unit. The front airbag on the passenger side
will also be turned off if one of the child safe-
ty seats that has been certified under Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 has been
recognized on the seat. The
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on to tell
you when the front Advanced Airbag on the
passenger side has been turned off
~ page 108, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag
inflates, always wear safety belts properly.
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward,
sitting sideways or out of position in any
way, your risk of inju ry is much highe r.
- You w ill also receive serio us inj uries and
could even be killed if you are up against
the airbag or too close to it when it in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
~ page 106.
More important things to know about
front airbags
Fig. 105 Inflated front airbags
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated position
so that airbags can unfo ld properly and pro-
vide supp lemental protection in a frontal col-
lision.
The front airbags are designed to provide ad-
ditional protection for the chest and face of
the dr iver and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
A irba g sy stem 115
- the seats have been positioned so that the
occupant is properly seated as far as possi-
ble from the airbag,
- and the head restraints have been properly
adjusted .
Because airbags inflate in the bli nk of an eye
wit h great force, th ings you have on your lap
or have placed on the seat could become dan-
gerous projectiles, and be pushed into you if
the airbag inflates.
When an airbag deploys, fine dust is released.
This is norma l and is not caused by a fi re in
the vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a
powder used to lubricate the airbags as they
deploy. It could irr itate skin.
It is important to remember that while the
supplementa l airbag system is designed to re-
duce the like li hood of serious injuries , 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 lower parts of the body. Front airbags
only supp lement the three point safety belts
in some fronta l colli sions in which the vehicle
deceleration is high enough to deploy the air-
bags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignition is switched off when a crash
occurs,
- in side coll isions,
- in rear-end coll isions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash deceleration measured by
the airbag system is less than the minimum
threshold needed for airbag deployment as
registered by the electro nic contro l unit .
The front passenger 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-
tem ind icates that the front airbag on the
passenger side has to be turned
off by the II>
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