering wheel hub. Holding t he steering
wheel the wrong way increases the risk of
severe injury to the arms, hands, and head if
the d river a irbag deploys.
A WARNING
Objects between you and the a irbag w ill in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing w ith the way the airbag unfo lds 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 str uck
by the airbag when it inflates.
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- Objects in the zone of a deploying airbag
can become projectiles when the airbag de -
ploys and cause serious persona l injury .
- Never hold th ings in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use.
- Never place accessor ies or other objec t s
(such as cup ho lders, 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 a reas and you or any other person in
the vehicle.
- Never attach objects to the w indshield
above the passenger front airbag, such as
accessory GPS navigation unit s or mus ic
players . Such objects could ca use serio us 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 a irbags or
the front a irbag during breaking or in a sud-
den maneuver. Objects near the airbags can
fly dangerous ly through the passenger com-
partment and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined and the airbags in-
flate.
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A WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, espe-
cially infants and small ch ildren, 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 veh icle is designed to turn off the front
passenger airbag if an infant o r a small child
is on the fron t passenger sea t , nobody can
absolu t ely guarantee t ha t deployment un-
de r these specia l condi t ions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can dep loy in
accordance with the ,.low risk" option for 3-
and 6-year-old children under the U.S. Fed-
eral Standard if a child w ith electrical capac-
itance greater than the combined capac i-
tance of a typical one-year o ld infant re-
strained in one of the forward facing or rea r-
ward-facing chi ld seats with which your ve-
hicle was certified is on the front passenger
seat and the ot her conditions for airbag d e-
ployment are me t.
- Accident sta tisti cs have shown th at children
are generally safer in the rear seat a re a than
in t he front seat ing pos ition.
- For their own safety, a ll ch ildr en, especi a lly
12 years and younger, should alw ays ride in
the back proper ly restrained for their age
and size .
Advanced front airbag system
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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 t ime your vehi-
cle was manufactu red .
The front Advanced Airbag System supplements
the safety belts to provide add itiona l protect ion
for the driver 's and front passenger's heads and
upper bod ies in fronta l crashes. The a irbags in-
flate only in frontal impacts when the vehicle de-
cele rat ion is high e nough.
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