118 Airbag syst em
Important safety instructions on the
knee airbag system
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. Al-
ways wear safety bel ts correctly and ride in a
proper seating position.
There is a lot that you and your passenger
must know and do to help the safety belts and
a irbags to provide supp lemental protection.
.&_ WARNING
An inflating knee airbag can cause serious
injury. Wearing safety belts inco rrectly and
improper seating positions increase the
risk of serious personal injury and death
whenever a veh icle is being used.
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- The knee airbag system cannot protect
you properly if you are seated too close
to any of the airbag locations. When ad-
just ing their seat positions, it is impor-
tant that both the driver and the front
passenger keep their upper bodies and
knees at the fo llowing min imum safe
distances:
- at least 10 inches (25 cm) between the
chest and t he steering wheel/ instru-
ment panel.
- at least 4 inches (10 cm) between the
knees and the lower part of the instru-
ment panel.
- The risk of persona l injury increases if
you lean forward or to the side, or if the
seat is imp roperly posit ioned and you are
not wearing your safety belt. The risk in-
creases even more should the airbag de-
ploy.
- Always make sure that the knee a irbag
can inflate without interference. Objects
between you and t he airb ag can increase
the risk of inju ry in an acciden t by inter -
fering with the way the airbag dep loys or
by being pushed into you as t he a irbag
dep loys.
- Never let anybody, especially ch ild ren
or an imals in the footwell in front of
the passenge r seat.
If the airbag de-
ploys, this can result in serious or fatal
injur ies.
- No objects of any kind s hou ld be car-
ried in the footwell area in front of the
driver's or passenger's seat. Bulky ob-
jects (shopping bags, for example) can
hampe r or prevent proper deployment
of the airbag . Small objects can be
th rown thro ugh the ve hicle if th e air-
bag deploys and injure you or your pas-
sengers.
- Make sure there are no cracks, deep
scr atc hes o r ot her dam age in the are a of
the ins t rumen t panel where t he knee a ir-
bags are located .
- If children are incorrectly se ated, t heir
risk of injury increases in a collision
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page 122, Child Safety.
Side airbags
Description of side airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 98 Side airbag locat ion in t he d river's seat
The side airbags are locat ed in the sides of the
front seat backrests
q fig. 98 facing t he
doo rs. They are identif ied by the word "AIR-
BAG".
The side airbag system basically consi st s of:
- the electron ic contro l module and external
side impact sensors
- the two side airbags located in the s ides of
the front backrests
- the airbag warning light in the instrument
cluster .
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