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Here are
the
most important things
to
know
about
the
air
bag system:
A
CAUTION:
You
can be severely injured or killed in a crash
if
you aren’t wearing your safety belt
--
even if you
have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a
crash helps reduce your chance of hitting things
inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Air
bags are “supplemental restraints” to the safety
belts. All air bags are designed to work with
safety belts, but donY replace them.
Air
bags are
designed to work only in moderate to severe
crashes where the front
of
your vehicle hits
something. They aren’t designed to inflate at all
in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontal
crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear
a safety belt properly
--
whether or not there’s
an air bag for that person.
A
CAUTION:
Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of an eye.
If
you’re too close to an inflating
air bag, it could seriously injure you. Safety belts
help keep you in position before and during a
crash. Always wear your safety belt, even with air
bags.
The driver should sit as far back as possible
while still maintaining control of the vehicle.
An inflating air bag can seriously injure small
children. Always secure children properly in your
vehicle. To read how, see the part
of
this manual
called “Children” and the caution
label
on the
right front passenger’s safety belt.
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