BAG OFF light comes on and stays on to tell
you when the front Advanced Airbag on the
passenger side has been turned
off
c:> page 161, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury whe n an airbag
inflates, always wear safety belts properly .
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward,
sitting sideways or out of position in any
way, yo ur risk of injury is much highe r.
- You will also receive serious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against
the a irbag or too close to it when it in·
flates · even with an Advanced Airbag
c:>page 160.
More important things to know about
front airbags
Fig. 177 Inflated front airbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper sea ted pos ition
so that airbags ca n u nfo ld properly and pro-
vide supp lemental protection in a fronta l col-
lision.
The front a irbags are designed to provide ad-
ditiona l protection for the chest and face of
the dr iver and the front seat passenge r when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
- the seats have been posit ioned so that the
occupant is properly seated as far as possi-
ble from the a irbag,
- and the head rest raints have been properly
adjusted.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye
with great force, things you have on your lap
A irba g sy stem 169
or have placed on the seat could become dan -
gerous projectiles, and be pushed into you if
the a irbag inflates.
When an airbag deploys, fine dust is re leased.
This is norma l and is not caused by a fire in
the vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a
powder used to lubricate the airbags as they
deploy. It could irritate skin .
It is important to remembe r that wh ile the
supplementa l airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of serious injur ies, other
injuries, for example swelling, bruis ing and
minor abrasions, can also happen when air-
bags inflate . Airbags do not protect the arms
or the lowe r parts of the body. Front airbags
on ly supp lement the three point safety belts
in some fronta l collisions in which t he vehicle
decelera t ion is high e no ugh to deploy the air-
bags .
Front airbags will not deploy :
- if the ignition is sw itched off when a crash
occu rs,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash deceleration measured by
the airbag system is less than the minimum
threshold needed for a irbag deployment as
reg istered by the electronic contro l unit .
The f ront passenge r airbag will also not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occu-
pied,
- when the weight on the front passenger
seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag Sys·
tern ind icates that the front airbag on the
passe nger side has to be turned off by the
electronic control unit (the
PASSENGER AI R
BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on) .
A WARNING
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase
the ris k of se rious injury in crashes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the air-
bags inflate, t he drive r and passenge rs
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