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& WA RNI NG (continued)
• Even when they deploy, airbags provide only supplemental
protection.
• Airbag work most effectivel y when used with properly worn
safety belts .
• Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make sure that
everybody in your vehicle is properly restrained.
& WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat , especially infants and small
children, will receive s erious injuries and can even be killed by
being too close to the airbag when it inflates .
• Although the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle is
designed to turn off the front passenger airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front pass enger seat, nobody can absolutely
guarantee that deployment under these special conditions is
impos s ible 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 under the U.S. Federal Standard if a child that is
heavier than the typical one-year old child is on the front
passenger seat and the other conditions for airbag deployment
are met.
• Accident statistics have shown that children are generally safer
in the rear seat area than in the front seating pos ition .
• For their own safety , all children , especially 12 years and
younger, should alway s ride in the back properly restrained for
the ir age and size. •
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced Airbag System in
comp liance wit h Unit ed Sta te s Federa l Motor Vehicle Safety Sta ndar d
208 as applicable at t he time your veh icle was manufactured.
The front Advanced Airbag System sup plements the safety belts to
prov ide addit ional protect ion fo r the driver's a nd front passenger's
hea ds and uppe r bodies in fronta l crashes . The airbags inflate only in
fronta l impa cts when t he vehicle dece leration is high enoug h.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front seat occupants is not
a subs t itu t e for your safety be lt s. Rathe r, it is part of t he ove ra ll occu-
pant restra int system in your vehicle. Always remember t hat the
airbag syst em ca n on ly hel p t o protect you, if you are sitting upr igh t ,
wearing your safety be lt and wear ing it prope rly. This is why you and
your passengers must always be properly restra ined, not just beca use
t he law requires you to be .
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has been cert ified to
meet th e "low risk" req uire ments fo r 3 a nd 6 year-old childre n on t he
passenger s ide and very small adu lts on the driver s ide. The low risk
dep loyme nt crite ria are int ende d t o help reduce t he risk of injury
throug h interaction with the front airbag that can occur, for example,
by being t oo close to the steering wheel and instr ume nt pane l whe n
t he airbag inflates.
In addit ion, the system has been cert ified to comply with t he
"supp ression" requirements of t he Safety Stand ar d, to tur n off t he
front airbag for infants 12 mont hs old and younger who are
res t rained on th e fron t pas senger sea t in child rest raints t hat ar e
listed in the Standard~
page 209, "Child restraints and Advanced
Airbags".
"Sup pression" requ ires the front airbag on t he passenger side to be
turned off if:
• a child up t o a bout one year of age is restra ined on t he fr ont
passenge r seat in one of t he rear-faci ng or forward-facing infant
res t rain t s list ed in Feder al Mot or Vehicle Safety Stand ard 2 08 wit h
which the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was certified . For a .,_
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