- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight registered
by the weight-sensing mat and can cause in-
jury in a crash .
Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occu-
pants.
Fig. 115 Location of dr iver airbag: in steerin g wheel
Fig. 116 Location of fr ont passenger's airbag : in the in-
st rument panel
Your veh icle is equipped with an "Advanced Air-
bag System" in compliance with United States
Federa l Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 , as well as Canada Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 as app licab le at
the time your vehicle was manufactured . The
safety belts for the seats have "pretensioners"
that help to take slack out of the belt system .
The pretensioners are also activated by the elec -
tron ic control unit for the airbag system .
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The front safety belts also have load limiters to
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Airb a g sys tem
The airbag for the drive r is in the steering wheel
hub ~
fig. 115 and the airbag for the front pas-
senger is in the instrument panel
~ fig. 116. The
general locat ion of the airbags is marked "AIR-
BAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the airbags
in your vehicle . We urge you to read the deta iled
information about airbags, safety belts and ch ild
safety in this and the other chapters that make
up the owner's literature . Please be sure to heed
the WARNINGS - they are extremely important
for you r safety and the safety of your passengers,
especially infan t s and small children .
_&. WARNING
-
Neve r rely on airbags alone fo r protect ion.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide only
supp lemental protection.
- Airbag work most effectively when used
with properly worn safety belts .
- Therefore, always wear your safety belts and
make sure that everybody in your ve hicle is
properly restrained.
_&. WARNING
A pe rson on the front passenger seat, espe -
cia lly infants and small ch ildren, will receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by be-
ing too close to the airbag when it inf lates.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is designed to turn off the front
passenger airbag ifan infant or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment un-
der these specia l conditions 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" opt ion under
the U.S. Fede ral Standa rd if a ch ild that is
heavier than the typica l one-year old ch ild is
on t he front passenger seat and the other
conditions fo r airbag deployment are met.
- Accident statistics have shown that children
are generally safe r in the rear sea t area t han
in the front seating pos ition .
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