1 5 0 Airbag syst em
- Never place additiona l items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash.
Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 153 Location of driver airbag: in steering wheel
Fig. 154 Location of front passenger's airbag: in the in-
strument panel
Your veh icle is equipped with an "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as app licab le at the time your
vehicle was manufac tu red. The system senses
the position of the front seats and controls
front airbag inflation with a valve, depending
on the distance between the respect ive seat
and the steering wheel or instrument panel.
The safety belts for the seats have "preten-
sioners" that he lp to take slack out of the belt
system . The pretensioners a re also activated
by the electron ic cont rol unit for the airbag
system.
The front safety belts also have load limiters
to help reduce the forces applied to the body
in a crash .
The airbag for the drive r is in t he stee ring
whee l hub¢
fig. 153 and the airbag for the
front passenger is in the instr ument panel
~ fig. 154 . The general locat ion of the a irbags
is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the air-
bags in your vehicle . We urge you to read the
detailed information about airbags, safety
belts and child safety in this and the other
chapters that make up the owner's literature.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they
are extremely importa nt for your safety and
the safety of your passengers, especially in-
fants and small children.
_&. WARNING
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide
only s upplement al pro t ectio n.
- Airbag work most effect ive ly when used
with properly wor n safety bel t s.
- Therefore, always wea r you r safety belts
a nd make sure tha t eve rybody in your ve-
hicle is properly res t rained.
_&. WARNING
A pe rson on the front passenger seat, es-
pe cial ly infa nt s and sm all children, will re-
ceive serio us inju ries and can even be kil-
led by being too close to the airbag when
it inflates .
- Although t he Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is designed to tur n off the
front passenger airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front passe nger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarantee
that deployment under these special
conditions is imposs ible in all conceiva-
ble sit uat ions that may happen during
the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can dep loy
in acco rdance with the "low risk" option
unde r the U.S. Feder al Standard if a child
that is heav ie r than the typical one -year
-
.
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